FROM THE BEGINNING

It has been really exciting to have taken this course online. It is the first time and honestly I had no idea how it was going to be. You know, I think the new things always scare a little. After these fourteen weeks I can say it has been a great experience, full of new challenges and new things. There is a quote that I have always heard: the practice makes the master and I am totally agree that is true. Even though I know I have grammar mistakes but I think there is a big difference between my first essay and the last one. I feel more confident when I start writing. I liked “They Say I Say” lessons, especially those in which the templates show the different ways how to write something. At the beginning I felt overwhelmed but with the passing of days, I realized that I was having more practice in writing and reading and the time it took me to read an essay each time was shortened due to the practice.

When I read the blogs of other classmates I have the same feeling, I can see that everyone has grown a lot and every time the topics are more developed. At starting the blog I did not have any previous experience and the beginning of this seemed to me very difficult to concentrate and focus on the issue. I was not sure if I was doing well but I gradually noticed that I was grabbing more experience and confidence. Definitely, when you finish this course I'm staying with a nice experience, with the satisfaction of having participated in the file exchange in supporting even a little bit with my comments in the trials of my classmates.

I should also say that the teacher is a person who had the pleasure to know of and think is a nice person with a willingness to help their students.

 I also like to read and respond to other classmates blogs. It was very interesting to know the different points of view, experiences and something of the life of my classmates. Although we are virtual peers, these tasks allowed us perhaps to know more than you can know in a face to face classes

Group work was also very helpful to communicate and make decisions. It was very nice to receive comments and advice of all the companions of the Topaz group. It was a virtual interaction in which I could practice my writing and reading and I know that I have learned a lot. These practices of writing and reading gave me even some keys to have patience. Believe me at the beginning it was really hard for me, even more it is not my first language and in some occasions I felt discouraged and mad, that is why I say I got patience and I am very thankful to my classmates for the responses to my blog and the comments to my essays. Those were really helpful.