Blog Lengua Inglesa III and IV (Daniel Abellán)

I have found on the Net the results of a scientific experiment just to see how these results are shown and introduced. It has been taken from: https://unilearning.uow.edu.au/report/2bv1.html ‘The following observations were made as a result of experiments conducted by Casey Hospital with respect to four types of E.Coli bacterial strains.  The graph illustrates that 5mg. /ml. of Chloramphenicol stopped the growth of two strains of E. coli; EC 1 and EC 3 . It also illustrates that the 5 mg/ml of Chloramphenicol had little to no effect on the EC 2 strain of E.’ […] On observation of each strain of E. Coli, it was apparent that all treatments used a deterring effect on the growth of E. Coli colonies but some treatments were more effective on particular strains than others (see Figure 1.)  In this text there are no adverbial clauses so I am going to explain what they are and give some examples. A clause is a group of words that contain both a subject and a verb. A...

I have searched on the Internet some news about academic topics and I have ended up with one about bilingual schools. The article discusses how children are getting more and more practical if they start bilingual schools since it develops their creativity and learning skills. The article mentioned is from: https://www.educationdive.com/news/bilingual-education-prepares-children-for-a-multicultural-world/539779/ `Our world is more multilingual and multicultural than ever before . Studies show that the earlier a child is exposed to a second language, the greater the likelihood he or she will gain proficiency . Recent studies  also show that students in bilingual education programs outperform their peers in attention and reading. In one study covering six states and 37 districts, the researchers found that , compared with students in English-only classrooms or in one-way immersion, dual-language students have higher test scores and also seem to be happier in school...

Firstly, I have chosen a webpage in which a chart with tons of phrasal verbs are illustrated. It is quite completed as it covers several kinds of phrasal verbs with different meanings. It is distributed alphabetically so you can search what you need easily.   This is the chart: https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm As it is stated in the exercise, I have provided a complaint text from https://oup.useremarkable.com/production/images/uploads/3703/original/uk_sample_complaint_letter_unsatisfactory-workmanship.pdf  :  Dear Mr Hampton,   I am writing to complain about the faulty installation of the above blackout shade to my bedroom window. Mr Brand from your company came to my house to fit the shade on Monday, 29 March. That same evening , I discovered the mechanism was not working and that it was impossible either to raise or to lower the shade. I phoned your company the following morning, and Mr Brand returned three days later...

Firstly, I have chosen some webpages in which how to write essays is explained. There are several types of essays but almost all of them have the same structure and can be explained together: https://www.internationalstudent.com/essay_writing/essay_tips/ | http://lklivingston.tripod.com/essay/ and https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/essay-structure The major difficulty I find when I want to write an essay is the topic I am going to use, even if it is given I find trouble in how to express it. However, there are lots of tips in order to overcome this issue. When the topic is given it is obviously easier but finding ideas is always hard. Sometimes is easier to invent than to write about real facts so I do not care about what I am writing as long as it makes sense. This week I have been reading some articles in English and I am looking for some audios or listening activities to start next week because I find it my weakest skill.

This week we have been dealing with vocabulary related to the weather and I have chosen 2 news in which this vocabulary (highlighted) is used: The first one is from https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/powerful-storm-to-cross-us-this-week-with-snow-rain-high-winds-and-severe-weather/70007908 about a powerful storm to cross US this week with snow, rain, high winds and severe weather: A storm from the Pacific Ocean will gain strength and threaten the heartland with high winds , severe thunderstorms and blizzard conditions as it crosses the United States during the middle of this week. This potent storm is scheduled to arrive in Northern California and southern Oregon early this week. As this storm crosses the country, it will pack a punch in many areas with strong winds , but there will also be the potential for heavy snow , severe thunderstorms and perhaps even aggravated flooding in some locations. The second one is from https://weather.com/news/news/2019-0...

I have found a nice description of the Eiffel Tower (later I found out that it was about a place, a natural wonder, and not about a monument) I wanted to share because it needs some extra comments. It is from https://www.wonders-of-the-world.net/Eiffel-Tower/Description-of-the-Eiffel-tower.php and it only refers to objective description. How to describe an international monument also known as the Eiffel Tower? The best solution seems to be to stay simple and describe what you see. We can see that this is a metallic tower made of interlocking joists resting on the ground on 4 massive pillars. Its general shape is close to the pyramid , but differs from it by the small but existing curvature of its sides . It is composed of two parts : The lower part, characterized by four pillars , which lie at the top of this part, and a high part, which is the continuation of the elevation of the pillars at the moment of their joining. This junction is at the level of a platform that correspon...