Post 10: English Lenguage Challenges

First I really don’t know how I could approve the first and second level with the test that you have to do when come into to university, because I always was bad in English in the school, It was a big surprise to me jjajja I am really grateful.  When I was in school all my friends love English, they watch many series or movies from United stated and listen only music in English, for that they understand very good and speak English fluently. I always love much the Latin-American music and I watch the movies with subtitle, for that I behind on my friends in this language.

This last three years I learn to read and listen much better to English, because I had have read for the university text in this language and also I had learn in third and fourth level to English. In this last two levels although I learn to understand English so much, I still it costs to me speak and write in other language, even it costs to me express me in Spanish! jajaja. I think the use of blog can help a little to learn to express in English but is not enough for really learn a new language. One can’t learn other idiom with only one class to week if the rest of these never use it.

Now I don’t interested travel to one country with speak English, I don’t have friends from Canada, USA or England, and I reed principally American Latin author in Anthropology, for all this I really don’t important speak totally good English. I know is important learn English because now is the language for communicate inter country, but I am happy with understand in general.

Well, this is the last post so… you have a great year!

Post 9: Changes to my study programme

Well the career that I study is anthropology and it really has disappointed me a lot, at the University of Chile. I think a lot of things are missing for change to be a really good race. To begin, the first two years of common plan I think they are unnecessary, with one already enough, besides that these first two years all classes are in the rooms of 100 people, and in this classroom are from only you can do classes where the teacher speaks 3 hours. I also think that is really necessary more course of gender, there is only one in the third year and it is optional. I also believe that more Latin American anthropologists and women should be included in the bibliography of the courses, with 80% being European men.

In the race are missing more field trips, the theory is necessary but 4 years just reading you will not learn anything new. It is in field practice that I have really learned more, in contact with people, not locked in the classroom. Although we have three courses with field trips this is very little for the training of anthropologist.

On the other hand I think that the main problem that anthropology has is the teachers. Not all teachers are bad, but there are some who really dont know anything and only invent the class without really knowing what they are talking about. It is necessary a true evaluation of the teachers and contract new for the next year.

Well that's what I would change Anthropology-