2nd Essay

CORRECTED BY TEACHER

(FINAL PAPER)

Out Line

T.S. Nowadays a city lifestyle is not imaginable without having an electronic literacy.

I. Introduction
a) What is electronic literacy?
b) Importance of the electronic literacy in the daily life.

II. Electronic literacy in our life.
a) Personal life.
b) Family communication

III. Electronic literacy at job.
a) Business application

IV. Electronic literacy at school.
a) When doing assignments and presentations
b) Its importance in the B.A. in E.L.T.

V. Conclusion

Essay

Nowadays a city lifestyle is not imaginable without having electronic tools. Living in a city means that you have a job, or attend school, or both at the same time. Besides this you probably have a family; all these aspects are part of your daily life and to optimize your time, to improve and to get easier your job or assignments at school, and to establish communication with no trouble of distances; you must be electronic literated. But, what is electronic literacy? Is the use of the computer as a tool in communication, when working, at school, etc. In the next lines you will find the way in which electronic literacy is employ in three main facets of our daily life: in our personal life, at work and at school.

Let´s start talking about the way in which we use electronic literacy in our personal life. When living in a metropolis sometimes there is no time for going out to meet people or even to get a romantic partner. In answer to this problem there are hundreds of websites created to match your soul mate, get friends, etc. Another important application of electronic literacy in the personal life is to establish or maintain communication with your relatives, friends, etc. when they live far away from you; in another city, country or even in the same state but so far to visit them. Thus you can download a messenger and have a video calling with them; you can even be talking and watching more than one person at the same time. So that you can either use a computer with an internet connection to encounter people or to communicate with others just sending an e-mail or using a chat room.

The second angle of our daily life in which electronic literacy takes part is at work. Due to the fact that we live in a globalized world we have to be in touch with businessmen around the globe. This in order to update our business or just because the company where we work asks us to do so. Through the use of video-conferences, web pages, e-mails, etc. is how we can optimize costs, arrange meetings or look for better opportunities. It is important to highlight the importance of the video-conferences, specially, because with them companies save money and time when doing business out of the city we live in.

The third aspect, and the most important, is that electronic literacy is employed at school. In present times there are only a few teachers who are very traditional and only use the board, markers and a book for teaching. Instead, teachers bring to the classroom a computer, a tape recorder, speakers and a projector to perform a lesson. In the same way these teachers with an electronic literacy ask students to use technology for presentations and when doing assignments. Use of the internet when doing homework help us to save time and even money because as a substitute of going to a library you just turn on the computer. On the other hand; when you are the teacher like when studying the B.A. in E.L.T .It is mandatory to be updated with the most recent teaching techniques, and them require that you posses an electronic literacy. First of all, due to including technology when teaching has a huge impact in the students learning and interest. They tend to respond very good to it, so that you, as a teacher, would build a better relation with them.

To sum up the relevance of the electronic literacy in a city daily life, we only have to think about in all the times we use a computer or when we desire to have one. For example: when we don not have time to talk with our family and we need to send them an e-mail at least to know if they are alive or not. Or when we are working or at school and we need to finish an assignment quickly. Surely, if the entire world could acquire an electronic literacy, everything will be easier for all of us.

FIRST ESSAY (FINAL DRAFT)

CORRECTED BY TEACHER

(FINAL PAPER)

OUTLINE

T.S. : What about Me?

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MY FAMILY
a) My mother.
b) My Father
c) My brother

III. MY LIKES AND DISLIKES
a) Food
b) Weather
c) Music
d) Movies

IV. MY FUTURE
a) Near future
b) Distant future

V. CONCLUSION


ESSAY

What about Me?.. My name is Greta González Gutiérrez, I am from San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. .and I am twenty-two years old. Right now I am studying the third semester of the B.A. in E.L.T. at the Universidad Autonoma of Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes City. I moved up to this city with my parents and my brother three years ago but my relatives are in San Luis Potosí. There are many other things that you must know about me to make out who I am. In the next lines you will find out who the members of my family are, what my likes and dislikes are, what makes me laugh or cry, and a brief description of my future plans.

First of all I am going to talk about my family; my mother, my father and my brother. My mother´s name is Marina. She is 55 years old and she was an English teacher. Maybe that is the reason why I chose this B. A. She is very optimistic and she is the pillar of my life. My father’s name is Gustavo. He is 47 years old. He helps me whenever I needed and I know that I am his pampered girl. And the last member of my family is Gustavo; my brother. He is thirteen years old. He is studying the 2nd grade of secondary school. He does everything for me. My family loves me so much and they would die for me and I would do so.

Now let´s talk about my likes and dislikes related to food, weather, music and movies. I find irresistible Mexican, Italian, Japanese and Chinese food. My much loved deserts are ice-cream, chocolate and pie. Concerning to weather; I prefer cold weather than hot. However; I like so much beaches when going on vacation but I prefer rather a cold city to live in. Talking about music, I have to say that I enjoy all kinds. I can listen to a pop song or a heavy metal song. Although; the genres that I listen more are pop and norteño. Regarding movies; I like romantic comedy, horror, fantasy and action movies; therefore I enjoy any kind of movie. As you can see I am not very special when listening music or watching a movie.

The third point of which I´m going to talk about is: my future. My near future, which is from now up to August of 2010, is to conclude my fourth semester in the B.A. in E.L.T. to keep my record of zero subjects failed. On the other hand, I hope to obtain a scholarship and to get a job to help my parent with the bills. For my distant future, which is from August 2010 up to the year of 2013, I plan to work as a teacher in a prestigious university of Aguascalientes and to open my own English school. Also; I plan to be traveling out of this country. Those are the most important plans for my near and far future.

Now that you have read the upper lines, you should have a clearer idea of who I am and my way of thinking. I mentioned some of the most important aspects about me. These aspects were: my family, my likes and dislikes related to food, weather, music and movies, and my future plans. So that you have a draft of Greta González Gtz.

Introductory Essay- First Draft-

Out Line

T.S. What about Greta?

I. Introduction

II. Me Right Now

III.My Identity

a)Food

b)Hot or cold.

c)Music

IV. My Future

a)Near future

b)Distant Future

V. Conclusion

Essay

What about Greta? In the next lines you are going to find out some of the principles characteristics that form my personality. The first thing you have to know about me is my likes and dislikes related to food, places to go, and the type of music I like best. And second you will read a backward of my near and distant future.

My name is Greta González Gutiérrez, I´m 22 years old. I´m studying the B.A. in English Language Teaching in theUniversidad Autonoma of Aguascalientes. I had worked as an English teacher in an elementary school. My family is the most important thing in my life, then there are my friends and me. I have a pet, it is a dog named "Zuko" I love it.