Post 10: English English

It’s hard to me talk about this, basically because I did not learn this language at university. I learned English when I was a kid playing an old videogame. It’s true that I’ve learned some things this year, but I haven’t improve very much what I already know about it. Don’t get me wrong, I do think that English is important and it’s very good that university provides these tools for students, but it really needs to become a little bit harder, because –at last in anthropology- we are demanded to read researches and articles that are way too hard for us.

Writing blogs is ok, it’s fun and useful. I think that I’ve improved my writing skills with it. Also it’s useful to improve reading skills. My English weakness is to listen and to talk in English, but I try to watch series and TV shows without Spanish subtitles or at last with English subtitles, to listen and reading. This has been useful for me, but I don’t know how I’m going to improve my talking skills, because I don’t use this language in my daily life.

Even if I don’t use English in my daily life very often, there are some occasions where I use it. For example, I help my mother learning English, because she is a sculptress and she usually travels to others countries. Even when it’s not an English-speaking country, it’s useful for her in the airports and planes. Also, I will try to take TOELF test next year, so I will need to learn so much more and improve all my skills.