My favorite song

                                                              My favorite song

For me it is hard to choose a song, I have a lot of favorite songs.

It depends on what I am doing and how I feel the music that I listen to.

For example when I am working checking tests, preparing materials for my classes, studying for my master or writing my thesis I need to listen to electro swing.

It gives me a lot of energy, I feel as if I had drunk a thousand rebulls.

When I am riding my bike a listen to pop music, such as when the lights go out (five), I rememeber (deadmau5), In another life (blast flava) and others.

Now I will describe on of the songs that I listen a lot, that song is Barbra Streisand (Duck Sauce)

 This song uses a sample from the single “Gotta go Home” (Boney M’s), which also uses a sample of another song “hallo bimmelbahn” (nightrain).

I remember the first time I listened to it. It was when I was in New Zealand. I thought who would ever like this song! It is so repetitive. I used to go clubbing a lot when I was there, and this song was played everywhere! So of course it was impossible not to like it at the end.

When I was there every time that I listened to it I felt happy and energetic but when I listen to it here, sometimes I feel a bit nostalgic. I see how much I have changed. When I was in Auckland I used to work and party 24/7. Here I work, study and party only like once a month because I do not feel like doing that anymore. Maybe there is a time for everything. Don’t get me wrong, I really like my life now but I miss that part of me. The crazy Maca hahaha.

So that’s it my dear students. Those are my favorite songs.

Cheers!

Electro swing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gZ-GAlgIB8&t=2564s

Blast flava in another life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBWZ1VY1Q88

Five

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpdcKmaHk_s

I remember

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK1mLIeXwsQ

Crystilised

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5zFfbaTMc

Barbra Streisand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu_zwdmz0hE

Postgraduate studies

Dear students,

Today the topic is postgraduate studies, please include the following info

Cheers! 😋

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.

To be honest when I was studying to become an English teacher, I never thought about taking a postgraduate course. I just wanted to finish and start working as soon as possible! As I told you on my previous blog, I thought I would teach little kids. But since I work with adults now, it is a must to have a postgraduate degree. So that is why I enrolled to a Master program last year.

I am studying a Master in Education, major in English as a foreign language at Universidad Central.  It is a two years program, I am so happy because this is my last semester.  It has been really hard though, I have a class which is English v/s Spanish phonetics. And Spanish is more difficult, believe me! So we are lucky that it is our mother tongue. Also I am working on my thesis, which takes a lot of time. Talking about that, I am going to need your help for it! I will need you to answer to a survey in a couple of weeks. I really hope that you can and want to participate J

Hopefully I will finish this on May. Even though I am really tired, I would like to study again.

A couple of years ago I applied to a Master in Education at the University of Auckland. I got in but of course in order to study there, I needed a scholarship. Every time that I have tried to apply, I forget about a document. Maybe I will try next year again.

I have looked for one year courses that are related to methodology, phonetics, grammar and didactics here in Santiago. I still do not know if I will start studying again next year, but I really hope so.

My future job

Dear students!

Here are the instructions for today's blog.

What kind of job would you like to have? How do you imagine it?
- Outdoors /indoors?
- Would you like to travel a lot in your job?
- What about the salary?
- What major are you studying?
- Add any other related ideas.

- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post.
- Word Count: 210 words

                                   MY FUTURE JOB

I started working here last semester. I started with one course, level III. It was a really nice experience. At the same time I was working at Instituto la Araucana. I worked there for 5 years. I had a course of students that were studying International trade. I started with them last year, on the first semester. That means that we were together for a year and a half. To be honest, I had a really good time with them. We had classes from 18:30 until 22:00. Even though they were really tired, they were really interested in the class.

I really love what I do, I love teaching and working with adults. I have worked with little kids too. They are adorable, but I prefer to teach adults. I know it is hard to think about a future job, I did not even know what I wanted to study. The options at that time were music teacher, chemist and pilot, yeah pilot!!

Well I took a year off. One of my sisters works as a flight attendance and as a birthday gift; she took me with her to New Zealand. There I met a guy, his name is Daniel. So it was kind of a summer love and when I came back I still had feelings for him. I went to see him during that year 4 times and we started dating.

We talked about our future together so I thought, well why not to study something related with English. I love teaching and I love the Backstreet Boys so there you go, that’s why I am an English teacher now hahaha. I know it isn’t the best reason but now I cannot see myself doing something else.  While I was studying I always thought I would teach little kids but when I finished my studies I got a job offer for teaching adults. I liked the idea of trying something different so here I am.

Hope to continue working like this in the future, I really enjoy this.

I do what I love and I love what I do. :)

Here are some pictures of students that I have had.