Rosa





03/03/11

__**My Story**__

My name is Rosa Angel. I have a 2 **years** old daughter. She is so special to us. Her name is Simone. She's in childcare in North Hobart. I am living 30 minutes from the city. The place is called Penna, it's near Sorell.I have lived in Hobart about 3 years and 7 months. I live in a house with a beautiful view. The place it's so quite and relaxing.

I come from Chile, I am Chilean. Chile is a nice country, long and beautiful. It has a desert in the North and glaciers in the South. I lived in the North. My family and my friends still live there. Sometimes I miss them a lot. My language is Spanish. I can speak and write Spanish.

I study English at the Tasmanian Polytechnic. I study Certificate II in Spoken and Written English. I am very lucky to be here in Tasmania. I am happy with my little family. I like to be a good cook and make nice dishes for them. **Sametimes** I **made** Chilean food especially when I have party.

I got my drive licence a few months ago. It's fantastic to have a car and drive to many places I want to go because where I live I can't catch the bus. I came to the Polytechnic everyday by car.

I look forward to getting a job or training in finance or similar. Now I can apply for a job because I have a licence. In Chile I worked in different jobs. I worked in a supermarket, in a bank and I had experience in a goverment area. The last job I had was a sales person for 5 years, in telecomunication retail.

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**__My learning plan __** In Australia my long-term goals are to study a course in finance or do training to get a job. In 5 years’ time I would like to improve my English, read and write perfectly. Also I would like to get a job in an office. At the end of this year I want to be able to have good communication which Australian people, because some time I feel embarrassed when I think they don’t understand me.

My short- term goals are to improve my English language and finish certificate level II. I want to continue with Level III to learn more grammar, spelling and pronunciation. I’m good at listening and reading but my weaknesses are grammar, pronunciation and spelling. I have a husband and a daughter who is 2 years old. I really enjoy spenting most of my time with her I. This can be my barrier to studying English. I also speak my language most the time when I am with my friends. I have sufficient resources to help me with my English. At home I have a lot books, for example good grammar text-books, spelling and children’s books. I have a computer with the internet, a television and a good dictionary. I read magazines and newspaper specials in Saturday’s mercury. I know I need strategies to improve my grammar, pronunciation and spelling. I will work hard in grammar, so I’ll study my grammar text-book. I need to practise listening and pronunciation. I have same documents to practise on my computer. I need to have more conversations with Australian people. I am going to the library to borrow some books to help me with my spelling. I’ll work hard this year to complete level II. I’ll come to classes every day and do my homework. In my free time I want to study for myself to improve my weaknesses.

__17/03/11__

//**Elzbieta's biography.**// __Her first name is Elzbieta. Her last name is Jurkiewiczbuczek.__ __She comes from Poland. She arrived on 9 August 2009. She has been living in Tasmania one year and seven months.__ __Elzbieta's first language is Polish. She is fifty four years old. She studies at The Tasmanian Polytechinc.__
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//**Jin Hui's biography.**//

__Her first name is Jin Hui. Her family name is Bao. Jin's preferred name is Jane.__ __She comes from China. She arrived on 12 S**eptember** 20010. She has been living in Tasmania for 6 months. Jane's first language is Chinese. She was born in 1955. Jane attends the Tasmanian Polytechnic.__

Excursion to Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

On Thursday 7 April at 10:00 am, the class General English II walked together to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. We met Rosie Mc Keand who's __a__ art teacher. She talked about drawing. She said all of us can draw a picture. She gave us paper and a pencil for drawing. Then we visited a section with the native animals and birds. Next we went to upstairs to the room with old Tamanian paintings. We looked around the room at all the paintings and some furtiture. After that we drew pictures. Every one chose what they wanted to draw. I chose a picture that reminded me of my father working in my country. Finally we had a quick look at the Chinese exhibition and then we come back to the classroom at the Polytechnic.

__Excursion to State Library of Tasmania.__ On Thursday 14 April in the morning, we went to the State Library of Tasmania. In the library we met a librarian who showed us the different __area__ of the library. She __teached__ as how to __using__ the computer for looking up a book using the title or author. This is __call__ the catalogue. We walked around looking at the different sections they have, for example books, cd, dvd, cooking books, books on hold, etc. One important thing for me was the big section for the books on hold. The librarian showed us the section where we return books. Some students completed application forms to get a library card. The teacher took same photos of the excursion. I was __interest__ in borrowing some cds, dvds and books. The books I wanted __was__ written by the Chilean writer called Isabel Allende. When I went to the computer to borrow the items, my card __did'nt__ work, so I needed to go to the reception area to talk with a librarian. The problem was my card had expired, but __S__he fixed it immediately, so I could borrow books.

05/05/11

__**My Autobiography**__ My name is Rosa Angel. I was born in Ovalle city on 30/08/1976. I had a wondeful childhood. I lived in the country side. All my family live over there. They have a farm (cows, __cheeps__, goats and other animals) and vineyards. They work very hard. Twice a year my brother __neds__ to move from the house to the mountain, but they are happy and enjoy it. I am very proud of them. I never wanted to live this hard life and it's the reason I __make__ the decision to continue study. I did to move to the city. The city where I studied is La Serena, a beautiful city on the seaside. I finished my 12 years of schooling. After that I went to study Business Administration at the University. I made very good friends. La Serena is one the most popular seaside destinations in the country. It was founded in 1544,which makes it the second oldest city in Chile. It's located 472 kms north of Santiago and 534 kilometres from the city San Juan, Argentina. I lived here for 12 years. My last job in __chile__ was a sales person at Claro Chile. I worked there about 5 years and left it when I came to Australia. In 2002 in Chile I met my husband Paul. He travelled to visited me twice. In 2006 after I lost my dear great grand aunty who looked after me in my childhood. I __make__ the decision to come to Australia after my husband asked me many times. On 25 August 2007 I arrived in Melbourne, where my husband picked me up. On 25 __november__ we got married at Mountan River, a beautiful place south of Hobart. I was very happy but sometimes I felt sad when I __Think__ of my family. On 3 January 2009 my beautiful daughter was born. __w__e __was__ so excited and happy. I love so much both of them, but at the same time I miss my family in Chile a lot.

24/06/11 Recount My Holidays.

I had two weeks of holidays and I really loved it. We did'nt go anywhere, we just stayed at home. It w as a quiet and relax ing holiday. My daughter got a virus, so we spent most of the time at home. I was busy cleaning, washing and cooking. My husband was at work so we did'nt __planificar__ ??holiday out.

My first week was __funy??__ because my daughter got a virus. On Sunday we went to New Norfolk with my neigbours and some friends to pick up some chickens. It was a beautiful day for all of us, because there __was__ a lot animal s and our children enjoyed them. When we came back we took a few chicken to my friend's foster mother. __t__he tragic thing was my friend __close__ his car and the key was inside the car, so he needed to call the RACT company and wait until __them__ arrived. After that we continued to my friend house and we had a very nice dinner.

The next day Simone felt a little un__corfort__ and a few spots started to appear. I thought it was an allerg y to something she ate. On __t__uesday she was worse so my husband rang the doctor. Finally on __w__ednesday we went to the doctor. He said to us she had a virus called hand, foot and mouth disease. He __recomended__ that we look after her and prevent__ion__ contact with other children because it is contagious. S ometimes we went to the playground near home because she was bored all the time inside. Poor thing, she had a lot of pain because her mouth was blister ed and very red. She was hungry but she could'nt eat for a few __day__. After 10 days Simone was better, so I __did'nt__ go back to the doctor.

On __f__riday of the second week we went to Warrane neigbourhood centre to met a latin America group. We had a lovely day out. Simone played with different children and we had lunch and __song__ together.

Simone __had__ a pet rabbit at home. __w__e called him Tito. __s__he __look__ after him. She helped me clean and feed him too. Also we went to the __s__orell Market to look for a laying box for my two pet chickens.

We really enjoyed be ing﻿ together at home.

27/6 Hi Rosa, You have made a good start with your story. Try to write about 100 words. Suzanne