Post 2 ___ Why did you choose this career/study programme?

Pst 2: Why did you choose this career/study programme?



Write about:
- your dream jobs when you were a child
- other career options that you had at the moment of applying to university
- what made you decide in the end
- your experience at university until now
- the kind of job you would like to have
 > word count: 120 words

 > don't forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates posts and on your teacher's post as well.
 
 
 

______________________
 
I studied English Linguistics, and I always thought "what would my future job be?"… And here I am!!

I always wanted to have a fun, light, easy going and not too hard to do job, but always wanted to be with people.

From all the many areas I could work in, I always wanted something neither too-much outdoors nor indoors, furthermore, I wanted something that would produce some kind of social change, a good important and deep change.

In other matters, I wanted to travel, to see the world, to meet strange people, well... strange meaning, different than me and my friends and family. With teaching languages, I have been able to do all the former, which leads me to think it was the right choice.

I tried working in an office once, in a job that was not as stressful as a teacher's job but after a year, and after missing the classrooms a lot, I decided to go back to stressful, challenging but rewarding teaching.

Nowadays, I am thinking on taking up on PHD studies in the field of Applied Linguistics, I would like to do it either in the Netherlands, Switzerland and/or England.

I would like to do it in those countries, well, in the two first ones because they have a long history of successful multilingualism and because they are definitely good at languages. England on the other hand, would be my last choice, and this is because of a fact that gave birth to a joke, that is, - and please, no offense-, but the joke says: "how do you call a person who speaks only one language? […] you call them British"...LOL
 
 

Comments

  1. TiareApril 25, 2019 at 8:17 AM

    I have never liked inglish, but I have had good teachers in the subject, and thanks to those professors I have managed to grow fond even for culture.

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  2. PachiApril 25, 2019 at 8:30 AM

    I don´t like inglish, you can guess why for the name of my blog. But is a very good strategy for the think you want for your life.

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  3. notasApril 25, 2019 at 8:33 AM

    I want to travel too! but I have to learn english first :(

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  4. Vicente BustamanteApril 25, 2019 at 8:36 AM

    I would like to travel around the world too, and I think that english its a good tool for do it, in many countries is not a official lenguage but many people can talk in english, like an "universal lenguage". However, learning englsih have never been one of my favorite things.

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  5. Marcela April 25, 2019 at 8:36 AM

    Travel or meet strange people sounds like fun!

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  6. Javiera OrellanaApril 25, 2019 at 9:06 PM

    ooohh it´s amazing want make some social change important and that now be a teacher.

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  7. StefanyMay 1, 2019 at 6:23 PM


    What a good idea to study English according to what you say. Good luck in your future plans!!

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  8. AlejandroMay 14, 2019 at 11:36 PM

    What a great story, I personally think that linguistics is a fundamental part of the future. Especially because I believe that translation is an art that hasn't been appreciated.

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  9. AnonymousMay 19, 2019 at 8:53 PM

    I want to studie in other country too. But first I need to learn English. Nowadays is essential speak at least two languages (and one of them has to be English).

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  10. Janis CarrascoJune 27, 2019 at 8:24 AM

    I also want to travel but for this I would like to learn different languages, not only English

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