I’m very happy because I just finished my English course called The World of Literature in English. It began 11 weeks ago, and after one oral presentation, two essays and additional activities, I had the chance to improve mi level of English that was in a terrible shape though, but I know I need to work even more to express myself properly. My participation in this course was possible thanks to Heather Minford, my professor and friend since 2002.
Heather gave me the equivalent of a tennis wildcard, because she allowed me to enter her class as a listener. I have to admit I was a little bit nervous at the beginning because of my English, but with a lot of dedication I could improve the course, one of the best English courses by the way. This was not a typical English course because all the communication was in English and we did not have a class book and a work book. What we did have was a lot of lectures in English and all the information we could obtain on the Internet or in a Library with books written in English.
The subject was divided into five parts: The Caribbean, Africa, India, Canada and Ireland. I had the opportunity to know a little more about those regions like their culture, their history, etc. My favorite one was India, because it concerns the independence and partition of the former British Indian Empire in 1947, we learned something about Gandhi’s political life and also something about the migration movements of Muslims from India towards Pakistan and Hindus in the opposite direction.
Gustavo.
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