Blog 10: English Language Challenges.


Hello everyone.

In this opportunity I will tell you about my experience learning English at university.

In the second semester of 2019 I was taking English II for the first time. In this moment I was very excited to take English class again, because since 2015 I have not taken any kind of classes. Except for the experience of living with English speakers in 2016. but when I was taking English II, I didn't remember much.

The English course in 2019 started off very well, the professor was nice, but due to the context of our faculty, which was on strike, I stopped living in Santiago, everything became more difficult after October, therefore the English course was cancelled, so stop worrying about English.

Already in the first semester of 2020, I was determined to progress with the English courses. For that reason, together with my partner, we begin to watch English series with English subtitles and make video calls with friends in Scotland to practice our English. So, when English II classes started, I was very motivated to learn, the professor of this course was very nice and he was adapted very well to the online class. I think that semester was great.

The next semester I felt that I was no longer good, when I started the English III course, I was tired of the online classes and the teacher did not help me to be better. Because he did not adapt well to the online format and the course became very tedious, but I still finish the course. Today I am taking the last English course and I think that the course format is well. I am honestly giving my last energies of the semester to finish it in the best possible way.

From my point of view, the English courses have helped me a lot to read in English, I still find it difficult to speak, but I feel that I am reading fluently contrary to when I started, and everything was difficult for me. Outside of class I use English to read academic articles that are not in English and to watch series with English subtitles. But in the future, I plan to continue learning with friends who are fluent in the language, because I know that it is necessary to be able to apply for postgraduate studies.

Thanks for reading.


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