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A bittersweet class.

16thSeptember

This class was based on the topic language and regional

variation, which was explained through a presentation. It was

really interesting because of the introduction of new words

associated with linguistic geography. I have to say this topic

was special for me because I had to prepare that presentation

and it was good to do that. Personally, I could get a lot of new

vocabulary and understand the meaning of some terms as for

example: standard language, dialect, accent, bilingualism etc.

Besides, it included many words that I had never heard, as:

diglossia, pidgin, creole, among others.

The relevant aspect of this class was to know the linguistic

richness represented by the large number of languages and

dialects in the world. In addition to this, it was good to learn how

the place or region affects the speech of those people living

there.In this way, two main problems arise from this topic. The

first is the relation between prestigious and language, creating

certain discrimination and stigmatization among people who

speak a standard variation of a language and who do not. The

second has to do with language planning. It means the way

how governments decide the language that should be

considered as the official one of their countries. So, there aresome interesting cases that require our analysis and it is not

easy to come to a consensus in those situations.

These two problems are really concerning with my lifebecause

I should consider that no one language is better than another

one. On the contrary, the differences among languages do that

disciplines as applied linguistics are interested on searching

and study the component of languages or dialects that do not

represent standard variation but they still are valuable for

mankind. As an English language learner I take into accountthat I have some advantages for speaking Spanish and it is a

reason why I should feel myself proud despite the fact that I will

never acquire the proper accent of an English native speaker. I

have always thought that the main purpose is to learn English

and speak it with intelligibility.

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Contextualization of theidea you are going to

develop in your journal.

Description of the

situation (in the class) or

the topic.

If you are going to

mention a topic that we

developed in class, then,

you can mention what is

the topic about, what

you learned about it.

Remember the theory is

also necessary.

It is not a descriptive

text, but a Reflective

one, so your comments,reflections, deductions,

conclusions should be

constant, not left for the

end.

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Apart from the content of this class, I want to write about my

performance during that presentation. Although, I had

understood the topic and I was preparing my speech a pairs of

days before, I felt very nervous and I forgot everything. I think

my performance was not the worst but it was not so good at all.

My partner could not understand what had gone wrong with me.

All this situation made me reflect about my learning process

and find the possible mistakes that I am making. Perhaps, the

main flaws that are affecting me are the shyness and the lack of

self-confidence and my duty is to improve this type of situations

that are affecting mylearning.

Do not forget that your

journal is personal, it

should be written in 1st

person (I, me, my,

personally, are

common).

Therefore your personal

opinion and your

personal conclusions are

the most important.