My English experience

Learning a new language it is an important tool for life, in a professional and in a personal way because opens a world of possibilities. On a professional level, learning English gives the change to be aware of the progress of science, and also the liberty of not depend on the translated editions. For the other hand, on a personal level, English it’s a start for a change of mind because it makes easier the understanding with other cultures.
Knowing the same language puts two cultures face to face, without the needing of an intermediary. In that sense, people can reach a whole new level of understanding thanks to the opportunity of walking out of their imprinted mindset and exposes them to the mores and customs of an entirely different community.
This are the reason why I think that reflect on my experience in the English class of the university has been mostly positive. I have learned new things in terms of vocabulary and grammar and also I have been able to improve my skills in speaking and pronunciation. Actually, I have seen in me and in my partners that English has increased our confidence when we need to read a paper or a book in this language. It is easier for me to understand the song lyrics because of the listening we do as evaluation for the course.
This is an important point; I believe that regardless of subject in question the incorporation and use of technological resources in the activities makes the learning process something much more dynamic, allowing us to understand better and more easily the contents. The fact that technology updates are used in our English class gives the students more ways to learn that just by sitting in front of a blackboard.
In conclusion, I can say that the English program it had a positive aspect too, a very good experience where I could learn many things. I even believe the experience of this last term in English class, was better than the last one because I saw things from a different perspective. I have learned more things that help me on the academic works and maybe someday will help me studying a different culture.
Anyway…English will always be a significant tool for the present and maybe (who knows) for the future.

in Santiago

I’ve lived in two places in all my life: one is my home in Curicó and the other is an apartment here in Santiago. In this apartment I lived since four years when I came in to college, it’s located in Santiago Centro not too far from the university, in a car it takes like twenty minutes to get from one point to the other meanwhile in public transport it takes between 30 to 45 minutes! It depends on the traffic, sometimes might be more!

My neighbors are a senior couple with an adolescent daughter. The women is a little bit strange, there are times it seems she’s not in her apartment but others days she makes a lot of noise, all day long! It sounds like if she were changing all her furniture. In other occasions I’ve heard drills, hammers and sanders since morning until night; sometimes I think she is having a “maniac phase” like it’s called in psychology, because it’s too much!

But not all is bad! My bedroom is great; in there I have a bed, a closet, a writing desk and a stove! I like it because I decorated myself: I painted the walls green and I bought yellow curtains and ornaments. But in all the rest of the apartment there are things to fix...one of the two bathrooms is useless, the kitchen sink sometimes works sometimes doesn’t! So if I could I would change many things of that place. Actually, now that I’ve lived in an apartment I can say I prefer the houses, they are more private. In the future I would like to live in a house in the country or in the south. I would start with a medium size, with a big and beautiful garden with all kinds of flowers!