Maroutchka 

When you want to get better in something, you have to practice. I feel like we have done a lot of practice this semester. I do think that my English has improved. But I can’t be sure of that until I see my grade at the end of this semester.

One of the first tasks we had to do was writing a report. I had a good feeling about the assignment the moment I handed it in. I know that my English isn’t perfect, but the basics were there. When I received the correction, I was shocked. It seemed like everything I’ve done the last couple of years were vanished in a few seconds. It made me insecure, ashamed and angry. But of course, this was only the beginning. I’ve corrected everything and tried to learn from the mistakes. This being the only feedback we received of a written task, I’m rather unconfident.

Of course we had a lot of presentations as well. I guess this is more my cup of tea. I learned a lot about giving a different performance. Thinking outside the box when presenting a pecha Kucha or searching for a way to interact with the audience. There was only one difficult task to fulfil: the debate. We noticed that it was very hard to rely on digital equipment. It took us 4 hours to record a debate that was already well prepared.

Have I achieved what I wanted to achieve? No. But will I ever? I’m an ambitious lady and I’m not easily satisfied with myself. I want to learn more and I will learn every day for the rest of my life.

I’ve enjoyed the courses that we had. I think it is extremely instructive to have so many oral presentations. The only thing that bothered me this year was the lack of clarity. It was hard to find when you needed to hand in assignments and how to do so. My only advice would be to be more clear and to renew the documents on chamilo.