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Today I want to tell you about my experience in Lengua 4, which was finally my last semester with phonetics! Honestly, like always, the listening and speaking parts were very hard for me. Even though I try my best every time and really give my all, those two skills are still the most difficult. I always feel a bit nervous because I don’t want to fail, but at the same time I know I am improving step by step. It’s part of the process, I guess.

On the positive side, this semester I became very close to Soph, and that made everything easier and more fun. I also continued spending time with my friends from Lengua 6, who are always an important support for me. Having people around who understand the stress and the challenges really helps a lot. We laugh, we complain, we study together, and we survive all the chaos again and again.

I honestly hope that next semester will be less difficult, or at least stressful in a different way. Classes are getting harder, but I also feel more confident than before. Something big is coming soon: our teaching practicum. I still don’t know if I should feel excited or angry about it. On one hand: PRACTICUM!!! I finally get to teach, and that’s something I have been waiting for since the beginning of the career. On the other hand: it’s unpaid work, and that part hurts a little. But I guess that’s life as a future teacher. We have to learn the job before we actually get paid for it.

Anyway, I’m trying to stay positive and calm. A new chapter is starting, and even if I’m scared, I’m also proud of how far I have come. Let’s see what happens next!

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Hi everyone! We’re back! As you may already know from the name of the blog, I’m Kristell, and the holidays are finally over:( So yeah, welcome to my blog, and I hope you enjoy today’s post, because I’m going to talk a little bit about what I expect from Language 4: my expectations, my goals, and my challenges.

I think my first goal this semester is just to pass the semester as a whole, to pass all my courses, and to keep moving forward with the program.

Right now, I feel a little more comfortable with Language 4, and that’s something that was hard to achieve because, as some of you already know, this is not my original class. In my second semester, I failed English, so I fell behind by one generation, and that made me feel a bit down during my whole first semester. However, time has passed, and now I feel much calmer and, in a way, much more comfortable. That’s why my main goal and challenge would be to pass Language 4 and stay with the same group.

On the other hand, one difficult challenge I face in this subject is phonetics when it comes to writing. This semester, there are 2 more quizzes than usual, so I’d like to perform better in phonetic writing so I don’t end up with a 4 in that component.

Lastly, (and I’d say this is more of a dream) I’d love to be exempt from English. Even though I see it as a difficult goal, it’s still something I want to try.

Finally, as always, I want to send a huge hug to my beautiful girls, who are always there for me when I’m feeling down, cheering me up with their words and their company. Also and of course, I want to say thank to my boyfriend, who patiently puts up with my tears, my rants, and my mood swings every single day, thank you for your love and your patience!!!
Bye blog! Don’t forget to come back and visit from time to time!! xoxo

Hiiiii blog! I’m here again, today I’m ready to share my little journey through Language 3 this semester. First of all, I have to say that this unit felt super short for me! Time flew by, and I think that’s because I really enjoyed some parts of the course (and also because I arrived like one month late, jajaja).

One of my favorite things this semester was class and home participation, because I love the idea of checking our progress class by class, and also having two evaluations per semester to see how that can be consolidated. I felt more comfortable sharing my ideas, and that helped me feel more connected with the content and also with my classmates by giving and receiving feedback.

Now, looking back at my goals, challenges and expectations, I can say I’ve made progress, but I still have work to do. One big challenge for me this semester (and always, honestly) were phonetics and listening (maybe speaking is also a challenge, but not a big one). To be honest, I didn’t do as well as I wanted in phonetics, even though I studied and did all the activities at home, in the last test I got just a 4.0, so that was a little disappointing.

Also, this semester, it’s been hard for me to sit down and actually study. I’ve felt all the semester kind of tired and distracted. Luckily, my boyfriend has always been there trying to cheer me up and keep me motivated💗. I hope that next semester I can improve and really understand the concepts better. I want to study more consistently, not just right before tests, maybe that was my main issue, because I only started studying three days before the phonetics´ test.

My expectation now is to keep getting better and feel more confident when speaking and analyzing English. I’m also excited to explore new topics in the next part of the course. I know it won’t be easy, but I feel way more motivated than I did two years ago. Let’s hope my grades also show that improvement.

And that’s it for now, blog! Thanks for reading. I’ll leave a beautiful pic below and don’t forget to check out my full e-portfolio!! xoxo, Gossip Girl 💋