Learning landscape

MY ENGLISH JOURNEY

This visual learning landscape represents my own English language learning journey through my experiences, accomplishments, objectives, and some resources that have helped me and I hope that would help you.

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GOALS

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ACHIEVEMENTS

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RESOURCES

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CHALLENGES

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ACTIVITIES

Andrea Darias Morales

GOALS

Short term goals

• Speak in English every day to be more fluent
• Try to communicate in a more formal way to perform more correctly in a professional context
• Consume content in English with people with different accents to get used to and understand all types of speakers of the English language
• Put into practice what I know about the English language in this master's degree that I am taking in Education
• Have more confidence when speaking English in front of a big group of people

Long term goals

• Master English perfectly to the point of teaching it to new generations of people
• Live for a while in an English-speaking country to practice the language more often
• Being able to inspire people with my accomplishments and knowledge
• Have a job related to the English language that motivates me

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Being one of the best English students in my years of ESO
• Being able to communicate with people whose mother tongue is English
• Have an official Cambridge certificate that will open professional doors for me
• Have a degree in English Studies
• Have a master's degree in Literary, Audiovisual and Localization Translation.
• Being able to find twice information on any topic by being able to understand documents in two languages
• Understand audiovisual content, my favourite songs, and interviews of my idols in English
• Act as a guide for my friends when we have traveled to English-speaking countries
• Being able to expand my mindset to other cultures

RESOURCES

Click on the icons to see some examples

Synonym online dictionaries to better understand a concept without the need to translate

Websites designed to learn and review the language daily

Writing assistant that reviews your spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, engagement, and points out the mistakes suggesting possible better options

CHALLENGES

• Understand the different accents in English, since there are many English speakers in the world with different cultures and each one pronounces differently
• Pronunciation, Spanish is a language where everything is pronounced the same way it is written, but in English you have to know the grammatical rules to have a correct pronunciation
• In English there are many homophonous words that are spelled differently but pronounced the same. You have to understand them from the context, but sometimes it can make you get lost in the conversation
• Teachers who did not like teaching and sent us to do repetitive exercises to waste time without correcting or learning anything new

ACTIVITIES

Watching series or movies in English is the best way to adapt your ear to the language. First you can start by putting the subtitles in Spanish, then in English, until you can finally watch it without subtitles.

There are many online pages and applications to message real people and chat in the language you want to learn and thus practice with native people

The Internet is a place with infinite information, there are many pages where you can find activities of all levels and practice.

One of my favorite ways to practice English is through songs. Trying to find out what the meaning of the song is can be very fun as well as lucrative. There are pages with activities that you can complete by watching video clips