English Language Challenges

Since I was a kid in my school we are taught to speak English. I learned to express myself in English, writing, listening, reading and solving problems in this language. After I left the school, I stop practicing the language. I had not many instances to keep practicing, in fact the only contact I had with the English for 3 years was through music.

Losing the practice of a language is very harmful as it can be forgotten easily. Especially with a language that has many grammar rules, similar ways of saying the same words and many other things, for example, pronunciation.

Nowadays, level English this semester has helped me a lot to remember the rules of pronunciation, verb tenses and many items that have been forgotten. The challenges for the future, I think it has related with the level of English that I had before, recover it. And to incorporate aspects of my career in the language.

Learning to interact more with the professional environment through the English is very important for the future, because it give us a lot of tools for a development of and specific area.

Finally, what is most important also to learn and to express ourselves in English, it is constantly practicing, because not practice a language that can sometimes be difficult can make you forget it.

Good & Bad points

Today I´m gonna tell you about good and points of this year,

This year 2014 has had many good things and few bad. I think that since January began the good things this year. First, visit Chiloe with my college scout group for 15 days. I am head of 15 children, including men and women, 17 years of age.

After this trip to Chiloe. I stayed in southern Chile and I met with friends in a town called Puerto Varas. From there we start a trip through the valley of Cochamo and we were in one of the most impressive places of Chile. On this trip shared a lot with my friends, we laugh, we visited different places and it was far one of the best trips I have ever had. Being with the people you love is very important and this trip meant to me just that. Share with my friends, being with my family.

However, in early March one of my best friends told us the bad news that he was going to live in Germany because of family problems. This affected me a lot and I was very sad for a while. We are friends since I was five.

My year in college started really well. I'm doing broadcast journalism classes to students in the third year of journalism and that makes me very happy. The subjects of this semester I really like. And I reaffirm each day to study journalism and be a journalist is what I like to do in my future.

Personal fears

Today, the technological development of society has created many problems. These problems have led people to feel alone, depressed and no one to tell. The technology was born in order to join; however, personally I think it has done the opposite. We separated and has sparked fears that we have never had.

Technology has become part of our daily lives, we depend in many aspects of the use of technology. Today we could not survive without sending emails, phone call, talking on whatsapp, upload photos to Instagram or send a tweet.

The truth is that I am a person who depends on and uses much technology. I always use my cell phone for everything. I never forget to bring it with me to all the activities I do. And always charge the battery and take my charger everywhere, even when I go to parties.

I'm afraid to leave the cell phone at home, since I'm always aware of it. I watch it every five minutes. I check if I have new calls, messages, photos, whatsapp, instagram, tweets, etc.

The nomophobia is the name that has the fear of being without cell. “Nomo” means no mobile, and the word phobia means fear.

I know that is not a serious problem, I think sometimes the non use of technology is very useful to connect with the environment, with nature, talk to people, find out what's going on around me and not see everything through a screen.