TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction.1My oldest friend..2Informal letter..3Writing a
Postcard...4Writing a Story5Writing an
email..6Analysis...7Reflection8Self-assessment...9
IntroductionThis portfolio is a required task for competenca
lingstica, it consists of a folder with 5 tasks developed during
the semester, a description, a letter, a postcard, a story and an
email. In order to learn more about the process of writing each of
these tasks, a PPT presentation was shown to us every class.
Afterwards wepreparedthe ideas and started thinking about what we
wanted to write, we were ready to start writingour first draft.
Once the draft was ready it had to be reviewed by one of our
classmates (peer evaluation) and the teacher, so that we could
continue working on our improved and final version.The purpose of
each of these tasks is to improve our writing and get to know the
characteristics of each type of text, beingquitehelpfultowardsour
learning experience and future use of these texts in real life as
English teachers.
ReflectionWhen the teacher told us about this project I was
excited about it because I have never done something like this
before. It was quite interesting to get to know more in detail
about the types of texts people all around the world use to stay
communicated. First, I start wondering what I want to write about,
which it takes quite a while, and then I think about what my
characters are going to be called, most of the inspiration I get
for names come from books I have read or songs I have listened to.
Once my draft is ready I start reading it several times, to make
sure it has coherence and there are no grammar mistakes. The most
difficult thing for me was finding inspiration to write, because we
just had a couple hours to get everything done, so it was
challenging for me. What I enjoyed the most was the environment
that was created in class, everyone were so focused on their work.
The peer evaluation was my favorite, some of my classmates asked me
to review their work, it was interesting reading all of their work
and helping them. Because of this portfolio I am now able to
organize ideas in a better way, my vocabulary has improved and I am
getting better at grammar.
