Introduction

BRIEF PERSONAL INTRODUCTION AND LEARNING EXPECTATIONS

Hello, my full name is Yuly Marcela Upegui Torres (I don´t like Yuly, so you can call me just Marcela). I was born in Medellín 25 years ago, a november 15. 

At present, I´m living in Laureles with a friend and with my kitten Scherezada and working at the Culture department of Comfenalco. About my academic life, let me tell you a little summary:

Once I finished the secondary school, I studied filmmaking. Being there I knew photography and felt in love with it. I made 4 levels of analogous photography and then 2 semesters of video edition and digital photography at CESDE Institute, there I won a scholarship to study fashion photography in another Academy.

Working as a photographer in a Centro Colombo Americano´s event, I heard about the Work-study program it has. I made sixteen English levels and worked at the video library for paying the courses, this was the last thing I studied before starting the degree in English and Spanish at UPB, and now, I´m in the fourth semester.

My learning expectation are very clear, I want to finish my degree and then continue working in culture projects and combine them with educational process. Also, I want to do a master in teaching Spanish for foreigners, but always using art expressions for it.

MY CONCEPTION ABOUT READING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE

For me, nothing is better than reading a story in a foreign language, specifically in English. I remember that the first tale I read in this language was The Black Cat, written by Edgar Allan Poe. The moment I started reading it I felt in love with English. It was difficult because I had to read it many times for understanding it, but every time was better because every time I learned new words. Also I think that one of the magic things of reading in a foreign language is that you know better the author, because in the translation you are knowing the translator. But the better thing is that while you read, you know better the culture to that language belongs.