My experience learning English at the university

The English subject has implemented 2 year ago as a compulsory subject in my career. This innovation was part of a change in all of our course program and we were the first generation in it, the “mechones 2009” of Midwifery career in the University of Chile. It try to afford us a comprehensive learning and give us more tools for our future professional work, however this is not the way like the direction wanted.

On the faculty of Medicine there are 4 levels of English: Started, Beginning, Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate; and it depends on the result of a test you do at the beginning of your first year in the University at what level you start. All of these last one term and you have class twice at week.

In my case, I started at the Beginning level, in the second term of 2009. Since then I have had 3 different teachers, one on each level. In general it has not caused me problems, although it is clear that each of them evaluated differently, in spite of they were in the same department.

At the last time, I have learned more than ever, to have these class gives to me a lot of new ways to communicate and understand some English books, already I can watch some easy language films.

In my opinion, my last level was the most interesting about the Midwifery career, it makes difficult to me but it has made more useful too. It was referred to medical language and increases my medical vocabulary. A good tool was the blog writing, because I could practice my reading and understanding in order to visit my classmates` blogs and I could share my thoughts and experience through my writings.

I always thought that English is important to know. It is becoming more essential knowledge because today is the universal language and learn to speak it opens more doors for future labor situation. By the above do I think it is a very good chance to have English class in the University, freely.