English Language Challenges

Today, I’m going to talk about my experience with English and English classes in University. I began to do English in first year of sociology, and after the exam, I started in level III. When I did that course I hadn't many problems because I continued doing –with little differences- the same things that I did on school. Unfortunately I couldn't do English IV the same year (I had to do CFGs and sport classes those semesters), and I continued with classes just in fourth year of my career.

These classes have helped me to practice English, writing as much as talking, and to keep my knowledge about this language. I think that English program is necessary because in sociology you don’t read or use a lot of foreign languages, and if you don’t use a language, you’ll forget things learned before.

About aspects of my English that need to be improved, I think that is necessary principally when I speak. With my knowledge I can understand most of the books and articles that I read in English (If I’ll start to read more sociology books in English I think that I should learn more technical words), and I think that I have a “decent  level” when I write.

Outside the classes, I always have to use English, but principally reading it, more than having communication with it. On internet, television and books, there’s a lot of information that only exists in English, and I have to read it in English because there’re no options. I hope to finish my career knowing the principal things that I need to know to use English in everyday life.