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Calaveritas para todos.
Bueno comunidad de italki, desde hace mucho me tengo ganas de poner una entrada en mi idioma nativo. Quiero hablar de un tema que creo que es de mucho interés para unos cuántos(¿o tal vez muchos?) mexicanos: Día de muertos.
Otro nombre con el que se le conoce es el día de los fieles difuntos y todos los santos. Sí, está maravillosa tradición ya está a la vuelta de la esquina, y la considero por mucho una de mis favoritas. Digamos que no tienes muchos argumentos con los cuáles negarte a querer a tan milenaria celebración: El pan de muerto es una delicia y un gusto de ver, el tan famoso colorido de la flor de cempasúchil adornando los altares de esos memorables familiares, los característicos olores del incienso, esa noche eterna y la icónica imagen de "la flaca" mostrada en cada rincón. Más de un extranjero, me atrevo a decir, relaciona a México con su catrina; las de Guadalupe Posada, que fortuna tenerlas grabadas.
Si bien esta plataforma es para practicar las habilidades de escritura y demás cosas, creo que no debo desviarme de lo que quiero hablar en esta entrada: Las calaveritas literarias. Esa composición en verso tradicional de México que ha sacado a más un mexicano la risa cuando se recita una especie de epitafio burlesco. Díganse a parientes, compañeros de trabajo, personas de la escuela, amigos, a más de uno han unido para decir algo que sería difícil de decir en otro tiempo y hasta ser irreverente con más de uno. Suelen escribirse en vísperas del día de los muertos. He aquí un ejemplo:
Se encontraba contento Juanito
escribiendo unos oficios
y de repente se paró asustado
al ver a la muerte a su lado.
Le gritó muy enojado:
¡Vámonos de muertito!
Rodimiro estaba mirando
impaciente su fortuna.
Le pidió al secretario
que se fuera a la una,
para entregar documentos,
y se fue enojado,
aventando el armario.
Para más de uno puede parecer extraño como convivimos con nuestro muertos. Pero bueno, es significativo explicar que ésta celebración ha sido datada desde los pueblos antiguos de Mesoamérica que conmemoraban de distintas maneras.
Sí saben algo de México acerca de esta fecha que les haya gustado, ya sea como Mexicanos o como personas de otros países que han venido de visita; ojalá pudiesen comentar algo para enriquecer o debatir sobre esta pequeña reseña
¿Han escuchado sobre las calaveritas? ¡Ay esa flaca!, que sólo viene 1 vez al año de visita.
27 de octubre de 2015
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There's a long way to become a good writer.
Well, today I want to talk about something that has been driving me crazy since long ago: Essays.
I should start saying that I started a comprehension-readings book 1 week ago and It's been quite fun. I really enjoy reading as much as I love trying to speak English with other people, but in someway I feel I need to start writting so much about anything. I guess I'm very lucky for not having to think greatly about a topic to be interested in. I'd even find interesting talking about a fly if I had the specific frame to focus on. I'm a very curious person by nature, this has helped me trenmendously in life. However, I have a struggle with order and following a step-by-step rule when this is related with a speech, an essay or anything that needs to get structure. Right there in the creative mood!
I don't force myself for trying to be perfect in this way, but I think It's better If I shake hands with this trouble. I knew that someday something was going to obligue me to deal with this order thing.
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What vocabulary should I know if I want to write a spy story?
Can somebody help me? I don't have creative skills for making good stories and I think that the reason is the lack of vocabulary in some cases.
Any suggestions? What words you would reccomend to write for a short spy story?
Some words such as verbs: to find out, to follow, to discover.
Another words such as technical words: detective, clue, stalker.
Thank you so much if you can help me.
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One my attempts for giving an opinion
Coopearation or Competition in Education—Which One Works?
Do students benefit from getting along well with the their classmates? Are group efforts and group projects generally effective? Is it better for all students to work independently? Or is it best to compete for grades or honors? What happens when there is no pressure—no tests, no grades?
Researchers around the world have looked at these questions. What can the researchers tell us? First, they see three different types of interaction in classrooms. That is, students generally interact in three ways: they compete to see "who is best", they work independently, or they work cooperatively, where the success of the group depends on the success of each member.
In many parts of the world, cooperative learning is widely used, but in the U.S., competition continues to be the most common model. Competition begins even before a child in the U.S. starts school, and it grows stronger through grade school and high school. Many researchers view the end of U.S. high school as being one of the most competitive times in a child's life.
Is this model effective? How well do students learn in U.S. high schools? Many say that U.S. high schools are the "weakest part" of the U.S. education system, so perhaps the competitive model does not work very well.
According to this I had to write an opinion about the third paragraph explaining "why I think about the competitive model.
Mi intento de opinión, de los más burdos que he escrito diría, es éste:
First of all, I would say I'm against the competitive model, why so? Well, I think a few students benefit from this, those ones who have a certain profile and interests, mainly.
I also think some students' problems are related with the lack of motivation that school's systems don't reinforce, at least here in Mexico.
Según la opinión de mi maestro, hizo falta hablar de los perfiles e intereses que menciono, hondar en ellos y, posteriormente explicar la falta de motivación. Fue difícil para mí, debo decir.
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My second day in italki
Hi, everyone.
This is the second day that I'm spending in this website, trying to contact with people and why not helping other people in their way to master Spanish. I'm quite happy with some tools that italki provide and I've already made an appointment with a couple of people for practising, so we'll see if this network keep on surprising me.
I'm going to do a British english test, so if someone wants to give a feedback or corrections I'd thank you do in the British way.
Greetings from Mexico
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