My bad experience with the English!

Over time the English taking more importance in the Chilean education and the different country around the world. Such is the importance, of this has even been established as a core subject during the 12 years of compulsory schooling. But that alone, this year also began to take the test SIMCE, with the authorities pretend determine what knowledge Chilean students have of this language.

When I was studying in the school I didn’t have that test but the English was a compulsory subject like math and Castilian, don’t have any difference.

Although I always English, I never could learn it. One reason is that I believe that the teachers were not conscience how important it would be the subject in the future and therefore not really worried that we learned. For this of my first years of English in school do not remember anything.

After I changed my school and everyone knew much English. So I felt I was falling behind and could not move forward with my other classmates.

But the hardest thing was when I started university because here was a basic requirement to know English. I gave the diagnosis to English and I was a first level. For this reason I had to make the English courses offered by the university.

The first and second level I realize when I was in second year journalism. In these courses I learn some things how the numbers, colors and I learn to talk more and understand some dialogues.

But the first level I could not take it the next year because I had many classes in university. His decision was not very good because now I have many more courses.

This year I had to retake English and this experience has been very tiring because I have stay to stay up late at university and I consider that I have not learned as much as I would have liked.

I have wanted to learn but it takes more time and dedication but I hope when out of university I can learn better because the English is a necessary tool in professional life, especially in this career and is an advantage for to find work.

I wish recycling!

Well, today let’s talk about environment. Nowdays this topic is a relevant theme because is becoming increasingly clear the damage that humans, and their creations, have made it. Today many countries worry for this theme, but this is not sufficient.

In his days the people should learn protect to environment is their houses, schools and with friends, but this situation does not happen often and it is still possible to see children throwing garbage without concern, for this habits, and many other, most city in the country, and world, are dirty. An example of this is the same Santiago.

I have tried to incorporate environmental care habits, for example I try not to use many plastic bags, I try recycling the glass bottles, and never throwing garbage on the street. But not enough, because, for example, I know people that separates garbage by type and that is something I do not.

Another way to take care the environment is not using a car and preferring the bicycle or simply walking. Unfortunately this city is very big to move only in this way. For this I usually use the subway and bus to get around.

I don’t join any eco-organisations because I don’t have the oportunity and because I think that first I to begin to carry our activities for to care environment and after support the case for other.

I wish I had more time and patience for separates the garbage by type for example, or noticing that every product we use or use not damage the environment.

For to reduce my carbon footprint I try disconnect the electricals appliances I don’t use, I try walking and I don’t use a car because, I haven’t.

Finally, I thing that in our city missing more concern to face the issue and more commitment of authorities of this theme, although in recent days was approved in Chile the law establishing the ministry of environment.

The first movie I saw, Jurassic Park!

Well in this time I will talk about the first movie that I saw, or better, the first movie I that remember saw. This film is called Jurassic Park, and it was directed by Steven Spielberg a famous cinema director that realize other very popular films how Transformers or E.T. for example.

This movie opened in 1993 and later went premiering continuations of this film; Jurassic Park 2: “The Lost World”, and the third and fourth part.

I don’t remember many details but I can remember of the general thematic, this movie shows how a millionaire realizes his dream and to create a dinosaur park in an island, where various adventures happen. The problem was when the security of this park damaged and the dinosaur to escape of security area and begin to attack humans to visit the site including the grandchildren of this millionaire.

In that time, when I saw for the first time this movie I liked and I thought is a great film, but now I cant say that is a fantastic movie, because is very predictable and redundant in his script. But when I was a child this film was my favorite movie.

The truth is that with the pass time I was seen less TV and movies so the films don’t meaning much for me, because is not my favorite hobby; I prefer listening music or just sleep.

Sometimes I go to the cinema with my sister, some friends but especially with my boyfriend, and see some films. He likes horror movies but I was not so much.

The last movie I saw in the cinema was a Chilean movie “La Esmeralda” This happened in the Chilean cinema day in August or September, I don’t remember, and the ticket cost much cheaper, around two dollars.

This month was I cine day too, but the all cinema but this time I don’t went to was any film because I was in Chillán city and the films showing are very boring.

Lives in a pineapple under the sea!

When I was little, I didn’t see many cartoons. I preferred playing in the street with my little friends and run for many places in Chillan city, where I was born. But I can’t deny that I saw some cartoons, for example the mythical Power Rangers and the Chilean television program called “Hugo” where many children’s called every day to participate in this program and play with Hugo through the telephone. The two programs were very entertaining.

But my favorite cartoon is Spongebob, in Spanish, Bob Esponja. This program was broadcast when I was around ten years, and I saw it every day with my sister, one year younger than me.

This cartoon was transmitted on the TV Channel called “Nickelodeon”. I can’t remember when it was the first time I saw Spongebob, but in general, I laughed a lot with each chapter because it was very very funny.

The protagonist of this animated series is a yellow sponge, he lives in a pineapple under the sea, as the song says, and he has a pet a winkle called Gary, and his best friend is a starfish.

Every evening, when I came home from school I sat in front of the television and with my sister I saw SpongeBob.

Currently I still think that Bob Sponge is very funny and even now I understand many jokes that before I didn’t understand, and for this I continue seeing it. Moreover these days, SpongeBob is not only transmitted on the paid TV. Every Saturday in the morning, the Chilean channel Megavisión, continues transmitting this funny cartoon.

A beautifull country

Well, a country that I’d like to visit is Italy because is a country with a lot of history. In this place emerge the Roma Civilization and it's cradle of other many stories. Also it is a beautiful place, there are many historical places like the Roman Forum, the Roman Coliseum, the Agripha Pantheon and Vatican.
Maybe my principal motivation to visit Italy is its history.

Really I don’t know much about this country. Just I know that in this place there are beautifull cities, many rivers, historical monuments and big mafia organizations. I say this, because in this moment I'm reading a book called “Gomorra”, and all it talks about is the mafia in some cities, specifically in Nápoles. It is really incredible!

When I travel to Italy, in the future of course, I would like to know all places with history, the Coliseum, Vaticano, and so on. Also I would like to know Venice because I think that it is very amazing live in such a special city, “the canal city”.

Obviously, when I visit Italy I will only have to rest, and I will take a tour around the country. I suppose that I'll eat pizza, lasagna and much spaghetti!

But thinking in the future, if I ever have the opportunity I would like to live in this country, but just for a while, because I like Chile very much .

A hard semester

Well, I can say that the first term of 2010, was a good semester in the academic field. I had a goods marks and I learned many news things.
The past term I was six subjects; five subjects of career, and English level three. In that course I learned to use a blog, I and I learned more words for write and talk in English.

But English was not only subject, because I had a course called “Taller de Periodismo televisivo”. In this class I learned use the camera also some editing programs, very useful for the journalist that work in television.

These two subjects was a really challenge for me, because I had no idea how utilize this programs and cameras. But the principal challenge was learned to write in English, because I don’t do this frequently and I don’t have anything practice.

In the sport field, I must say that I don’t play any sports. But this semester I pretend go to aerobic or entertain dance, It depending that my free time. Some days, I went to the gym of my building, but I went a very few occasions.

Maybe, the more difficult the last semester was the beginning. First because was a earthquake, and I live in the more affected zone, and later, because my mother is ill with cancer, and my family pass for very difficult moment. Fortunately in this moment everything is okey and she's very well.

But the best thing of the last term, was my first niece was born. Her name is Fernanda Emilia, and she’s the happiness of my house.

In this moment is everithing ok, and I hope that this year finish of a good form.

I lost my fear of writing in English.

This semester I had to write a blog in English. It was the first time that I had to do this in my academic life. I thought it was a big challenge, because I never had the opportunity to write in another language before. Besides I didn’t know how to use this web tool.
To start this new task for me, the first thing that I had to do was create a blog. It was very hard for me, because I have never used this platform, so I had no idea about how to manage it.
After the big technical challenge, that this meant for me, I could create my first blog account. However, my problem wasn’t a technical issue. The most difficult was writing. I had not enough vocabulary, I didn’t know how to connect different ideas and I had serious problems with the grammar. Something very different happens to me when I write in Spanish, because in this language it is very easy for me.
I think that one of the reasons of why writing in English was very hard for me was that in high school most of my classmates knew how to speak and write in English very well. Even some of them came from different countries, because they were on a student exchange program, so they speak in this language fluidly. For this situation, the English teachers taught the subject very fast, so it was more difficult to me to reach my classmates level.
For all this, the first blog entry was a big challenge. I never could finish at time, and I always had to read the teacher’s instructions before the class begin to think with anticipation what I was going to redact in my blog.
It cost me a lot of work to write in English. Sometimes I felt so stressed that I couldn’t write anything. However, the teacher was always there to help me out. Even my classmates did. They told me how to write better, and also gave me the meanings of unknown words.
With the passage of time, writing blogs became easier for me. Writing in my blog started to be more entertaining. I could finish my entries in class, I didn’t ask too much as I did before, and I could express my ideas more clearly.
I believe that this exercise was very useful to learn grammar and vocabulary, but I don’t feel that I could express my self in English very well. I think that I learnt a lot, but it is not enough, because I didn’t dedicate too much time studying for this class. One of the reasons of this is that this semester has been the most difficult on my career.
Despite of my insecurity, I feel that now I am more prepared to write and even speak English and this is the result of redacting about different things on my blog every week.
Definitely writing blogs in the class has been very productive for me. I have made a huge progress, and I learnt many things. Is true, are many other things to learn, but in this moment I can say that I lost my fear of writing in English.