danielaorquera_level4

What I have liked the most about this experience of learning English at the university is that through the blogs I can expand my vocabulary in this second language. Another remarkable thing is that it has also helped me to detach myself a little from my career and think about, for example, vacations or things I like to do, relieving my anxiety a little bit. One of the aspects that I would like to improve in my English skills is to develop more vocabulary related to my career: sociology. For this, I think that more than talking to people, it is to read famous newspapers and renowned magazines in the social sciences.  On the other hand, outside of English classes I practice my English by reading international news and social science magazines. I also do it by watching videos that explain music theory. In my hobbies when I'm a bit stressed, I read English lyrics of my favorite songs and do a mini karaoke. 

Some changes I would make to the curriculum, is that it could be shortened much more the years of study. it is feasible in fact that you can finish sociology in three years perfectly well, only that they add more time to profit and earn more money with the monthly fee. As for the workload, it seems to me that it is well managed, they don't stress us so much with academic crap but at the same time they still keep the demands. Likewise, I think the university keeps the FACSO faculty facilities in a good state in general, and the use of technology meets my expectations. Being a humanistic career and not an engineering for example, it does not require such a cutting edge technology to form good professionals. Now, as far as teaching methods are concerned, I believe that the University of Chile has teachers of excellent quality, with the exception of a few. Generally they maintain a methodology that allows them to not stress the students so much so that they can incorporate the knowledg

 Playing this instrument relaxes me a lot so I do it at least once a day without fail. I usually do it in my room or in the dining room of my house, if we were in normal times I think I would be playing in some square in a band that I plan to form. The fact of playing trumpet I think it helps me to express what I can't say in words, the vibration makes my body to be in harmony with the outside. I could say that it is a therapy in times of pandemic, if I feel very anxious I distract myself from the studies improvising some happy or sad song depending on how I feel.  Something important I could mention, is that what inspired me to play this instrument was a song by chet baker called almost blue, which I listened to over and over again in my adolescence. Also miles davis was one of my references, with his rhythms and chaotic and innovative composition. 

To start with, the idea of a summer vacation in pandemic doesn't really appeal to me because of the mask issue and the fact that everything is closed. Still, I plan to travel to sweden even though our summer there is their winter.  Unfortunately I could have gone in June, but because of the online classes I don't have a stable winter vacation. On the other hand, I would like to go with my sister and one more friend to be able to be well accompanied.  When I am there, one of the activities that I would like to do is to meet the reindeer and go skiing. I would also like to visit museums and learn more about their history.