Learning English at University

One of the most important things in our formation as psychologist is learning english as a foreing language, this is important to the extent that we are constantly reading, doing researches and contacting other professionals from different countries. Universidad de Chile have taken this as a responsibility and they have estructed their courses curriculum based on this necessity. And now we, as student, can benefit from this initiative.

In undergraduate courses, here in my University there are 4 levels of english that student must approve, these are: starter, begginer, pre-intermediate and intermediate. In my case, I’m on the 4th level of english, each level takes a semester to be completed and after the course a final test is taken to evaluate the knowledge, habilities and competencies adquired during the course. Once approved those three level we get a certification that confirm that the courses have been satisfied passed.

So far I have enjoyed and learnt things that I had not learnt before, teachers I’ve had so far have been very good, motived, patient, and they’re always ready to help us when we need. I think the methodology of class are really good, we can participate in many ways and we constantly recieve feedback from teachers at the class. One of the thing that I emphasize is the blogging experience which is a method that uses technology for learning. In relation to it my blogging experience was a very interesting experience, it was a new way of learning english that I never used before. It was fun and entertaining too! I honestly enjoyed it, because I could use my imagination and I could explore about topics related to my area. It also helped me to improve my englishn because I had to apply vocabulary and learn new expression while I’m writing. I also felt free to express my opinions about many topics and talk about my plans in the future.

In conclusion, learning english at University have been a good experience, I sincerely feel that I learnt many things and I can say that I have improved my english in fact, moreover I am sure that I am not the only one. Related to this, It’s very important that we have a good training in english, in that point Universidad de Chile have done a good work, because our future as students and professionals depends on it.

FACSO Facilities

I think the current situation in my faculty although is not the best, I think is not that bad and it could be worse. I think there’s a couple of things it could be improved as the number of the classrooms (for example, Education career doesn’t have their own classrooms), time ago we didn’t have enough computer for everyone on the third floor computer room and it was always crowded, now we have this one and another one computer room on the first floor, actually I don’t have problems when I need to use computers, there’s a problem with the bathrooms too, besides not having tissue in it, sometimes they’re closed or not available, on the other hand we have problems we the cafeteria, there’s not enough space for all student, teachers and workers of the faculty, sometimes we have to wait long time until a table is available. It’s pretty annoying.
I think there’s nothing that we could do to resolve this situation, I think we have to use what we have in the best way possible, I just try, for example, go to lunch early and be patient when I have to queue waiting for a vacant toillet. I think the main benefit of resolving this is a better quality of life and convivence. The impact would be positive, we’d feel more confortable and satisfied.
Despite of this problems I think our faculty has positives aspects as the elevator, for example, big spaces where I can park my car (and is free and safe too), green areas and places for sport.