I`ve begun study english pedagogy and I must recognize that at the beginning of the last semester I didn`t feel comfortable with my decision because when I started the grammar classes and see all the “new lessons” I scared. I still remember when I did the first certamen and I got a red mark, I`ve never got a red mark in grammar before!!!!. What did I do ? I looked for additional information for get over my weakness. As a consequence, I`ve been studying grammar for the last five months. I`ve been enjoying all the classes that I had. Recently I`ve been feeling nervous about the things that will could be happen at the end of the semester and I don`t why. Otherwise ...,I think I have met important people at the university , they`ve been very kind with me -that is great- I never thought meet with this kind of people because I`ve been thinking in the last two years that the people are not confidence and I have a lot of storys about that. But the most I hate about the study in other city is that I can`t see to my family everday and I`ve been travelling the weekend for see them -this is exhausting- I have to stay in the cousin`s house, I don`t like it. Finally I hope finish my career, be an excelent teacher and help most children that I can. Camila Hernández Orrego section II
My first vision of the university was uncertainly of it; because I did not know how can I survive in a reality completely different than the school, the distance was the other problem because when I asked someone how can I arrive at the UVM, they told me that I need to take a bus and they leave me there. Early days I was very exciting to go there and see the thing than make me feel insecure, but I knew that I need to have a study methodology in this place (it does not have other way). There I have met with excellent people; I have been discovering what the best way to learn is. I have gotten through all the subjects of the first semester, it make me feel really good because I know that I have been doing the thing well, but I need to continue with it to become in a teacher. The national situation of education has been growing, although I agree with the demands, but no with the damage of the city and lack of dialogue by the actors involved; that is why I have been studying not only for me, it is for the students too.
The first day that I came to the UVM University and started my classes I was very nervous because I didn´t know anyone and it was something totally new for me. I studied before, but not in a University. Over time I have met many people and have become very good friends and we have created study groups and the results of the tests have been very satisfactory. Nowadays we have been continuing study together. Last semester I passed all my subjects and this made me very happy because I had very good results. I have been thinking that this career needs a lot of dedication because I have to study a lot and understand evey subject and get good marks. This semester is becoming more difficult than the previous one because the demand is more than before, but I know that I can get the same results that I got in the first semester, because I am a very good student and I love my career
When i have to chose one career the last year i've felt terrified because i didn't know anything about "university life" but at the same time very excited about my new life of college girl.At the beginning of the first semester i've felt nervous and lost,because the people and the teachers are very different that the ones i've met,but i've gotten passed all the assignatures of the first semester with god marks.In this semester i have more confidence about my knowledge and my skills,i've been doing excersises and studying in home and with friends of the university for get through this semester in the best way that we can.Other thing, i thought that people here were very cold and unfriendly but i was wrong, i met excellent persons here that have become in my support and god company in the bad momments.Finally i know that i've done the best work that i can but that is not enough i must give a hundred and one percent of me for become in a excellent teacher and give the best of my knowledge to my students in the future and i hope certanly that my dream will come true.
Last semester I had the opportunity to work with Profesor Juan Carlos Torres as Teacher Assistant. It was a great experience. This semester I have been very busy studying English. Now that I´m not a TA I can use my time to emprove my skills. I have done all my homework for this week, I have been studing for my Alte 3 class which has been more difficult than other subjects I have taken. I have dedecided, with a couple of classmates to start a studying group. It´s a good thing! we can help each other. I have taken a lot of books from the library. We´ve been writing many exercises for our grammar class.I´m sure we will get a good grade on the first sertamen.
When I came at the UVM I did not know anyone and I was lost the first day a girl called Macarena spoke with me and we made very close. Sometimes I had some doubts about if I could pass to the next semester. For my lucky I have had good grades and I have learnt a lot, this is great for me because I am very excited and with high spirits. I have met good friends and so far they never have disappointed me. Now I have been participating in the protest with a group of friends and classmates of differents years and differents careers. We have organized to support a thousands of students of Chile that are fighting for a better and free education in this country We have put together money to buy some things we needed for protest, all we have done canvas and paint our faces, it is clear that we do not have the support of all our partners. I have been studying to do not get bad grades 175 in my first sertamen of grammar I hope to get good results in all my subjects, improve my English speaking skills and finish this year well.
I`ve begun study english pedagogy, Arriving at University, I've got to see the subjects that we would take for the semester, which seemed to me quite bizarre. When entering to my first class was a bit scary grammar as the teacher is quite strict, so I panicked. When entering to my first class was a bit scary grammar as the teacher is quite strict, so I panicked. Over the days I didn’t understand anything of she said. So I was really questioning whether I wanted to study, was very frustrating. At one time I was sitting practically next to the teacher, because I sat very far back, and distracted me enough. So i decided to changed my seat in front to the miss. Then with time I understood much better the content of the course, not with excellent grades, but I kept. In the end I can say it's what I wanted to study, it is my vocation and I’ve been very happy about this, I feel happy that I passed my classes, not excellent grades, but with much enthusiasm and perseverance that leaves me completely satisfied. Grateful to my classmates and my teachers for giving me all the support and the way of teaching that is clear enough. And this is the end of my story.
My first semester at UVM was very special, because I made some good friends and I met very interesting people here. At first, I didn't feel very comfortable because it was a new whole world for me. Then I met my classmate Maira, and it's a really nice experience to be with her. We have done a lot of things at the university, a lot of homework and we have studied in her house too. We also met our godfather, and he helped us a lot. It's funny because we used to get on well with him, and now we are friends, I think. I believe that we are the only ones who keep that friendship. Currently, we haven't been studying since yesterday because all our classmates went on a strike. So, now I have been studying by myself, because we have incomplete homework and I have been chatting with my classmates about what are we going to do about all things that are happening right now in the university.
When I returned to the university, after holidays, I met my classmates and we talked everything that we didn’t talk during that time. We have established a really good relationship as classmates because we usually do the assignments together and we help each other. Since I entered to the university, we have eaten at the casino. Lately, I have been very busy with the student movements at the university. These days, I have tried to be better informed about what’s happening in respect to education in my country.
Besides, I have been doing English Classes to my brother and my little cousin. Also this semester I entered to the university’s rugby team, so I have been practicing this sport since two weeks ago. Also, I have been practicing my speaking because I need to get better on that and have better results in the oral tests during this semester.
Also I have practiced my writting to bring a better answers in my tests and improve my grades. I have done some parts of my portfilio to advance a little for don’t do it to last time. The last three days I have done this homework to finish in the given time.
This is my first year at the university. It has been a beautiful experience. I have met a lot of awesome people, who have been an important support to me during this year. I thought it was going to be difficult for me to adapt to this new world, but it wasn’t. the first semester I had to do a lot of homework and I had to study really hard for the tests , but the most stressful thing of this year was the E-portfolio, I spent so much time on it, and it worth, because a got an excellent mark. In the second semester I have been relaxed. I have two new subjects that I really like, they’re very fun. I haven’t studied so much; actually I have been more worried about the student movement. With my mates since about three weeks ago, we’ve been participating of marches and assemblies about the movement, we are really involved in this; in fact we made a canvas to show it in the marches, and that makes us really happy! I mean, we’ve been waiting so much time to express ourselves and now we are doing. I hope we could get what we’re fighting for; a free and quality education.
Before to start the university, I was scared because I thought that is a different world with hard subjects. In the beginning, all was difficult for me especially grammar, because all was new for me and I have quickly discouraged. I have thought about to change career. I have had really bad grade in all the subjects but as soon as the time past, I have studied a lot with my friend Valentina Contreras. She’s smart and she has helped me a lot! I’m very grateful to her. I have got through all my exams with good grades and I’m happy for that. Now is the second semester and I hope this semester will good (or better) than the first. This week end, I have had my homework. I have been doing some exercices to practice in basic competence II for the exam. In my first assignment in basic, I have had a good grade. I have had a 7. That makes me very happy. In the university, I have met some people really nice. Also I have met my godmother Dania Allendes. In the beginning, we didn’t know but after in the time, we got to know and she’s an excellent person and she has helped me very much to do my first E-Portfolio. Now that I know the system at the university, I hope to have good grades in all my subjects and accomplish all my goals.
During thirteen years in my life I have gone to school. In that time I went to three different places and I made many friends. I had to make decisions in my life but the most important was decided for a career, I chose English because I love it and I have studied English Pedagogy since March at the Viña del Mar University. To study here I had to leave my home and my family and come to a new city and I had to learn to live without my mom and that was the most difficult thing, but here at the University I have chosen good friends. They always help me when I need them but we have fought also but over time we forgive ourselves and we laugh. My first semester was good, passed everything, which makes me happy. I am now concentrating on continue studying and do well. In my "new life" I had to learn many things, but everything is good and enriching for me and although sometimes I would like be in my home, I know this is what will be my life forever and I am proud of what I have achieved so far.
I’ve been studying Primary Pedagogy in PUCV and I’ve concentrated in that studies, like Spanish, Philosophy or History. When I decided to study English I had problems because I’ve studied another career and I don’t remember my English classes (in secondary) pretty good. My parents never have liked I have a “missed year”, but they supported me in my decision. I’ve chosen UVM because they’ve given me a scholarship and I’ve liked its features. Then, the first semester I worked for raise my grades and overcome my shyness step by step. I’ve got through all subjects with self-approving grades, but I had problems with attendance in Basic Competence and a bit in Grammar. All this year, I’ve been traveling between Copiapó and Viña del Mar. I’ve visited my family some times and I’ve been being encouraged by them. In holidays, they told me I study in those times. I went through in my home, especially Grammar, and I still continue it. This semester, I’ve started studying Basic, Phonetics and Grammar. Perfect tenses are difficult to me, but I’ve found books in UTFSM and I’ve been practicing in my room or in the University. Also I’ve received help from my classmates and professors. This experience has been very good.
My first year in the Universidad De Viña Del Mar has been great. The first day I was a little scare because it was a disaster! Nobody knows where were their careers and the assistants said to you, did you do the tests? It was awful, but the first day I met one of my best friends so I’m happy for that. At the beginning I thought many times if I’ve been doing what I really want to do in the future, because I’ve liked English since a was a kid, but I wondered if pedagogy was the right thing for me. Time to time, all my doubts have disappeared and now I’m sure that I’ve been studying what I really like. In other way I met very good persons that now are my classmates, in spite of the differences that everyone has, we get on well. Besides, I’ve been meeting new persons that with time they made really important for me, but as a consequence of our schedules I don’t see them very much. About the grades, it was hard at first but I didn’t give up at all. When the year started, I was getting almost good results and I learnt a lot the last semester, I’ve been doing some extra exercises for getting better each time. I also have been looking for the international exchange because it sounds really awesome going to another country for study. Have you ever imagined the life in other country? Well, I’ve been dreamed with this since I was young and definitely this worth my effort. Finally I would like to say that these two semesters really changed my life and I’ve been learning a lot about to be a teacher.
Before I got in to the university i didn´t know if I would study English pedagogy or photography, because I like them both a lot. My Family told me that I have to studied English pedagogy because when I was at high school I had good grades in English. But some friends and teachers of photography told me that I have talent with the photography and they want me to study this. I was confused. So I decided to make a pre university so I can think better. And I decided to studied English pedagogy. When I got in to the university I met new friends, and they have been friendly with me. The last 6 months I have been living with two friends in a flat here in Viña del Mar. And this has been a new experience because I never lived with boys before. My favorite subject this year has been Basic Competence and Grammar. Because I think that there are things that I learned before when I was in high school so is not to hard for me. Since I have been living in Viña I have came all weekends to visit my sister in Santiago. And we always go out to eat, because she doesn´t like to cook. My boyfriend have been living in Santiago since this summer, so that’s why I ´m always travelling to our capital. This has been a good experience for me.
The first day at the UVM university, I was a little scared, because I didn’t know which was the rules for new students and where I needed to go, in that moment, I was very lost, but the good news was that I met 3 funny girls. They were very nice, we’ve shared our personals experiences with guys and we became close friends. The last semester was great because I’ve passed all my subjects and thanks God I have done with that, I’ve learned a lot of new English words and also how to use them in the right way. My experience in the university for this few months has changed my perspective of the world because I felt that I’ve learned so much about life and the teachers taught me so many important things that I really appreciate. By the other side, I have been teaching English to my cousin’s classmates, they told me that I am a very good teacher because I make funny classes and I teach them with passion, they also said that they can see how much I love what I do, and to heard that, makes me very happy, because that means that I’m doing the things right.
I've begun study english pedagogy because I like very much the english, but when the lessons starts I felt a bit weird, because grammar and phonetics was very difficult to me. When I received my first grade was a red mark, I've never got a red mark in english in my school and in this moment I felt so bad, but my friends help me, and I`ve studying grammar with them and alone for the second certamen. I've been putting attention to all the classes, and in the moment of give the certamen, I felt so calm and when the miss give me the final mark, maybe wasn't a good mark, but to me was a very important achievement. Today I've been feeling good in the university with my friends that are very important to me. The teachers are very good, and they are good friends also. I'm now concetrating on my studies, to begin better the second semester. I've been practicing in the class and in my house, so I hope obtain good results in the certamen.
My first day at the UVM wasn’t bad because I went with my best friend Yoselin so I was with someone that I knew and that make it easier to me. At the beginning I was really nervous because I’m not really good making friends and sometimes I’m too shy. But I was wrong! I’ve met a lot of nice people and I’ve made really good friends. The last semester it was good, I mean, I don’t have to study a lot because it wasn’t so difficult to me. The E-Portfolio was the most stressful thing ever! I started almost at the end of the semester because when I turn on my computer and I just looked the file I was like “I’ll do it tomorrow” but that ‘tomorrow’ never came! Nowadays I have been really worried about what is going on in Chile with the student movement. We have been doing assemblies to inform people about all this. We have gone to marches. We’ve made a lot of activities even when we have classmates that are in disagreement with all this. Some people said that we are doing all this because we don’t want to study or we don’t want go to classes, but they’re wrong! We’re just fighting for our rights! And I hope that we get something good about all this.
well the first thing that I did when I came to university was meet new people because I did not know no one. I have met people very frendly and lovely, some of this person are Rodrigo,Gianella, Pia, Katiusca and Isidora. I have learned more about the university. I have been studying in the university for 5 months ago. I have studied for understand more about grammar because it is very difficult for me and also I have been trying to correct some mistake about with my pronunciation. My favourite subject it has been grammar. With my classmates we have been making advertising post about Education because in this moment the students are in a protest and we have been supporting this problem. Specially I have been working a lot of for be more responsible and to be better than how was in the school. I have learned how I have to study because the university give me a lot of homework and I have to do some certamenes every month and it is the kind of evaluation. I've been thinking in to change of the university because sometimes I feel that I am not happy with this but the english has learned a lot of.
Last semester I had the opportunity to know many people. During the last semester I have known classmates who have been so friendly and supportive with me. Obviously has some subjects that was difficult for my for example grammar but I have worked hard to have good result. This year has been very good for me because I changed my self, now I am more responsible and more organized than other years. Also I want to say that I have never done much homework like this year but I knew that I have to study hard for my future, Before started this year I made a promise that I will pass every subject . Now, this semester I have been doing sport with classmates of second year of English pedagogy (rugby) just is to proof my back because I had my back injury. Also I have been studding hard but the classes are stop but I have been going to university to know some news about the classes and also I have been helping with the student’s movement. Obviously I have been practicing in my house because I want to be better in this semester and I hope to have good result and learn more.
When I had to chose what to study at the university I started to freaking out because I wanted to study lots of careers like engineering or turism and differents kinds of things even differents pedagogies. But as time went I figured out that my score at PSU wasn’t very good and I had to chose a private university, but that wasn’t it all, I had to choose one of all that careers I wanted to study. Since high school I’ve been good at english and teaching too. So I decided study that career, English Pedagogy. It was kind of hard to me because I’ve never been in the university as other mates but it was easy to get used because I was in the same career with my best friend. I’ve study a lot to get good grades although it was i little hard grammar but I could handle it. Last semester was pretty good because I’ve passed all my classes. Lately I’ve been involved in the Student social revolution but I’ve never Left my Studies even though I’ve been an active fighter in the student movement and as a responsable student I’ve done my homework because this week of strike isn’t vacations, is just a change of activities.
When I started this year I did not study much because I was not dedicated with my grades, usually I give preferences to another things like football and others kind of sports, but now I understand that I have to study more. I never did my homework on the school, but I haven’t got bad grades. Now I am more dedicated with my things and I have been studying English and some things that I like me and I used to read about my body, my soul, and thought of older cultures. Also I have been helping my little cousins with their homework. I have learned many things and I have met great people. When I was child, I did some drawings of famous people but after 15 years old I let to do that, now I have been drawings again, but of caricature manner of my classmates and they like my drawings. That is funny. Also I have been playing guitar and learning new songs of some popular groups. Lately I have seen old friend of my childhood, for example, friends of my first team of football for said something. Also I have been playing pool with my best friend all the Wednesday and we tried to keep doing in a future.
I have been in the university since March. I quitted my job to attend classes and I had to move out my town because the University is in another region. Although everything was new and strange I used to like the idea of learning new knowledge. The atmosphere has been more pleasant every time I have met new friends. And together we care about homework and study. It has been a little difficult to me because although I studied the language years ago, I stopped practicing and when I came to the University it has been hard to understand the subjects. It was then when I began to rely on my friend Izzat. He helps me a lot just like my best friend Pamela. We have started the second semester, and everything is harder than the first one. And now that we have gone on a strike since yesterday, I think it will be even more rigid than before but I'm agree with the national movement,but I have been studying all this time.
This isn’t my first year here in UVM. I’ve studied here before. The Last year I was studying History pedagogy, but it wasn’t a good experience because I didn’t felt comfortable. This year has been very different. I’ve studying English pedagogy since the beginning of the year. It has been a great experience. This year I’ve met some good friends, we’ve helped each other many times. Sincerely, I never liked the grammar as a subject, I get confused easily. My first grade was a 2,7 at the beginning of the year on the entry test. My final mark on the exam was a 5.0. That helped to trust in what I am doing in every moment. This year I’ve learned to put into practice my self confidence, as I told before… in the moment of apply the knowledge on reading, speaking and writing English.
This is my first year in the University; I met wonderful people here, not only English but also of history. At first I was very nervous because I thought I was going to cost to make friends, but it was not so happily. Before I doubt if this was really the most suitable career for me, but when I was in class the first time I realized that yes, there would be a better one and that was to follow through. I realized that I liked school when my classmates helped them with homework, studying for tests, and I loved teaching, I've always loved languages.
The first half was good, although I really unconcerned me a bit. I liked my teachers, but at first did not understand much, which made me feel more nervous was the portfolio, since it was first to one, and an oral defense. Although I was excellent experience served me well, plus now I should not do things last minute, because it's really stressful. Now I just hope I do well in the seven subjects and approved, so have a good and deserved vacation. Since March radically changed my life, I am now more responsible and have had more perseverance to get goals.
During this year, I've been studying English Pedagogy at UVM. It has been a very interesting time. I have met a lot of people, and I have made a lot of new friends. At first, I thought that it will be difficult to me, but with the help of my classmates, it wasn't. The first semester I studied a lot for the tests, we did a lot of homework. I've finished very happy that semester because I've got through all my subjects with good grades. Then, the vacations have come, and I prepared myself for the new semester. I studied a little bit in my holidays, so I arrived a little prepared for my new subjects. This second semester we have been studying "the perfect times" in basic and grammar, so I've been studying for those subjects at the same time. I've been doing lists of verbs in their 3 forms (because I have to learn the participle too). Also I've been studying for phonetics with a friend who studies in another university. The new subjects about pedagogy, are the most difficult in this semester for me, because I have never studied something like that. I hope getting through all my subjects again.
I remember my first day of class, was so scaring because I didn’t know anything about the universitary system, and it was totally new for me. At the beginning was a little difficult for me have friends because I’m not to friendly but when I know somebody I’m the most friendly person ever. Now I have met a lot of friends and we have become very good friends, we have had very good results in the test because we study a lot and together. Obviously we have been together like friends because not all of us pass the entire subject. The last semester I passed all my exams and that made me happy because I had very good results. I have been thinking that this career needs a lot of motivation because I have to study a lot and understand everything to get good marks. This semester is becoming more difficult than the previous one, because the subjects are stronger than before, but I know that I can get better results that I got in the first semester, because I am a good student and this is the career that I want and I choose for me. Xavier Calderón Section 2
I have been Reading a lot about thnigs in english, and yesterday when i went to the university i tryed to search something about my favorite subject, and also i have talked with my classmates about my homework because i didn’t understand some things that i have to write. Well… I have been thinking that i have to improve my Reading comprehension and for that reason y looked for a book in the library, and i have read great gatsby, i good story but i litle bit dramatic. I have been working my listening with movies in english well… animation movies because the lenaguage is a basic english, i have seen some pages in internet that are very important for my studys, and for example Gisselle my friend has been looking for books to practice and improve her english grammar, she did a lot of exercise and we have talked with our friend that we have to study really hard for better grades, and i have seen my classmates working hard for homeworks and other things that they have to read. i have sold some books because i have to buy others, a diccionary por example… and that is the end of my assigment.
Well, this is my first year at UVM studying English pedagogy. I've been in this career since March of this year. I've made many friends since i enter to the University, but i didn't see them in the holidays, so i miss them very much. At first, i was very alone because i didnh't know anyone, so i was very sacared 'cause i thought that i was very low profile and all in my career seemed to be so fun and cheerful. Then i discovered that my personality was exactly like theirs. Now we have returned to the college, and we are happy to see our faces again. I've seen my friend Valentina and she had told me a lot of things that happened on her holidays. Now that we're back, we have been completely focus on our estudies, well at least me, because the last semester it wasn't very good for me, so i have been fully charged to put all of me in my studies and finish my career successfully. Also during this time i have been very interested in the student movements at the UVM. In my free time i've put on practice my English because i have been doing English classes to one of my cousins, And i'm very glad with the results.
In my first day at the University I was a little bit nervous because I didn’t know anybody, but I wasn’t too worried because I have studied in another University before, so I knew how the universities system works, and how the first days at the University are. Last Semester, I have met amazing people in my class, that are my friends now, we have spent great moments with them, and we have made study groups for our certamenes. And, about me, I studied hard last semester, because I liked so much this University that I have been enjoying studying for all my subjects. I always have enjoyed learning English. That’s why I think I got good grades last semester. This Semester, I have been thinking that is harder than the first one, because now, we have pedagogy subjects, and we have been reading a lot of handouts for Psychology and Education History, but I will do my best this semester as well, and I hope to get the same good grades too. I have been really motivated, so I’m not that worried about it and I expect to do well in my first week of certamenes, I have been preparing for my test already, and I feel ready for this semester.
My story in this university started around 1 year ago when I decided to study law in Universidad Viña del Mar, in that period I wanted to become in a lawyer to fight the injustice in the world in fact I'd studied law in Universidad Andres Bello for 1 year but I didn’t have enough money to pay the fees, in Chile we have the most expensive fees to study any career and the Chilean state has not been responsible about the profit of the Universities. Well I studied Law again but over time I discovered law was not the career of my dreams so I decided to change in the middle of the year to English Pedagogy because I’ve always loved the English Language specially for the Rock Music which I’ve been listening since I was a kid. I’ve been studying English for 1 year and half and I’ve learnt many things that I didn’t know like the vocabulary, the verbal tenses, and the expressions which really help me to improve in this language. I’ve even known new friends who have helped me to get through the subjects. My goals in this career are become in a Teacher and specially work and live abroad, I’ve been doing all of my best to fulfill my dreams, I got good grades In the last semester and now I’ve been getting good grades too. It’s been cool!
When I first enroll at the university I was not sure what career to enroll in, I was thinking between English pedagogy or public relations. Since I am familiar with the language and I already know how to speak it, I chose English pedagogy and that’s what I have been studying for the last six months. Here at UVM university, it has been such a different experience of what I had been used to; I went to elementary, middle school and high school out of state and coming here and studying here, has been a big change in my life and I feel thrill of having the opportunity of going thru it. I have meet many people who have been really nice and have help me a lot and it feels good sharing classes with trustworthy people who you start sharing the experiences and memories and you could call them your friends. So far my experience has been interesting and I am really excited that last semester I passed all my classes. I do feel that coming here to Chile and to this university was a good decision in my life that I feel proud of because I am improving and starting to build my future.
When I came to the uvm university and started my first days in classes I was very happy because I have met some people that they are very special for me and the most important we have created study groups and the results in grammar tests has been very good ,but at the beginning of the first semester I had terrible results in grammar test because I didn’t study . In this new semester for me I have been doing excersises and we have been continuing study together all subject for example basic, grammar, phonetics.I have done an excellent job, I have learnt a lot with my study group and the classes obviously . Now I didn’t have classes because my classmates have been participing in the protest , I’m very proud of them because they have fighting for a better and free education . I didn’t support my classmates because I had to take care to my niece, I haven’t attended to the meetings but I hope that we have a good agreement and then this protest finish good because I want continue to attend to classes Because I wouldn’t like fail with a semester. Finally I hope become in a good teacher as a consequence I have been studying more and more in special for this semester because it’s more difficult than the first semester,also I hope finish this year very well
To start this of, I must say that I was a bit scared starting university, because it´s totally different from school, I also have to face new teachers, a lot more strict and demanding. But it wasn´t all bad, here I met new people which we share on the daily bases. There were also people that in certain occasions gave me really big headaches. Aside all the test quizzes we had, I had to do this really big project, which was the “E-Portfolio”. This one was a really tough one for me at first, since I´m not an organized person. But the speaker was a little easier, but I can´t deny that I was really scared at first. Well that was pretty much what I already did now I can talk about what I´m doing now. I can say that I participated in some student movements to help lower the cost of education. So far I like this second semester a lot and I´m really satisfy with all my classes. I can also point out that in the university I have had a bit of stressed, do that the “TNE” scholar pass hasn’t been delivered to me, this has been kind of been a really big inconvenience, since I have to deal with angry bus drivers. But at least I have been informed that I will get it this Friday and will be able to party this weekend!!! LOL.
Well , My story in this university started in 2009 , in 2009 I never did the things well because , the most part of the year I studied a lot but my english was not very good at all , and I reprobed the most part of the subjects , I had never had an English so advanced like this one so in 2010 I started again and I had done a lot of things to be prepared for that year , the first semester I had been good but when , I had started the second semester I started felling me sick , the true was that I had got a terrible sickness , and unfortunately I had lost the second semester and That wasn't nice because the same story was repeating it self , I had been sad about this the last months of the year 2010 , but I had been thinking in year 2011 , I have been saying my self that all the things are posible , so I have been studying again , doing the things well , and the best thing was that I hadn't been felling me bad and sick , that was the best part , so the first semester of the year all the things have been working fine until now.
When I arrived at the university I was very excited and expectant. In the beginning everything was new because I had never studied before. New activities, new persons and kind of like a new life because to study at a university is totally different than high school. As a university student, I have dedicated a lot of time to my studies, and that’s why I improved my grades in most of my subjects. On the other hand, I haven’t spent much time with my old friends because I have been very focused on my studies. All my free time I`ve been practicing sports, specially Taekwondo, at the university, but now I try to organize my life, and dedicate my time to everything that is important to me, for example, my friends, my family and sports. I’m really in love with my career and I really want to be a good teacher and that’s why, this second semester, I have been meeting with my classmates, using my spare time studying at home or at the university. I have got good grades as a consequence of my dedication, but I know that they can be better. However, I`ve been distracted by all the problems with the education in Chile, and I really hope that they will finish soon. As a summary this has been a very good year for me. Rodrigo Sáez Malbrán. Section 2.
Well, I finished school in 2009 then I went to the "pre-university" because what I wanted to improve was my score on the PSU in order to remain in a state university, but it was not what I expected. My score was even worse than the first test of the PSU and certainly I did not know what I wanted to study. Then I had to choose to study and the private university. I dicided to study english pedagogy because at school it was one of my best subjects and I choose “Universidad de Viña del Mar” just because I liked it. But then somehow my university life has been difficult because I did not know anybody, this was totally new for me and i never had been in any other college or had studied another career as one of my classmates, but then pick up the pace and I made many good friends at university. Last semester I studied a lot to pass all my classes but the hardest subject for me was grammar, with all it's rules and to know how and when to use, but despite how difficult the subject was I able to spend grammar and all other subjects thank God. Now the second semester I think it has become more difficult not only in the field of English but also because we have pedagogy subjects and we have been reading a lot about the history of education and the psychology of children, but despite this, I hope to give my best to pass all the subjects again like last semester.
This year has been very interesting for me, because y came back to the University of Viña del Mar after 5 years, to study again a new career totally different from the one that I already have. So it was a new challenge and I have been a little bit crazy because it is dificult to do both things at the same time, to work and study, but finally I was able to do it well so I finished the first semester tired, but with good marks. I was very happy to see that I was capable
Now, this second semester has been different, because after vacations, we estarted classes normally at the beggining of august, but there is a very complicated situation that is afecting all the chilean society, there is an education strike thas has been happening for about three months, students from all the country are asking for an improvement in the educational system in Chile, so as a group we decided that we can´t be indifferent to that and there has been meetings and manifestations as a career. Is not easy to do it because the opinions between the students are very divided and we need to get an agreement about the actions that we will do as a group, but I think that is something necesary to work reinforce the ability to dialogue and to be part of a team, looking for the best for all of us.
When I started the university I thought grammar was going to be a lot easier for me, since I spoke english. For the first test I was very confident that I was going to get a good mark, but when I got the result, it was nothing like I expected, so I realized that my english was not grammatically correct. After that I tried to put more effort and dedication in grammar and it became one of my favorite subjects, since it was kind of challenging to me. I have learned a lot, like the difference between the "will and going to" that was not easy for me, because to me it was exactly the same. I think so far I have enjoyed university, except for the last two weeks that I have been very sick.
In relation to the people in university, I started the last semester one month after everybody else and I still have classes with the two groups, so it took me a long time to get to know everybody, I have met different people, from different places and everybody has been very nice, I am happy with my classmate, with the teachers and more than happy with the career.
When I started to study at the university I felt kind of nervous because I was lonely but in a litle bit of time I meet Daniela Flores and we made friends and very close. For a while I thought that I clouldn´t keep studying because I had bad grades but since that moment I have studied with my new friend Katiuska, who has helped me a lot. For my lucky I have passed all my exams and I have good grades, not excellent, but good. Also Katiuska, Isidora and me have been working on the e-portfolio because I have some problems with some homeworks. Also I´ve been looking for a job, because I need money to pay the next year of university, and I have had a lot of work in class and I haven´t could go on with the e-portfolio.
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I`ve begun study english pedagogy and I must recognize that at the beginning of the last semester I didn`t feel comfortable with my decision because when I started the grammar classes and see all the “new lessons” I scared.
I still remember when I did the first certamen and I got a red mark, I`ve never got a red mark in grammar before!!!!. What did I do ? I looked for additional information for get over my weakness. As a consequence, I`ve been studying grammar for the last five months. I`ve been enjoying all the classes that I had.
Recently I`ve been feeling nervous about the things that will could be happen at the end of the semester and I don`t why.
Otherwise ...,I think I have met important people at the university , they`ve been very kind with me -that is great- I never thought meet with this kind of people because I`ve been thinking in the last two years that the people are not confidence and I have a lot of storys about that. But the most I hate about the study in other city is that I can`t see to my family everday and I`ve been travelling the weekend for see them -this is exhausting- I have to stay in the cousin`s house, I don`t like it.
Finally I hope finish my career, be an excelent teacher and help most children that I can.
Camila Hernández Orrego
section II
My first vision of the university was uncertainly of it; because I did not know how can I survive in a reality completely different than the school, the distance was the other problem because when I asked someone how can I arrive at the UVM, they told me that I need to take a bus and they leave me there. Early days I was very exciting to go there and see the thing than make me feel insecure, but I knew that I need to have a study methodology in this place (it does not have other way). There I have met with excellent people; I have been discovering what the best way to learn is. I have gotten through all the subjects of the first semester, it make me feel really good because I know that I have been doing the thing well, but I need to continue with it to become in a teacher.
The national situation of education has been growing, although I agree with the demands, but no with the damage of the city and lack of dialogue by the actors involved; that is why I have been studying not only for me, it is for the students too.
Ivie Alcota Godoy
Section 2
The first day that I came to the UVM University and started my classes I was very nervous because I didn´t know anyone and it was something totally new for me. I studied before, but not in a University.
Over time I have met many people and have become very good friends and we have created study groups and the results of the tests have been very satisfactory.
Nowadays we have been continuing study together.
Last semester I passed all my subjects and this made me very happy because I had very good results.
I have been thinking that this career needs a lot of dedication because I have to study a lot and understand evey subject and get good marks.
This semester is becoming more difficult than the previous one because the demand is more than before, but I know that I can get the same results that I got in the first semester, because I am a very good student and I love my career
Catalina Báez Aguilera
Sectin 2
When i have to chose one career the last year i've felt terrified because i didn't know anything about "university life" but at the same time very excited about my new life of college girl.At the beginning of the first semester i've felt nervous and lost,because the people and the teachers are very different that the ones i've met,but i've gotten passed all the assignatures of the first semester with god marks.In this semester i have more confidence about my knowledge and my skills,i've been doing excersises and studying in home and with friends of the university for get through this semester in the best way that we can.Other thing, i thought that people here were very cold and unfriendly but i was wrong, i met excellent persons here that have become in my support and god company in the bad momments.Finally i know that i've done the best work that i can but that is not enough i must give a hundred and one percent of me for become in a excellent teacher and give the best of my knowledge to my students in the future and i hope certanly that my dream will come true.
Javiera Rodríguez Altamirano
Section II
Last semester I had the opportunity to work with Profesor Juan Carlos Torres as Teacher Assistant. It was a great experience. This semester I have been very busy studying English. Now that I´m not a TA I can use my time to emprove my skills.
I have done all my homework for this week, I have been studing for my Alte 3 class which has been more difficult than other subjects I have taken. I have dedecided, with a couple of classmates to start a studying group. It´s a good thing! we can help each other.
I have taken a lot of books from the library. We´ve been writing many exercises for our grammar class.I´m sure we will get a good grade on the first sertamen.
When I came at the UVM I did not know anyone and I was lost the first day a girl called Macarena spoke with me and we made very close. Sometimes I had some doubts about if I could pass to the next semester. For my lucky I have had good grades and I have learnt a lot, this is great for me because I am very excited and with high spirits. I have met good friends and so far they never have disappointed me. Now I have been participating in the protest with a group of friends and classmates of differents years and differents careers. We have organized to support a thousands of students of Chile that are fighting for a better and free education in this country We have put together money to buy some things we needed for protest, all we have done canvas and paint our faces, it is clear that we do not have the support of all our partners. I have been studying to do not get bad grades 175 in my first sertamen of grammar I hope to get good results in all my subjects, improve my English speaking skills and finish this year well.
I`ve begun study english pedagogy, Arriving at University, I've got to see the subjects that we would take for the semester, which seemed to me quite bizarre. When entering to my first class was a bit scary grammar as the teacher is quite strict, so I panicked. When entering to my first class was a bit scary grammar as the teacher is quite strict, so I panicked. Over the days I didn’t understand anything of she said. So I was really questioning whether I wanted to study, was very frustrating.
At one time I was sitting practically next to the teacher, because I sat very far back, and distracted me enough. So i decided to changed my seat in front to the miss. Then with time I understood much better the content of the course, not with excellent grades, but I kept.
In the end I can say it's what I wanted to study, it is my vocation and I’ve been very happy about this, I feel happy that I passed my classes, not excellent grades, but with much enthusiasm and perseverance that leaves me completely satisfied.
Grateful to my classmates and my teachers for giving me all the support and the way of teaching that is clear enough.
And this is the end of my story.
My first semester at UVM was very special, because I made some good friends and I met very interesting people here.
At first, I didn't feel very comfortable because it was a new whole world for me.
Then I met my classmate Maira, and it's a really nice experience to be with her.
We have done a lot of things at the university, a lot of homework and we have studied in her house too.
We also met our godfather, and he helped us a lot.
It's funny because we used to get on well with him, and now we are friends, I think.
I believe that we are the only ones who keep that friendship.
Currently, we haven't been studying since yesterday because all our classmates went on a strike.
So, now I have been studying by myself, because we have incomplete homework and I have been chatting with my classmates about what are we going to do about all things that are happening right now in the university.
Pamela Cerda N.
Inglés Paralelo 1
When I returned to the university, after holidays, I met my classmates and we talked everything that we didn’t talk during that time.
We have established a really good relationship as classmates because we usually do the assignments together and we help each other.
Since I entered to the university, we have eaten at the casino.
Lately, I have been very busy with the student movements at the university. These days, I have tried to be better informed about what’s happening in respect to education in my country.
Besides, I have been doing English Classes to my brother and my little cousin. Also this semester I entered to the university’s rugby team, so I have been practicing this sport since two weeks ago.
Also, I have been practicing my speaking because I need to get better on that and have better results in the oral tests during this semester.
Also I have practiced my writting to bring a better answers in my tests and improve my grades.
I have done some parts of my portfilio to advance a little for don’t do it to last time.
The last three days I have done this homework to finish in the given time.
Rodrigo Orellana Henriquez
paraelo 1
This is my first year at the university. It has been a beautiful experience. I have met a lot of awesome people, who have been an important support to me during this year. I thought it was going to be difficult for me to adapt to this new world, but it wasn’t. the first semester I had to do a lot of homework and I had to study really hard for the tests , but the most stressful thing of this year was the E-portfolio, I spent so much time on it, and it worth, because a got an excellent mark.
In the second semester I have been relaxed. I have two new subjects that I really like, they’re very fun. I haven’t studied so much; actually I have been more worried about the student movement. With my mates since about three weeks ago, we’ve been participating of marches and assemblies about the movement, we are really involved in this; in fact we made a canvas to show it in the marches, and that makes us really happy! I mean, we’ve been waiting so much time to express ourselves and now we are doing. I hope we could get what we’re fighting for; a free and quality education.
Camila Mercado
Section 1
Before to start the university, I was scared because I thought that is a different world with hard subjects. In the beginning, all was difficult for me especially grammar, because all was new for me and I have quickly discouraged. I have thought about to change career. I have had really bad grade in all the subjects but as soon as the time past, I have studied a lot with my friend Valentina Contreras. She’s smart and she has helped me a lot! I’m very grateful to her. I have got through all my exams with good grades and I’m happy for that. Now is the second semester and I hope this semester will good (or better) than the first. This week end, I have had my homework. I have been doing some exercices to practice in basic competence II for the exam. In my first assignment in basic, I have had a good grade. I have had a 7. That makes me very happy. In the university, I have met some people really nice. Also I have met my godmother Dania Allendes. In the beginning, we didn’t know but after in the time, we got to know and she’s an excellent person and she has helped me very much to do my first E-Portfolio. Now that I know the system at the university, I hope to have good grades in all my subjects and accomplish all my goals.
Paula Calderón C.
Section 1
During thirteen years in my life I have gone to school. In that time I went to three different places and I made many friends. I had to make decisions in my life but the most important was decided for a career, I chose English because I love it and I have studied English Pedagogy since March at the Viña del Mar University. To study here I had to leave my home and my family and come to a new city and I had to learn to live without my mom and that was the most difficult thing, but here at the University I have chosen good friends. They always help me when I need them but we have fought also but over time we forgive ourselves and we laugh. My first semester was good, passed everything, which makes me happy. I am now concentrating on continue studying and do well. In my "new life" I had to learn many things, but everything is good and enriching for me and although sometimes I would like be in my home, I know this is what will be my life forever and I am proud of what I have achieved so far.
Martina Garay
Group 1
I’ve been studying Primary Pedagogy in PUCV and I’ve concentrated in that studies, like Spanish, Philosophy or History. When I decided to study English I had problems because I’ve studied another career and I don’t remember my English classes (in secondary) pretty good. My parents never have liked I have a “missed year”, but they supported me in my decision. I’ve chosen UVM because they’ve given me a scholarship and I’ve liked its features. Then, the first semester I worked for raise my grades and overcome my shyness step by step. I’ve got through all subjects with self-approving grades, but I had problems with attendance in Basic Competence and a bit in Grammar. All this year, I’ve been traveling between Copiapó and Viña del Mar. I’ve visited my family some times and I’ve been being encouraged by them. In holidays, they told me I study in those times. I went through in my home, especially Grammar, and I still continue it. This semester, I’ve started studying Basic, Phonetics and Grammar. Perfect tenses are difficult to me, but I’ve found books in UTFSM and I’ve been practicing in my room or in the University. Also I’ve received help from my classmates and professors. This experience has been very good.
Gisselle Riveros Rivas.
Inglés. Paralelo 1.
My first year in the Universidad De Viña Del Mar has been great. The first day I was a little scare because it was a disaster! Nobody knows where were their careers and the assistants said to you, did you do the tests? It was awful, but the first day I met one of my best friends so I’m happy for that. At the beginning I thought many times if I’ve been doing what I really want to do in the future, because I’ve liked English since a was a kid, but I wondered if pedagogy was the right thing for me. Time to time, all my doubts have disappeared and now I’m sure that I’ve been studying what I really like. In other way I met very good persons that now are my classmates, in spite of the differences that everyone has, we get on well. Besides, I’ve been meeting new persons that with time they made really important for me, but as a consequence of our schedules I don’t see them very much. About the grades, it was hard at first but I didn’t give up at all. When the year started, I was getting almost good results and I learnt a lot the last semester, I’ve been doing some extra exercises for getting better each time. I also have been looking for the international exchange because it sounds really awesome going to another country for study. Have you ever imagined the life in other country? Well, I’ve been dreamed with this since I was young and definitely this worth my effort. Finally I would like to say that these two semesters really changed my life and I’ve been learning a lot about to be a teacher.
Macarena Zlatar M.
Section 2
Before I got in to the university i didn´t know if I would study English pedagogy or photography, because I like them both a lot.
My Family told me that I have to studied English pedagogy because when I was at high school I had good grades in English. But some friends and teachers of photography told me that I have talent with the photography and they want me to study this. I was confused. So I decided to make a pre university so I can think better. And I decided to studied English pedagogy.
When I got in to the university I met new friends, and they have been friendly with me.
The last 6 months I have been living with two friends in a flat here in Viña del Mar. And this has been a new experience because I never lived with boys before.
My favorite subject this year has been Basic Competence and Grammar. Because I think that there are things that I learned before when I was in high school so is not to hard for me.
Since I have been living in Viña I have came all weekends to visit my sister in Santiago. And we always go out to eat, because she doesn´t like to cook. My boyfriend have been living in Santiago since this summer, so that’s why I ´m always travelling to our capital.
This has been a good experience for me.
Carla Andrade V.
Paralelo 1
The first day at the UVM university, I was a little scared, because I didn’t know which was the rules for new students and where I needed to go, in that moment, I was very lost, but the good news was that I met 3 funny girls. They were very nice, we’ve shared our personals experiences with guys and we became close friends.
The last semester was great because I’ve passed all my subjects and thanks God I have done with that, I’ve learned a lot of new English words and also how to use them in the right way.
My experience in the university for this few months has changed my perspective of the world because I felt that I’ve learned so much about life and the teachers taught me so many important things that I really appreciate.
By the other side, I have been teaching English to my cousin’s classmates, they told me that I am a very good teacher because I make funny classes and I teach them with passion, they also said that they can see how much I love what I do, and to heard that, makes me very happy, because that means that I’m doing the things right.
Marcela Estay
Section 2
I've begun study english pedagogy because I like very much the english, but when the lessons starts I felt a bit weird, because grammar and phonetics was very difficult to me.
When I received my first grade was a red mark, I've never got a red mark in english in my school and in this moment I felt so bad, but my friends help me, and I`ve studying grammar with them and alone for the second certamen. I've been putting attention to all the classes, and in the moment of give the certamen, I felt so calm and when the miss give me the final mark, maybe wasn't a good mark, but to me was a very important achievement. Today I've been feeling good in the university with my friends that are very important to me. The teachers are very good, and they are good friends also. I'm now concetrating on my studies, to begin better the second semester. I've been practicing in the class and in my house, so I hope obtain good results in the certamen.
Gabriel Rodríguez Muñoz
Paralelo 1
My first day at the UVM wasn’t bad because I went with my best friend Yoselin so I was with someone that I knew and that make it easier to me. At the beginning I was really nervous because I’m not really good making friends and sometimes I’m too shy. But I was wrong! I’ve met a lot of nice people and I’ve made really good friends. The last semester it was good, I mean, I don’t have to study a lot because it wasn’t so difficult to me. The E-Portfolio was the most stressful thing ever! I started almost at the end of the semester because when I turn on my computer and I just looked the file I was like “I’ll do it tomorrow” but that ‘tomorrow’ never came! Nowadays I have been really worried about what is going on in Chile with the student movement. We have been doing assemblies to inform people about all this. We have gone to marches. We’ve made a lot of activities even when we have classmates that are in disagreement with all this. Some people said that we are doing all this because we don’t want to study or we don’t want go to classes, but they’re wrong! We’re just fighting for our rights! And I hope that we get something good about all this.
Marina Soto.
Section I.
well the first thing that I did when I came to university was meet new people because I did not know no one. I have met people very frendly and lovely, some of this person are Rodrigo,Gianella, Pia, Katiusca and Isidora. I have learned more about the university. I have been studying in the university for 5 months ago. I have studied for understand more about grammar because it is very difficult for me and also I have been trying to correct some mistake about with my pronunciation. My favourite subject it has been grammar. With my classmates we have been making advertising post about Education because in this moment the students are in a protest and we have been supporting this problem. Specially I have been working a lot of for be more responsible and to be better than how was in the school. I have learned how I have to study because the university give me a lot of homework and I have to do some certamenes every month and it is the kind of evaluation. I've been thinking in to change of the university because sometimes I feel that I am not happy with this but the english has learned a lot of.
Last semester I had the opportunity to know many people. During the last semester I have known classmates who have been so friendly and supportive with me. Obviously has some subjects that was difficult for my for example grammar but I have worked hard to have good result. This year has been very good for me because I changed my self, now I am more responsible and more organized than other years. Also I want to say that I have never done much homework like this year but I knew that I have to study hard for my future, Before started this year I made a promise that I will pass every subject . Now, this semester I have been doing sport with classmates of second year of English pedagogy (rugby) just is to proof my back because I had my back injury. Also I have been studding hard but the classes are stop but I have been going to university to know some news about the classes and also I have been helping with the student’s movement. Obviously I have been practicing in my house because I want to be better in this semester and I hope to have good result and learn more.
When I had to chose what to study at the university I started to freaking out because I wanted to study lots of careers like engineering or turism and differents kinds of things even differents pedagogies. But as time went I figured out that my score at PSU wasn’t very good and I had to chose a private university, but that wasn’t it all, I had to choose one of all that careers I wanted to study. Since high school I’ve been good at english and teaching too. So I decided study that career, English Pedagogy. It was kind of hard to me because I’ve never been in the university as other mates but it was easy to get used because I was in the same career with my best friend. I’ve study a lot to get good grades although it was i little hard grammar but I could handle it. Last semester was pretty good because I’ve passed all my classes. Lately I’ve been involved in the Student social revolution but I’ve never Left my Studies even though I’ve been an active fighter in the student movement and as a responsable student I’ve done my homework because this week of strike isn’t vacations, is just a change of activities.
Yoselin Collinet.
Paralelo 1.
When I started this year I did not study much because I was not dedicated with my grades, usually I give preferences to another things like football and others kind of sports, but now I understand that I have to study more.
I never did my homework on the school, but I haven’t got bad grades. Now I am more dedicated with my things and I have been studying English and some things that I like me and I used to read about my body, my soul, and thought of older cultures. Also I have been helping my little cousins with their homework. I have learned many things and I have met great people.
When I was child, I did some drawings of famous people but after 15 years old I let to do that, now I have been drawings again, but of caricature manner of my classmates and they like my drawings. That is funny. Also I have been playing guitar and learning new songs of some popular groups.
Lately I have seen old friend of my childhood, for example, friends of my first team of football for said something. Also I have been playing pool with my best friend all the Wednesday and we tried to keep doing in a future.
I have been in the university since March. I quitted my job to attend classes and I had to move out my town because the University is in another region. Although everything was new
and strange I used to like the idea of learning new knowledge.
The atmosphere has been more pleasant every time I have met new friends.
And together we care about homework and study.
It has been a little difficult to me
because although I studied
the language years ago, I stopped practicing and when I came to the University
it has been hard to understand the subjects.
It was then when I began to rely on my friend Izzat. He helps me a lot just like my best friend Pamela. We have started the second semester, and everything is harder than the first one. And now that we have gone on a strike since yesterday, I think it will be even more rigid than before but I'm agree with the national movement,but I have been studying all this time.
This isn’t my first year here in UVM. I’ve studied here before. The Last year I was studying History pedagogy, but it wasn’t a good experience because I didn’t felt comfortable. This year has been very different. I’ve studying English pedagogy since the beginning of the year. It has been a great experience. This year I’ve met some good friends, we’ve helped each other many times.
Sincerely, I never liked the grammar as a subject, I get confused easily. My first grade was a 2,7 at the beginning of the year on the entry test. My final mark on the exam was a 5.0. That helped to trust in what I am doing in every moment. This year I’ve learned to put into practice my self confidence, as I told before… in the moment of apply the knowledge on reading, speaking and writing English.
Carlos Camacho
Paralelo I
This is my first year in the University; I met wonderful people here, not only English but also of history. At first I was very nervous because I thought I was going to cost to make friends, but it was not so happily.
Before I doubt if this was really the most suitable career for me, but when I was in class the first time I realized that yes, there would be a better one and that was to follow through. I realized that I liked school when my classmates helped them with homework, studying for tests, and I loved teaching, I've always loved languages.
The first half was good, although I really unconcerned me a bit. I liked my teachers, but at first did not understand much, which made me feel more nervous was the portfolio, since it was first to one, and an oral defense. Although I was excellent experience served me well, plus now I should not do things last minute, because it's really stressful.
Now I just hope I do well in the seven subjects and approved, so have a good and deserved vacation. Since March radically changed my life, I am now more responsible and have had more perseverance to get goals.
Elba Zamora
Paralelo I
During this year, I've been studying English Pedagogy at UVM. It has been a very interesting time. I have met a lot of people, and I have made a lot of new friends. At first, I thought that it will be difficult to me, but with the help of my classmates, it wasn't. The first semester I studied a lot for the tests, we did a lot of homework. I've finished very happy that semester because I've got through all my subjects with good grades. Then, the vacations have come, and I prepared myself for the new semester. I studied a little bit in my holidays, so I arrived a little prepared for my new subjects. This second semester we have been studying "the perfect times" in basic and grammar, so I've been studying for those subjects at the same time. I've been doing lists of verbs in their 3 forms (because I have to learn the participle too). Also I've been studying for phonetics with a friend who studies in another university. The new subjects about pedagogy, are the most difficult in this semester for me, because I have never studied something like that. I hope getting through all my subjects again.
Valentina Contreras Castillo
Section 1.
I remember my first day of class, was so scaring because I didn’t know anything about the universitary system, and it was totally new for me. At the beginning was a little difficult for me have friends because I’m not to friendly but when I know somebody I’m the most friendly person ever. Now I have met a lot of friends and we have become very good friends, we have had very good results in the test because we study a lot and together. Obviously we have been together like friends because not all of us pass the entire subject. The last semester I passed all my exams and that made me happy because I had very good results. I have been thinking that this career needs a lot of motivation because I have to study a lot and understand everything to get good marks.
This semester is becoming more difficult than the previous one, because the subjects are stronger than before, but I know that I can get better results that I got in the first semester, because I am a good student and this is the career that I want and I choose for me.
Xavier Calderón
Section 2
I have been Reading a lot about thnigs in english, and yesterday when i went to the university i tryed to search something about my favorite subject, and also i have talked with my classmates about my homework because i didn’t understand some things that i have to write.
Well… I have been thinking that i have to improve my Reading comprehension and for that reason y looked for a book in the library, and i have read great gatsby, i good story but i litle bit dramatic.
I have been working my listening with movies in english well… animation movies because the lenaguage is a basic english, i have seen some pages in internet that are very important for my studys, and for example Gisselle my friend has been looking for books to practice and improve her english grammar, she did a lot of exercise and we have talked with our friend that we have to study really hard for better grades, and i have seen my classmates working hard for homeworks and other things that they have to read.
i have sold some books because i have to buy others, a diccionary por example… and that is the end of my assigment.
Elizabeth elgueta
Paralelo I
Well, this is my first year at UVM studying English pedagogy. I've been in this career since March of this year. I've made many friends since i enter to the University, but i didn't see them in the holidays, so i miss them very much. At first, i was very alone because i didnh't know anyone, so i was very sacared 'cause i thought that i was very low profile and all in my career seemed to be so fun and cheerful. Then i discovered that my personality was exactly like theirs.
Now we have returned to the college, and we are happy to see our faces again. I've seen my friend Valentina and she had told me a lot of things that happened on her holidays.
Now that we're back, we have been completely focus on our estudies, well at least me, because the last semester it wasn't very good for me, so i have been fully charged to put all of me in my studies and finish my career successfully.
Also during this time i have been very interested in the student movements at the UVM.
In my free time i've put on practice my English because i have been doing English classes to one of my cousins, And i'm very glad with the results.
Maiza Silva Pizarro
Section 1.
In my first day at the University I was a little bit nervous because I didn’t know anybody, but I wasn’t too worried because I have studied in another University before, so I knew how the universities system works, and how the first days at the University are.
Last Semester, I have met amazing people in my class, that are my friends now, we have spent great moments with them, and we have made study groups for our certamenes. And, about me, I studied hard last semester, because I liked so much this University that I have been enjoying studying for all my subjects. I always have enjoyed learning English. That’s why I think I got good grades last semester.
This Semester, I have been thinking that is harder than the first one, because now, we have pedagogy subjects, and we have been reading a lot of handouts for Psychology and Education History, but I will do my best this semester as well, and I hope to get the same good grades too. I have been really motivated, so I’m not that worried about it and I expect to do well in my first week of certamenes, I have been preparing for my test already, and I feel ready for this semester.
Alejandra Soto Navarro
Paralelo 2
My story in this university started around 1 year ago when I decided to study law in Universidad Viña del Mar, in that period I wanted to become in a lawyer to fight the injustice in the world in fact I'd studied law in Universidad Andres Bello for 1 year but I didn’t have enough money to pay the fees, in Chile we have the most expensive fees to study any career and the Chilean state has not been responsible about the profit of the Universities. Well I studied Law again but over time I discovered law was not the career of my dreams so I decided to change in the middle of the year to English Pedagogy because I’ve always loved the English Language specially for the Rock Music which I’ve been listening since I was a kid. I’ve been studying English for 1 year and half and I’ve learnt many things that I didn’t know like the vocabulary, the verbal tenses, and the expressions which really help me to improve in this language. I’ve even known new friends who have helped me to get through the subjects. My goals in this career are become in a Teacher and specially work and live abroad, I’ve been doing all of my best to fulfill my dreams, I got good grades In the last semester and now I’ve been getting good grades too. It’s been cool!
Oscar Aguirre
Section 2
When I first enroll at the university I was not sure what career to enroll in, I was thinking between English pedagogy or public relations. Since I am familiar with the language and I already know how to speak it, I chose English pedagogy and that’s what I have been studying for the last six months. Here at UVM university, it has been such a different experience of what I had been used to; I went to elementary, middle school and high school out of state and coming here and studying here, has been a big change in my life and I feel thrill of having the opportunity of going thru it. I have meet many people who have been really nice and have help me a lot and it feels good sharing classes with trustworthy people who you start sharing the experiences and memories and you could call them your friends. So far my experience has been interesting and I am really excited that last semester I passed all my classes. I do feel that coming here to Chile and to this university was a good decision in my life that I feel proud of because I am improving and starting to build my future.
Maria Fernanda Tobar
Paralelo II (2)
When I came to the uvm university and started my first days in classes I was very happy because I have met some people that they are very special for me and the most important we have created study groups and the results in grammar tests has been very good ,but at the beginning of the first semester I had terrible results in grammar test because I didn’t study . In this new semester for me I have been doing excersises and we have been continuing study together all subject for example basic, grammar, phonetics.I have done an excellent job, I have learnt a lot with my study group and the classes obviously .
Now I didn’t have classes because my classmates have been participing in the protest , I’m very proud of them because they have fighting for a better and free education .
I didn’t support my classmates because I had to take care to my niece, I haven’t attended to the meetings but I hope that we have a good agreement and then this protest finish good because I want continue to attend to classes Because I wouldn’t like fail with a semester.
Finally I hope become in a good teacher as a consequence I have been studying more and more in special for this semester because it’s more difficult than the first semester,also I hope finish this year very well
Steffi Cifuentes R
Section 2
To start this of, I must say that I was a bit scared starting university, because it´s totally different from school, I also have to face new teachers, a lot more strict and demanding. But it wasn´t all bad, here I met new people which we share on the daily bases. There were also people that in certain occasions gave me really big headaches.
Aside all the test quizzes we had, I had to do this really big project, which was the “E-Portfolio”. This one was a really tough one for me at first, since I´m not an organized person. But the speaker was a little easier, but I can´t deny that I was really scared at first. Well that was pretty much what I already did now I can talk about what I´m doing now. I can say that I participated in some student movements to help lower the cost of education. So far I like this second semester a lot and I´m really satisfy with all my classes.
I can also point out that in the university I have had a bit of stressed, do that the “TNE” scholar pass hasn’t been delivered to me, this has been kind of been a really big inconvenience, since I have to deal with angry bus drivers. But at least I have been informed that I will get it this Friday and will be able to party this weekend!!! LOL.
Daniela Ojeda Quelín.-
Paralelo 1
Well , My story in this university started in 2009 , in 2009 I never did the things well because , the most part of the year I studied a lot but my english was not very good at all , and I reprobed the most part of the subjects , I had never had an English so advanced like this one so in 2010 I started again and I had done a lot of things to be prepared for that year , the first semester I had been good but when , I had started the second semester I started felling me sick , the true was that I had got a terrible sickness , and unfortunately I had lost the second semester and That wasn't nice because the same story was repeating it self , I had been sad about this the last months of the year 2010 , but I had been thinking in year 2011 , I have been saying my self that all the things are posible , so I have been studying again , doing the things well , and the best thing was that I hadn't been felling me bad and sick , that was the best part , so the first semester of the year all the things have been working fine until now.
When I arrived at the university I was very excited and expectant. In the beginning everything was new because I had never studied before. New activities, new persons and kind of like a new life because to study at a university is totally different than high school.
As a university student, I have dedicated a lot of time to my studies, and that’s why I improved my grades in most of my subjects.
On the other hand, I haven’t spent much time with my old friends because I have been very focused on my studies. All my free time I`ve been practicing sports, specially Taekwondo, at the university, but now I try to organize my life, and dedicate my time to everything that is important to me, for example, my friends, my family and sports.
I’m really in love with my career and I really want to be a good teacher and that’s why, this second semester, I have been meeting with my classmates, using my spare time studying at home or at the university. I have got good grades as a consequence of my dedication, but I know that they can be better. However, I`ve been distracted by all the problems with the education in Chile, and I really hope that they will finish soon.
As a summary this has been a very good year for me.
Rodrigo Sáez Malbrán.
Section 2.
Well, I finished school in 2009 then I went to the "pre-university" because what I wanted to improve was my score on the PSU in order to remain in a state university, but it was not what I expected. My score was even worse than the first test of the PSU and certainly I did not know what I wanted to study. Then I had to choose to study and the private university. I dicided to study english pedagogy because at school it was one of my best subjects and I choose “Universidad de Viña del Mar” just because I liked it. But then somehow my university life has been difficult because I did not know anybody, this was totally new for me and i never had been in any other college or had studied another career as one of my classmates, but then pick up the pace and I made many good friends at university. Last semester I studied a lot to pass all my classes but the hardest subject for me was grammar, with all it's rules and to know how and when to use, but despite how difficult the subject was I able to spend grammar and all other subjects thank God. Now the second semester I think it has become more difficult not only in the field of English but also because we have pedagogy subjects and we have been reading a lot about the history of education and the psychology of children, but despite this, I hope to give my best to pass all the subjects again like last semester.
Montserrat Muñoz Escudero.
Section #2
This year has been very interesting for me, because y came back to the University of Viña del Mar after 5 years, to study again a new career totally different from the one that I already have. So it was a new challenge and I have been a little bit crazy because it is dificult to do both things at the same time, to work and study, but finally I was able to do it well so I finished the first semester tired, but with good marks. I was very happy to see that I was capable
Now, this second semester has been different, because after vacations, we estarted classes normally at the beggining of august, but there is a very complicated situation that is afecting all the chilean society, there is an education strike thas has been happening for about three months, students from all the country are asking for an improvement in the educational system in Chile, so as a group we decided that we can´t be indifferent to that and there has been meetings and manifestations as a career. Is not easy to do it because the opinions between the students are very divided and we need to get an agreement about the actions that we will do as a group, but I think that is something necesary to work reinforce the ability to dialogue and to be part of a team, looking for the best for all of us.
When I started the university I thought grammar was going to be a lot easier for me, since I spoke english. For the first test I was very confident that I was going to get a good mark, but when I got the result, it was nothing like I expected, so I realized that my english was not grammatically correct.
After that I tried to put more effort and dedication in grammar and it became one of my favorite subjects, since it was kind of challenging to me. I have learned a lot, like the difference between the "will and going to" that was not easy for me, because to me it was exactly the same.
I think so far I have enjoyed university, except for the last two weeks that I have been very sick.
In relation to the people in university, I started the last semester one month after everybody else and I still have classes with the two groups, so it took me a long time to get to know everybody, I have met different people, from different places and everybody has been very nice, I am happy with my classmate, with the teachers and more than happy with the career.
Catalina Orellana
paralelo 2
When I started to study at the university I felt kind of nervous because I was lonely but in a litle bit of time I meet Daniela Flores and we made friends and very close. For a while I thought that I clouldn´t keep studying because I had bad grades but since that moment I have studied with my new friend Katiuska, who has helped me a lot. For my lucky I have passed all my exams and I have good grades, not excellent, but good.
Also Katiuska, Isidora and me have been working on the e-portfolio because I have some problems with some homeworks.
Also I´ve been looking for a job, because I need money to pay the next year of university, and I have had a lot of work in class and I haven´t could go on with the e-portfolio.
Natalia Espinoza R.
paralelo 1
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