My reflections about the course

Each new course is a new experience, new people, new teacher and new his way to teach.

In the first class of this course, I wrote three general goals, three general things that I hoped to obtain at the end. My three goals were:

1) Increase my English Level.

2) Learn a lot of things which help me to obtain a good score in TOIC.

3) Enjoy the course.

Today, in the last week of the course, I want to write some ideas about it in order to answer your questions.

a) Did you get everything out of the class that you hoped to get out of it?

I enjoyed the course. I learned a lot of new things that will help me in my goal to improve my English level. That is so good for me.

I want to be honest, during the first two classes, I didn’t feel good, but some things changed and my bad feelings changed too.

b) What activities or concepts did you enjoy, and what could have been done better?

I really enjoyed the round tables and the discussions around these. I like to work with the Blog is a new way for me and is interesting.

Sometimes, prepared papers is not an funny activity, mainly when there isn’t a big discussion or deep conversations related with these.

c)  Did you contribute everything that you had planned to?

I think I could contribute more than I did, but I think I contribute in a very good way in class.

I tried to participated and give my opinions about the different topics. I tried to be important part in the different role plays and presentations in front of the class

d)  What did you do well in terms of your interactions with the group, and what could you have done better?

Being honest, I had some problems to interact in a good way with some of my new classmates. I think that the new group wasn’t what I hoped. But today, at the end of course, I confess I knew some new and good people and I interacted with these people in a very good way.

I think I need to study much that I did. But I tried to did my effort every Saturday to practice and improve my English interacting with my classmates and doing the exercises in class.

Homework 5: La Fortuna de San Carlos

History:

Located 253 meters above the sea level, La Fortuna de San Carlos or simply La Fortuna, belongs to canton of San Carlos, Alajuela.

Founded around 1930 and known until 1948 as Burío, year in which and due to the quality and richness of its land, its neighbors decided to change its name to La Fortuna.

Activation of the Arenal Volcano in 1968 and repairs in the main road in 1982, have allowed to tourism, along with livestock, are today the main economic activities in the area.

Description:

This charming and quiet town has an area of 225 square kilometers and a population of about 6,000 inhabitants. It is easily accessible from the Capital and offers all comforts of the modern life and excellent health and banking services.

Main places and activities:

La Fortuna has a lot of places to visit; the most famous include the Arenal Volcano (the most active volcano in Costa Rica, located only 10 kilometers from the village), La Fortuna River's waterfall (with a drop of 70 meters), The Arenal Dam, suspension bridges and several hot springs.

Obviously, there are a big variety of spas, hotels and restaurants (which offer a variety of rates for all possibilities), activities for all likes as kayaking, rafting, horseback riding, canopy tours and many others.

All these attractions, along with the beauty of its landscapes, make to La Fortuna a place that should be visited. If you have not gone yet, don't late more, I already did.