POST 8: English Language Challenges

 Hi guys! 

Today I’m going to talk about my English classes...So, I’ve always thought the subject to be interesting. I think it’s very necessary and useful to have an English class in the study program, which is something new, it didn’t really happen before, not in the Art Department at least. 

The teacher is very nice, always comprehensive and trying to give the best sources for us to learn. The thing is that even though it's in the program, the class is not plannified for each career, it’s more of a transversal subject for all the art departments which could be really big so we don’t share the same realities or english levels. I know I know, you probably are thinking now: Don’t they test us? Sure they do, but it’s an online test with limited time which I really think it’s bull. You cannot test someone’s English speaking level on an online standardized test where you don’t even have to speak to someone in the language you are being tested on. Okey, well sorry for that, going back to what I was trying to say it’s that by not sharing the same reality the class passes to be a background subject and not a really important one, ‘cause everybody it's worried about their one careers and main subjects which are more interesting or more important to pass. 

On the other hand I really think that the aspect I need to fortify the most it’s my brain translating Spanish to English. I'm aware that this is a common problem for Spanish speakers when they are learning a new language. Here is an example, when you think or say in spanish: “la chaqueta de cuero roja” in English the order it's different, kind of backwards: “the red leather jacket”. One of my many plans in response to that difficulty it’s to travel, that’s my answer to all my problems: to travel, no kidding, I think it's the best way to learn a new language, to practice it… and what a best way of doing that than not having any option that to speak it? há. It’s really hard to try to learn in a spanish speaking country, the most I use english it’s by not speaking it but to listen to it, like when I watch tv series or movies, I try to always watch them in english and sometimes I don’t need to subtitle them to spanish or if I do subtitle them I do it to english, so that way I learn and get better on my grammar. 

XOXO