Improving my English during this semester

This morning when I came to my English class I felt very happy to think that my English has improved a lot during this semester, I must say that thanks to the classes of this semester I have ventured to write more in English, and try to improvise in a Conversation, I was always a bit afraid to be wrong and I was frustrated not being able to communicate well what I was thinking in English, now I can say that I'm trying it and the truth is that there not other way. To learn a new language you have to eliminate fear and shame. Writing blogs has been a good tactic to improve my writing and make use of words that I know but don't use because I don't use them often, I used to think that watching movies and listening to songs in English was enough, today I know that helps you improve your hearing for this language, but it does't teach you to write well, in that sense writing blogs is very useful. For now I plan to continue doing this, writing in English, watching movies and listening to songs, but I must find a way to make myself speak more often in English with people, the truth is that I have many friends who can help me. For a long time it has become more necessary to improve my performance in this language, since at least in the university it is increasingly necessary to read research that contains information that I can not find in Spanish and books for which there is no translation.

A different university

I have never wondering about this topic, and I consider that is very important to thinking it. Maybe I never really thought about it before because I felt that my career was demanding enough for me. I have always listened to my colleagues who talk about many things that must change in our career; In fact two years ago the curriculum of our career changed a lot; but for me it was always enough in level of demand of this university, since to be honest I don't have very good references about universities that are better or worse in the field of anthropology. This career was always for me a means to better understand the world in which we live, so I never thought about whether I was good enough or not while I learning new things every day. The infrastructure seems good enough, on the other hand, I think the university should allocate more funds so that anthropology students can do more field work.

I think that if something should change in the career, it is the way in which some teachers do class. Many of our teachers are very outstanding people in their field, but they aren't prepared to teach. Of course isn't easy to learn and there are those who say that teaching is a talent with which you are born. I think that teaching is something that you learn over time and approaching students. That is why teachers must come down from their place of superiority and be more modest, recognizing that even if they are great researchers, they should still learn a lot about how to teach. On the other hand I think that this is also the responsibility of the university and therefore they must take actions to get their teachers to give a better education.