COMPOSITION COURSE: septiembre 2011

miércoles, 28 de septiembre de 2011

UNIT 2

INTRODUCTORY ESSAY

OUTLINE

Introduction

1. General information about me

a) Where was I born?

b) When was I born?

c) Likes and dislikes
d) Family

Body

1. Past experiences

a) Trips

b) Christmas time

2. Present activities

a) School

b) Job

3. Future plans

a) Master

b) Travelling

Conclusion

Because I am as I am

I look back on what I have lived and I am surprised of all the beautiful things I have. Thoughts that come to my memory every single minute make me feel a successful person and I am proud of myself. Life gives us everything we want to have on our hands but we need to be sure about what we want to obtain in our lives because anything is imposible.

I consider myself as a clam, sincerely and easy going person who wants to be stand out in every handicap that life presents to me because I am as I am because of all the achievements I obtained by myself and they have taught me that if you want something in like, you must fight untill you got it. My name is Karla Santacruz Sotomayor. I was born in the city of termal spring: Aguascalientes, México. My birthday is on June 24th. I am 24 years old. I like running at the evening, reading interesting articles such as, culture, sports, history, nature, food, I like going out with my family and friends, I like helping poor people, I like laughing a lot, being responsible and I love teaching. I do not like fights, junk food, singing, and sleeping late. My family is integrated by one sister and one brother. I am the youngest in my family. I live with my two siblings and my mom. We always try to get along well among us.

Talking about the past can be fun or boring. It depends on what experiences come to your mind. Regarding trips, I love going out everywhere. I enjoy travelling with my mom’s familiy because we always had fun together. Last year, we went to Guanajuato and we visited the “Bicentenario fair” in Silao, Guanajuato and we also went to San Miguel de Allende to see the beautiful gothic chapel. The last day we spent in Guanajuato, we were sightseeing around the downtown, we went eating out in a nice restaurant near the “Teatro Juarez”. After eating, we climbed to the Pipila’s monument to see the beautiful view of Guanajuato city. Then, we were walking through the alleys to see how beautiful the city’s architecture is. Finally, my family and I got on the bus to go to the hotel. Getting on the bus was really funny because we were 15 people on the bus and all of them were my familiy so we did a lot of mess and the driver told us to shut up.

Regarding Christmas time, it is my favorite celebration during the year. Christmas is more than gifts, shopping, candy and money; Christmas is a time where we share our feelings and happiness with the family together. In my family, we used to celebrate Christmas in my grandama’s house where all my familiy prepared delicious dinner and brought fine wine. In my case, I tended to prepare chocolate truffles, so all my my family enjoyed them as a dessert after eating the main dishes. Afrter that, we shared lots of gifts among us. One thing I liked about Christmas times was when Santa Clause was supposed to come to your house to deliver the gifts I asked him when I wrote him down a letter, that is the best memory I really appreciate when I was a little child.

We know that present facts are the most important ones because we need to be aware of what is happening at the moment. At present, I am a student from the Bachelor of Arts in English Language Teaching degree at the “Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes” I am in the third semester and I consider it as the beginning of my major because I realize that all the subjects I am taking are the ones who are really involved in the learning-teaching process. I really like what I am studying because I love teaching, it is my passion and I want to become a good teacher in order to transmit real and productive knowledge to my future students. I try to enjoy every moment I spend at the university. I get along well with my classmates and teachers; besides we have fun and we try to help each other in everything we need.

School and job are sometimes like water and oil; however, I really take advantage of working because is a way where I earn my own money and I do extra things for my own benefit. I usually work on weekend. I work in a restaurante called “Muerte Súbita” as a waitress and kithchen helper in the “Club Campestre de Aguascalientes” in which I have worked since August 2010. I love my job because I like attending my costumers, I enjoyed when they tell me they love my service, my attention to them and obviously when they enojoyed the food. The relation with my boss and my co-workers is pretty nice. We get along well and we always try to help each other when something is wrong. Until now, there have not been any big troubles. We are always smiling and joking and customers love us because we transmit a good rapport so that they are allowed to interact with us and being confident when talking with them. It is really interesting work in a restaurant although there are always certain aspects we do not like.

Prediting the future is not really good but making plans it is. I do not tend to predict what will happend in a certain period of time, but at least I try to plan thing I would like to do when I finish something. Regarding in studying a master is like a dream for me. Since I have been studying the BA in ELT, I have taken into consideration in studying a Linguistics master. Since I was a child, I fell in love with the structure of language, I love how language is formed, it means, everything that has to do with language so I am planning to study abroad. I would like to travel to England or somewhere I can continue my Teacher’s formation in order to be a succesful person and well prepared.

Travelling around the world is one of my other dreams. I enjoy when I sightseeing the every place I visit. One advantage of travelling is that you know plenty places around the world so that you might have an opportunity to work and live there. I expect travelling a lot so this is why I need to work hard in order to keep money and enjoy all the beautiful places there are around the Globe. I would like to travel to France. It is my favorite country because is too elegant and old. I like the way the French people speak, it is pretty romantic and voiced.

As we have seen, life is too long to share in two or three pages because it has a lot of experiences but if we analyze and think about ourselves, we conclude that everyone of us is the owner of our lives and we do all these things as we think because thoughts are presented by actions we want to happen. Enjoy every nice moment you have, remember your best memory as if it were yesterday and plan succesful things to fulfil good things in your life.
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Because I am as I am

I consider myself as a clam, sincere and easy going person who wants to stand out in every handicap that life presents to me because I am as I am because of all the achievements I obtained and they have taught me that if you want something in like, you must fight untill you get it. My name is Karla Santacruz Sotomayor. I was born in the city of termal spring: Aguascalientes, México. My birthday is on June 24th. I am 24 years old. I like running at the evening, reading interesting articles such as, culture, sports, history, nature, food, I like going out with my family and friends, I like helping poor people, I like laughing a lot, being responsible and I love teaching. I do not like fights, junk food, singing, and sleeping late. My family is integrated by one sister and one brother. I am the youngest in my family. I live with my two siblings and my mom. We always try to get along well among us.

Talking about the past can be fun or boring. It depends on what experiences come to your mind. Regarding trips, I love going out everywhere. I enjoy travelling with my mom’s family because we always had fun together. Last year, we went to Guanajuato and we visited the “Bicentenario fair” in Silao, Guanajuato and we also went to San Miguel de Allende to see the beautiful gothic chapel. The last day we spent in Guanajuato, we were sightseeing around the downtown, we went eating out in a nice restaurant near the “Teatro Juarez”. After eating, we climbed to the Pipila’s monument to see the beautiful view of Guanajuato city. Then, we were walking through the alleys to see how beautiful the city’s architecture is. Finally, my family and I got on the bus to go to the hotel. Getting on the bus was really funny because we were 15 people on the bus and all of them were my family so we did a lot of mess and the driver told us to shut up.

Regarding Christmas time, it is my favorite celebration during the year. Christmas is more than gifts, shopping, candy and money; Christmas is a time where we share our feelings and happiness with the family together. In my family, we used to celebrate Christmas in my grandma’s house where all my family prepared delicious dinner and brought fine wine. In my case, I tended to prepare chocolate truffles, so all my family enjoyed them as a dessert after eating the main dishes. After that, we shared lots of gifts among us. One thing I liked about Christmas times was when Santa Clause was supposed to come to your house to deliver the gifts I asked him when I wrote him down a letter that is the best memory I really appreciate when I was a little child.

School and job are sometimes like water and oil; however, I really take advantage of working because is a way where I earn my own money and I do extra things for my own benefit. I usually work on weekend. I work in a restaurant called “Muerte Súbita” as a waitress and kitchen helper in the “Club Campestre de Aguascalientes” in which I have worked since August 2010. I love my job because I like attending my costumers, I enjoyed when they tell me they love my service, my attention to them and obviously when they enjoyed the food. The relation with my boss and my co-workers is pretty nice. We get along well and we always try to help each other when something is wrong. Until now, there have not been any big troubles. We are always smiling and joking and customers love us because we transmit a good rapport so that they are allowed to interact with us and being confident when talking with them. It is really interesting work in a restaurant although there are always certain aspects we do not like.

Predicting the future is not really good but making plans it is. I do not tend to predict what will happen in a certain period of time, but at least I try to plan thing I would like to do when I finish something. Regarding in studying a master is like a dream for me. Since I have been studying the BA in ELT, I have taken into consideration in studying a Linguistics master. Since I was a child, I fell in love with the structure of language, I love how language is formed, it means, everything that has to do with language so I am planning to study abroad. I would like to travel to England or somewhere I can continue my Teacher’s formation in order to be a successful person and well prepared.

As we have seen, life is too long to share in two or three pages because it has a lot of experiences but if we analyze and think about ourselves, we conclude that everyone of us is the owner of our lives and we do all these things as we think because thoughts are presented by actions we want to happen. Enjoy every nice moment you have, remember your best memory as if it were yesterday and plan successful things to fulfill good things in your life.

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UNIT 1

STATEMENT OF INTENT

Karla Santacruz Sotomayor

República Dominicana 708. Fracc. Sta. Elena

Aguascalientes, Ags. México 20230

William Kingston, Admissions Director

University of Cambridge

The old schools, Trinity Lane

Cambridge CB2 1 TN, UK

Dear Mr. Kingston

My name is Karla Santacruz Sotomayor. I am currently an English teacher graduate at the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes in Bachelor of Arts in English Language Teaching. The reason behind writing this letter is to express my interest in studying a Linguistic master at the University of Cambridge. Regarding my academic record, I wish to let you know that I obtained good grades during the whole major that make me a good candidate for being in the master. I also participated in the soccer team so that gave me the opportunity to obtained records and be part of the school team.

I discovered your master program through the university website page and information given in my university. The Linguistics field had always been my dream and because of your great and complete master’s program at your university, I wish to pursue my education and it would be a privilege to continue studying at your university with the best professors as my mentors.

During the time spent at the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, I took extension courses from beginners to advanced level. I took the TOEFL exam and I obtained 560 points. I participated in important English Language Teaching events such as TESOL AND MEXTESOL. I have also been recognized by the English Language Department for my contributions to the major.

If I am chosen in your privilege university, I will continue working hard to achieve my goals in life. These goals include improvement on teaching strategies and techniques, knowledge in terms of linguistics, contribution to the linguistics field and teaching environment.

I am grateful for having the chance to apply as student in your university. I would like to learn more about the linguistics master program and to get in touch with you. Please let me know the details at 01(449)913-50-27, my e-mail address is gomas54@hotmail.com.

Sincerely,

Karla S.S.

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COVER LETTER

Karla Santacruz Sotomayor

República Dominicana 708. Fracc. Sta. Elena

Aguascalientes, Ags. México 20230

August 23, 2011-08-25

Mrs. Isabelle Wolf Johnson

University of Manchester

Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL, UK

I am pleased to present my resume to you for having consideration as an English teacher with the University of Manchester. I have the Bachelor of Arts in English Language Teaching at the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, and a master in Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. With over 8 years of classroom experience, and the desire to provide all students with an excellent education, I am self-confident in my ability to be accepted to your University. I also want to increase my abilities in the teaching process through working with undergraduate students.

My teaching career has been oriented toward the elementary school children and teenagers. I love educating my students from all ages by helping them to be responsible, helpful, and successful persons.

I started teaching English when I was in third semester of the BA in ELT in the “Programa Nacional de Inglés de Educación Básica program (PNIEB), so I was introduced to the teaching environment in which I obtained experience. Through the whole major and master in Linguistics, I had the opportunity to teach different groups of students, including those who are poor persons, and those who demonstrated low level in English. I also gave private classes at home. I also taught 4^th, 5^thand 6^th grade at “Primaria Marista”. Finally, I worked at Universidad del Valle de México high school. As a result, I have become a proficient teacher and my achievement was to keep my students interested and involved in the language learning process.

My greatest strengths include inspiring and motivating my students by getting them involved in different activities through the use of common approaches and methods in the learning process. I still want to use what I have learned in order to improve my performance as a teacher. I would really like to be part of your school team. The personal qualities and skills that I have acquired will surely help fulfilling the essential requirements to be working at the University of Manchester.

I am thankful for having the opportunity to express the desire of working with you. I expect receiving a reply from you. Please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Karla S.S.

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FORMAL E-MAIL

To: webmaster@ucs.cam.ac.uk

Cc:

Bcc:

Subject: Appointment with the head of the Language Department

To Whom It May Concern:

My name is Karla Santacruz Sotomayor. I am a student from the Bachelor of Arts in English Language Teaching at the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. I graduated from the B.A.in E.L.T. I started working as English teacher at Instituto Aguascalientes high school for 2 years in Aguascalientes. Then I moved to Monterrey where I worked at the Universidad de Monterrey.

I am writing to you to set an appointment for asking you about the Linguistics mastery program in your university. I am totally interested in studying at University of Cambridge. I would also like to know about the admissions exam, the requirements to be admitted and the registration to the university.

I am going to travel to Cambridge next Saturday so if you are available during the week, I would love to set the appointment on Monday or any day you can. I will really appreciate your considerations regarding this matter.

I will be looking forward to your confirmation of the appointment.

Yours truly,

KARLA S.S.

Karla Santacruz Sotomayor

English Teacher

Universidad de Monterrey

Av. Chipinque #345

Col. Fundidora

Monterrey, Nuevo León. México.

Tel: 011 +52 (81) 8115310652

gomas54@hotmail.com

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MEMORANDUM

TO: English teachers from the “Instituto Alpes”

FROM: Main principal

DATE: September 2, 2011

SUBJECT: Third academic meeting

The purpose of this memo is to provide a summary of our Third academic meeting. The meeting is going to be on Monday, September 17. This meeting is going to be focused on the use of projectors inside the English classroom. As you can see, our students need to be in the vanguard of technology so that they can interact with technological issues inside the classroom by doing activities that involve speaking, reading, listening, writing, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation skills. In this way, teachers must totally agree in using those technological tools. I also want you to communicate that there is going to be a special training for using projectors inside our classrooms. During the meeting we are going to discuss this point and other ones that are really important in this new academic project. Although many of you do not agree with using projectors, I invite you to take it into consideration because is going to be a good opportunity to develop your teaching methods even the teaching process and students will be well-prepared when learning through technological activities.

Using projectors inside the classroom will be advantageous for the following reasons:

· Students will be able to work through technology

· Teachers will be able to design activities through technology

· Students will be able to do presentations through the computer

· Classes will be less boring and more interactive

· Reducing time in class

I hope all the English teachers can attend to this meeting. It is important for you to be there in order to clarify doubts and comments you might have. I request you to consider this meeting and to participate as much as you can. You need to confirm your attendance before Tuesday, September 15. If you have any doubt, please feel free to inform me orally or in writing.

Thank you,

Lic. Carlos Martínez González

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BELATED THANKS FOR A GIFT

Dear Mr. González,

Please accept my belated thanks for the delicious Serranos’ ham you brought for me from Seville, Spain! I had not had enough time to write before because I was really busy at school.

I really enjoyed a lot the Serrano’s ham. Last week I cooked dinner and I prepared “Spanish tapas”. All my family said that this was the Serrano’s ham they have ever tasted, so imagine the quality of this ham. I am planning to invite you and your family to my house to taste a special dish made with Serrano ham. It is going to be a nice gesture to have you in my home.

Thank you very much, Mr. González, for your concern and for your delicious ham.

Sincerely,

Karla Santacruz Sotomayor.

BEING A FRIEND THANK -YOU NOTE

Dear Cecilia,

This note says how much I appreciate your love and concern for listening to me the other day we went out to the coffee. I was really depressed about fighting with Mónica. I know we have not a lot of in common and it is silly to argue with her but I felt really angry about all the bad things she said.

However, you know how to get along with people and this is what makes you a good friend because your trust never fails. I also want to thank you for all the good advice you gave me, I really take it into consideration, so next time I am going to think what I am going to do in order not to fight again. It is great to have you as my best friend. I expect to have your friendship for many years.

Love always,

Karla

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RÉSUMÉ

Karla Santacruz Sotomayor

República Dominicana #708. Sta. Elena 1ª sección.

Aguascalientes, Ags. México 20230

(044)449-1829307

gomas54@hotmail.com

Career aim

To develop my experience in teaching.

Educational Qualification

· 2009-present. Bachelor of Arts in English Language Teaching. Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Aguascalientes, México.

· 2006-2008. Gastronomy degree (Technician). Instituto Gastronómico de Aguascalientes. Aguascalientes, México.

· 2002-2005. High school. Instituto Aguascalientes (Marista) Aguascalientes, México.

Work experience

September 2010-present. Waitress. “Muete Súbita” restaurant. Club Campestre de Aguascalientes. Aguascalientes, México.

Responsibilities:

· Attending costumers.

· Co-workers supervision.

July 2008-August 2010. Chef. “Countrybreak Premium Burgers” fast food restaurant.

Responsabilities:

· Responsible for preparing food.

· Responsible of the whole kitchen.

July 2005-August 2006. Counter clerk. “Tepoznieves” Ice cream Parlour.

Responsabilities:

· Sales

· Customers’ needs

Social service experiences

· October 2006-January 2008. Fiesta Americana Hotel. Aguascalientes, México. 222 hours working as a kitchen helper in different kitchen areas such as, bakery, room service, butcher, buffet, bar, snack, and table service.

· July-August 2007. Las Hadas hotel. Manzanillo, Colima. México. 300 hours working as a kitchen helper in different kitchen areas such as, bakery, room service, butcher, buffet, bar, snack, and table service.

· April 2007 and April 2008. Club Campestre de Aguascalientes. Aguascalientes, México. 150 hours working as a kitchen helper planning
Courses

· July-August 2011. Teacher’s training. Programa Nacional de Inglés en Educación Básica (PNIEB). Aguascalientes, México.

· January-June 2011. English extension course, 4^th level. Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Aguascalientes, México.

· August-December 2009. English extension course, 3^rd level. Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Aguascalientes, México.

· December 2007. “Making chocolate” Pastry course. Instituto Gastronómico de Aguascalientes. Aguascalientes, México.

· June 2006. “Curso de Negociadores de Piso”. Centro Comerical “El Parián”. Aguascalientes, Ags.

· February-May 2006. “Cocinando en Cuaresma”. Extension course. Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Aguascalienes, México.

Achievements

· August 2011. Bachelor of Arts in English Language Teaching award for obtaining high grades during the semester.

· December 2006. 4th place in “La Guayaba en tu mesa” gastronomy contest. Calvillo, Aguascalientes. México.

· June 1997: A Private Elementary Institute. Colegio Inglés Británico “Second place in the 3rd level of English”. Ensenada, B.C. México.

Congres Participations

· May 27-28, 2010.10^th Academic Week”. Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Aguascalientes, Ags. México.

· October 3-5, 2007. “Tendencias y Estrategias 2007”. Abastecedores Turísticos (ABASTUR). México, city.

Skills Languages

Spanish: Mother tongue.

English: Advanced level.

French: Intermediate level.

ICT

Competence with the following applications: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF, Skype, PC projectors.

Personal

I would describe myself as outgoing, friendly, hard worker and responsible. I will apply these qualities to establishing good relation with the people I work.