Learning English experience nowadays

Nowadays in education, learning English have become indispensable to introduce students to the labor camp at global level. Since very early in school, the hours of the English subject have increased as a way to improve the education attending the demands of globalization culture. Before, only private schools teach the subject, but now, to the public education become contingent. The methods of learning English have changed if we take a look to the past at the present. Yesterday, we listen to the teacher, read the blackboard, speak in conversations with partners, study with books and radio mainly. We still use that, but also in the advanced levels, we took the technology and it became the principal thing at the hour of learning. Technology has revolutionized the way we learn English at school.
The experience learning English at the university is totally different to how we learned English at school when we were young. Here we are soon to work and we to need know how to explain our opinions, ideas, thesis, arguments, and how to write them. In the school, the education of English is so basic that we finished it without can do all this stuff. We have a base, for example, knowing verbs, grammatical, vocabulary, etc. but if we really want to use English in our work, we have to keep studying it.
So this is the case of the university, the place that picked up this old methods to learn, and transform it in technological, so using computers, we read texts and see videos from the Internet, improve our writing on virtual galleries where others can read me and vice versa, and all the universe of information of whatever kind this is, we broke the boundaries of the classroom context of school to open our mind to understand and think about all world in English, leaving behind the instrumental English that we receive in school.
Technology has made that my experience learning English at the university went almost by my own, also of the class and the teacher lessons. For example, the blogging method leave me work that I can do in my home, to write or read my classmate’s posts. This made the learning becomes more collective, because you are in constant tie with you classmate improving, show them what you think about it.
In conclusion, the learning of this language in the university is completely different from the learning of the same at school. In my opinion is better, because the student can improve more quickly and systematically the writing, the reading and the listening, apart from the speaking. The technology has replaced the book somehow, but not at all. Also, it can’t replace the teacher, because the student needs someone to guide the learning. It only revolutionized the method of teach, and give tools to the student to learn by its own infinitely.

Blog Awards 2010!

Hello dear classmates! Today the task is to award the blog of one of you, and I have already my decision. But before I say “and the winner is…”, I will say why. Ok, this guy or girl blog’s like to me because I notice a very intelligent person writing on every post, very simple and even ironic with its words. The elements on this blog that I love are the tittles of every post, because they are ingenious, and reveal that who is writing knows thoroughly what he or she want to say. Also I liked the style of writing that it have, cause between the lines we can realized that in many of the tasks is hiding a problem of what is the meaning of write for others, be read for others, and how much pathetic or absurd could it be, not in the bad sense, but in this condition, we still enjoying do it! And this is the most beautiful thing we can do, I think this is a message that I could bring from this blog.
The blog I enjoyed most is the one called “Open letter to the everyday day guy and to the everyday gal”. So you can have an idea of who is it! On this post, this person rebel herself, to the all national monument set, because she said that the greatest Chileans aren’t only famous people, but anonymous too.
And the winner is: Bernardita Horta, with her blog: Once upon a time or maybe twice. Cheers for her! Because this girl has really good English, I give her the deserved award!
At last, I could say as an advice to improve her blog that I hope she still writing on one blog at the future, because she is very talented to do it, and I would like to read one theme of her interest.
Congratulations!

The greatest one

Hello to all of you! I wasn’t in the class (yes, go ahead with the boo and the hiss… but I had my reasons!) but, obviously, I want to do the post. The task of today is to think in who is the greatest Chilean of all the time. Well, I am in problems now because I don’t have one at the moment. The premise “of all the time” is very problematic and difficult, because I may miss now parts of Chilean history, so the person I will choose would be only an important person to Chile, and specifically, to Chilean Art. I have to set boundaries, my choose is about Chilean music, and this music, is rock folk fusion. The greatest Chilean band, to me is Los Jaivas. Leaded by Gato Alquinta (R.I.P), they made one unique fusion of rock of 70’s and South America folk, and give to Chile a precious legacy of music, and international renown. Also, they are important because they value the traditional sound of the Chilean territory, the land, the Chilean poetry, the figure of Chilean people. As musicians, they are amazing, even the first drummer of the band is recognized as one of the greatest drummers in the history of rock.
I already had see them in a gig, a free gig in Maipú, and they made me vibe their sound. I don’t have the opportunity to see them with Gato alive, I know is not the same, but it still be great. I’m so proud to have a band like this in Chile, and if I could talk to them someday, I would ask them if they have imagined in the past, in the beginning, all the success that they already have, and if they seek it. I would ask too if they are regret about something that they had to do in the past, and if they have something to say to the Chilean people about the changes of the life style that we are carrying.

pd: What other band or singer would you put in the list of greatest Chileans?

Lost boys

Hello dear classmates and teacher. Today I want to talk about a film that I been watching since I was a child in the 90’s. A 1987 film called “Lost Boys” of the director Joel Schumacher take the vampire ancient figure and move it to the present, the 80’s present. When I was around six years old, I saw this movie with my uncle, and I remember that it didn’t fright me because the horror of the film is very charming, for example, the vampires look like young people that want to have fun like everyone, the music isn’t melodramatic but a soundtrack called “Cry little sister” that is a very sensual ballad, put the rock of it period, and ends with a strong children choir. Also you can find songs of many artists like Aerosmith, INXS, Lou Gramm, etc. in this movie.

I remember that I liked the music and the look of the vampires overall, because they really don’t scare, and seem very friendly between the people of their same situation. They look like common people, they don’t hide or locked themselves on a coffin, but they go to parties and know new people, etc. Vampires were as a different family, but they were lost, they live in an abyss of being a myth of the town, as a spoken collective fear.

I think that I liked everything of the movie, I can’t see anything wrong with it. Also, I used it to do works to the university, for example, to see the Sublime Aesthetic in the vampire figure, in the music, the camera sequences, the light, etc. It was very useful to me.

An interpretation of the figure of “Lost Boys”, that in Spanish became something as “The Lost Generation”, could be that the vampires as a social figure that could be any social corp, that it’s been discriminated for any reason. The lost generation of vampires is the young generation of 80’s that results of the precedents revolutions and social changes, the dictatorships, the mercantilism, etc. and don’t have things to do, they are the victims of whom future is hit rocks… looking for fun as an breakout. Or maybe other interpretation possible is that the lost boys are the darkest part of the social order, the necessary but sadly part, and to kill it have to kill the main, the top. Like if we want to stop the social inequality, we have to start from end society.

Pd: These are my questions:
- When did you see the film?
- What likes you of the film?
- What didn’t like to you of the film?
- Can you give some interpretation to the movie?

What a wonderful job...

Hello everybody. The task is to think in jobs I would like to work. In general, young people think that the job is something that we do to get money, but you have to do what is your vocation, if is possible. Others, might a little older, think that the job is only to get by on what you earn, maintain your family and pay for life. I think that is a mix of both, and the path you take depends of how much possibilities you have in the decision’s moment.
When you don’t have possibilities to choose what you want to do, for example, finished college, if you want to study something before get a job, and you can’t because of the money, so you have to get a job before study what you like, and there your desires and your time have to invest for need. Many people have to do a sacrifice in these cases and others similar, and after this, they’re not happy with what they are doing, and the jobs obtain the worst part, all the carry of boredom, unhappily and frustration. It is really dangerous because the people in this situation can fall in a deeply sadness.
A job that all of us would like, I think is to be a rock star, because the people think that is a job of fun and pleasure, like KISS. Obviously, if I could choose one job, I would choose it. I will enjoy it because I would have free pass to go to any concert, I would have fun, I would doing something really creative, and without any annoying boss. Also, go around the world, know every country, city, stadiums and theatres, I would see the museums and arts of every place, etc.
I know some guys who have a life of these characteristics, like a rock star, but they aren’t very famous or rich, they are Chilean musicians, so the reality here and today is very different. Many musicians that I still can call them rocks star, can be founded during the day working in a store and at night, in a gig with the band, because we all know that music in Chile isn’t profitable.
I’m sorry if my post isn’t very serious, but I think that dreaming is funnier than think about what really I would finish doing in my life. I hope you like it.

Regards!

Pd: "God gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you! Put it in the soul of everyone"

- KISS

Sing!

Hello dear classmates and teacher. Today I will tell you about a famous person that I would like to meet in the present. After look at a large list, I have chosen an important woman musician. Her name is Anneke Van Giersbergen, she is the singer of Agua de Annique and ex The Gathering. I would like to meet her because I’m admirer of her for too long ago, because her voice and creativity are unique and wonderful to me. I have seen her in a gig with Agua de Annique in 2009, and I love it, but now I would like to have a conversation with her and ask her for her life, for the things that she had to work and pass to be in the place she is. I think that her life weren’t easy, because she start her musician career very young, maybe she had to leave her family or boyfriend to get her goal.

I would like to tell her that she is so talent, well, she has to know it yet, but the thing is that I found in her an inspiration to go on in the music and band’s things. Also, that to my eyes, she is different from the rest of singers of her genre, there are many very talented women but she is the one that, for example, emphasize in the music, in the singing, and not in the image, she never want to be a sexy icon or a beautiful model to the audience, and I value it very much.

I think that meet her would be interesting because I listen her music, and I believe that it has very much of her within. Somehow I feel that maybe I am like her, because we both are singers and we both try to sing and play guitar or keyboards, but on instruments we aren’t very virtuous in a theoretical sight, we like the interpretation, our strong is the voice and what we can say, I think. She is very humble, so I would like to meet her someday and ask her for advice.

A perfect Day

Hello my dear reader. The task is really creative this time. I have to devise a perfect day, think in what I would do, with who I would spend it, where, etc. Before this, we had to hear a song that says ideas about this topic. “Perfect day”: what amazing song by Lou Reed, holy lord! My imagination turns on with the first verses and chords. I have the feeling that a perfect day wouldn't be made by the place where you be, even not by with who you be with, but for what and how you feel at the day. Like the song says, a perfect day could be in the park, at the zoo with the animals, etc. but the perfect day have to “keep me hanging on“, I mean, the day have to make sense inside of me, or take away the sense of maintain routine, and make me feel like there’s nothing else to do tomorrow that make me concern, like song said: “problems are left alone“.

The thing that give sense in my imaginary perfect day, could be a person, for example, one guy I would like to stay and spend time, and maybe fall in love, because I think the first approaches to a person you like, are the best of love, when you're knowing someone. Other thing that would make me happy would be a concert of a band I really like, but it would be absolutely perfect if we could buy the VIP ticket and hear the concert in a very comfort place, instead of being crushed against other sweaty backs... jaaaaa.

Well, the perfect day is not so utopian, I think I've had perfect days. For example, my last no-birthday, I was with people that I really love, family and friends, they made me a celebration and they gave me a gift, something really tender to me, and they made me really happy.

This is my devise of a perfect day. I hope you like it.

In the picture, my dear friend Coke and me. He is a special friend of mine, he make me laugh a lot.