Blog 4: Post-Graduate Studies

Hi everyone,

Hope all is well. Today we are going to talk about postgraduate studies :)


Well, in my case, I already have done a postgraduate studies. I studied Latin American Literature and finished in from 2010 to 2014 at Eckerd College in the State of Florida.

In 2015, I took a postgraduate course called CELTA - (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) so I could become an English Teacher. I studied in the British-Chilean Institute of Culture in Santa Lucía. I studied part-time: I worked in the University of Diego Portales during the day and studied at night.

I'm happy that I did the course and I learned a lot in such a short period since the course was an intensive course that lasted from March to June.

Sometimes I consider taking a Master's course, something in Caribbean Literature since I really love that type of literature. I'm sure many of you realized since I use a lot of Caribbean Literature in our classes.

But then I think about it and I don't think is necessary to take the course because I can always study literature in my free time. In any case, I think I learn more in "the practice" when I use literature in my English classes so students learn how to read well in English.

My favorite writers from the Caribbean are Merle Collins, Christian Campbell, Jamaica Kincaid, Junot Díaz and Edwidge Danticat. Díaz and Danticat I particularly like  because I can relate to them since they were both born in Latin American, but lived all their life in the United States just like me. I think that they are good writers and are committed to the people's struggle. I also like that they are both very anti-imperialist. We have used some of these writes such as Jamaica Kincaid, Christian Campbell, and Edwidge Danticat in class!

I hope you enjoyed reading :)







-Have you ever considered studying in a Master’s Program?
-What would you like to study once you finish your current career? 
-What subjects would you like to study?
-Would you like to study outside of Chile? Why/Why Not?
- How you would like to study? (online, face to face classes, etc)
- Mention any other relevant ideas


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  1. Daniela Toledo14 de octubre de 2021, 16:25

    Hi professor, I find the studies you have carried out very interesting, I can see how much you like Caribbean Literature, personally I still haven't defined what kind of literature I like the most.

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  2. Angela Moreno14 de octubre de 2021, 19:58

    hello teacher, how great the interest in literature.

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  3. Gustavo Valenzuela15 de octubre de 2021, 10:35

    Hello teacher, the amount of studies you have is incredible.
    Studying Caribbean literature would be very interesting, especially because for me it is a very unknown field

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  4. Catalina Madariaga15 de octubre de 2021, 14:15

    Hello teacher, his blog is very inspiring and Caribbean literature is fascinating!

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  5. simon cousiño16 de octubre de 2021, 8:29

    hi teacher, the Caribbean literature must be very interesting, a some day I would like to read about it

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  6. Catalina Valdés Blanchemin16 de octubre de 2021, 20:01

    Hello!
    The post-graduate studies you have done are very cool! I hope you could take a Master's course about Caribbean literature as you wish :) it sounds very interesting

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  7. Liss Rojas17 de octubre de 2021, 14:11

    hi! the of edwidge sentence is so great

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  8. Natalia Vargas17 de octubre de 2021, 14:53

    Hi teacher! your studies are impressive and congratulations for the postgraduate course, I imagine that working part time and studying was difficult

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  9. Valentina Soto17 de octubre de 2021, 16:07

    Hi! very interesting the Caribbean literature, I never heard it!

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  10. Gloria Tapia Contreras17 de octubre de 2021, 16:20

    Hi! Your postgraduate studies sound interesting!
    As you said, I have noticed you love Caribbean Literature hahaha. The stories and poems that we use for classes are great and I like them so much. They have a critical tone and a lot of history behind them.

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  11. Claudio Calabrán17 de octubre de 2021, 19:17

    Caribbean literature is very interesting. I have a friend who is majoring in French Caribbean literature, concentrating on Haiti. Caribbean literature has a lot of density and humility.

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  12. Alyson Berrios17 de octubre de 2021, 19:59

    hi! i think literature is so interesting!

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  13. Daniela Bahamondes17 de octubre de 2021, 20:21

    very interesting! What are your favorite books of Caribbean literature?

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  14. David Guerrero18 de octubre de 2021, 14:31

    The topic is very interesting. I hope to read Christian Campbell and other authors

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  15. Matias P.18 de octubre de 2021, 20:22

    Hello teacher, very interesting post!

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  16. Pablo Eguía19 de octubre de 2021, 16:40

    wow! you have studied a lot! bravo

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  17. fran aceval23 de octubre de 2021, 12:02

    Hi teacher! Everything you have studied is impressive, the important thing is that you like it

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  18. Kevin Utrera Bastías24 de octubre de 2021, 18:15

    hello professor! nice blog! i love Caribbean Literature too!

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  19. Thomas Arenas Navarro7 de noviembre de 2021, 19:00

    Hello teacher!
    Very interesting blog, I learned some new things!

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