I consider this career absolutely
vocational, if you want to earn much money or don't work too much you better
think twice. As many young people my head was filled with party expectations
created by American movies. However, college is by far the hardest thing you
will have to pass through to get your desired job. I mean, we have parties but
you must study and study.
When I said myself "I want to be an
English teacher" I knew I had to do this degree, even it's more literature
than other things. I did a little research and I compared many universities of
Spain but the one I liked was Murcia because of the modules and its structure.
The first year we had mostly introduction material.
The whole career is taught in English which is perfect to practise and feel
more comfortable speaking in public. We had five modules in the first semester:
Spanish, we revised text with typical errors; Culture,
we learnt and analysed history, geography and political features of United
Kingdom and United States; English, just English grammar; Writing
practise, you will learn the structure and some tips to create a good
text; and finally a second language. I chose Arabic because I thought
it would be helpful in my curriculum. I have to say it's such a difficult
language but you will feel happy with every little step you make. Those modules
are not necessary hard but they will take you a lot of time to do all the
homework they require. On the other hand, we had many group presentations and you
will need to practise a lot.
The second semester is quite hard. Although you
have only five modules: Linguistics, just an introduction but there
are many concepts you have to study whether you understand them or not; Literature,
text analysis but you may practise a lot too; English II, more
grammar; Arabic II, more Arabic; and finally Spoken English practise,
you will learn to improve your pronunciation and your intonation.
For those who think this degree will be
easy, just don't waste a year finding it out. Do what you want or not but
something that makes you happy everyday in your life.
I hope this info would be helpful and I
wrote it just because I didn't find it when I had to decide what career should I do.
If you want me to explain something with more details please
comment below.
Bye bee~
Bye bee~
