Recherche parmi différents professeurs en Anglais…
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Getting back to practice.
It has been a long time since I last wrote an entry and as I am still studying to be an English translator, it would be a good idea to start writing these more often as a way to keep practicing.
Last year I attended English grammar 1 and phonetics and phonology of the English language 1 courses, and I loved them! Those two subjects made me get really interested in the linguistic approach of the English language. I learned a lot about English accents and I've been thinking about learning more about Scottish English. I'm not an avid reader, but I intend to pick up the habit of reading a bit every day as to learn more about those subjects.
This year I'm attending English grammar 2 and phonetics and phonology of the English language 2 courses, which I also love so far. Intonation and discourse analysis made me think of the different uses the different accents and languages have.
I've also been looking for what the PhDs are about in my area and I'm really looking forward to attend one about interpretation as soon as I can!
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My playing drums experience in front of crowds
I started learning to play the drums 10 years ago, and I liked it but I didn't really enjoyed practicing, so I just played and practiced while I was at the class. I began in August of 2006 and in December of that year I had my first concert.
First I did a demostration of what I had learned through out those months with mixed rhythims all together with my teacher, and then I played "We will rock you" by Queen. It was actually fun, I wasn't nervous and I happened as if I had done it all my life. The next year, also in December, I played "Knocking on heaven's door" by Guns n' Roses and it was the first time people gave me a round of applause. I stood up and bowed before them in order to show my gratitude for their gesture. For the year 2008 I had being practincing with a band that was formed with other instruments students, such as a guitar, a bass guitar and a singer. We played "Back in black" by Ac/Dc and "Parallel universe" by Red Hot Chili Peppers and we had a huge crowd cheering us as I had never felt. It was awesome, but eventually everything has to end. On 2009 I did the same as the year before, I joined the same kind of band to play another song, "El pibe de los astilleros" by Patricio rey y sus redonditos de ricota. It was a mess! People didn't rehearse, I was the only one practicing the song, and when we had to play it on the stage, it went not as good as I'd like it to go, but in the end people still gave us a sincere round of applause.
Next time I'll talk a bit more about my last concerts' experience. I'll appreciate any correction!
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Bad luck or just bad training?
Let me tell you what happened to me yesterday. Late at night I had to go to a hospital because I had a sore knee, my right one, I had been training at my home. There I had a knee X-ray and they told me that nothing was showing, that I had to go back there the next day to see a knee specialist. The guard doctors told me to rest, not to put pressure on my knee, to take some painkillers and to use crutches so I would be capable of walking without using my right leg. Then, today, I went to see the knee specialist, and he told me that my injury had something to do with my meniscus. Worst case scenario, I would have to have surgery and best case scenario, I would be fine without doing anything. How am I going to know which one is my case? Next wednesday I'll have an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Image) of my knee and only then we'll know how bad my injury is. I REALLY don't want to have surgery.
I had to learn new vocabulary to write what happened so, I'm expecting quite some mistakes, thanks for any corrections!
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Violin lessons and first notebook entry.
Today I had the first violin lesson on which I really felt that I made progress. I've been learning a tango song called "Cascabelito" for a month and I almost worked it out completly, not only at a fast tempo but without doubting or stopping too! I hope that in the future I'll join an orchestra, but not any one, I want to be in the best orchestra of the world! I won't stop practising until I finally get there.
This is my first notebook entry, I'll try to write longer ones next time in order to practice more!
Thanks in advance for any correction!
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