Wednesday, December 19, 2018

English Language Challenges

When I started the English course the second semester, many students from previous years told me that I had changed a lot because of the mesh change, that the previous one was a much more technical English.
With the use of blogs I feel it is a good tool for students to have a recurring writing in English, which is rarely done and although the student has basic knowledge or minimal English, the practice of this is the most difficult to carry.
Personally, I would say that my English is very weak in the field of writing, I feel that if I go to a country I can speak and locate myself well with the language, but at the time of writing I often keep thinking because I know how the word is translated and as it is pronounced, but often not as it is written.
One solution that I think I could use would be that when I realize that I do not know how to write a word immediately I look for it and write it in a note and then write it several times during the day. I could use a number of times to repeat the word until the end of the day and each time I look less at the memory aid.
Outside of the classes I could say that what I practice the most is the reading of scientific papers. This semester, like the previous one, I had to do a summary of several papers that are in English and last semester I had to deliver it in English. I felt that it was the moment where my kinetic vocabulary improved greatly.
Another place where I could say I practice English is in my house, I usually try to talk to my daughter a bit in English, certain basic things of the house, colors, phrases, among other things. I could say that I practice everyday English.

Changes to my study programme

Personally I love my career, I feel that the wide field of work that has makes her have such an extensive curriculum. However, if they asked me what I would change, it would be a couple of branches but in the order that they are taught. For example, in the first semester of classes we have a branch that teaches us to use a construction program, then in the fourth semester we give a bouquet where we need to make a plan with that program. It happened to me that a lot of time had passed and I did not remember what I had learned, which added a degree of difficulty to my work.
Recently this semester I have worked in the race laboratories and I was very surprised that if you want to do some research on a food or some project is the teacher in charge who should look for funds in the government to buy the machines that are required or well all the utensils to handle. In this sense I would change the support given by the university for these projects that ultimately improve the institution and the food will always have work in the future.
In my opinion how it happens in any student institution, there are good teachers and other bad ones. I had to go through branches where the teacher shows too much knowledge of the content, however his pedagogical side is bad and fails to pass on his knowledge to the students. On the other hand I have gone through branches where the teachers are very pedagogical and achieve that the greater percentage of the students understand them immediately and if they have to repeat it they do it with a huge disposition so you feel you can ask again when you do not understand

In my opinion

What is your opinion about violence on television?
I could say that the closest case I can observe every day is that of my daughter. Due to the little control that there is by the knowledge of the technology that the children have, I have observed that certain programs teach the children stories about how to behave, how to be selfish, among other things.

What is your opinion about buying instead of adopting pets?
In my opinion I do not think it's bad to buy a pet. I have a very close friend who has adopted dogs twice and as she did not know where they came from they died for strange reasons and that caused her great sorrow. The third dog was bought and they knew their breeds, vaccines and all their medical history.

What is your opinion about the legalization of marijuana and other drugs?
I do not think it's a good thing. More than anything I compare it with the cigar. Although marijuana does not affect your brain when the whole lobe is formed, which normally happens at 20 years, but if it is consumed before if it has side effects. If it becomes legal, I think, it becomes more accessible for minors, as is the cigar.

What is your opinion about immigration?
I do not think it's good that it's so easy for them to enter Chile. Although it seems very good that they look for options when there are not any in their country, when they arrive they have priority over the Chileans, and I do not find that good. A very clear example are the junji gardens. My niece lives in a commune where there are many foreigners and she does not have a garden because all the quotas are used by foreigners. Perhaps a solution would be to set aside quotas for Chileans and others for foreigners.