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Through this process of learning English, I have been able to overcome many difficulties. I remember when I started studying at UNICA, the most difficult skill for me was speaking. I could understand many things, but I was scared of making mistakes. Fortunately, I could overcome this huge difficulty when I travelled to Chicago to improve my English. Seven years have passed, and I have been able to improve by teaching because it has made me prepare every class and in this process I need to revise topics and vocabulary, which obviously benefit not only my students, but also my own process.

Another aspect that helped me improve my English skills, was my eager to learn more things every time. MY graduate studies contributed in a huge was to my English Proficiency improvement, my writing skill mainly. I also love to take online courses because they have helped me improve my teaching practice and learn from peers.

Now that I have been able to live different experiences in my academic and professional life, I can say that I have learned enough to teach in a confident way. However, I know that I need to improve in every skill so that in some time I can get a C2. Bearing this in mind, I will describe what I consider I need to work on to improve my English level.

Listening:

Although I have gotten great results in listening, I think I need to improve my understanding of the British and Indian accent. Additionally, I would like to understand rap or hip hop songs when I listen to them the first time. I also consider it is necessary for me to improve my listening in general to ensure understanding of native speakers in different contexts.

Reading:

I love to read, but I feel really stressed out when reading in an international exam, I think it is because of the type of questions. But, in reading in general I would like to be able to read only once and understand everything. So, I consider this is the weakness that I have in reading, I have to double check and read more than once because I always want to make sure I understand everything, it is important to clarify that this is in general reading, not in the exams.

Grammar:

Thanks to my jobs, I have to check complex grammar before teaching it. However, I want to improve certain things, very advanced grammar that will contribute to my proficiency.

Vocabulary:

In this area, I think I have a great variety of repertoire; but, I would like to use more complex vocabulary while speaking and writing. I know this will also improve the way I understand readings and native speakers.

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1. I will play lyrics training with rap or hip hop songs ( or pop if they are fast). If I play a pop song and it is not fast, it has to be in expert mode (all words to complete)
2. I will watch a Harry Potter movie or Love Actually in English to practice my understanding of British accent. I will also look for series in British and Indian accent to gather some reflections about the most common difficulties. I think this is related to the pronunciation of specific words, so I will take notes about these specific sounds to idendify new patterns for me.
3. Watch TED talks or academic talks to gather complex vocabulary while I practice listening to native speakers.
4. I will listen to ESL advanced podcasts and take notes on relevant information https://esl.culips.com/

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1. I will read Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone and find new vocabulary or idioms.
2. I will read three
articles in the reseach magazine published by CCA and write a very short summary.

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I will ask for books of advanced grammar and vocabulary to create my own grammar charts of these topics to start using them on my daily practice.
Also, I will  take notes of the vocabulary and grammar seen in the reading and listening practice.

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1.  Mockingbird by Eminem

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2. Don't lie by the black eyed peas

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3. Wild hearts can't be broken by Pink. This was a slow pop song so I played in the expert mode!

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1. Beats me!