Luis'+Portfolio


 * __ INTRODUCTION __**

Hi!

My name’s Luis, I live in Mexico City. I’m 21 and I’m studying the 4th semester of Computer Engineering at UNAM. I like sports, programming, traveling, videogames, listening to music. What are your hobbies? One of the things I really hate is traffic and here in Mexico usually there are a lot of it. Tell me, How is life in Canada? I think this exchange is a great opportunity for both of us to improve our foreign language learning. What do you think about it? Do you like this activity? I was wondering, would you like to have a conversation in Skype? Just for practicing speaking, think about it and let me know, please. I’d like to speak English very well so if you don’t mind I want you to correct my mistakes. Do you want me to correct yours in Spanish? (:

I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Luis.


 * __ UNIVERSITY AND STUDIES __**

Hi again Angelina!

This week we have to write about University and Studies in both languages, I feel like a “Pocho” doing it, maybe you haven’t heard this word before, well this how we call people who live in the border line between Mexico and USA and they usually talk in both languages, I’ve been there many times and trust me listening to it is kinda funny because sometimes they don’t know how to say some things in Spanish even when they’re Mexicans.

Te contaré un poco de mi Universidad, es una de las importantes en Latinoamérica hace poco se cumplieron 100 años de haberse inaugurado, tiene cinco campus externos y un campus central llamado “Ciudad Universitaria” y ahí donde yo estudio, debo decir que me gusta mucho estudiar en un lugar tan padre, definitivamente si alguna vez vienes a México tienes que darte un paseo por Ciudad Universitaria. Te dejo aquí algunas imágenes:

About my studies I have to say that in the beginning my classes at university were so hard, the change from High School to University was shocking for me, but now I’m feeling confident in all my classes here __at En__gineering Faculty you have to take 4 semesters of “basics sciences” that’s how we call it, I mean you have to take only classes like math, physics, chemistry, and after that you can take classes about your major like digital systems, engineering software, micro-computers, just to name a few of them. In the present semester I’m taking this class called Differential Equations and I have to say this one is a little bit difficult for me but I’m doing my best to get a good mark.

Se que tu no eres estudiante en la Universidad de Guelph pero me gustaría saber más acerca de ti y lo que haces. ¿Qué estudiaste para poder trabajar en una escuela de idiomas? ¿Cómo era el lugar en donde estudiaste? ¿Fue en Suiza o Canadá? También me gustaría saber mas acerca de la cultura Suiza, por que para ser sincero no se mucho de ella.

Espero saber pronto de ti. Luis.


 * __ LIKES DISLIKES & GOODBYE __**

Hi! How are you doing? I apologize for haven't written last week but I’ve had some problems with my internet connection, I also have LOTS of homework, actually today I took two exams, but tell me. How’s life? I hope everything’s good.

We’ve missed the week about likes and dislikes… Well if you don’t mind in this message I will tell you about it. One of my favorites things to do in my free time is playing videogames lately I’ve been playing this one called Gears of War 2 which is bloody so if you don’t like watch blood never play it haha. I also enjoy programming any kind of stuff in the computer I’ve been working with some friends in a kind of program which will be available to do all the exercises we have seen in our classes is very interesting I must say. About music, firs of all I have to say I really enjoy listening to any kind of music. Have you ever heard about Mexican music? Like mariachi. Do you like it? Because I Do but only when I’m singing a `serenata’ to a beautiful girl haha, I listen to classical music as well, but my favorite band ever is one called ‘Emery’ it’s an American band, they play this genre of music called ‘screamo’ I think it’s very popular in the states. How about you? What do you like to listen to? ¿Qué hay de ti? ¿Qué gusta hacer en tu tiempo libre?

(I’ve added some links to the music I told you, just click in the names and you’ll have the chance check out what I was talking about).



Que lastima que esta es ya nuestra ultima semana de intercambio, espero haber aportado algo a tu español, tal vez no fue mucho y aunque tu tienes la oportunidad de practicar todos los días, un poquito más siempre bueno, me gusto mucho cuando me contaste acerca de Suiza me pareció muy interesante la gran mezcla de culturas que tienen, y ahora esta en mis planes visitar algún día Suiza. Fue un verdadero placer conocerte, espero este no sea el ultimo mensaje que te envié te dejo mi e-mail por si quieres seguir en contacto conmigo, de vez en cuando un mensaje de un amigo mexicano podría ser bueno. Mi e-mail es: xluuuiizx@hotmail.com

Cuídate mucho Angenila! Sinceramente Luis.



==2. 'AL OTRO LADO/TO THE OTHER SIDE' REVIEW ==

** PLEASE, INCLUDE SOURCES AND CHECK THE FEEDBACK I GAVE YOU **

Directed by: Gustavo Loza

Al otro lado / On the Other Side tells the interspersed stories of three children, one Mexican, one Cuban, one Moroccan whose fathers have crossed to the other side and they feel the need of bring them back home.

And this is how Priciliano's history intertwine, a child from Michoacán, Mexico whose father has gone to the US looking for the 'American dream'. The boy isn't happy with his new role as man of the house with his two little brothers and his mother. He has only one wish, going to the other side with his father.

As Counterpoint is the case of the Cuban child Angel, who lives in the Abana with his mother and his grand father and even when he has never met his father, he embark in an adventure next to his friend Walter to Florida, but a fatal accident causes Walter death.

And finally Fatima's history a Morrocan girl who travels on boat used for traffic with women to Spain trying to find his father, who will finish placing in Malaga as a humble farmer and with a new partner, thanks to efforts of a somewhat implausible child trafficker.



Interestingly, one of the elements along the film is the concept of water like an invisible border between presences and absences, as tigger of sadness and loss. It shows the sensitivity of the Director to introduce these histories with which the viewer cannot remain indefferent.

//Al Otro Lado/// To the Other Side Directed by: Gustavo Loza. //Photography by: Gerónimo Denti, Saldivar Tanaka and Patrick Murguía.// //Music by: Héctor Ruiz.//

3. ACTIVITIES IN THE WIKI

__College Loan __
If those students who have a College Loan will have to still be paying for it after they finish it, I think that's a shame and maybe the schools have to make a reform or something in education in order to avoid it. Now I think I'm so lucky to study in a University like UNAM. However Higher education in the US is always expensive. ==

== ==__tkt article __ == The article is interesting, I noticed that we've already used some of these methods for correct our written work in class. I think this is very important in our language learning because we have to be able to write well in English and by using these methods correctly we can make an effort to see where we made a mistake, think about it and remember that mistake for avoid repeat it in future writings. There’s one method which I think could be good for class; it’s the one called correction code, because this one involves several aspects in the learning english.

==__Listening: 6 Minutes English __ == In this ‘6 Minutes English’ the hosts talked about how science-fiction, science and the laws of physics are a little bit different in movies, they were wondering if science should be more accurate in movies? For __the__ answer of this question there was an interview with Doctor Sidney who gave his opinion about it. He thinks movies should have science fantasy and science in good proportions. He mentioned a particular film called ‘The day after tomorrow’ which got quite bit of science wrong i__n the fact of__ they made things more dramatical__ly__ and quick__ly__ than they really would be but the main idea **IS THAT** __of__ global warming have impact in real world.  They also __made__ a question about sound in space which I think __belong__ to a science fantasy movie but I don’t know the name.  For me the difficult part to follow was the interview __of__Doctor Sidney, maybe because he speaks faster than Callum and William, but in general I don’t really think this was a difficult listening.

I don’t think this was a VERY difficult listening.

==__Crash Questions __ ==  **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Javier Chávez Lucía ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Luis Cariño ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alfonso Ismael Ventura Valdés ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">González Mendoza Fernando Emmanuel **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 1. Why was the gun seller angry with the couple? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Because they **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">were started ** to speak in other language. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. What did the black guys say about the white people? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They said that the white people tr**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">eat different the black people just for his appearence **. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. What did the first character say about crashes and people touching each other? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">At L.A the only way to touch or feel the skin of another person is crashing **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">with they. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Why were the two black guys angry when they were walking in the street? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Because the waitress **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">didn’t treat they ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">as the same way ** as the white people. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. What did the Asian woman say about Mexican people? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">She said that t**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">he Mexicans doesn’t drive ** correctly and they are “wet-backs”.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Why was the little girl under the bed?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Do you really think all black people in the US are as racist as the movie show us?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**VERY INTERESTING QUESTIONS!**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Luis, Eduardo and Yara's answers: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- We think that the hottest place in the world is the Sahara desert, and the coldest places in the world are the North and South Pole. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Eduardo thinks that Guanajuato is one of the most beautiful cities in Mexico, but Yara and __me__ disagree with him, we think Mexico City is the most beautiful city in Mexico for many reasons one of them is the mix in the architecture __all over the__ down town. **IN ALL THE DOWNTOWN AREA** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- The second biggest city in Mexico is Guadalajara. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- One of the oldest place here in Mexico is Cuicuilco. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- The most of streets in Mexico are busies but probably Insurgentes Avenue is the busiest one in the country. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-The ugliest building in our city is the Hotel Fiesta Inn Picciotto<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. //

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Quiestion Using Passive Phrases **__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="hps" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff6300; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The first <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff6300; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">concept of a programmable computer was introduced by <span class="short_text" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff6300; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">?
 * CAN YOU GIVE US THE ANSWER AND SOME EXTRA INFORMATION? THANKS:-) **