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Work by Catalina Villagrán and Antonieta Arancibia
Helen: but seriously, is there no other solution?
Assistant: No, I’m so sorry.
Helen: Well, thank you very much.
Assistant: But can I tell you something?
Helen: Yes, tell me.
Assistant: If your mother gives you that gift every year, you should tell her that you don’t like it and give her something else.
Helen: But I don’t want to hurt her.
Assistant: She maybe sad, but she will understand.
Helen: Well, I’ll try. Thanks bye.
Episode 111: “Time for coffee”
With Alexandra Zúñiga.
Hello, here’s one of the most honest thing that I’ve done.
https://voca.ro/1k9dx1c2LOkn
Work by Catalina Villagrán and Alexandra Zuñiga.
Last semester was very good, I realized that I really like English and that I had just learned the basics of the language. After all I realized that there were a lot of things that I had missed, like Schwa, or phonetic transcriptions. But this semester I really want to improve some of my skills.
I want to be able to start a conversation with a native English speaker, for that I know I have to improve my pronunciation and improve my vocabulary, look for new words and try to use on a daily basis.
A challenge for this semester is to finally understand the Schwa sound, because last semester it was very difficult to understand it.
I would like to improve in Writing, I feel that I am not very good at it, I know that grammar has never been my forte, that’s why this semester will be one of my challenges.
I believe that if I set my mind to it, and practice over and over again, I will be able to do it and improve. So for now this are the only things I want to improve, I know that by improving this I will want to improve other things.
Work by Catalina Villagrán and Antonieta Arancibia.
From a young age I have loved English, when I was in kindergarten I was taught the language with books and songs which made me like it more. Starting my senior year, everyone starts to ask the typical question “What are you going to study?” for me that question didn’t seem to be a problem because I thought I had decided to study “Interpretation and Translation” but I started to see my alternatives (because you always have to have different alternatives) and I realized that the work space was not very good, and since I was little I had wanted to be a teacher, so I asked for help to the counselor of the school I was in and he helped me to find out what I really wanted.
I know that studying “Pedagogy in English” will be a help for me and for other people who want to learn this language. I know that thanks to this career I will be able to fulfill my childhood dream, to travel around the world and learn about different cultures, knowing English I will be able to communicate with people from other countries since English is now one of the universal languages.
My first day of university was very nice and confusing, I remember that day we had a scheduling problem so most of us arrived early, and it turned out that my class started at 12:10 PM and not at 10:20 AM, which was the time most of us arrived. My first class was with teacher Rocio, who was very nice to all of us in welcoming us.
To be honest I didn’t think I would do so well, but I have to say that I haven’t found “Phonetics” easy (sorry James ☹) , I understand “minimals pairs” and “homophones” but when I got to the test I was confusing them. What I think is my forte is “Listening”, I’ve always been a good listener and I feel that’s what I’ve done best at.
“Speaking and Pronunciation”, it’s one of my strengths I think, but I feel like I need to get better at some things, but I know I have good pronunciation so I know I can improve it and can get better at holding my own in a conversation with someone.
What has always been very difficult for me has always been grammar, I don’t know why, I just have always had a hard time with it… When it comes to vocabulary I think it is not one of my strong points, before entering the university I didn’t have so many English words in my vocabulary, just the basic words, but after I entered I learned many words that I didn’t even know existed, I know that I can improve my vocabulary if I study more so I am very happy with what I have learned so far.
“Reading” and “Writing”, I feel that I am doing well for being the first time reading a lot of texts in English and writing letters, I have learned a lot during these months and I feel that I am improving in this subject, because before I used to use “like” for everything and now I know what words to write or say instead of “like”.
The teachers have made us work alone, in pairs and even in groups, I think it is a very good experience because we can complement each other and help each other, in what one may find difficult and the other understands it backwards and forwards, so we can also get to know our classmates better. The classes are different according to each teacher and that’s something I like because we don’t all learn in the same way, but something that is very similar is that they do a lot of exercises, and I know that this can help me to improve, because it’s the same as in math, the more you practice the faster you learn.
Work by Catalina Villagrán and Alexandra Zúñiga
We really enjoy this activity of “The Flatmates”
Work by Catalina Villagrán and Pía Vitar