session 8-a subject you liked this semester

What subject did you enjoy studying this semester?

Instructions:

• Talk about and describe a subject you have enjoyed studying this semester.
• Explain what you liked about it.
• Describe what you do in class.
• word count 180

Master's experience 

When I did my Master's a couple of years ago, there were subjects that I really liked and others that were just OK. Overall, I feel all my classes contributed to helping me have a better and more critical understanding of teaching and learning.
The first year, there was a subject that I really enjoyed and I began to read more about it. The subject was called Second Language Acquisition and it is known among academics just as SLA. This subject is very interesting and complex as it connects with different areas of knowledge such as linguistics, neuroscience and brain plasticity, a bit sociology and well the list just goes on and on. In simple terms, SLA deals with how people at different stages in their life learn a language and it explains what happens in people's brains as they 'acquire' a second language.
Classes consisted of lectures and also case studies that we analysed either in groups or independently; personally, I preferred working on my own. Our teacher was not only very knowledgeable, but also extremely charismatic and so the class was  a lot of fun as well. I would like to read more about SLA but currently I don't have much time to spare :-(