This time of the year arrives again, the time to reflect on how your performance was during the academic year… Time passed flying fast between tests, workshops, projects and activities is incredible we are almost in the middle of our whole careers.
Personally, I reach so many milestones this year. Academically I maintain my good results over this period, I worked hard to make improvements and adjustments in how I study and perform in all my classes. Some strategies worked and some of them explode in my face but overall, I learnt a lot ( I try to focus on my process over the marks).
I have been having amazing progress as a tutor, my student Angie points me as one of the highlights of her semester. That gives me motivation and confidence that impacts my role as a student. In the foundation, we perform the purest form of teaching.
Everything intertwines, my tutor role gives me the chance to learn by doing all my pedagogical knowledge and gives me a boost of motivation every week. That motivation helps me continue fighting for my dream of becoming a teacher. My therapist gives me tools to maintain a study-life balance.
In terms of the English language as a whole, I feel like I improve a lot, I hear my last audio and I get surprised at how far I got this year. In the matter of phonetics, I understand better the undelaying meanings of intonation and pronunciation. I get surprised when I discover that we express emotions, showcase our personality and who we are when we talk but I still solve things by intuition ( I need to implement a more rational approach to phonetics).
I definitely improve a lot my written production (some of my marks don’t show what I learnt). I can organize my written task so much better. I’m able to express what’s inside my head, I had complex ideas sometimes but today I can express them with tidier and well elaborate texts.
Speaking and Listening, this semester was quite interesting for me, because we talk about subjects that have deep meaning to me. It helped with my self-discovery, I learnt a lot of terms to understand myself better. This chapter was difficult without a doubt personally and academically but overall I made great work, I host a Pimpalooza, I maintain my results, I’m an efficient tutor and on top of all of that, I have been responsible with my mental health process.
To sum up, this semester was a challenge in all senses but I have been fighting and working hard for all my dreams. I’m hopeful for the semester ahead and I will take one thing at a time (that’s my method).
PD: Crazy! (definitely!) but amazing!
