The Difference Between Study In ELI And China (Wenan WU)

Before I came to Canada, I was studying in China for a long time. I could that there
was a big difference between study in ELT and china. Which one is better, in depend on

you. I have two opinions about it.

First, it is cost. Of cause study in ELI must be more expensive than China; also it has a

better environment. You can use the computer in ELI when ever you need. Students study

in a small group, so teachers can pay more attention in every student.

Scent, you have more pressure in china compare in ELI. You just have 5.5hours class
time and you have 2days for holiday every week. In china, you have 7hours every day

and you just have a day for holiday every for most middle school and high school

students.

They have their different advantages. It is more fun and relaxes study in ELI. It is

difficult study in china, but you will have more motility. Even it is expensive, Whatever;

I like study in ELI than China.

Study at 420W

so far, I have been study at ELI 420W course 3 months, there were a lot of funny things in our class, but the most important thing is that we learned how to writing an essay in English. That is very useful in our life.

At begining of class, teacher teach us what is the different between paragraph and essay. That's let me konw what is the real essay. When I was at China high school I have been written many things in English what I think was essay, but after that class I find that's just a long paragraph. In our class we also talk to each other, change our ideal and make the essay more and more clearness.

Also I want talk sometings about our textbook. This book is very useful book. There are 6 units in the book. You can learn how to writing a good essay. For example in the unit 4 opinion essays we learn which is fact or opinion. When we enter the University, writing essay is a indispensability thing. So we learn it not only for examination but also for our life.

Difficult Decisions To Study English (Yayoi)

I spent almost a year on deciding to study English at the ELI. I was working as a physiotherapist in Japan before I came to Vancouver. I had to decide various things to change my life. Some decisions were easy, but most decisions were difficult for me.

The easiest decision was to decide a study place because some friends who had lived abroad recommended me go to Vancouver. After I visited Vancouver to see the sights last year, I decided to come here. I convinced that Vancouver was the best place for me to live abroad for the first time because it was safe and not busy city and also people were kind.

The most difficult decision was to make my goal clear. At first, my purpose to go abroad was enjoying living abroad as I was a little bit tired from my job and wanted to do another job for a while using working holiday visa; for example, I planed to go to the ESL school, work for a farm and travel around Canada. However, as a result of thinking again and again and talking with people with experience of living overseas, I changed my mind and found another purpose to focus on improving my English skills. I have a dream to take a doctorate in physical therapy overseas in the future. Finally, I made up my mind to study academic English and applied for a student visa for Canada.

The last decision was to choose a school. I decided to go to the ELI promptly for two reasons. The first reason was that my friend recommended me strongly. Most students studying abroad go to private ESL schools downtown, but I think that the ELI has some advantages which they do not have. For example, we can study with a well-balanced curriculum, always talk with English speakers, who are CAs, and relax on UBC campus surrounded by wonderful nature. Another reason was that UBC has the department of physical therapy, which is my major. I wanted to know Canadian education of physical therapy. I have visited the building once, but I have never asked people in the department. I am thinking to visit the department again and ask someone by the end of this session. Unfortunately, I do not continue the next session at the ELI because I have the next purpose. I will change the school which has medical English course and internship course at hospital or rehabilitation centre.

Now, I have a great time, even though it took me a long time to decide my plan. I study hard on weekdays while I hang out with my new friends on weekends. I am satisfied with my new life. I have only three more weeks at the ELI, but I hope my English skills will upgrade as much as possible.

different types of learner (Phoebe Chang)

There are many different types of learner. When we study, we all chose the one that we like. In my opinion, every way about learning is sensational. If we are hard, we can get the good score.
I like to study alone, and I like to take note during the lecture. I always spend lots of time to study at home and deliberate. I think it is homey way for study. To be honest, this is a very slow way to study, it’s hard, but it work so slow.
I have some friends, they told me about their method of study. One boy told me he doesn’t work hard in normal times. Before exam three or four days, he would like to study without sleep. He always gets a good score, but I think this way is not for everyone.
One girl told she doesn’t study after finish class; she just studies hard in the class. After class she usually watches and plays computer games. I think this way is better for study.

A Special Meeting ( Samar)

Everyone has an embarrassing moment in her/his life. Sometimes we need to remind this moment and tell to your children about it. I believe that moment keep you in a fantastic memory. I would like to tell you about my embarrassing moment, I have never forgotten it. On October 10, 2008 a fantastic thing happened to me. I had a wonder moment, the first time I met my future husband. This meeting happened in my family house with my father. When I waited for my father to ask me to see my future husband in guest room, I was nervous. A moment later, I walked to the guest room. I was afraid because this my first time I saw strange men. A moment, I brought apple juice for him; I didn’t give it to him. I drank it, so my father laughed a lot. A moment later, I sat beside my father, and Mohammad couldn’t see me because I tried to cover my face behind my father. After a moment, Mohammad tried to look at me, but I was shy. After that, my father told my future husband to talk with me. He asked me how are you. At this moment, I was shocked because I forgot how to speak. When I tried to speak, I was embarrassed from him. After that, I whispered to my father to leave. After I left the guest room, I felt at easy with him. May be this is my love. After I talked with my mother, she asked me a lot of question. Therefore, I told my mother, I need to relax in my bedroom I thought about Mohammad. I was glad. I want to keep a first moment, I saw him in my heart forever. Did you have embarrassing moment you like to tell us about?

Renewable energy (Risako)

In Vancouver, we have a lot of kinds of weather. Sometimes it is too hot or too cold. It can be watched in all over the world, not only in Vancouver. One of causes of these violent weather changes is global warming. Global warming is the terrible matter for human. For example, temperature is becoming higher and higher, and snow of the mountain top is melting, because of global warming. CO2 is the one of the biggest factors of global warming, and using a lot of energy causes CO2 that can contain heat easily and make global warming to be worse. People have to save the energy and CO2, and try to solve this problem as soon as possible. There are two good solutions of global warming. First is using renewable energy, and second is thinking how to use some energy. These two solutions could improve temperature condition.

Renewable energy is energy that can be taken many times. It has no limitation, and using it doesn’t exhaust so much CO2 compare with using usual energy. Solar energy, wind energy, and water energy are renewable energy. Some country has already started to use this renewable energy, but not so many amounts. In fact, using renewable energy has a few problems. For example setting a solar panel takes a lot of money, and constructing a dam sometimes causes a flood. However, we can improve the way of taking energy from renewable energy in the future to solve these problems. Some scientists have already started to improve the way of taking renewable energy. Human should do it. In addition to this, people have to think not only how to get, but also how to use some energy. Many productions that surround people cannot existence without energy. Most of them made by robots in a factory and robots use a lot of energy. Bringing these products to markets also use gasoline because of truck. Saving products also means saving energy too. People should not waste products even if that is a very tiny thing.

Now, renewable energy is not so major, and many people waste a lot of products because most of them don’t think so deeply about energy when they throw it away. However, in the near future, people notice how serious the global warming problems are and try to change their way of thinking, try to use renewable energy instead of gasoline, fissile and the other not renewable energy. It may become a key to solve the global warming. Human have to do something for earth as soon as possible.

Cheating at school (Haruka)

Have you ever seen someone who cheated during the test? I think they cheat because they want to be looked better. Many elementary school students cheat during their test and this bad habit will create nothing. I will talk in detail about this opinion.

First, when I was in elementary school, I had to study a lot for the entrance examination of private junior high school. Therefore, I went to cram school every day after school when I was in sixth grade of elementary school. In cram school, many of us wanted to go to the same prestigious junior high school. Some of us cheated on the mock exam to be on the list of a high scorer. However, many of them who cheated during mock exams could not go to the prestigious junior high school. Some of my friends and I,which did not cheat in mock exams, could go to that school. I was so surprised at this results because some of the friends who cheated in mock exams are smarter than us. In this experience, I felt that bad behavior will be punished in some way even if it is not seen by anyone.

In conclusion, cheating create nothing. Therefore, parents should teach their children not to cheat using good examples or stories. Children do not stop cheating just say do not do that.