Blog 6: Postgraduate Studies
Hi everyone :)
I hope you are doing well. Today we are going to talk about a postgraduate course that you would consider taking in the future.
Well, in my case, I already have done a postgraduate studies. I studied Latin American Literature and finished in from 2010 to 2014 at Eckerd College in the State of Florida.
In 2015, I took a postgraduate course called CELTA - (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) so I could become an English Teacher. I studied in the British-Chilean Institute of Culture in Santa Lucía. I studied part-time: I worked in the University of Diego Portales during the day and studied at night.
I'm happy that I did the course and I learned a lot in such a short period since the course was an intensive course that lasted from March to June.
Sometimes I consider taking a Master's course, something in Caribbean Literature since I really love that type of literature. I'm sure many of you realized since I use a lot of Caribbean Literature in our classes.
But then I think about it and I don't think is necessary to take the course because I can always study literature in my free time. In any case, I think I learn more in "the practice" when I use literature in my English classes so students learn how to read well in English.
My favorite writers from the Caribbean are Merle Collins, Christian Campbell, Jamaica Kincaid, Junot Díaz and Edwidge Danticat. Díaz and Danticat I particularly like because I can relate to them since they were both born in Latin American, but lived all their life in the United States just like me. I think that they are good writers and are committed to the people's struggle. I also like that they are both very anti-imperialist.
I hope you enjoyed reading :)
Now it's your turn
Include:
- Reasons to do the course
- Subject(s) you would like to study
- Where you would like to study (Chile or abroad)
- How you would like to study (distance learning, blended system, part-time course, etc)
- Any other relevant ideas
- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post.
I hope you are doing well. Today we are going to talk about a postgraduate course that you would consider taking in the future.
Well, in my case, I already have done a postgraduate studies. I studied Latin American Literature and finished in from 2010 to 2014 at Eckerd College in the State of Florida.
In 2015, I took a postgraduate course called CELTA - (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) so I could become an English Teacher. I studied in the British-Chilean Institute of Culture in Santa Lucía. I studied part-time: I worked in the University of Diego Portales during the day and studied at night.
I'm happy that I did the course and I learned a lot in such a short period since the course was an intensive course that lasted from March to June.
Sometimes I consider taking a Master's course, something in Caribbean Literature since I really love that type of literature. I'm sure many of you realized since I use a lot of Caribbean Literature in our classes.
But then I think about it and I don't think is necessary to take the course because I can always study literature in my free time. In any case, I think I learn more in "the practice" when I use literature in my English classes so students learn how to read well in English.
My favorite writers from the Caribbean are Merle Collins, Christian Campbell, Jamaica Kincaid, Junot Díaz and Edwidge Danticat. Díaz and Danticat I particularly like because I can relate to them since they were both born in Latin American, but lived all their life in the United States just like me. I think that they are good writers and are committed to the people's struggle. I also like that they are both very anti-imperialist.
I hope you enjoyed reading :)
Now it's your turn
Include:
- Reasons to do the course
- Subject(s) you would like to study
- Where you would like to study (Chile or abroad)
- How you would like to study (distance learning, blended system, part-time course, etc)
- Any other relevant ideas
- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post.
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By fortune you studied at night, because at midday they shoot the "cañonazo de las doce" and if you don't remember that you would jump into the roof XD It's been interesting to me reading those text. I didn't know them, so it's new to me, thanks for introducing them <3
ResponderBorrarHow interesting the Latin American Literature career sounds! You put it into practice a lot in classes, thanks for that:3
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ResponderBorrarCaribbean literature sounds very entertaining, I don't know much about it, but your publication interested me on this topic.
oh! that seems really interesting
ResponderBorrarYes, i think the same, practice is the best way to learn about literature and enjoy it.
ResponderBorrarIt's very interesting to know about caribbean writers, because I thought that the caribbeans spoke in spanish. Now I'm a little confused.
ResponderBorrarYour studies sound really interesting and Caribbean literature too!
ResponderBorrarI love the things you make us read in class :)
ResponderBorrarYou studied what you want! That is very important.
ResponderBorrarit is great to know the story about your formation!!
ResponderBorrari too think that the caribbean literature is so interesting, i like very much the texts that you give us
ResponderBorrarin my personal opnion the caribbean literature can be different from chilean or northamerican literature because the place where the autor live influence a lot in the writing
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ResponderBorrarthat sounds very interesting, I didn't know about that
I had never read any of Caribbean literature, from what I have seen in class it is very interesting :)
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ResponderBorrarHow great that you have studied Latin American literature, I did not know
carribean literature is not something we can hear often, sounds interesting.
ResponderBorrarI'm glad that you have studied subjects that interest you
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