The Missable EAP 3

First of all, Let me tell you guys something. Did you guys still remember Slava announced there would be a party in Den last Thursday? I came to MacHall at that day, and I saw some EAP 3 students such as Fan, Lisa, Slava, etc. Slava was wearing formal cloth, and it seemed like he was going to a high school prom. However, there was a Den staff checking ID by the entrance, and Slava could not enter because of his age. Oh, man. He was really freaking out, and tried to persuade me help him get in Den. He told me that I could get in and open the door at the second floor, but I saw there is another Den staff standing by that door. So, I told him I couldn't open the door because there was another staff by it. He was really pissed off because I said he was a looser. :) just kidding.

The funny story just began. I met Yun and Martin at the cafeteria in Machall. Yun went to Den to see if there was any friend of her, but she said she could not find any one when she came back. Therefore, we talked about what we were gonna do for tonight. Yun suggested we should go buy some drink, and go to one of us house to celebrate GOOD FRIDAY. Martin thought about it for a little bit, and he said you guys could go to his house. All of us agreed with Martin, and we went to a Drink shop to buy some beer. Before Yun bought beer, she ask everyone how many bottles he or she could drink. I remembered slave said he only could drink one bottle. Guess what! Eventually, he had two bottles of beer at that night. Oh! he was such a big fat lier. Just Made fun with him. Don't be Mad, Slave, just kidding. we hanged out so late at that night, it was great though. we talked about everything we could, such as music, movie, personal goals, etc. I had a great time. Thanks, guys. EAP 3 is MISSABLE.

ToEfL, have you taken it Yet?

Oh,God! I am gonna tell you something, ToEfl is the hardest English test i ever have had in my entire life. I just took it in this morning, and I felt EAP 3 was much easier after I finished the test. Now, I am glad about I am taking EAP courses, and I am in the final level. Thank god! However, I am still thinking about the difference between EAP program and ToEfl, and which one can really test our abilities for universities' level. To tell the truth, reading section in ToEfl is extremely hard, much harder than the tests or exams we've done in EAP 3. Listening sections in both are pretty much the same. Speaking is harder than EAP 3, especially reading a passage first, then listening to a lecture and compare what you read with what you listened. Another hard is summarize the lecture and use the information from the lecture to explain a question. Summarizing lectures is a very crucial skill for surviving at universities. Using and Explaining is another important skill for doing academic presentations. For writing section, I think EAP 3 is a little harder, but ToEfl has a very interesting writing task. In the task, You read a article first, and then listen to a lecture which is based on the same topic as the article. After that, you have to use information from the article and lecture to answer a question, writing about 200 words. It also tests listening skill......ToEfl is just a test, and EAP Program provides courses which helps students prepare for universities. Students who pass ToEfl may not survive at U of C, that is why Murray said ToEfl is garbage, but Can students who pass EAP 3 survive in regular courses? I am concerned about it NOW. Anyway, I felt I do have a lot of work to do after I took ToEfl. It makes me work hard. go to classes every day, be on time, do homework, and KEEP BLOGGING :) cheers.

New schedule and summer plan

We started the new schedule yesterday, and it was my first time to be in Ilana's grammar class. I know we need to give the new schedule some more time to see how it works, but I have some my own opinion. First, there is no doubt that Ilana is very good at English, especially at grammar. Second, she was serious in the class, which showed she quite cared about her job. However, is she good at teaching or teaching English? I felt she was not as enthusastic as Scott, and I think she not felt happy teaching English and just took teaching EAP3 as a job. I know English is her second language, and she is good at it. That may be why she liked to show how good her English is. When Jen asked her questions, probably Jen said not clearly and she always said "what" instead of "sorry" or "pardon me". Oh, man. A good teacher is tring to help his or her students, not telling them that they are looser. Gotta be patient, I felt like she just did what she gotta do, and that's it. All of above is my own opinion.
Anyway, life goes on. I have thought about my summer plan already! That's quite exciting to think about it. we will finish EAP 3 program in April 12th, I guess. Well, anyway, I never remmeber the date. We will have a very long break, about more than 4 months. Is that amazing you could almost do whatever you want. For me, I still need to work on my English, and I try to make it better in order to survive my Bachelor degree studying. I am thinking about taking some spring cources such Math, Chemistry, etc. Perhaps, I just sleep for a month. for the next month, I wanna turn in full-time and try to get more hours from where I am working right now. You know why, because I want to go back to China. Oh, yep, to achieve that goal, hOhO, I need to make some money. I miss the food in China so much, and I miss my friends so much. At the time I am in China, I probably go to Thailand. it sounds good. take care guys.

Wow! workig.

Hi, guys, wat's up? I have not blogged for 3 weeks because I am lazy. Yes, I know it. Anyway, I just realized I needed to catch up blogging. First of all, congratulations to all the EAP3 students who survived the mid-term exams. I can't believed only half of this semester to go, and I can't wait finishing this semester. Also, I want to thanks EAP3 teachers who demonstrated valuable and useful lessons.
This week we finished chapter 7, working. I learned some very useful grammar, reported speech, embedded questions, statements, etc. reported speech can be used in essays when I want to use other people's speeches instead of quoting. Embedded questions can be implied in conversations in university level, and it makes speeches more polite. I learned about how to deal with job interviews in Listening/Speaking lessons. I think Listening/Speaking lessons for this week are more practical than before, and it is very valuable and helpful for us to find jobs in Canada in the future because we can understand some Canadian culture about job interview and have knowledge about how to prepare job interview. To avoid cultural misunderstanding, we can have more chance to succeed in job interview and working. For Reading class, I just don't want to take about it....... about 45 students class size, if I were the teacher, I would have not clue abut how to teach.

I want to talk about work. since I came to Canada, I have asked myself why I am here many times. Personally, I want to learn English because it is extremely dam important now. Well, the second reason is I like traveling, I need to know English for communication. The main reason I came here is having abilities to find a good job. The universities in North American have very high quality of education system, and they have very good reputation in the world. There are more opportunities in Canada and United States than in China. However, I still have no idea what I want to learn. First of all, I had one and half year university experience in China, and my major was computer science. I pretty much like it but it really takes time and energy to write application programs, websites, etc. Therefore, I probably not choose it again. Anyway, I like math, biology, chemistry, physics which are logical to me. if you like those stuff, what can you do? to be a engineer. Yes, I really want to try engineering, and Calgary is a engineering city, especially civil and chemistry engineering. Engineers can make a lot of money(honestly, money is one of my concerns). Business, I kind of like it, but not too much. well, my parents like me to take business, international business. since China has been the biggest market in the world, many and many companies have required people who know Chinese. If you can know Chinese and English in proficiency level, you will be really hot plus your business degree. Chinese is the biggest population language, and English is the most widely used language. Well, it is really really hard not to be hot if you know both languages. Well, before doing those, I still need to pass EAP3, and I can really think about what I like to do in the rest of my life during the semester. Hopeful, I can have a little clue.