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This week, Manuel, an FCE Preparation student from Chile, writes about his work as a sound engineer and his study technique of recording important information and then listening to it as he walks home

In Chile I studied to be a sound engineer and after finish studying I have worked for 10 years as a Sound Engineer in a television channel called Chilevision. I have also completed a business course.

As a sound engineer, I worked in audio post-production. This position involves putting sound effects and music to movies, soap operas, entertainment programs and a lot more.

My first reason for coming to Australia was to study English but the second one, and no less important, was travelling because I love doing it, meeting people and learning about other cultures. My reason for improving my English is a personal goal that always I have wanted to achieve and it's possible to get a better job in my country if I have a better English level.

I chose to study the FCE course after being counselled by Roxy who told me that it could be the faster way to improve and now I think that she was right. I certainly know that I need to continue studying but FCE is a good opportunity to learn a lot in a short time period. I need to say that Kerry is a great teacher and I appreciate having her as a teacher.

My reason for making the recording was mainly because I find it very difficult read something and learn it by memory, so I decided to make a recording to study on the way home. I walk about one hour every day. It’s impossible to walk and read so I thought why not walk and listen too? It's not something magical but if you're focused on learning, it really works!

I have made the recording using my portable audio equipment. The software is called ProTools. Nowadays, this software is used in every professional recording studio in USA and I have used it at least for 6 years.

In the future I would like to travel to Asia and to have some deserved holidays.

Manuel