How to improve my English

I have been kinda learning English for 11 years but, about a year or so ago I truly started my conscious learning of this interesting and hard to pronounce language. So many friends from my hometown always tell me how do I feel when I speak in English or if it was difficult to learn. Usually, I just laugh and answer them that it is something that everybody can do if they really dedicate time to study it and practice it. Practicing the speaking is the most important and essential exercise for the development of our skills, and at the same time, it will help us to improve our grammatic and amply our vocabulary with new words.However, I recommend them to not try to translate every word or phrase that they are trying to say in Spanish because it will lead to a very bad confusion and desperation if we do not find the exact word and maybe it could generate us a lack of confidence. The second most important part of improving our English is listening to other people or watching movies in English with subtitles, we have to train our ears to hear different words and sounds in order to learn the pronunciation and understand people better. Reading could be a good source for some people but for me, it only helps me to learn new words and I only can use them when I am writing down things but not when I talk. And finally, the last but not least way to improve is being persistent and consistent, with those two qualities you will get whatever you want in life.

Mid-semester at St. Norbert college

Mid-semester is very close and also our midterm grades will be posted out, maybe this is kind of scary for a lot of students and everyone is anxious to know how well they did during this first half of the semester. Along with this, we´ve had our spring break, which I feel like one of the best part of the academic year, to relax and spend time with our families or maybe travel and visit new places, Personally, I prefer to travel instead of staying in the same places and doing nothing rather than watch the tv or spend hours and hours in front of my computer, So, I traveled to New York and Boston, very expensive cities by the way, and I had the opportunity to see some of the famous streets or places in the USA. After one week of relaxation and entertainment, I flew back to my college and the classes started. This abrupt change in my daily routine is always uncomfortable because you pass from a calm state to a busy one. Anyway, these short-time breaks are very helpful and of course, it gives us a chance to observe the seasonal transition which, for a person that has never seen these remarkable changes in our environment, seems to be one of the greatest experiences that can define the mid of the spring semester.