ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHALLENGES

Hello everyone, i hope you are well! In this last post i’m going to talk about my experience learning english and the English languages ​​challenges. 

Well, i have to say that english has always been hard to me. I never had a good learning process of English in my school. In this sense, i never learned to pronounce correctly, and i never learned to speak English fluently. 

In the university my experience learning english has been good sometimes bad. I mean, i have had difficulties and sometimes the English course has been an extra burden. However, i think that now i can write in English more easily (maybe with some grammatical mistakes jaja). 

In this sense, the blogs has helped me to practice my writing. Writing a blog every week is useful because it's a constant practice. Moreover, i enjoyed writing on different topics.

About the aspects of my english that need to be improved, i believe i need improve my pronunciation. Also my listening comprehension. To improve these aspects i downloaded an application called Duolingo. I hope everything turns out well. I will also try to watch videos in English with subtitles in the same language, i have told me that is a good way to learn English.

Outside the English class, i usually using English for listen to music, and for read post in English (sometimes). 

Well, that's all. What do you think about english? Is it difficult or easy for you? Tell me in the comments.

CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME

Hi! How are you? In this blog i will talk about my study programme and what i would change.

Well, this theme is really a complex but i have some ideas about it. I believe that universities can provide additional development opportunities to complement academic curriculum. In this sense, the english program ofreced by Faculty of Social Sciences is an activity that complement my academic curriculum.  

The Faculty of Social Sciences also oferss CFG, artistic, sports and cultural courses, which are co-curricular activities. There is a great variety of these courses but have not relevance in the job market. That's the problem. The University of Chile should certify some co-curricular courses (maybe the CFG).

I think the workload is too much, in special in the context of the distance education. It's difficult reconcile personal life and academic life, which a problem because we are not student all time! In this sence, traditional teaching methods are insufficient. More innovative and didactics methods need to be implemented. 

About the length of studies, i like my university career but i think is very long. In other countries you get bachelor degree in six semesters, and masters degree in four semesters.

On the other hand the faculty infraestructre is small and poor. The classrooms are in poor conditions, and the cafeteria is very small for the number of students. I hope authorities can improve these deficiencies.

Lastly (and the more positive for me jaja) i know the faculty has computer labs. This is good because social sciences students need computers to do study.

Well, that's all. What do you think about your study programme? Tell me in the comments. 

POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

 Hello everyone, i hope that you are well! In this blog i will talk about my academic future.

In other blogs i wrote that i am a sociology student. In a few years i will graduate and the options are work, take a course postgraduate studies or both. In this sense, if i decide taking a course after graduate, the subjcet that i would like studie are genre studie. Applied statistics in social sciences is other subjects that i would like studie.

I would like studie in the abroad, maybe in Canada. But first i must learn english, it's important... I have to motivate myself to overcome this goal. If i can't study abroad, i wouldn't be sad to study in Chile. I consider that this it's not bad option.

Definitely i wish classes face-face, maybe blended system, but not learning distance. This year's experience (and last year's) is enough to rule out that option, the academic load is too much for me.

One of the reasons for i would like study genre studies is because it is a determining topic for society. We -the sociologists- have to know the importance of feminism.

I also believe that it's important make visible the actual situation of women. The people no longer differentiate between nineteenth-century feminism or current feminisms.

Have you thought about taking a course after you graduate? Tell me in the comments. 

MY FUTURE JOB

Hello everyone,  i hope you are well! In this blog i want to talk about the job. 

For some time i've thought about how my future will be after graduating from the university. In this reflection the job is a relevant topic because in this society we need to work for a living. I want to practice my career, i think that if i am working as a sociologist i would like to travel to do research abroad. 

What i mean is that in my future job i would like to travel. I would not like to stay for the rest of my life in a city (for example, in Santiago). Definitely i wish to earn enough money to live, buy my house and support my kittens. In this regard, i hope to have a good salary working as a sociologist (a good salary for someone who will not have a baby). 

I am in my second year of university, so i have not yet decided which major to study. I think i still time to decide correctly. I know that, perhaps, i will not exercise my career (it's a reality after all), for now, i am not frustrated with it, jaja. So, if i have to work in something more i'd like to work outdoor. 

Well that’s all. How do you imagine your future job? Tell me in the comments!

THE BEST MOVIE/SERIE I'VE SEEN

Hello everyone, i hope that you are well! In this blog i will tell you what is the best movie i've seen.

First of all, i want to tell you that i am a fan of cinema, but i'm not an expert in film theory and criticism. Rather, i enjoy the cinema as a hobby. I usually watch movies and series in my free time, but i like  movies more than series. My favorite genres are all...  i enjoy horror movies as well as romantic ones, even cartoons movies. 

One of the movie that i've seen and i've liked a lot is "The Imitation Game", directed by Morten Tyldum. This movie is about the German Enigma Code, in the context of Second World War. Alan Turing is the protagonist, and lead the mission to decipher the secret language used by nazis. Some of the topics covered in this film, addition to war, are the turing's personality, the homosexuality at that time, and the women in the science. In particular, there was only one female member on the team in charge of deciphering the enigma code.

Would you encourage to see this film? Tell me in the comments.

WHAT DO I WANT TO DO AFTER THIS QUARANTINE?

 Hello everyone, in this blog i will talk about the quarantine and the coronavirus.  

Well, this quarantine has been so hard and unexpected for me, and for everyone. In this context, study is difficult for me because the academic load affects my mental health... and this has been something new and frustrating for me. I'm sociology student, but it's not my first university career. I entered in my first university career into 2019. So, in based on this experience, i consider that face to face classes are best than virtual classes. 

When the pandemic started i thought that in one year everything would return back to "normal", now i know that years left for that. But not everything is negative, in this quarantine i have rediscovered old hobbies (how to draw or cook), and my family did not getting coronavirus.

My family and i have dealt this quarantine more good than bad. Nobody in my family was prepared for what happened, but we had offer emotional support of each other, and that was good. 

I think that it's difficult to ensure that this pandemic is an opportunity to improve as a society. The popular and solidarity actions that people make (like the soup kitchens) do not ensure the progress of society. In fact, this actions reflect the failings of the society that even in the context of a pandemic are not solved. In this sence, i considering myself pessimistic about the pandemic.

I hope that the end of the coronavirus arrive soon. When this quarantine ends i would like go to out with my friends :)

THE BEST HOLIDAYS I'VE HAD

 Hello everyone, in this opportunity i will talk you about the best holidays i've had.

Well, this is a difficult question to answer, but i think one of my favorite holidays was on the beach. In december of the past year, my boyfriend and me rented a cottage for 4 days in the Mirasol beach and we had amazing days!  

We went for a walk along the seashore and to eat at a restaurant, we also visited other beaches near: ​Algarrobo beach, the Canelo beach, to name a few. In december of the last year, the litoral central was in "phase 3" -in the context of the coronavirus pandemic-, this is why the restaurants worked.

I think that these holidays are special and the best i've had because it was the first vacation i spent with my couple. Sound a little cheesy? probably yes jajaja. Anyway, i love the sea and the sun, so... what better way to enjoy both than going to the beach?:)

What have been your best holidays? tell me in the comments!