A Subject you enjoy studying this semester

Write about your favorite subject this term. Among others, include:

> Name
> Describe what you do in classes
> Mention the main contents you have seen
> Explain why you like the subject

> Word Count: 180
> Make comments on 3 of your patners' posts + a comment on the teacher's post.

Name
> Describe what you do in classes
> Mention the main contents you have seen
> Explain why you like the subject

Hey!

Well since I am not studying now, I have decided to talk about one of the subjects that I had last year. I was studying a Master in Education and during the second semester I had one class that I really liked. That class was English grammar and phonetics versus Spanish grammar and phonetics.

While I was studying to become an English teacher I had 3 semesters of phonetics and also 3 semesters of grammar. I also had 3 semesters of academic writing. That happened about 10 years ago. So when I started with this class I thought lucky me! I have learnt a lot  about these topics so this class is going to be sooo easy!

I couldn’t be more wrong!

It was one of the most difficult subjects that I have ever had!!

All the contents related to English were fine; I mean I had to study most of them again. Because in this class we had to analyze each part of a sentence, describe it, change it and compare to Spanish sentence. That part was really hard. Spanish is much harder than English. Talking about grammar.

For example if we want to talk about habits and routines in English we would say:

I – You- We-They take the bus every morning

He – She takes the bus every morning.

Now Spanish:

Yo tomo la micro cada mañana

Tú tomas la micro cada mañana

El – Ella toma la micro cada mañana

Nosotros tomamos la micro cada mañana

Ellos - Ustedes toman la micro cada mañana

So as you can see in English there are only 2 options while in Spanish we have 5 options.

That is how the verb changes depending on the subject but I do remember that when we want to express ideas in the past in Spanish there were 10 options!

Even though it is my first language, believe me when I say that it was really hard. We had 3 tests and all the questions related to English grammar and phonetics I knew the answers. To be honest it was not that way when I had to work on the exercises that were about Spanish.

Most of the classes the teacher started explaining the contents and then individually we had to work on a handout. Then we compared our answers with a partner. Finally we shared our answers with the whole class. Sometimes all of us made mistakes! And that happened when the teacher asked us about Spanish grammar or phonetics.

Well I really liked this subject because it was a huge challenge, and also I learnt things that I did not know in Spanish!

Career related website/ An expert on your field

Dear students,

So today you have to choose between these 2 options:

Option 1: Write about a career-related website 

- provide the link

- describe the website (sections, features,etc)
- say how often you visit the site
- explain why you like the site.

OR

Option 2: Who is a person/expert on your field 

Say:

-Who she/he is. (short biography)
-What she/he has done. (examples of their work)
-Why you like her/him.
-Include his/her image

Add comments to 3 of your classmates’ blogs + a comment on your teacher's post

Word Count: 170

Well to be honest it was not easy for me to start writing this blog. I was not sure about which topic I should choose.

At the end I have decided to talk about an expert on my field.

Well to be honest it was not easy for me to start writing this blog.

I was not sure about which topic I should choose.

At the end I have decided to write about an expert on my field. I remember that when I started studying I did not know what subjects I would have. One of them caught my attention immediately. That subject was phonetics and phonology. I had 3 semester of this subject and it was not easy but on my first year the teacher asked us to work with this really nice book, its name is phonetics and phonology, it was written by Peter Roach.

Peter Roach is a british phonetician, he was born in 30 June 1943. He is a graduate of Psychology and Philosophy, after that he studied at Manchester University where he studied teaching English overseas. Then he decided to start his postgraduate studies, the course he took was Phonetics. He also completed a PhD.He retired in 2004.

I really like his book because it helped me a lot when I was a student. I still use it sometimes. When I was a student it was hard to understand the different chapters but now that I read it well it isn’t easy but it isn’t as hard as it used to be.

This is Peter Roach

This is the book that I use, but now there is a fourth edition.