Post 10: English Language Challenges

Hello friends, this post will be about my reflections, thoughts and final conclusions about my experience in the English courses of the university.

The truth is that the English courses of the university remind me of those I had in high school (or what I remember of them, taking into account that I left high school for quite some time), that is, not very profitable. Not because of the teachers, in fact I think I had very good teachers, but rather because of the structure they had to follow that made things more tedious and did not motivate much.

I learned more theoretical things about the language and that is appreciated. But I feel that, at least in my case, I learn more the language with everyday things like watching movies or listening to music in English.

About blogs, I find that be entertained and we learn to write in English, but neither is it to be done all the time, I think other activities could be done as well.

What I need to improve in my English proficiency is to speak and listen. Writing and reading is not difficult for me. 

English is not a language that I like very much and for that reason I do not have as much motivation to learn, but I know it is useful for many things. So, I plan to use it more in everyday life to improve.

Lately I use English to read some texts for a subject of the university, to listen / sing songs in this language and when I watch a movie or video and the audio is in English. I do not use English in many things. I hope to use it in more things in everyday life.

Post 9. Changes to my Study Program

Hello everyone!!! This is my final post, and in this last opportunity I going to talk about the changes that I would like to do in my Study Program. In my case, I study Public Administration at the University of Chile.

First to all, I would like to make changes in the curriculum, I considered that many subject are over, because there are subjects that deal with almost the same topic. Then there should be fewer subjects.

Based in this point, if more efficient curriculum was made, there would be less workload and the career would last less. Also, I think that is very important reduce the workload and the length of studies because it is necessary to take care the mental health of the students.

About the infrastructure of the school where I study, in my opinion it’s very small for the people that study here, there is no room for all. I think that the university should look for a more appropriate place or build one according to our needs.

In this career, it’s very important the use of technology, because in many jobs we have to use computer programs. Its necessary include in the curriculum more topics and subjects about use of technology and prepare more spaces with computers for the use of the students.

Finally, about the teaching methods, I think that teachers should try to be more pedagogical and see more dynamics and creative ways to teach. In the same way, they should be more considerate an emphatic when assigning the works, since many times they are not and they overload us unnecessarily.

Post 8: The holidays!

Hi everyone! In this post I going to talk about my future summer holidays (or the summer holidays that I would like to have)

This summer I would like to go and know cities on southern Chile, because in my opinion this zone of Chile is very beautiful because of the landscapes.  Also, I prefer the places with colder weather. I understand people who like to enjoy the heat especially in summer, I agree with this up to a point, but the heat is not something that I enjoy.

I would like to visit, for example, Valdivia. I have no doubt that Valdivia is a very beautiful and interesting city. I would like to go with my boyfriend; we have already traveled before and had a great time together. I agree entirely that traveling as a couple is very cool.

The activities that I would like to do in Valdivia is to know the monuments of the city, the city center and going to a bar where they have a craft beer from the place (I have been told its very good).

But, is more important for me know the parks and nature reserve of the place. Because I agree with that we have to know the nature wonders that it has our country to be aware of these places and take care of them. I can't agree with that the people who do not value nature and prefer to spend in cities.

PET practise

A B1 Preliminary qualification shows that you have mastered the basics of English and now have practical language skills for everyday use.

This exam is the logical step in your language learning journey between A2 Key and B2 First.

These are my results from my PET practise:

Reading
1)Score: 6/7
2)Score: 6/7
3)Score: 3/6

Listening
1)Score: 5/7
2) Score: 4/6

Vocabulary
1)Score: 23/33 

I'm going as a plane...in a dive jajaja