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Post 9 (04-12) Changing the Study Programme

CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME



Write about some changes that could be made to your study programme (career)
Among others, think about:

> The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)
> Workload and length of studies
> Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)
> Use of technology
> Teaching methods



- Word Count: 250
- Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts and on your teacher's as well.
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Image result for languageThere are many things I would have changed from my study programme back when I was studying English Linguistics, and even though I think all the things I studied have been of great use all these years, I believe there are even more issues and topics I would have liked to revise.
First thing, I had several History courses, all of them were related to (obviously) Anglo-Saxon History and only one about national reality, I would have liked to study more from the connection of our cultures, i.e. I would have liked to study how both Hispanic and Anglo-Saxon cultures related and enriched one another.

We had many hours of classes a week, this was because we needed to practice a lot, so the “communication” courses were very extensive in terms of practice hours. However, I think that maybe, by changing the teaching methods a bit and stimulating independent learning, we could have had less communicative practice hours and more about any alternative course that we might have been interested in.

The Faculty facilities were just alright, we had enough space to eat, to study and whatnot, but what I believe it is important to have as well, is green spaces available for students to chill out. Many little parks inside the campus were closed for students and kept for decoration purposes so maybe a good idea is to have those spaces free to use and enjoy while learning.

The teaching methods were also quite ok, not much innovative though and I think that is because of many traditions in the teaching of English for professionals of the field. I think that maybe a good way to improve the teaching is to have included more IT in the classes, I mean, we made a lot of use of IT, specially in the Phonetics classes were we had to use a Language Lab, but I believe we could have made a bigger use of different platforms and, all in all, I think that would have made the process less difficult.

I believe that I learnt a lot when I was at uni, and I think everybody will always have a set of well grounded critiques, but on the overall, I think I received a very good education and however improvable, it has been of great use in my professional life.  

Comments

  1. Julieta GaragayDecember 4, 2018 at 1:28 PM

    It would be great if the teaching methods modernize a little bit

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  2. Veronica CDecember 4, 2018 at 1:29 PM

    I agree with you in the green areas, I think you have to have a space like that to change the environment from time to time c:

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  3. MonserratDecember 4, 2018 at 1:37 PM

    I like so much your teaching methods :)

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  4. UnknownDecember 4, 2018 at 1:50 PM

    I think that your method of teaching is more relaxing and didactic for my in comparison with the teaching of the secondary, thanks for make this process less boring :)

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  5. UnknownDecember 4, 2018 at 2:07 PM

    i like the idea of the stimulating independent learning.

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  6. UnknownDecember 4, 2018 at 2:26 PM

    Universities should learn that students should relax, I think the same as you do about green areas.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 5, 2018 at 9:31 PM

    Green spaces are very necessary and every day of the week we see how they are killing them in JGM :(

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  8. ÁlvaroDecember 10, 2018 at 9:40 AM

    The community need green areas and spaces more comfortable and friendly with people.

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