Saturday, December 6, 2008

520R Journal #5 Ji Min

Good-bye ELI

As I become familiar with Vancouver rain, the time I leave ELI is coming. I’m glad to finish this session, but I’m unwilling to apart from my friends. I met great teachers in ELI. They are passionate to teach students. Also, all students study hard. Especially, my reading class was one of the best classes.
Honestly, I think my reading class was the toughest class. It started at 8:30, and I had to leave my house to take a bus at 6:30. Also, I’ve never expected lots of homework. I considered Studying in ELI was to experience other culture, so my metal attitude was different from many of students who want to attend UBC at the beginning of this session. I didn’t study hard. However, as time passes by, I’ve realized my mind was wrong. Other hard-studying students encouraged me a lot.
I think most helpful work for me is summarizing and paraphrasing. I’ve learned English reading to take a language certification test. I usually focus on answering question, not grasping the meaning. These activities help to understand the text as a whole, and convert the author’s ideas to my own thoughts.
I thank Eilidh. I learned a lot of things. She is really hard-working teacher. She might be more tired than me because she took responsibility not only for me, but also other students. When I had my homework corrected, I was impressed because I felt her efforts to give me advice.
After a month, I’ll be attending a new school in England. I’m worried about my new life and study. However, I’m sure that many things that I learned in ELI will be very useful to me.

3 comments:

Cha-cha (Chao Wang) said...

It is so bad that you will leave the ELI. This means I can never see you and you beautiful smile.

I am sure you learn a lot in ELI and 520 reading class. I know you are a good student, although you said you were not working hard. I really wish you have a brilliant future and English you studied will help you for sure. Good luck.

Eilidh said...

Thank you for your last journal and for your kind comments. It is true that students are often glad at the end of a long and tiring session, but also the realization sets in that it is also the time to say goodbye to friends we have met here, some of whom we may neveer see again, and that makes the end of session a bittersweet thing. I am sure that you are excited about leaving for England, and a new culture, new teachers, new friends, and a completely new environment. I am sure that you are a bit nervous as well, but being nervous reminds us that we are alive, and that we are about to take on a new challenge which will bring us lots of new experiences. I am sure that it will be a great experience for you. Don't forget that you can stay in touch with your ELI friends by using your blog!

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