As some of you might know, I'm thinking of entering Grad School, possibly next year or so. I took the TOEFL Test (Test of English as a Foreign Language)- one of the requirements needed - last month and yesterday I recieved my scores: 106 (Being 120 the maximum possible score). I had a "high" performance in the Reading and Listening parts of the test (29 points in both, out of 30), a "fair" perfomance in Speaking (the lowest score: 23 out of 30) and a "good" perfomance in Writing (25 out of 30). They are pretty decent scores for someone who has only taken about three months of basic courses, has never traveled to an English speaking country since she was like 9 or 10, and has never lived abroad. Plus, they are much higher than the minimum scores required for any of the universities of my choice. I owe this score to many things: to my habit of watching TV and movies in English, to the books I read in this language, to the study sesions with my boyfriend and to you. I feel in debt with the readers of this blog, with your patience, your editing, your sugestions about better words to use, your support and your corrections. I have given to you a personal and unique perspective of the daily life inside a Revolution. But you have given me so much more: you have given me the priviledge of knowing a second language. So thanks. Thanks a lot.
(There is no rest)
(There is no rest)
No mam, you are the one in the trenches working hard to make yourself and your country a better place the credit is yours.
ResponderEliminarJulia,
ResponderEliminarI echo Robert's comments. Also, I'd like to apologize for not coming by to both of your blogs on a more regular basis.