miércoles, 19 de noviembre de 2014

Today i will talk about my favorite music, band and song.

 I listen to a lot of different kind of music and I tend to listen to different styles like rock, pop, folk, etc.  But right now I listen to rock music more often, the reason is that maybe I love the sound of the instruments like the electric guitar, the drums and the bass guitar and how you can feel melody with that, also if you can add to that a good voice it’s the perfect combination.  There are some good groups, but I tend to listen to English bands and I know I should prefer the Chilean ones but the English language is more attractive for me, don’t ask me why.

When I listen to good music I tend to prefer good lyrics and instruments. One of my favorite music are played by the British rock band "Muse", and one song that I like from them is "Starlight" because is very melodic and simple. The first time i heard "Starlight" was 2 years ago more or less, on the radio, and from that moment i have never stopped listening to that song. 

This song has a melody and rhythm very attractive and easy to follow for me, the guitar and drums from the guys of this band are amazing, they form a spectacular performance in the video of this song where they are on a ship and finally appear many sparklers illuminating the night. For this reason and for the lyrics, i think that this song try to express “hopes and expectations” for something or somebody important in our lives. I hope means the same for you, but is my perspective, my interpretation. 

This is my last blog post so i hope you liked it, bye. 

miércoles, 5 de noviembre de 2014

Hi classmates, today i will talk about my experience learning English in my life.

Well, at the university my experience learning English has been good, there aren't complications with the class or the teachers and i think the use of the blogs are the best thing in this class, it’s just that maybe I don’t give the necessary importance to this, because I prefer to focus on my career and the specific subjects related with it. I know English its important because the majority of the psychology papers, texts and material are written in this idiom, specifically the ones made in the last years, but I can use the basic knowledge that I have if I need help I can look for someone who knows or via internet or whatever.

I think I need to improve in various aspects of my English because like I previously said, I only have a basic knowledge of this idiom. I need to learn more about vocabulary because when I try to talk I always repeat the same words and it’s embarrassing because sometimes I don’t even know that I’m doing that (the blogs are very useful in this aspect but i think i need to improve more). Also when I am reading papers in English I am constantly looking for the meaning of some words and that makes difficult to understand the whole text because I am not reading it fluently. Also I need to improve more with the comprehension of the conversations (listening) because it’s the aspect where I get the lowers marks on the tests, I tend to misunderstand some sentences and the people who is talking in English talk fast for me so I can’t get all what they are saying.

In my opinion English is very useful because is a popular idiom, so almost all the bibliography that I need to read for my subjects at the university is in English and that is the reason why I practically find myself obligated to learn this language.  Also I listen to English music a lot so I try to understand the lyrics (the more i listen to the songs, the more i understand the lyrics and the pronunciation of some words). I wish i could learn more because I would like to travel to England one day.


That is my experience, bye.