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Post 10: English Language Challenges

We are reaching the end of a very long semester and we are also finishing with English 4, the last level that the university demands of us as journalism students, and the experience has been very positive.

First of all, when I started this year with the English course, I was very scared, I had not studied the language for two years. But I quickly remembered many things that I had forgotten, and I have managed to learn many new things.

I will be honest, I thought that the English course at this university would be of a low level. But that prejudice ended when I met the teachers and learned with the dynamics of the classes.

Also, my experience writing in blogs has been very good. Blogs have been an excellent way to re-develop my skills. In fact, I think that through blogs I have learned a lot, especially in terms of grammar and vocabulary.

On the other hand, I think the main challenge in the future is to speak more in English. Honestly, I do not like to speak in English, or rather, I get very nervous when I´m doing that. This is something that also happens to me in all subjects, I have always preferred to write. So, I want to venture more to speak in English without shame.

The problem is that outside of class, in the rest of the activities I do, I do not communicate in English, so I must find a way to do it in the future.


In conclusion, taking up the first part of this writing, my experience in English class has been very good and I hope to continue learning more of this language in the future.

Post 9 Changing the Study Programme

Firstly, I want to say that I am only in the second year of my study programme, so I believe that I have little experience at the university. Anyway there are some things I would change from my study programme (journalism).

In my opinion, there are many subjects I would remove from the study programme, like “interpersonal communicating” or “functionalism”. I know that they sound important because we will be communicators, but honestly I feel that those subjects will not help me for my professional future. As a suggestion, I would include more subjects related to journalism.

Secondly, from my point of view, the length of studies is very extensive. We study during five years and in other countries many journalism students are working in third or fourth year.  The study programme should be shorter so that we can enter to work promptly.

From the perspective of infrastructure of the university and our Faculty, I think in some areas it has improved and in others has worsened. The buildings are comfortable and moderns, even when I entered the university, I never imagined the faculty had air conditioning and computer rooms. But the problem, is that there are too many new buildings, therefore there are few green areas.

As a positive aspect, the teaching aspects are so good. I´m happy to study here because my teachers have taught me many things for my future as a journalist.

Despite all the criticism I made, I fell that I´m in the best university in the country.

Post 8, An Artsist

I have always liked the arts since I was a kid, especially music when I was in elementary school and after that I became interested literature. I love reading all kinds of books and at university I have read books that I liked a lot.

Therefore, I want to tell you about Roberto Bolanos, maybe the vast majority knows him. He was a Chilean writer and poet who wrote great novels such as "The Savage Detectives" and "Nazi Literature in America".

The first time I read a book about him was at school thanks to my language teacher who recommended me to read Roberto Bolaños.  I read the "The Savage Detectives" and I was really fascinated with their type of writing.

As I said, I liked his direct style, his good use of words and the impressive stories he created in his books. Also, in some of his books he has criticized the Chilean dictatorship, but he was never involved in politics, so his writing was very ingenous.

Finally, from my point of view, he is the best Chilean novelist and even, I would say that if I had lived more years, I would have won the Nobel Prize.