The experience of learning english

Hi everyone, today it's the last post I will make this semester and it's very incredible how quickly the time went by. During the semester we had to overcome different situations to do this course, among these we had conecction problems, work stoppages, a global pandemic, quarantine, etc. So it wasn't easy, but I really liked have again an english course in my study programme because the last year I didn't have any so I was starting to forget how to talk or write in english and I feel that this course helped me a lot with that and also how to speak and express myself in this language, which is something that I need to practice even more, because it's still difficult for me to have a mostly fluent conversation with another person or orally express my opinions or thoughts, however I don't know very well how I plan to do that haha I think watching movies and series with english audio and subtitles could help or listening music in this language,  I think It would also be nice have the opportunity to practice with other people, but definitely I want to learn more. 

Actually I don't talk in this language outside of the class, instead I usually watch english videos on youtube or tiktok, haha I know it's not very academic but its make me feel more familiar with the language and also it serves to entertain me awhile, but I think I would have to try to read more academic things in this language and also books to have more vocabulary and reading comprehension, but for now are only ideas...

Well, I think it's the end... It was a strange context to do a course but it was a good experience from my perspective and I hope to continue improving my knowledge of this language, also I hope you have a good day despite the actual context. Goodbye :D

Study programme

Hello everyone, today I'm going to talk about the changes that I think could make to my study programme, which is Psychology. First I want to say that in general I like my study programme and I'm agree with the idea of having general courses in the first and second semester, because they help to understand how psychology is related to different areas of study such as sociology or the history of our country, however I feel that it would be better and more interesting to make that connection more explicit in the same subject. I also feel that it's very difficult to be accepted in sports and artistic courses, so there should be more places. Other changes I would like to make is to have more practical courses in the first or second year, because practical work has an important connection with what our future work will be and it's also an experience that makes us put our knowledge into practice. If I think about the workload and lenght of studies  I don't have any problem with that, but I think it could be a good idea finish the career with some specialty. On themes of faculty facilities I think the classrooms are very good if I talk of the new ones but I think that those in the social science faculty building may have better ventilation. It could also be better if the University had more laboratories or places to research. On the subject of the use of technologies and methodologies, I think it is still difficult for some teachers to use new methods, but it would be interesting if some forms of teaching were more didactic or not just exposing things, using projectors or different applications. Although I generally like the way teachers teach.

To conclude, I think that our study program is quite complete at a theoretical level, however I feel that there are not many courses, especially in the first semesters, that allow more development of skills and aptitudes necessary for practical work.

Pandemic times and quarantine

Hi everybody today I'm going to write about a topic related to quarantine and the pandemic situation because it's something that we can't ignore, since it significantly affects our daily life. In my case, I am with my family in my hometown "Los Andes", my mother is a teacher, so she has been working from home, my sister also works from home and my father is a public employee, so he must go to his office three days a week. I think we are a family that doesn't have big problems with being together all day, of course, sometimes we are stressed and we don't want to talk to others and have our space, but I think that it's understandable in a situation like this.

For me at least I don't have difficulties with stay in my house because I'm not a person that usually go out a lot but that doesn't mean that being at home always pleases me so much, that's why in this time I have started to carry out different activities. First of all, I started practicing yoga with my mother, something I thought I would never do because it didn't seem interesting to me, but now it's something that helps me a lot when I have back pain or want to relax. Another thing I usually do these days is dance and exercise, which is something I should have done more last year, since I had knee surgery a while ago and the doctor told me I had to exercise so that my muscle would regenerate, so now I'm taking advantage of my free time to do it. I also sometimes make cakes, cupcakes, lemon tart, cookies and that kind of things, because I love to eat sweet things and at the same time it has always served to de-stress me.

In the case of my studies, I don't know very well if it will be a problem or not, I think it will be more difficult, because the context is not the best and for me it's difficult to concentrate when the whole family is at home or to read when there is noise, in addition there is the issue of being in front of the computer for too long, because it is quite tiring, but I have a good internet connection and also a place to study, so I don't see it as something impossible in my case, but it would be definitely more complicated and difficult that the last year.

If I'm pretty honest I'm not very optimistic about the pandemic, I really want to see my family and friends but I feel that  somehow there is still a long way to go before this can end and we can leave our homes without fear of the virus, It's shocking how our routine has changed so much in a few months, from leaving our homes normally to do all kinds of activities to being mostly locked up. Also I don't know if this could be something that makes us improve as a society or that makes us better people, more empathetic or generous, but I think it will make us be more attentive to hygiene measures and will also make us value more the fact of having close to the people we love.