Wednesday, November 29, 2006


Paragraph about Professor Sarah Walsh`s visit to my class
Renzo Zambrano
Conversational Strategies
Section 851




I was pretty excited when Professor Luisa Cristina told to us that we were going to have a guest speaker in our class and I got even more excited when I found out that it was the new Professor Sarah Walsh, who is native, originally from the Unites States of America. I like when this kinda of strategies happen because it is good for an English student to listen to any professor talking about the Process of Teaching and Learning a Second Language and it is also good to get to listen the accent of any native speaker who is invited to our classes. When the day of the Professor Sarah came, I was pretty excited because I love sharing with foreign people and besides I was going to learn certain tips about the Process of Teaching and Learning a Second Language. When Professor Sarah started to talk, I could understand every word she said perfectly and what she said about the language was amazing. One thing that she said was that we english students who are i the process of learning a new language, we shouldn`t worried about our latin accent because it is something that is going to recognize us and that we should be proud of it. Also she said that we should try the best and take advantage of any strategy to learn English such as reading books, speaking with a native speaker, listening to music in English. She also said something that I could study before in one of my essays that it is published on my blog, which is the opportunity that people who are in the process in learning a new language is going to the country where that particular langauage is spoken, so, the process will be easier and faster, but you have to adapt to the culture of that country. Professor Sarah invited us to continue giving our best and never give up, she said that it is a long process but it is very successful at the end. I want to congratulate both Professor, Luisa Cristina Alavarez and Sarah Walsh. Professor Luisa Cristina, Thank you so much for having such a good idea of inviting a native speaker to the class and I hope that it is not the last time we are having a native speaker in class. Professor Sarah Walsh, Thanks a lot for being so nice and your cooperation with us and giving great tips to each one of us, I really appreciate it from the bottom of my heart!!. Thanks!!