My experience learning English at university.

My experience learning English at university has been positive in many ways, mainly because the teaching method used is - in my case - different from the one I had at school, with which I have learned quite a lot.

The pandemic forced us to look for new teaching methods, from this appeared the zoom classes, this has its pros and cons, for me in particular it is very difficult to concentrate on classes at home, because of all the external factors, however, I appreciate that the classes are recorded because if I were to miss or if the Internet were to fail, I have the possibility to review the recording. In spite of this, I totally prefer the face-to-face classes, because if I have any doubt I can solve it at the moment with the teacher and also interact with my peers.

Blogs have been very useful for me to express myself and my thoughts, to know the experiences and opinions of others and to improve my writing as much as possible, to learn new words and their meanings, as well as to contribute to my organization with time, since it has a time limit for publication. 

Regarding the use of English outside of class hours, the truth is that I constantly use it when I send messages, in expressions or Spanglish type hahaha, but in a formal way very little.

Undoubtedly I must improve my English in many aspects, especially in the field of speech, since I am embarrassed to speak it in public and it is difficult for me to put together sentences in this language, so one of my goals is to listen to videos or music and with them practice pronunciation and gain more confidence to communicate fluently in English in the future.

Changes that could be made to your study programme

I have been thinking and analyzing what changes could be made at a general level in the career that I am taking -pedagogy in kindergarten education- regarding the curriculum I consider it is quite complete, however, a course that teaches sign language should be added, since we can face the situation that in the future a child has this disability and we will not have -mostly- the ability to handle it. 

As for the length of the course, I feel that if we have to take 5 years to obtain the professional degree, the last two should be to choose a master's degree and thus learn and have knowledge on a subject that we like, which will also contribute to our professional curriculum. Regarding the infrastructure and facilities of the faculty, they have been improving over the years, but I feel that the classrooms -exclusively the desks- should be adapted, since most of them are uncomfortable to write and be comfortable in class. 

The Pandemic taught us that technology is very useful, moreover, it is now an extension for those who find it difficult to go to the university in person, so I think it should last and be used from now on in the classroom.

Finally, the teaching methods -depending on each academic- in my opinion are quite good, I have managed to learn a lot in these three years and all thanks to the way they teach their subjects individually.