Speaking Practice

Prepare your answers for the following topics.

Topic 1: Talk about a subject you are studying

 What subject are you studying?

 What is the subject about?
 How do you feel about it?
 Explain why you are interested in it.

Yo estoy estudiando química debido a que mi carrera es ingeniería química; química es

mi favorita materia desde el colegio siempre me llamo la atención estudiarla debido a
que la química en general se ocupa principalmente de algunos problemas científicos,
como la composición, propiedades de materia entre otras cosas, además podemos hacer
experimentos con reactivos, mezclas, verificar sustancias, crear nuevas cosas.
contribuye de forma decisiva a satisfacer las necesidades de la humanidad en
alimentación, medicamentos, indumentaria, vivienda, energía, materias primas,
transportes y comunicaciones.

I am studying chemistry because my career is chemical engineering; Chemistry is my

favorite subject since school I always get my attention to study it because chemistry in
general deals mainly with some scientific problems, such as composition, properties of
matter among other things, we can also do experiments with reagents, mixtures, verify
substances, create new things.
also I am very interested in chemistry because it contributes to satisfy the needs of
humanity, in food, medicine, clothing, housing, energy, raw materials, transport and
communications.

Topic 2: Describe an interesting city you know and like

 Where is it?
 How did you go there?
 What did you do there?
 Explain why you found it so interesting.

Mi favorita ciudad de ecuador es salina. Se encuentra en la provincia de santa elena.

Usualmente mi familia y yo viajamos para allá cuando hay feriado debido a que
tenemos familia y los vamos a visitar. es muy divertido viajar para allá por que puedo
conversar con mis primos y salir a pasear, comer y disfrutar la tarde.

también las olas de la playa de salinas son muy calmadas y podemos nadar y tiene un
clima muy agradable por esta razón la encontré interesante. ademas en ciertas épocas
podemos ver ballenas, focas en la CHOCOLATERA la cual es un centro turístico mas
visitado de la ciudad por que ofrece miradores y un muelle con vista al mar.
My favorite city in Ecuador is Salina. It is located in the province of Santa Elena.
Usually my family and I travel there when there is a holiday because we have family
and we are going to visit them. It is very fun to travel there because I can talk with my
cousins and go for a walk, eat and enjoy the afternoon. In addition, the beach of Salinas
the waves are very calm and we can swim and it has a very pleasant climate for this
reason I found it interesting

My favorite city in Ecuador is Salina. It is located in the province of Santa Elena.

Usually my family and I travel there when there is a holiday because we have family
and we are going to visit them. It is very fun to travel there because I can talk with my
cousins and go for a walk, eat and enjoy the afternoon.

Also the waves of Salinas beach are very calm and we can swim and it has a very
pleasant climate for this reason I found it interesting. Also at certain times we can see
whales, seals in the CHOCOLATERA which is a tourist center most visited in the city
because it offers viewpoints and a dock overlooking the sea.

Topic 3: Describe a positive change in your life. You should say:

 what the change was about?

 when it happened?
 describe details of the change that happened

 and describe how it affected you later in life.

recientemente hace unos dos meses atras comence hacer ejercicio especialmente un
deporte que se llama kickboxing , yo lo veo como un cambio positivo en mi vida
debido a que anteriormente yo solo me pasaba estudiando, en el celular o jugando video
juegos en los tiempos libres.

yo no me preocupaba por mi salud. y comomencé a tener problemas de salud y por

aquello comencé a entrenar 2 horas diarias. empece este cambio ya que mis padres
llevaron a mi hermano y por eso yo fui a entrenar tambien. esto me ayudo a
estabilizarme mental, fisicamente y pude conocer a muchas personas de diferentes
edades y es un ambiente muy amigable y divertido.

recently about two months ago I started exercising, especially a sport called kickboxing,
I see it as a positive change in my life because previously I only spent time studying, or
using my cell phone or playing video games in my spare time.

I was not worried about my health. And I started to have health problems and that's
why I started training 2 hours a day. I started this change since my parents took my
brother and that's why I went to train too. This helped me to stabilize myself mentally,
physically and I was able to meet many people of different ages and it is a very friendly
and fun environment.