So, this course...

I hope I don’t fail the course for saying this, but I have never liked the English program. It is not because I don’t like the language, it’s not because I think teachers are bad, It’s not because I don’t think it’s useful; I don’t like it because I don’t think it works. It’s sad, but I have never thought that a language (any language) course will have good results if it’s once a week, for three hours. Or maybe it will, but only if it lasts for a year or more, not twelve or something classes. Again, it’s not because of the course itself, I think the problem is that it’s a mandatory course for every student. For this reason, I think, the four levels must be done in, at maximum, the four years of the career; it’s not seen as a language course, or something useful (and I think it is, at least in vocabulary, for me), it’s just a formality, needed to get your degree. If you enter in level 1, sure it will help you, but in level 4… I don’t know, it’s good practice, but I don’t know what more you can learn…
About blogs, I think they're great. Writing in school (at least my school) was incredibly boring, and nobody wanted to do it, myself included. This is good: interesting topics and not too long, is a good way to practice without getting tired or bored.

I think that what I need the most for improving my English is vocabulary. I often find myself trying to find the words I need to express what I want, and use to change part of the sentence to avoid the need of the word I couldn’t find. In writing I think I could improve in punctuation, but I don’t really know how; I usually try to use the same rules that exist in Spanish, but sometimes they are wrong, and I sure don’t want to learn a whole new set of them.

In my life there is actually a lot of English, but not for expressing myself. I like to play games, listen to music and watch movies and TV shows in English, so I’m always receiving and understanding English, but I talk and write only in classes. Or when I’m helping somebody with their homework.

I hope I don't fail for saying what I said...

This post was edited to add something about blogs. I forgot to talk about it, sorry!