Learning How to play the guitar ( second draft)

Playing a musical instrument has been one of the greatest pleasures that mankind enjoy the most, that is why Everytime and everywhere around the world people are always trying to learn to play a musical instrument. But there is one instrument that everybody wants to learn to play, and that one is the guitar. The guitar has been the most played instrument by every artist at the beginnings of their musical career, how ever most people think that learn to play guitar it is difficult but what they do not know is that learn how to play the guitar it is very easy, and here is the question that everybody wonder. How can it be done? Easy just in three steps. Step # 1 motivation, step # 2 time organization and step # 3 a good trainer.

First of all people have to be motivated in order to learn to play the guitar, motivation is having the desire and willingness to do something. When people are motivated they can achieve all, and they at the same time enjoy what they do, be motivated it is the first essential step in the way of learning how to play the guitar. That is why most of artists enjoy very much what they do because they are motivated.


Second of all well time organization is required in order to learn to play the guitar, If people do not have well organize their time they wont be able to learn to play the guitar because they are not going to practice the time is needed to learn, for instance Carlos Santana one of the most famous guitar players around the world used to go to school in the morning, work in the afternoon and at night he sat in his bed and practice with his guitar 5 hours straight; but now he is one of the best guitarist around the world and h achieved by organizing his time.


Third of all people have to find a good trainer to learn to play the guitar, a trainer is that one who is able to help anybody to get until that level their want, because he is really going to tell to the people what they should practice and what they shouldn’t, people can be motivated and have well organize their time, but if they do not have a good trainer they are just going to limited their knowledge, with a good trainer people can learn to play the guitar sooner than alone.

As it has been said, learn to play the guitar it is a matter of been motivated, have well organization of time and find a good trainer, these three are the key on the successful way of learning how to play the guitar. And like Venezuelan people say “mas vale tarde que nunca” so start playing today.

Learning How to play the guitar

Playing a musical instrument has been one of the greatest pleasures that mankind enjoy the most, that is why Everytime and everywhere around the world people are always trying to learn to play a musical instrument because they enjoy music a lot. But there is one instrument that everybody wants to learn to play it and that one is the guitar, the guitar has been the most played instrument by every artist at the beginnings of their musical career, But it is not easy to learn to play the guitar, that is what everybody thinks, they think it is hard, but what they do not know is that to learn how to play the guitar is very easy and here is the question that everybody wonder. How can it be done? Easy just in three steps. Step # 1 motivation, step # 2 time organization and step # 3 a good master.

First of all people has to be motivated, motivation is having the desire and willingness to do something. When people are motivated they can achieve all, and they at the same time enjoy what they do, be motivated it is the first essential step in the way of learning how to play the guitar, when people has the desire of do something nobody and no one can stop them. That is why most of artists enjoy very much what they do because they are motivated.


Second of all well time organization, these is the second essential step in the way of learning how to play the guitar, if people do not have well organize their time they wont be able to learn to play the guitar because they are not going to practice the time is needed to learn, for instance Carlos Santana one of the most famous guitar players around the world used to practice 5 hours per day in order to become the best guitarist in the world, and he achieve that by organizing his time.


Third of all a good master, if people really want to learn to play the guitar the should have a master, a master is that one who is going to takes until that level you want because he is really going to tell what you should practice, you cam be motivated and have well organize your time, but if you do not have a master you are just going to limited your knowledge, with a master people can learn to play the guitar sooner than alone.

As has been said, learn to play the guitar it is a matter of be motivated, well organization of time and a good master, these three are the key on the successful way of learning how to play the guitar.

second draft individual essay(comments on this one)

How to play a musical instrument

Through time, music has been one of the greatest pleasures that mankind enjoy the most, Everytime and everywhere around the world people are always listening to music, they listening while they take a shower, while they eat or while they cook, etc. That is why most of the people usually want to learn how to play a musical instrument because they enjoy music a lot. But it is not easy to play a musical instrument, that is what everybody thinks, in fact, most of the people refused to learn to play an instrument because they are afraid of trying it because they think it is hard, but what they do not know is that to learn how to play an musical instrument is very easy and here is the question that everybody wonder. How can it be done? Easy just in three steps. Step # 1 motivation, step # 2 commitment and step # 3 practice.

First of all, motivation is one of the principal requirements in order to learn how to play a musical instrument, motivation is having the desire and willingness to do something. When people are motivated they can achieve all, and they at the same time enjoy what they do, when people enjoy what they are doing that turns easy to develop and regarding to music that is easier when people are motivated, because they have the desire of doing it and they practice without thinking about time, without worry about where they are because they are motivated. That is why most of artists enjoy very much what they do because they are motivated.

Second, another important factor in the success of learning to play a musical instrument is commitment. Commitment is pledge to do something that is why it is one of the most important requirements in order to learn how to play a musical instrument, Commitment ignites action. And the way of learning how to play a musical instrument it by playing it by acting just doing it, and to do that people need to be commitment with music, most famous musicians have got their success because they committed their self with music.

Third, practice is other important element in the way of learning how to play a musical instrument, once somebody said “Practice is the best of all instructors” and that is indeed true, practice, practice and practice it is a very good piece of advise that anybody can have, learning how to play a musical instrument it is only can be done just by practicing all day Practice puts brains in peoples muscles for instance Michael Jackson used to practice 6 hours per day their vocal and dance imagine a Michael without all that practice.

As has been said, learn to play a musical instrument it is a matter of be motivated, be commitment and practice, practice and practice, these last three are the key on the successful way of playing a musical instrument and like J.F.S.R it is better say we tried instead of saying how could had been if I were tried.

first draft of my individual essay

How to play an instrument


Through time, music has been one of the greatest gifts from the man above that mankind enjoy the most, Everytime and everywhere around the world people are always listening to music, they listening while they take a shower, while they make love, while they eat or while they cook, etc. That is why most of the people want to learn how to play a musical instrument because they enjoy music a lot. But it is not easy to play a musical instrument, that is what everybody thinks, in fact, most of the people refused to learn to play an instrument because they are afraid of trying it because they think it is hard, but what they do not know is that to learn how to play an musical instrument is very easy and here is the question that everybody wonder. How can it be done? Easy just in three steps. Step # 1 you have to like it, step # 2 discipline and step # 3 motivation.



First of all, to do something well you have to like it, when you enjoy what you are doing that turns easy to develop and with music that is most easy when you like it, it is very important to underline that when you are doing what you like it or what you want to do, you do not care about time you just do it, it does not matter what time is it where you are or if you are tired it does not matter because you enjoy very much that anything cares.


Second, discipline it is something that not everybody has, the most famous musicians had been very disciplined regarding to practice an musical instrument for instance, Michael Jackson used to practice vocal and dance 6 hours per day and that is hard to do, not everybody can do it, that is why not everybody have success with music and to be good and to learn how to play an instrument we must be disciplinant and organized well our time.


Third, motivation is the key to do everything motivation is one of the most importance things in life sometimes when you have been trying to learn to play a musical instrument you can get frustrated because you do not reach that level that you want that is when motivation functions, you can get motivation from other musicians that have been tried all his life to learn to play and instrument, you should not quit playing you just keep trying and someday you will be a great musician.

Body paragraph 6th draft (with conclusion)

At the moment of teaching English as a second language to high school students, it has to take into account the motivation as a relevant factor into the learning process of any language. According to Crookes and Schmidt (1991) document on line, "Motivation has been identified as the learner's orientation with regard to the goal of learning a second language". It is well known that students who are most successful when learning a foreign language are those who like the people that speak the language, admire the culture and have a desire to become familiar with that language. However, nowadays some teachers consider that teaching English is a matter of writing some grammar rules on a blackboard and memorizing some verbs or repeating some phrases, without taking to account that this way of teaching English may turn into a boring experience for teenagers. In order to make an interesting class in an interactive and dynamic way without monotony, teachers need to put a great deal of thought into developing programs which maintain to the students interested and then they will get more goals. To do so, it is advisable to plan the class, to make dynamic strategies and use audiovisual aids.

First of all, teachers must gain the learner's attention by planning stimulating .Teachers must design a great variety of teaching strategies adapted to the necessities of high school students in order to keep their attention, in a confident environment to obtain as a result the satisfaction of the teenagers. An excellent stimulating activity, could be some form of reward for students when they do their works well, for example, a reward can be candies, stickers, gifts like pencils, an eraser a little or making them happy by showing that the teacher see their effort to succeed Teenagers feel far more motivated to come to classes, to participate and as they see that their teacher loves them and values their effort also students feel rewarded when teacher say Congratulations! This is excellent work! Or something like that in the class book and at the same times parents can take notice of them too.

Second of all, there are a lot of dynamic strategies like games, songs, workshops, speeches, etc. that increase the student’s motivation. For instance, when students sing or translate their favorite song, they feel identified with the content or the topic of that song and also they get familiar with some phrases and, while they obtain a meaningful learning of English language. Also, the speeches serve to encourage the teenager to speak without fear to make mistakes and the same thing happens with games because teachers can use this strategy to explain some grammar rules in a very interactive way in order to the student participate in all the activities The dynamic strategies serve to turn a class into a funny experience. In a friendly environment for high school students which is very profitable for the teacher, because teachers catch the attention of the young students by stimulating while student feel pleasant.

Third, there are different audiovisual aids as computers, DVD player, CD player and overhead projector, etc. that can help the teacher to make a more dynamic class. Also, these resources can let the high school student opportunity to learn a foreign language in an interesting way without monotony. For high school students is easier to relate an image, a movie, or music and read a grammatical structure. But the audiovisual aids are also profitable for teachers as a tool; For instance if a teacher has a strategy as a role-play and teacher can take photos which later are given to them or film the situation and then students and teachers may watch the video together and share opinions about their performances in order to create a narrow link between teachers, students trough an audiovisual aid.

All these experiences before reading show us how important is planning the class; make dynamics strategies and the use of audiovisuals aids. Into the process of motivate our students to learn a second language. Remember what Crookes and Schmidt said "Motivation has been identified as the learner's orientation with regard to the goal of learning a second language". In simpler terms motivations is the key for learners of a language it doesn’t matter what language is.

Body paragraph 5th draft (with conclusion)

At the moment of teaching English as a second language to high school students, it has to take into account the motivation as a relevant factor into the learning process of any language. According to Crookes and Schmidt (1991), "Motivation has been identified as the learner's orientation with regard to the goal of learning a second language". It is well known that students who are most successful when learning a foreign language are those who like the people that speak the language, admire the culture and have a desire to become familiar with that language. However, nowadays some teachers consider that teaching English is a matter of writing some grammar rules on a blackboard and memorizing some verbs or repeating some phrases, without take into account that this way of teaching English may turn into a boring experience for teenagers. In order to make an interesting class in an interactive and dynamic way without monotony, teachers need to put a great deal of thought into developing programs which maintain to the students interested and then they will obtain more goals. To do so, it is advisable to plan the class, to make dynamic strategies and use audiovisual aids.

First of all, teachers must gain the learner's attention by planning stimulating activities and using a variety of teaching strategies. Teachers must design a great variety of teaching strategies adapted to the necessities of high school students in order to keep their attention, in a confident environment to obtain as a result the satisfaction of the teenagers. An excellent teaching strategy, could be some form of reward for students when they do their works well, for example, a reward can be candies, stickers, gifts like pencils, an eraser a little or making them happy by showing that the teacher see their effort to succeed Teenagers feel far more motivated to come to classes, to participate and as they see that their teacher loves them and values their effort also students feel rewarded when teacher say Congratulations! This is excellent work! Or something like that in the class book and at the same times parents can take notice of them too.

Second of all, there are a lot of dynamic strategies like games, songs, workshops, speeches, etc. that increase their motivation. For instance, when students sing or translate their favorite song, they feel identified with the content or the topic of that song and also they get familiar with some phrases and, while they get a meaningful learning of English language. Also, the speeches serve to encourage the teenager to speak without fear to commit mistakes and the same thing happens with games because teachers can use this strategy to explain some grammar rules in a very interactive way in order to the student participate in all the activities The dynamic strategies serve to turn a class into a funny experienceIn a friendly environment for high school students which is very profitable for the teacher, because teachers catch the attention of the young students by stimulating while student feel pleasant.

Third, there are different audiovisual aids as computers, DVD player, CD player and overhead projector, etc. that can help the teacher to make a more dynamic class. Also, these resources can let the high school student opportunity to learn a foreign language in an interesting way without monotony. For high school students is easier to relate an image, a movie, or music and read a grammatical structure. But the audiovisual aids are also profitable for teachers as a tool; For instance if a teacher has a strategy as a role-play and teacher can take photos which later are given to them or film the situation and then students and teachers may see the video together and share opinions about their performances in order to create a narrow link between teachers, students trough an audiovisual aid.



All these experiences before reading show us how important is planning the class; make dynamics strategies and the use of audiovisuals aids. Into the process of motivate our students to learn a second language. Remember what Crookes and Schmidt said "Motivation has been identified as the learner's orientation with regard to the goal of learning a second language". In simpler terms motivations is the key for learners of a language it doesn’t matter what language is.

BODY PARAGRAPH (FOURTH DRAFT)

At the moment of teaching English as a second language to high school students, it has to take into account the motivation as a relevant factor into the learning process of any language. According to (Crookes and Schmidt, 1991), "Motivation has been identified as the learner's orientation with regard to the goal of learning a second language". It is well known that students who are most successful when learning a foreign language are those who like the people that speak the language, admire the culture and have a desire to become familiar with that language. However, nowadays some teachers consider that teaching English as a foreign language is a matter of writing some grammar rules on a blackboard and memorizing some verbs or repeating some phrases, without take into account that this way of teaching English may turn into a boring experience for young students. In order to make an interesting class in an interactive and dynamic way without monotony, teachers need to put a great deal of thought into developing programs which maintain to the students interested and then they will obtain more goals. Therefore, it is advisable to plan the class, to make dynamic strategies and use audiovisual aids.


First of all, teachers must gain the learner's attention by planning stimulating activities and using a variety at teaching strategies. Teachers must design a great variety of teaching strategies adapted to the necessities of high school students in order to keep their attention, in a confident environment to obtain as a result the satisfaction of the teenagers and at the same time, the teachers may get result and students may be able to do good things at the end of the lesson that they couldn't do before that class.


Second of all, there are a lot of dynamic strategies like games, songs, workshops, speeches, etc. that can provide to develop the student's speaking skills and increasing their motivation. for instance, when students sing a song, they are developing different skills and also they get familiar with some phrases and, at the same time, they get a meaningful learning of English language. Also, the speeches improve their speaking abilities without fear to commit mistakes and the same thing happens with games because teachers can use their strategy to explain some grammar rules in order to motivate their students to participate in all the activities.



Third, there are different audiovisual aids as computers, DVD player, CD player and overhead projector, etc. that can help the teacher to make a more dynamic class. Also, these resources can contribute to improve the student's abilities and let them the opportunity to learn a foreign language in an interesting way without monotony. For high school students is easier to relate an image, a movie, oral music and read a grammatical structure. For instance, Prof. Gomez A. who graduated as an English professor, used to bring a CD player to the university in order to plays any song that contained new vocabulary or some grammar structures related to each one lesson in class. Teachers should select the resources very carefully because if the teacher doesn’t choose the adequate resource, it might be hard to capture the teenager’s attention and also they loss the motivation of learning English. It must create a narrow link between the student and the audiovisual aids in order to get positive results.

BODYPARAGRAPH (THIRD DRAFT)

Some high school teachers consider that teaching English as a foreign language is a matter of writing some grammar rules on a blackboard and memorizing some verbs or repeating some phrases, however this way of teaching English may turn into a boring experience for students because they don’t feel motivated to learn a foreign language , so The teacher should get the attention of the students, in order to make an interesting class, and the way to achieve that, it’s to be prepared to teach the students a new language in an interactive and dynamic way without monotony . Therefore, it is advisable to plan the class, to make dynamic strategies and use audiovisual aids.


First of all, it can say that Planning should give the teacher the opportunity to predict possible problems and therefore consider solutions, in order to be prepared for any situation .According to Callum Robertson (2006, document on line), who says, “what ever the level of the experience, it’s important that all teachers take time to think trough their lesson before they enter the classroom”… This is a very important point to take into account because teachers need to identify the necessities for each class and also they must know what it is they want their students to be able to do at the end of the lesson that they couldn't do before that class.


Second of all, there are a lot of dynamic strategies like games, songs, workshops, speeches, etc. that can provide to develop the student’s speaking skills and increasing their motivation. For instance, when students sing a song they are developing different skills and also they get familiar with some phrases and at the same time they get a meaningful learning of English language, also the speeches improve their speaking abilities without fear to commit mistakes in addition it can say the same about games because teacher can use this strategy to explain some grammar rules in order to motivate their students to participate in all the activities.


Third, regarding to audiovisual aids like computers, DVD player and CD player and overhead projector etc. are the most important tools for an English teacher, because for young people specially high schools students, is easier for them to relate an image, a movie or a music with a grammatical structure. These resources can contribute to improve the student’s abilities and also let them the opportunity to learn a foreign language in an interesting way without monotony. Teachers have to select the resource very carefully because if the teacher doesn’t choose the adequate resource might be hard to capture the student’s attention and also loss their motivation, it must create a narrow link between the student and the audiovisual aid in order to get positives results.

Body Paragraph(second draft)

Some teachers consider that teach English as a foreign language for teenagers is a matter of writing some grammar rules on a blackboard and memorizing some verbs or repeat some phrases, however this way of teaching English may turn into a boring experience for students because they loss motivation, which result very difficult for a teacher to catch the attention of the students. The teacher should get the attention of the students, in order to make the class more interesting and the way to achieve that, it’s teaching in an interactive and dynamic way. Therefore, it is advisable to plan the class, to make dynamic strategies and use audiovisual aids.

To agree on Callum Robertson (2006), who he says, “what ever the level of the experience, it’s important that all teachers take time to think trough their lesson before they enter the classroom”… This is a very important point to take into account because teachers needs to identify his or her aims for each class and also they must know what it is they want their students to be able to do at the end of the lesson that they couldn't do before that class. Planning should give the teacher the opportunity to predict possible problems and therefore consider solutions, in order to be prepared for any situation.

Second of all, there are a lot of dynamic strategies like games, role plays, workshops, speeches, etc. That can provide to develop their speaking skills and increasing their motivation. For instance, when the students develop a role-play their speaking fluency increase and also they are going to get familiar with some phrases and at the same time they are getting a significant learning of English language, also the speeches improve their speaking abilities without fear to commit mistakes.

Regarding to audiovisual aids like computer, DVD player CD player and overhead projector etc. are the most important tools for an English teacher, because for young people is easier to relate an image, a movie or a song with a grammatical structure. These resources can contribute to improve the student’s abilities and also let them the opportunity to learn a foreign language in an interesting and fresh way without monotony. Teachers have to select the resource very carefully by the contrary, if the teacher doesn’t choose the adequate resource might be hard to capture the student’s attention and also loss their motivation, it must create a narrow link between the student and the audiovisual aid in order to get a positive answer.

body paragraph (first draft)

According to information taken from British Council page (2006), it says ...“what ever the level of the experience, it’s important that all teachers take time to think trough their lesson before they enter the classroom”… This is a very important aspect, because each class is different and teachers need to be able to adapt material from whatever source so that is suitable for their students. . When teachers are planning is useful to keep in mind two elements which are engage and activate; engage means getting the student s interested in class , in an activate stage students are given a tasks which require them to use not only the language they are studying that day .

There are a lot of dynamic strategies like games, role plays, workshops, speeches, etc. That can provide to develop their speaking skills and increasing the student's motivation. For instance, when the students develop a role-play their speaking fluency increase and also they are going to get familiar with some phrases and at the same time they are getting a significant learning of English language, also the speeches improve their speaking abilities without fear to commit mistakes.

On the other hand, audiovisual aids like computer, DVD player CD player and overhead projector etc. are the most important tools for an English teacher, because for young people is easier to relate an image, a movie or a song with a grammatical structure. These resources can contribute to improve the student’s abilities and also let them the opportunity to learn a foreign language in an interesting and fresh way without monotony. It’s important to take into account to obtain positive results; teachers have to select the resource very carefully by the contrary, if the teacher doesn’t choose the adequate resource might be hard to capture the student’s attention and also loss their motivation, it must create a narrow link between the student and the audiovisual aid in order to get a positive answer.