My English competence in 2013

NOTE: I know the title should be "My English competence in 2012", but I think it's a mistake ._.

Well, it's easy to choose what is my best writing. Due to the continuous and great improvement I made while writing in English, I think my last composition, "Discussion: Prenup' arrangements are a good idea?", is the perfect example of my evolution. It shows that I improved a lot in my expression, grammar and vocabulary, making my compositions understandable and less childish. Also, it's a good example of well-structured writing.

I said this before, but I think that my compositions seem to be better due to the use of connectors, which  provide texts comprehension and fluency.

"Discussion: Prenup' arrangements are a good idea?": http://firstbtxblog.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/discussion-prenup-arrangements-are-good.html

Talking about my orals, I have to say that all my oral presentations don't seem "adequate" for me because of nervousness, so I chose my "less-nervous" podcast, "Short joke". I'll keep thinking that I have to improve at orals; my pronunciation is awful sometimes.

"Short joke": http://firstbtxblog.blogspot.com.es/2012/11/podcast-short-joke.html

There aren't any personal reasons to choose them... But if I have to choose a writing and an oral project that have a meaning for me, I would choose "What is best, to be thin or chubby?" for a composition, and "Bullying" and "Ikebana" for orals. These 3 projects show (more or less) what kind of person I am in essence, so I remember them in a especial way (even if they're not my best works, talking objectively).

"Opinion: What is best, to be thin or chubby?"http://firstbtxblog.blogspot.com.es/2011/10/opinion-what-is-best-being-thin-or.html
"Oral presentation: Ikebana":
"Oral presentation: Bullying": http://firstbtxblog.blogspot.com.es/2012/06/oral-presentation-bullying.html

My English progress from 2011-2013

Comparing my first composition, "Presentation mail", and the last one, "Discussion: prenup' arrangements are a good idea?", I see I improved a lot expressing myself in English, although there's a lot of things that I don't master yet. My vocabulary, grammar and comprehension is widely improved now, specially linking words; I didn't know how to use them when I wrote the letter. Additionally, I can see I changed as a person, so it greatly affects my compositions: I express myself more directly and I try to be more logic than before, even if I can't do that sometimes.

My first composition: http://firstbtxblog.blogspot.com.es/2011/10/presentation-mail.html

My last composition: http://firstbtxblog.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/discussion-prenup-arrangements-are-good.html

Talking about my first and last oral presentations ("Ikebana" and "My research paper"), I think that I didn't improve very much on pronunciation and fluency... But I improved in language, related to my writing improvement. Maybe I'm too nervous in front of people... There isn't much to comment about this, because there's only two changes between the first and the last oral presentation: vocabulary and grammar.

My first oral presentation: http://firstbtxblog.blogspot.com.es/2011/11/oral-presentation-ikebana.html

My last oral presentation: http://firstbtxblog.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/oral-presentation-my-research-paper.html

As a conclusion, I have to say that I see a great improvement on writing skills, while I keep being kinda nervous in front of people (the main characteristic of oral presentations is that you have to talk directly to people, and that didn't improve).