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Blog post 6 - An evaluation of your blogging experience

In general, I really liked the blogs, writing and reading them. I had always wanted to have one and this subject showed me that it is much easier than what I thought, you just have to propose it. In addition, it was a very good way to meet my classmates and teacher, since we cannot see each other in person due to the pandemic. I feel like my English writing skills improved a lot as I was able to practice writing and also had to learn new words and concepts. In the first blogs it was much more difficult for me to write than in the last ones. Also, the comments to the publications of my classmates helped me to practice giving my opinion in English, which in class I did not dare to do much. I would have liked to have had a blog with a free theme, to write about things that interested me more, or about personal experiences. I feel that sometimes it doesn't have to be all planned, because the work of thinking about something that you would like to convey and then writing it, I think

Blog post 5 - A subject you have enjoyed studying this year

My favorite subject this semester is “research design”. The teacher is Andrea Greibe, who teaches very well and I also like the class dynamics a lot. This subject is about learning to design and develop social research. Classes are generally divided into two blocks. The first is theoretical, where Andrea teaches us the contents. The second block is practical and we carry out the workshops. For this activity we are in assigned groups with which we develop the activities class by class. It is a space for dialogue between students and putting what they have learned into practice. To carry out the workshops we are divided into the zoom group sections (breakout romos) and at the end of the class we all meet again to conclude the session. In general we have seen the following content. We first study what social research is and why it is important in sociology. Then we study about the phases of the research process and also about the main elements of the research design. Finally we focus