English language challenges

When I got to college, the day of the registration, I had no idea that you should do an English test. That same surprise declined in the moment that they told me to be in the second of four levels of the language. Throughout this process, I have improved my tools, not as much as I wish but it has served me.

However, as mentioned above, the courses have not meant the expected learning because I think is very complex to learn a language with that amount of hours a week. No doubt that the work must be complete and you have to put much more dedication from both the student and the teacher.

Blogs seem to me a positive alternative to the learning process, which synergizes and differs over traditional methods and also integrates the use of technology into the curriculum.

One of the things that I most urgently need to improve is the speaking ability. When I’m expressing an idea it emerges immediately a deficiency to make sentences correctly. Anyway, I really want to improve this, my goal is, in the near future to be a master in this language, so I have two options in mind: the first is to take a crash course when I finish college and the second one lies on traveling to a country where the language is spoken, take a course and take advantage of the contacts in the day to accelerate and ensure learning.

Today my connection with English is through series, movies, music and games in English that  I intentionally set up (SAP for example) to be closer to the language and more in touch.

Change to my study program

Regardless of my personal thoughts, I think the subjects that we have are useful for our general and professional training, however, I think we could give more importance to other disciplines that will also affect us tomorrow so we can make good journalism

In first place, I will add subjects that had relation to history, because until now they are only optional. Its content should be focused on history of Chile and its relation to the world history, this relation contributes directly to the idea of ​​contextualizing the contents that we have to work.

Another important topic that could be added is economy. Last semester I had an elective subject of this matter and I understood the importance of this discipline in our work. Politics also are an important discipline that several students of this school like, should not be forgotten that, as the teacher said: politics and the economy are a marriage.

With the current number of subjects that we must pass, it seems to me that is exaggerated that the careers length is 10 semesters, but with the inclusion of the matters mentioned above, perhaps it would be understandable that this period lasts five academic years.

On facilities, initially, we always had problems with the classrooms, as sometimes there was no availability of an optimum location for the number of people who were in the course, however, with the new installation of classrooms this problem was solved. However, the big problem of our Institute is its precariousness of the tools that require the career of Journalism. I mean promptly to audio visual equipment. Cameras, recorders and many other supplies needed for our training are not enough to the number of students, so it becomes very complex to carry out academic work that requires technological devices.

Finally, on methods, it is a fairly complex issue, since the university gives academic freedom for teachers, which has very positive aspects, but ICEI, often leads to very different lines, which end deferring the profile they told you when you enter.

Winter Holidays!

Although winter vacations are shorter than summer ones, they are the ones that I like the most. I´ve always had preferred cold weather over the warm one, I feel that you rest better. For this reason particularly, it´s not weird that my favorite place is the south of Chile, where de weather is of my taste.

So, when I finish my courses, I will go directly to the bus station to buy a ticket to Puerto Montt. In this city lives my aunt and she is always happy to receive me, she loves to cook and to talk about the news of the country, so I will definitively spend time with her.

After being in her place, I will go to Angelmo´s bay to see some seals and eat a delicious salmon ceviche. With my stomach full I walk by the road watching the sea and its waves. This vacations I hope to fulfill a debt with myself, go to see a match of the local soccer team: Deportes Puerto Montt, in the Chinquihue stadium. The times that I’ve been there before, the stadium have been always in reparations, but this time there will be no excuses, the stadium is beautiful because in an area of the stadium there are no seats so you can see the sea and the islands surrounding the place.

Another of my plans is to revisit the kunstman brewery, which is in Valdivia, I’ve been there twice, but its food and beer are worthy of visit every time that is possible.