Hi everyone!

-When I wrote “it is me, for the very last time, I guess”, guess what. I was wrong-

Well, this is actually me for the very last time, or I really hope so. I have read all my self-assessments so far and I have to say that my English has improve a lot, and what I mean by “a lot” is that I could barely understand what I have written in the past ones. What an awful redaction hahaha.

It’s been almost 4 years since everything started. I am impressed on how fast time goes by, and I am even more impressed when thinking of how long the journey was. We had difficult times, it’s true. And, considering that we are one of the 3 generations taught during the pandemic, perhaps and just perhaps, we should be proud of our successful through uncertain times, shouldn’t we?.

The last two years have been quite hard for me, regarding my mental health. On one hand, and as I mention in my previous self-assessment, I have been struggling with my anxiety and ADHD levels, I have been going to therapy regularly, and just a couple of months ago I started to take some Neurologist appointments in order to understand how my brain work, and how can I improve my attention and concentration. On the other hand, it’s been the most difficult times for my family and me. But, on the bright side, I did got a lot of support from my teachers, which is something that I really appreciate.

So, moving forward to this year… We started face-to-face classes and it felt great. I think that not only me, but also my classmates needed this minimun amount of social interaction, even more after two years of online classes. In addition to this modality, and not to mention the exigency that this subject adopted during this semester, I can say that my grades had worsen since March. Although I never got desmotivated, I did loose some track of my responsibilities sometimes, when I felt overwhelmed.

Well, as I mentioned above, I have read my previous self-assessments. Therefore, now is time to write about my goals, challenges, and expectations… as usual. First of all, I am completely aware of my language skills improvement, although I know I have to keep on practicing, I already consider myself successful in that sense, which feels great. Another goal could be related with my speaking skills, since I improved a lot in terms of confidence and performance, I keep on making “silly” mistakes, but practice makes perfect. Second of all, my challenges were always the same: “be responsible”, “create an schedule”, etc. Perhaps these aspects will need more improvement, I still feel that I’m not well organized with my times and responsibilities. Consider me guilty. Third and last of all, my expectations, since this year I have been rather disconnected to my expectations regarding Language VII, as I have been more concerned about my thesis. In consequence, I consider that some things did fullfil my expectations and others don’t, but as I mentioned before, I wasn’t preoccupied enough or with any expectation, so what was good felt great, and what was bad felt better than it could be.

In summary, these 4 years and 7 subjects named Language had taught me a lot. Afterwards, I feel kind of relieved,  and I perceive myself as a great teacher which is the most important thing, or at least to me.

María José Merino & Catalina Ramírez

Hi everyone!
It is me, for the very last time I guess, since this is our last Language class before the program is over.

I think it is amazing how fast time goes by and, how stronger not only me but us as a group became since the pandemic. Considering all that has been happening the last two years, we must become more resilient now, more empathetic, and hopefully, more in touch with our feelings, since the three last mentioned are very important skills or values that a teacher must internalize.

Re-reading my last self-assessment was kind of gloomy since I was struggling with high levels of anxiety that begin to trigger more deconcentration -since I have ADHD-  So I had to take care of it in therapy. Because of that, I had had a rough year trying to connect with myself and putting myself as a priority as well (something I never did until the pandemic), but trying hard to be healthy made me neglect my responsibilities as a student, therefore, that is something I really want to improve.

My goals for this very last language semester are the same as every year, to keep up my efforts, to improve myself in speaking and listening, to be more responsible as a student, etc.

On the other hand, I do have a lot of new challenges for this semester such as:

-Practicing for the CAE examination wisely

-Taking advantage of every opportunity I have in class or other places to speak in English, and continuing to improve myself

-Learning how to organize my schedule carefully so I can study, be responsible but without taking off my time with my family and friends

-Be more tolerant, as we have to do lots of work in pairs or groups

-Be more patient and respectful with me, since I have been putting much pressure on myself, so I hope this semester I will learn that -as likely as others- everyone has their own times for everything.

And finally, my expectations for this semester are very simple. I only expect to have a great time learning, a great time working on myself, and I really expect to acquire all the knowledge, tips, and advice my teachers will give to me every day.

And that’s pretty much it…

See ya 🙂