Post 11: English Language Challenges

Hello everyone!

Today is the final post of the subject "English IV" and I will talk about the English language  challenges.

My experience of English at the university begins when I went to enrol the first year. I had to take an English test to see what level I would be at, but I didn't know this and I gave the test not consciously. Finally, I stayed in English 2 so I started the English course in the second semester of the first year.

I had English 2 and 3 with the teacher Victor Rubio, a very good teacher, with dynamic classes and the famous blogs, with him I learned a lot. And in English 4 I am here writing this blog, with Professor Daniel Estrada, a good teacher, who likes to teach but is above all is a good person.

During my stay at the university I have managed to learn more English and improve what I already knew. As for the blogs, they helped me a lot in writing in English, starting with mails written on a sheet of paper, and then on a computer in the computer room.

However, there are things that still cost me, especially the exercises of listening and speaking English fluently. I try to improve this by watching videos on the Internet, improving pronunciation and understanding what people say in it.

Outside of English class I use English to watch series and movies, as I prefer to watch them in their original language (with subtitles obviously) and usually the series I see are American.

I hope English has served you as well as me, classmates:)

Post 10: Changes to my study Program.

Hello everyone! Today in the final post of the course, I will talk about the "Changes to my study Program" in my career: Public Administration.
In this career we have different types of subjects, such as: Mathematics, History, Law, Statistics/Excel, among other. This variety of subjects I like since you can work as in different areas that later will serve you in the public service. I think the program is very good in general, but it has many flaws, for example the infrastructure of the university, which houses about 500 students and the space is small for so many people, also has no elevator and you have to use the two stairs to go upstairs. Another problem is the lack of technology compared to other faculties; there are not enough computers, prints, and the space in the library to study.
On the other hand we have the workload, which has become a problem this year for the stoppage in May that lasted two months, this is why the semester was shorter and there were many evaluations together. Stress appeared on the part of the students
As for the length of studies, the career lasts 5 years, and the classes an hour and a half each.
finally, the teaching method used by the teachers is very diverse, some use PowerPoint and their classes are more like high school, and others just talk in their class and you should take notes.
This is the last post of the course, and it was interesting to carry them out, I hope you liked it anyway.

Post 9: The holidays

Hello everyone! Today I will talk about "my future summer holidays".

Every summer I travel with my family to the eighth region, more precisely to Concepción, as far as I am concerned the city is very nice but it bores me to go every year where same.  This is why this summer I would like to know another place in Chile. I never traveled to the North, and I would like to know La Serena or Coquimbo with my family and tour the main places of the city.

I have no doubt that these cities are beautiful because I see many pictures of theme and I received very good opinions regarding these cities, from friends who know them. My mother and my sister want to know the bay of La Serena and the port of Coquimbo, I agree with that. On the other hand My father wants knows the stadiums of both cities and the beaches, with which I agree entirely.

Many people say that the north is ugly, because it is only desert. Others say that the people of Serena or Coquimbo are rivals. This may be true, but I would like to check it.

I would like to travel to the fourth region by car with my family, to take advantage of knowing more places along the way, although going by plane is much faster and seems a better option.

I hope you like La Serena, and if you know this city I hope your recommendations.

POST 8: My Results in PET

My Results in PET:

• Reading 1: 6/7
• Reading 2: 5/7
• Reading 3: 2/6
• Listening 1: 6/7
• Listening 2: 4/6
• Vocabulary: 25/33