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. recommend you Frantz Fanon that he is from Martinique and his book that i like is "Black skin, white masks" uwu

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    1. read it haha, but I prefer "The Wretched of the Earth," it's his best work! :)

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  2. Caribbean literature is very entertaining

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  3. I really like the subjects and authors he reads!

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  4. Campbell is a great writer! I like so much!

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  5. I like the Literature you use in classes :D

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  6. Hi, it's great that you're have knowledge big about your interests.
    I like the critical that anti-imperialist literature offers.

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  7. excellent literature and postgraduate studies !!!!

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  8. the realization of this blog made me think in things that previously I hadn't considered about me, and I like very much the way you apply caribbean literature to your classes.

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  9. I dont know to much about caribean literature but I think your tastes are very interesting :)

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  10. I love the mix between personal tastes or hobbies and work:D

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  11. It's great that you were able to combine your taste for that kind of literature with what you teach us

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  12. Now I understand the political positioning of the classes. I like very much :)

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  13. the Latin American Literature course sounds good

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  14. I don't know about caribean literature, but is interesting your mix of work and hobbies

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  15. I am surprised with everything you have studied, how interesting what you mention about Caribbean literature

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  16. I should take that master's degree! (:

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  17. I don't really know anything about Caribbean literature, but it sounds very interesting!

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