Blog 6: Postgraduate Studies

Hi everyone :)

I hope you are doing well. Today we are going to talk about a postgraduate course that you would consider taking in the future.

Well, in my case, I already have done a postgraduate studies. I studied Latin American Literature and finished in from 2010 to 2014 at Eckerd College in the State of Florida.

In 2015, I took a postgraduate course called CELTA - (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) so I could become an English Teacher. I studied in the British-Chilean Institute of Culture in Santa Lucía. I studied part-time: I worked in the University of Diego Portales during the day and studied at night.

I'm happy that I did the course and I learned a lot in such a short period since the course was an intensive course that lasted from March to June.

Sometimes I consider taking a Master's course, something in Caribbean Literature since I really love that type of literature. I'm sure many of you realized since I use a lot of Caribbean Literature in our classes.

But then I think about it and I don't think is necessary to take the course because I can always study literature in my free time. In any case, I think I learn more in "the practice" when I use literature in my English classes so students learn how to read well in English.

My favorite writers from the Caribbean are Merle Collins, Christian Campbell, Jamaica Kincaid, Junot Díaz and Edwidge Danticat. Díaz and Danticat I particularly like  because I can relate to them since they were both born in Latin American, but lived all their life in the United States just like me. I think that they are good writers and are committed to the people's struggle. I also like that they are both very anti-imperialist.

I hope you enjoyed reading :)







Now it's your turn

Include:

- Reasons to do the course
- Subject(s) you would like to study
- Where you would like to study (Chile or abroad)
- How you would like to study (distance learning, blended system, part-time course, etc)
- Any other relevant ideas

- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post.



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Comentarios

  1. Unknown26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 11:34 a.m.

    you born in Latin America? where? i didn't know that!

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  2. Anónimo26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 11:47 a.m.

    You are very young and have many experiences , that great :) !
    Maybe live in Caribbean place help you know the literature realities from Latin America.

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  3. rocamposquintana26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 11:53 a.m.

    nice quote from junot diaz

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  4. Anónimo26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 12:00 p.m.

    I think is very interesting the postgraduate course you do about Latin American Literature, is some part of your identity LA so to know about it through it's literature, i think is awesome

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  5. Pri and English IV26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 12:08 p.m.

    Everytime that I read a post from you I can see how you like your work, and all the things that you do in class to teach and at the same time to speak about things that you love.
    It is really inspiring!

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  6. Camila Tapia26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 12:11 p.m.

    I have never read something of latin american writters but I think that it's very neccesary. I learnt a lot about Caribe (all those coutries that aren't Cuba) with you!

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  7. Marianaytu26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 12:15 p.m.

    I think Latin American Literature must be very interesting. You studied a lot in your life hahaha. I think is very necessary some postgraduate course in our lifes, so I hope to study some course after university :)

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  8. Unknown26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 12:15 p.m.

    Hahaha, I found really funny the image of Diaz but I also think is terrible because how true is it. Thanks for the caribbean authors! I didn't knew any of them.

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  9. Carla Vásquez Sáez26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 12:19 p.m.

    I can´t imagine what so cool is doing what you do, in every class we can see your passion and that you love do this.

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  10. Anónimo26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 12:22 p.m.

    Caribbean literature is a very intresting world!

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  11. Anónimo26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 12:31 p.m.

    I don't know nothing about caribbean literature. What book do you recomended?

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  12. dani_arroyo26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 12:33 p.m.

    It sounds very interesting a master in Caribbean Literature

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  13. Alexis Aranda26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 12:37 p.m.

    I don’t understand why when I read about Caribbean themes I imagine with a piña colada, shorts and Hawaiian shirts in the middle of the beach. But learn always is good.

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  14. Unknown26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 2:32 p.m.

    It's very interesting! In general, one have a stereotypical image of the Caribbean. I would like to know more about this culture made invisible on account of the tourism market

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  15. Unknown26 de noviembre de 2018 a las 2:56 p.m.

    I didn't know so much about caribbean literature until this class, is very interesting, little by little I understand why you like it so much, it is really awesome!

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  16. Catalina Muñoz Cerpa2 de diciembre de 2018 a las 1:47 p.m.

    Wow... you really have passion for study. Caribbean literature must be interesting but I've never liked to read, so I would never could learn it like you, in your free time

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  17. Jorgeperezr3 de diciembre de 2018 a las 9:39 a.m.

    You are the first person I know who likes and talks about Caribbean literature. Thanks to you I think that the authors of the Caribbean are interesting and have a lot to say.

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