My experience in English class

Hello, today –in this last post-, I will, talk to you about the class of English of this semester. Well I have to say, that I missed a few (more than only few, really) classes, because I am the worse human being for the organizations, so I mixed all the things that I have to do and always it was end in a fail.

Anyway, for another hand, I like the atmosphere of the classes, because we could laugh, talk, said our opinions and be in a friendly scene (of course that all the things that I said, we have to do in English, obviously).

But, in totally honest, I think  that the English in the university (in general) it is no very useful, because, we don’t  graduate of English being bilinguals or something that, and the English that we have to learn  neither  teach us the technical  language that appears in the papers that we have to read for the classes of the career. So I think that the English class should to  point to one of this things, because I think that the administration try to do the two things (for better), but in the end it is worse.

Leaving aside that, I my opinion I have to practice and learn more vocabulary, because my repertoire it is so poor, and the thing like grammar I have to practice too. I feel that in the listening (or understand what try to tell me another person) I am not so bad, hahah.

About the blogs, I think that help us, to write with more propriety about the things, our hand “are releases” or at least a little bit.  We have to write so many blogs, that sometimes it was funny, but another time that was really tedious…

Well, with nothing more to tell you, I have to say goodbye to all of you… Have goods vacations! :D

News

Hello, today I will talk to you about a case of a woman who was abused by her husband. This is a case that is not so unusual, except for one reason… She calls Deborah and has 31 years old. Since 14 year ago that she was with her ex-husband, and since twelve years that diagnosed her with a neurological condition, so she started to dependent by her husband (because her disability)..

She felt like a freak, and her husband made the things worse: He constantly said her that she was a hindrance for him and for the rest of people and also said her that she was a "psychological vampire” that sucked his energy (he mistreated her psychologically), he also mistreated her physically (for example, deprived her of her basic needs –like food, hygiene, transport-, treat her with so much violence).

Well, time after, she obtains help of and organizations designed to help disabled survivors of domestic violence (DeafHope UK). And now she is fine.

Anyway, I think that this case is a reflex (an expression) of the violence and discrimination that we have as society, so we have to preoccupied to resolve the problem central (associate with this expression with domestic violence), because if we only “resolve” this isolated cases, we’ll be make a “palliative solutions’”, and we aren’t change anything. We have to understand that the problems are not only individuals, all the opposite, if we behavior is for an especially way, well that is because, we are always influence b y the “others” and society.. So I believe that we have to start to intervene for this point… 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/19/domestic-violence-disabled-women-abuse

A Movie

Hello, today I’m talk about one movie that I have enjoyed. Well, there are too many good movies, but know it came to the mind a movie that call “Chain of favors”, starr by Haley Joel Osment.  I saw this movie long time ago, in the TV I think, one day when my sister told me that a good movie will pass in the TV that night… So I saw it.

The film is a drama and deal with a boy (little boy, like ten years aprox), with a dysfunctional family (only the mother, with problems with alcohol, and grandmother too). He’d to have a work to class and invented something (by the way, he has an excellent teacher, who cares about him and fell in love with his mom). So the kid invented something called “chain of favors”, that consisted in one person have to make three favors to three different persons, and the others persons have to continue with the chain (make a favor to others three persons)… then pass thing so sad, so I don’t telling you, because –for another hand- I’ll telling the final of the film. 

I really like the weft of the movie, in spite –or maybe include that- that is so tragic. But the thing of the movie that I most like is the invention of the “chain of favors”, because, I think is a great idea and I believe that the thing are changes if we help or stay with “the other”. 

Final test

Today I will talk to you about the quizzes that I have to do for prepared the final test of English four.  Well, the categories of the quizzes are: reading, vocabulary, language and listening. In the first you have to read some texts and match the correct alternative for the question about that.  The second one was about find the words correct to complete some sentences. In language you have to match some descriptions with a personage, and also you have write a letter for “a friend” named James. The last part is the Listening, here you have to listen some conversations and answers correct the question after the audio.

Well in reading and listening I have all of score, but in the others I commit some mistakes, above all in the part of vocabulary.

hope that in the real test I pass all the categories to pass the course, haha  J

A present

Well, I’m gonna talk to you about a present that I received some time ago, that present is my bike. I choose these, because it’s really useful to me… The bike was of my sister, and I used that occasionally only, because she cares a lot of her bike.

With the pass of the time, she left the bicycle apart; she bought a car and never used the bike again.  However, she had in mind to sell the bike, so she cares about the bike even more (for not spoil or damage the bicycle). For this, I lose all my opportunities of ride the bike… So I have to translate walking (because the transantiago cost too much for my routes).

Anyway, for my birthday my sister ask me about the bike, she ask me if I like and if I really use the bicycle If I have that.  I told her that of course that I’ll use, and if I have money for buy one, I already have one… Pass a few days and my sister come to home with her bike and said me “it is your birthday present”. I was so happy, and I was very grateful with her.  Since that day I use the bike to go everyway. 

My first day in the University

My first day in the University was in March of 2011. Well, I don’t really remember all the thing, but  I remember that I’m a little nervous, because I’m a little bit shy, so I thought that I’ll a little miss in all this. That was only my thought, because the thing was different…

I came at University one day earlier, because we have a welcome and introduce about the things in the University (to guide by my companions that went in second that year). So, I came and I don’t know where the FaCSo are, and I go to the pasture and I asked to a group of students that stay having a good time there where were de faculty of social sciences (they were to the philosophy faculty). They tell me and I’m went…

When I was walking a bump whit a girl that I don’t know, but anyway we talk and we knew that are partners. So, we walk together to the FACSO and we joined whit our others classmates.  I remember that the first that I thought was that the names of my partners were a really estranges (like Luana, Jael, Eliacim, hahaha) xd… Well, we start to talk  between us and have a good time together, I miss my shy side thank this welcome and this is the way that I star my first day in the University.

Holidays of Semptember 18th

Hello, this time I am going to tell them to all about what I have done in the celebrations of Fiestas Patrias and, well, so that to speak about the most ancient if we can remember these that happened, that are more fresh. The truth is that I did not celebrate the week of holidays like “oh, the Fiestas Patrias”, but - in general with the people that I share also - it was well received like a week of holidays, with more "typical" things perhaps (like choripán, terremoto, more barbique, chicha, etc). 

For these holidays, my brother (who lives in Villarrica) came for Santiago, for the same, the weekend previous to 18 we went to see my dad, who lives in the country. It was quite entertaining, because the people that live there are very good to amuse themselves and to fool about. then we dance, laugh and ate a lot.

After Monday comes, we join in my house, with my brothers (Nati, Pachi, Hugo), my mom, Nico - the boyfriend of my sister - and Gisse, a friend of my sister. My family is quite ridiculous, so when we are together we join, explode in laughs and jokes … It Was very good, of that time on Tuesday we repeat it.

On Wednesday and Thursday I joined with my friends of the school (it did not see several long ago!), there we remember old anecdotes and well, spend it great. On Friday, we went to Peñaflor, to house of a friend, where we did a roast and took a lot of “terremoto”; for distance and hour we remain to sleep there, so on the following day I came as at seven o'clock to my house, I took a shower and had to go out again, since a very good friend was of birthday. That's why, finally I divided Pirque and my week was there same where I ended.

After all, what I can say about this one holiday, is that it was incredible =)

Francisca, my friend

Hello!

This time, I will talk to you about my friend Francisca, who really already is like a sister for me. I met Fran on having entered to kínder, she was quite shy, so we were not speaking very much; nevertheless, the time was happening and in first grade of primary  we were already related more, were playing, we were going  to her house or to mine, anyway … we Were growing together, happening for similar processes, sharing our surprises for the changes, our happy moments, losses, sadnesses, confusions, emotions and, well, all. During the whole school period we were class-mate, then she began to study midwifery and I began to study psychology; nevertheless, we see us a lot – it plays us in favor through that in fact we live very close, two blocks in facto hahaha - none is very good to speak neither for Internet nor for phone, so we do the time to ourselves to join and to put ourselves on the day of the things through that other one is living, if it is well, the family, etc.

I believe that what more differentiates to us the one of other one, is that Fran is a very rational person, she thinks enough the things before doing them, it is somewhat opposed to the leather contact, it is organized, arrange and very responsibly; on the other hand I, good, I am everything opposite. But I believe that that is good, since, we show ourselves different visions of the things and each one balances a bit to other one. =)

The first period of 2010

This time, I will tell them a little about how it was the beginning of the year for me.  Well, this year  began of quite strange form. Academically, we finish the second semester - I go in secundo year - at the end of March and we begin in April with the properly such second year. 

In spite of that, in the same way we had holidays, perhaps more annotated, but that took advantage to the maximum; for example, I went away two weeks for Coñaripe, which stays in the ninth region, it surrounds Panguipulli, Villarrica, Curarrehue, between others. It is a wonderful place, there I remained in tent in a small island that stays at the end of that place.

On the other hand, the beginning of the this year, as for the mobilizations students, was somewhat disorganized, be cause the fortitudes were not the best, one was feeling the weariness in all, nevertheless, either closer to half of year, we could organize ourselves better and began again with the works to keep on giving the fight and to manage, little by little the changes that we want for our educational system and, well, in fact for all the functioning of life of the system that we have nowadays.

It is as well as we come even nowadays, where we are a little better  and continue with the rhythm of things that, in some moment, saw suspended by the different adversities that we are.

Santiago.

Well, I am not a really fan of Santiago but I think it have a certain charm. For example, I rescue the accessibility that the this city –and all  big cities in general- have in compare with  others places (for example, mi brother  live in Curarrehue and  he really don’t have the  means to go easily  to any place, either to get an health service or to go a place and have a good time).  Also I like the differents visible sceneries that the city have, like the infrastructure mixed with the differents colors that appears in a day.
For another hand, I really don’t like the life style that we have in the city, be cause it’s –for me- so accelerated, with indifference for the others, worried only by them selves. I think  that in Santiago it’s disappear a little bit ( a huge little bit) the live with others, the socialization and the people its transformed  step by step in a kind of robots.

So, the only thing that I can tell you if you came to Santiago, is that you try to talk a lot with the persons, be cause you might discover  a lot of things, histories and persons so interesting, that  are worth  to know.

Julian Assange's Case

For me this is an unusual case, be cause I do not understand how it is that they criminalize a fact that - yes it is true, it can have violated certain norms – after all, didn’t have any more purpose that reveal situations of government that, certainly, affects all who belong to the society; and that on the other hand, there are committed so much injustices, violations of the rights, arbitrary handling of situations on the part of those who have the power (be already economic like administrative, although at present it is the same thing), without mattering for them more than your own well-being and profit, but that these are spent for high, justified and even, legitimized and "normalized". In this sense, I believe that exaggerated faults assume Assange and, again, of arbitrary form, to safeguard the interests of those who turned out to be harmed after the disqualification of certain documents, which, to me to seem, in many ocations were the real guilties.

 Continuing with this line, I think that the offering of the Ecuadorians, to give him political assignment is adapted, in my opinion is that - on having been blamed - the doors closed him immediately in its country and he turned out to be forbidden to exhibit its position at least so that the people not only were remaining with the version of the government; for the same - and considering its situation to be unjust - I believe that he needs this space to exhibit his points and to remove this image, falsified perhaps, that generate the television or newspaper about its case.

My blog experience .. :)

Hi everybody ! Today I will analyzed my writing blog experience. Well, this time was pass so fast for me and I really don`t know how we are here finished class of English x).

Uhm.. I really like this experience, be cause  it was a very different way of learn English, it was more recreational and practical way and I enjoy  writing  the differents topics that we have to do.

I think that this was a very useful way to learn English, be cause we really have to practice this language in its daily way, applying English grammar and lexical.

I also like the environment of the classes : the group that was formed was very enjoyable and classes were very welcoming. 

The advantages -I think- of blogging in class instead of make the ordinary class of English are many: first of all, like I said before, the experience to immediately practice what we are learning it is so rewarding, be cause we could learn things we use everyday instead of learning the language just formalities. Also the class –to be practical- it was more entertaining and pleasant.

For another hand, the disadvantages of this way to learn –from my way of seeing- are:  the lack of specific feddback that can be done about, be cause the thing that we write in our blogs are so wide. Uhm.. appart of that I don’t find any other thing that would be a disadvantage.

Anyway, although I can’t say that all the topics we have to write were to my liking, I think this whole class are very useful for us and very practical and amusing too. 

I hope that the class has served to all of us and that we see later in the English Four, writing anothers blog :B ..

Good Bye everybody !  Kisses and hugs ! =) 

( Well, here I leave you a picture unrelated to the topic, put very true xd )

My favourite writer !

Hi classmates !

In this oportunity I won’t  telling you about the last book that I read (be cause I like so many books), but I  will talk to you about my favourite writer of ever !..

He is Mario Benedetti.. I like so much his way of writing. He was a poet, novelist, playwright and journalist. Well, unfortunately he is dead (in May of 2009).

I really love his poems, be cause I fell that he express so much with his conjugation of words. I think that he write with so much feelings and  he communicate his emotions so well. For example:  “(...)If the sun doesn’t warm/ if the moon did not exist,/ then, it would/ sense to live on this earth/ as it would nos makes sense/ live without my life (...)” (For ever, M. Benedetti). Others poems that I really love of Benedetti are: The words. Go together. I love you. Why we sing? .  Don’t save you. Lets make a deal.

I think that the firs book that I read of Mario Benedetti was “La Tregua”, I read this book in the school and I love it. I really enjoy reading this book although I was very little when I read it. But even when I read now this book, and all of Benedetti, I like so much.  

Some of his essays that I like are:  “The culture, this still white” and  “The  reality and the word”.

Uhmm… what else of Benedetti ?  Well there is so much to tell about this ecxelent writer, but I am not here for telling you his biography, although is so interesting of reading x).

         

I hope if you read him, you really like as me ! …
Bye ! J     

The photograph that I most like is…

Hello people !  J

I will talk to you about my favourite for ever.. ha! I don`t have  one, be cause I like a lot of photographs  of me, my family, my friends and everybody!  x)

So in this time I  will tell you  about a photograph that’s make me laugh everytime thet I see it…  In this picture Lua appears, but  she looks “different”  - Why?  You maybe ask me- well, it is be cause the picture was distorted, I don’t know how, but  it result very well and makes the picture very funny.

The photograph  was taken by Luana de Castro Hevia ( the credits are for her xd), I really don’t  know when it was taken, but it is not so old (I supposed..)
In here Lua appears with a bottle (I think) in her hands and  the backround it is all orange with things that are not really substantial.

Like I said before, I like this picture be cause every time that I see, it cause me so much laugh and  I am for this moment so amusing and happy x) .

The first time that I saw this picture was in Facebook, be cause Lua upload it  and used this like her  profile picture. So we saw this in internet and we laugh until die  xD.

Uhmm.. I don`t know what else telling you about this photograph, be cause the picture talk iltself …

I will to enclose the picture for you to shared with all of us this amazing  piece of art x) .. hahah, It isn’t  really a piece of art, but it is so, so funny and absurd … I hope tha it makes you laugh  like as me ..

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2047988120629&set=a.1650111333958.81581.1272213512&type=1&theater#!/photo.php?fbid=2047988120629&set=a.1650111333958.81581.1272213512&type=1&theater&pid=2496086&id=1272213512J

See you !

The best day of my life ..

Uhm.. this is a little difficult, Why? well, 'cause I've had so many moments of happiness and I really don't know which was the best of all. For another hand, in this moment I don’t feel so good, that’s why I think it won’t be very easy . But let’s try !

Well, I know that would sound half cursy, in fact! It is so cursy , but I’ll tell you anyway …

I think the best day of my life was when I knew that I fall in love. I think that be cause it means more that the fact itself. It involved a lot of thing apart of that and this thing are:

- I’ ve realized that I have so much love for give.
- I knew that I could think in another and care for another one just like the way that I think and care of me.

- Be in love make you fell so happy and that you see the world with others colours.

- Know that other person fell the same about you and being “conect” with the other it’s something that I can`t explain, it’s fell so great.

- This feeling (when is requite) make you are full of energy, happiness, good vibrates and many other things that are so huge that I can`t explain. The words are litlle in view of the sublimity of this feeling.

Well, It was some of the “benefits” that fell in love (according to my apreciation). For all of that I  believe completely that the best thing that it could happened to me I was be in love.. I don’t talk about one specially day, be cause it means for me a “phase” entire of  my life, and that that include so many days x) ..

Ah! I’m sorry for the “gay of my text”, but I  was warning you that it’ll be so cursy ..  cursy but nice C:

My favourite piece of technology

Hello class mate !

In this oportunity I talk to you about my favourite piece of technology..

 Well, I’m not really fan of the technology, but there are some pieces that I like. For example, I like listen to music in my Mp4, so now I gonna talk about it.

I got my Mp4 since the last chrismas, it was a present of my boyfriend (he loves technology and he wish that I love  it too).

Uhm.. I use the Mp4 when I go out, when I travel to somewhere far away or when I wanna listen to music and take myself away of everybody.  For that reason I often  used my Mp4 and I listen so much music with this.

I like this because permit me listen music all the time, in anywhere, with anybody  even when I’m alone and I’m  feel  happy, sad, angry, lonely, excited or what ever.

I think that though I’m not really friend of the technology  and  even understand so much, I like a lot listen music, so the Mp4 it is a tool very usefull  for me, because with this I can listen to music  all the time…However I’d be without Mp4 and won’t  be affect  at all …

well..  see you  later !

Music to listen whe you feel bad ...

When I'm sad I always listen to music that make me feel tha everythings its gonna be allright or  music that make me think about the problems that I have in this peculiar moment… I don’t listen an especcially  kind of music, be cause I like a lot of types differents of music.

For example, this weekend was really bad for me, with so much of problems and conflicts; so I listened to Bob Marley, be cause his music make me feel more calm , his letters make me feel  that  everythings will be resolved. Also listened to Jorge Drexler, be cause his music its so reflexive and made me reflect  about the bad things that I throught and find at least a little solution of them . On the other hand I listened to De Saloon, be cause  they also make me think about the things and relate my troubles with their content.

But when I’m feel really but really bad and I’m not gonne out, I listened only Bob Marley, be cause produce on me fellings that I can not explain, I’m feel empty of serenity and a strange happyness.

Well I will to enclose you some links about this groups and singers and I hope that its serve you when you fell bad or miserable…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKZhAdoHWEc  --> De Saloon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LanCLS_hIo4  --> Bob Marley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tQ6raITgto   --> Jorge Drexler

Who I admire ?

Hello everybody, this time I  tell you a little biografhy of  someone who I admire. He is my teacher, the professor  Marcial Beltrami.
Well, I start to telling you that he studied biology and sciences organics and also had a magister in sciences organics ( ethology,  specifically zoology). 
Beltrami actually is teacher of the university of Chile ( particulary psychobiology ) and Metropolitan University of Education Sciences .
He interested of exceedingly in primates, so in his classes he talk very much about them, and he investigate them detail, for example, he made an investigation  on aggressive behavior on animals, particulary baboons.
Apart from be an interesting person and excelent professional, he is a very nice person, so lovely and friendly. Whit his students he is warm and open mind; you can make thounsand of questions and he answer   you  always with a big smile.
I don't now  more about professor Beltrami, be cause I am a newly in his classes. But I like learn so much whit him troughout this year and also  I really hope to know  him .


Here I attach you a picture of him, by then you can recognize to Marcial Beltrami 

Movies.

hi, now I talk about the last movie  that I saw in the cinema; it was "Friends with benefit" .
this movie was a comedy about two friend that have a free releationship, but  later they felt in love.
Its  was so interesting movie, 'cause it talk  about problems of the  everyday.
in this movie you going to laugh, cry, annoyed and glad.
It is a movie so recomendable if you  wish  see something enjoyable and fresh.
I hope that if you see this movie, you enjoy so much...

good luck !

Starting Program C:

Hi, I`m Mª Constanza, but you can call me Coti, I’m eighteen years old...
I`m in the first year of psychology  in University of Chile. The university its so near of my house, a twenty block away  

This is my first class of English in the university and I have to confess that i`m scared, ‘cause my English is not very well  and I speak so little and some  confused word…

Well, I leave us for the moment .. see you! Bye