UNIVERSITY OF TOLIMA

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
ENGLISH AND SPANISH DEPARTMENT
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PROGRAM

JOURNAL FOR INDEPENDENT WORK

Name:Carlos Mario Gomez Manchola Date:10/12/22 Period covered:

What I have done (Describe activities and write down the titles of any materials you have used)

I use an application Basic English reinforcement and remember some words

DUOLINGO

Another application in which I try to improve my pronunciation but I have stopped using it so often

BUSUU

Increase in the frequency in which I watch videos in English language, in addition to using the option of
English subtitles for videos that are in Spanish}

YOUTUBE

Rereading of the material shared by the teacher in addition to carrying out the activities that are not carried
out in class

MATERIAL IN DRIVE

Change of translator when knowing the meaning of unknown words with greater accuracy

DEEPL

What I have learned (Summarize what you think you have learned during your independent work)

I have learned the pronunciation of some words which I did not speak correctly, in addition to some
grammar lessons that I lost due to lack of practice

Slight improvement in the understanding of the language when listening to it

Emphasis on business vocabulary and its use, as well as the differentiation between different types of
transactions and sales techniques.

Reflections (Comments on how useful, enjoyable or problematic your activities were)

I have had complications when pronouncing sentences in a row since I read word by word when sometimes
they have to be pronounced almost as if they were a single word.

I also have the habit of only using a single word to continue the sentences and besides that I always use the
OF even in parts where it shouldn't go

Detected new problem with verb tenses when using them

lack of security when a sentence cannot be continued, in addition to lack of connectors for its continuation

Deficiency when remembering the meanings of the new terms learned, sometimes generating confusion
between them

The lack of fluent pronunciation of phrases continues and is added to the lack of knowledge when creating
stories in this language

Future plans (Write down the activities you are planning to do in order to continue with your language
development.

Find more material for grammar improvement, pick up the pace in the pronunciation application, start with
readings in English.

Focus more on learning new connectors and remember them for future use, re-study verb tenses and try to
better remember the situations in which each one is used

Continue with the use of the material provided by the teacher, and the use of new tools for improvement
Adapted from: Teaching and Researching Autonomy. Benson, 2001