3rd C1 writing - My Moodle profile

Hello, mates!!!

I am ........ and I was born in December, the same year The Beatles released their fourth album, - Beatles for Sale, so I am nearly 48. And, curiously, I was born on the same day, the 16th, that my parents got married two years before. I am the older sibling in my little family, my brother is only fifteen months younger than me. We were born in the same city we have been living in ever since, which is Montcada i Reixac. Our parents were migrants from Extremadura, where my brother and I went on summer holidays, until we were teenagers, to have a really fun time with our cousins.

I have always loved studying languages, since my first French teacher introduced me to this subject during primary school. She was an excellent teacher, a person who had a great ability to encourage people to make themselves able to be understood in French by other people. This was the seed….since then I have always been interested in making myself understandable … but not always have I achieved this goal. My usual languages are Spanish and Catalan, I speak a few basic words of German, I can politely greet people in Greek, I get by in Italian and used to be fluent in French, even though it is a bit rusty nowadays. I have been studying English here since September 2009 and I am trying to improve it day by day. And my challenge will probably be to get into University to study a degree related to Languages….when I could have the time to do it.

I want to explain something related to my job, well my first job was as a waitress in the family restaurant when I was thirteen…and my last job was as a logistic operator in a transport company. At this moment, and since 1999, I have been elected town councillor in Montcada.

I am a very positive person, probably because the bad experiences in my life have taught me how to appreciate every little thing. I am married, next year we will celebrate our silver wedding anniversary, and we have the most wonderful, intelligent and responsible daughter that you can imagine. When I have time to spare, which is not very often, I like swimming and I really love reading and travelling.

I hope I will enjoy this course with all of you!!!