English Blog

I consider that my experience learning English at the University of Chile has been good, mainly because the teachers are willing to solve doubts, and also in the classes they constantly motivate us to speak in English and to pronounce new words, no matter if we make mistakes. In addition, the blogs were a nice activity to do, and I enjoyed writing the information requested. I also enjoyed visiting the blogs of the other classmates because it was very interesting to read what everyone wrote on your blogs. On the other hand, I consider that my biggest weaknesses in English are pronunciations and my poor English vocabulary. This is because I often forget how to pronounce some words, or I simply do not know how to do it, which makes me insecure when I have to speak . Also, not having great knowledge of the phrases commonly used in that dialect, I find it difficult to understand native audios and read texts in English. Therefore, it is necessary for me to start learning new words, their...

My plan of study this semester consists of 6 courses: Statistics II, Neurophysiology, Developmental Psychology I, Social Psychology I, Psychological Theories and Systems, and Psychopathology. Also, a communication skills course and an English course. Classes are held in the campus classrooms and also in the faculty building. In relation to this, the only thing I would change is that all the rooms where we have the classes have access to a stable internet to make it possible to record the classes. In addition, it is necessary that they have better lighting that allows a good visualization of the PowerPoint presented with the projectors belonging to each of the rooms. Regarding the workload, I only have complaints in 2 courses: The first one is Neurophysiology, because it is a very demanding branch, which has mandatory texts and videos to review for each class, and also activities that have to be solved every week in a portfolio. This generates an overload of work because of all...