EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 8 2/3

Today's class is kind of boring because we only did presentation in the class, and the topics are associate with each other; For instance, there were two or more topics are relate with recycling,  two topics have connection with pet.  I usually feel run out of my ideas for one presenter; as a result, when other people presented, I had no idea to say and no question to ask.  This is our last presentation, and next week is the time for final test.  I have several different feeling - nervous, happy, sad, and fear.  I nervous because I have strength, but I worry about sudden accidents.  I feel happy because after the test I will go back China, and I will be enrolled by U of A.  I feel sad because I have no idea if I would not pass the test.  I feel fear because I can not face myself.  I don't even know how to manage my emotion.  There always some challenges appear on people's life; however, these challenges finally will be solved, but during the problem-solve-time, people automatically feel self-lose, So the only thing I can do is to hope, and I hope I will have a good result.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 8 1/3

This is the last regular week for my EAP class.  I have already bought airplane ticket to China.  Actually, I am afraid of taking airplane now because the airplane disasters.  I think that is very dangerous.  although there are many professors say airplane is the most safe transportation now, but I still think it is very dangerous because once the disaster happen, the chance for people to survive is very little.  I am not usually take airplane science I have had memory because I usually drive car with my father in China.  Sometime I feel panic because airplane shake while it fly on the sky.  I have no clue how shake affects the safety because I have no experience; as a result, I feel everytime I take airplane it's more nervous than I face test.  I think airplane gives my shadow in my heart.  When I talk to other people about this problem, they also laught because they I think I consider too much.  Some people say the dangerous time for airplanes is when they rise up and when they landing; however, I think the dangerous time is flying when airplane shake.  How can I go back China?  I guess my heart will pass a long journey.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 7 3/3

Long holiday for me is not really can make me relax because it changes my body clock. In holiday I usually weak up at 11:30, and it is totally different from weekdays. In recent days, the weather is extremely good, and I even give up to play basketball in indoor court. I think the summer is going to finish now, so I will no longer enjoy the sun. I don't want to stay at home all the time and face my computer all the time. I want to enjoy outside, the trees, the fresh air, and the blue sky. I went three times to basketball court in 4 days, even if it makes my body feel tired, but I still feel very happy. Especially, after I hurted my muscle, I think sport is more senseful for me because it can promote my determination.  After tomorrow, there will be next weekend which similar with holiday, I should do something which make me ready to face the finil test. Staying at home, and do some homeworks for next week is a good choice because there are only two weeks for the final exam, so next two weeks will be a busy week.  However, after that, I think everything will become better.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 7 2/3

Everyday is too hard to get up.  I don't know why, I go to bed at 11:00 pm. everyday, but I still think it is very hard to weak up.  I have tried to go bed earlier; however, if I go to bed earlier, I can't fall asleep.  I think this is very horrible problem because I think a good sleep symbolizes a good statue in next day.  If I don't have a good sleep, I can't focus on my works next day.  Eveyday is very important for my finally average score, so I must pay attention to everyday's works.  Today teacher teachs us how to use words.  This is the most common mistake which frequently appear on our essay.  Students usually misunderstant the meaning of the word; therefore, students usually use them in the wrong place.  My other teacher said this problem can clearly show people's english skill.  While students' english level move up, this problem will become better, so I am not really worry about that.  Just do my best.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 7 1/3

OMG, when all the people enjoy the pleasure of the Canada Day, I recognize there are lots of homework for this week.  Except regular homework, I also need to do one Essay and correct one Essay; moreover, my presentation is due to this week Thursday.  Practice test is on Wednesday, and that makes me feel hopeless for this week.  This is already week 7, so every test and every work are very important for my final average score.  Actually, I feel kind of nervous.  This is the last chance for me to get into university, and I don't wanna miss this chance.  After I get into university, I think my life is on the regular track, and I think after I get into university, I think I can have big promotion on my English.  Treasuring this chance and do my best job in last 3 weeks.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 6 3/3

This is a good week because I am ready to watch movie on this weekend.  "Monster University" and "World War Z" are very good movie.  I will go to watch them this weekend.  By the way, the time is already get into week 7.  I think there are lots of works still need to be done to improve my average score such as essay draft B and last presentation.  The good thing is teacher gives our some readings to do  which can make our score 5% higher.  This is a very good news for me, and I will do it seriously in order to make my score higher.  The bad thing is this week IA has pretty long video, and I really don't want to watch it.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 6 2/3

Memory is the thing which can truly hurt someone heart.  Today is the day when I break with my previous girlfriend 5 years ago.  I don't know why I still can clearly recollect her appearance and what she had told me.  I have been to Canada for 1 and half years.  Before I came here, I can saw her once a week, so everything no big changes.  Until, I have 1 and half years have not seen her.  Last Saturday, I damaged my leg.  It was very painful.  I set on the ground and could not stand.  The first person I think about is her.  I don't know why, probably she is my first love.  The impression affects my deep heart.  I still need to stay Canada more than 4 years.  I guess when I finish my degree and come back China, you may already got marry with other person, and nobody know I still love you like the initial.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 6 1/3

I think I am a emotional person because I am usually affected by outside events.  Many things can make me happy or sad such as today I ask teacher question.  Sometime teacher's attitude makes me feel she doesn't want to answer my question; for example, today teacher showed us a article then she asked us for opinion; however, after I tell my opinion she didn't say anything then ask other students' opinions directly.  There was no any comment for my opinion.  Actually, I don't care if my opinions are right or wrong but teacher's attitude like nothing was happen.  That makes me feel nothing happen, and I guess this also is the reason why students don't like talk more in the class.  I don't know Canadian culture and Mexican culture, but I know if other people say something and the audiences don't give any respond, this is very impolite in Chinese.  Anyway, I will keep silence in next 3 weeks as quiet as other students.  Only talk at presentation discussion time. 

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 5 3/3

I am really unhappy today because my average lower 6%, and I think this should not happen.  I really confused about how teacher count our score and how engrade measure the average score.  Amber put the score like 0/10.  I don't know which section did she put.  OK, if I just assume it is in writing section which has the highest proportion in average score 10 multiply 30% just around 3 points.  Three points lower my average score 6%?  I think that is impossible.  Even I get 35/50 in my writing I can't improve my average score 6%.  I think that is extreme unfair.  Moreover, the NAA, IA, Bedfore works students put so much on them, and students even can't improve 6% in average score, I don't know how can this 10 points make my average lower 6%, and even it needs to multiply 30%.  Anyway, I am very unhappy today because I don't think it is fair even I know the rules are not only target me. 

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 5 2/3

Time passes so fast, now it is already week five.  I don't feel very good about my class because of my average score.  Average score combines many different tests' grades which have been done in my daily study.  Some of my grades are very low, but some of them are very high.  I think some tests are very hard to get high score, and most of students get 50 percent.  I don't think I am smarter than other students, so I always try my best; however, the results are not as good as my expectations.  In fact, my goal is getting 65 percent for my average score, but now I think this goal still faraway.  The lucky thing is I am not going to give up because I think I can do it.  Even if now it is already week five, I still think I can get around 65 percent in my average score.  After Amber put my Bedford, IA, NAA, scores, I think my score will become around 68 percent, and it will make my final test become easier.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 5 1/3

I don't know why recently I start worry about my university application. The U of A always respond students result so slow, so I don't have any confidence about my application.  They ask me for some documents, but after I send documents to them, the result I usually need to wait for around 2 months.  However, after 2 months they usually give me some more items to do then I need to spend two more months again.  That is a big problem for me because of the time limitation.  On my schedule, the time when I pass this course is around end of July.  I need to prepare my luggage or something may also cost few days; therefore, when I arrive Edmonton, the time probably already August.  After I arrive Edmonton, I think I have lots of things to do such as getting familiar with that environment.  Anyway, the rasks are hard for me, and the time is the most important issue. 

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 4 3/3

I feel so tired during this week.  Presentation, essay, IA, NAA, blog and blog discussion are too much to finish.  Especially for essay, I usually want to do my best, so I always review it again and again.  I really hope someday I can get 35/50 in my home-take essay because it can tell me I have promotion from last term until now.  Today is a busy day, I have IA to do and two paragraphs of my essay.  I don't understand why this term the died line for our essay is on Monday morning.  Time is very hurry and too short to finish it.  If Amber could give us longer time, students would give her better works.  Anyway, I have never had a day like today's busy.  Monday I finished my NAA. Tuesday I worked on my Bedford works, Wednesday I did my blog and prepared Presentation.  I don't think I have rest time in last 3 days.  I guess I don't have faults because the works are too much; however, large amount of homework force me to progress.  I willing to do that.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 4 2/3

I got my first essay grade today which is 10 points higher than last term first essay; however, I don't think this is my skill.  As I know, there are many people got 30/50, and one person got 35/50.  Actually, I am very surprise because I have never seen someone get 35/50 in first essay even last term.  I guess this is the distance between me and him.  After school I borrowed his essay to take home because I want to know what are advantages in his essay and what I can use to help me improve.  This week I need to finish my essay 3 (A), so I may use something which I studied from his essay.  As for this week's essay, I started it very early because I want to have more time to do it.  From Monday to Friday just five days, but the suggest which my tutor gave me is at least 6 days to prepare a essay.  Using 2 days to think about this topic, two days to write, two days to review it before hand to teacher.  The time is very hurry this week; morever, I also have a presentation in this week.  This is a buys week for me, but I hope I can pass this week with a good statue.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 4 1/3

A new week start today, but it is already week 4, and that means the time for this term has already passed half.  I have studied very hard in last 4 weeks because I know I can't fail this time.  Actually I know the results are caused by myself.  If I studied very hard in last term, I would pass this course in last term.  I didn't have a good attendance and attitude, so of course I didn't get a good score.  However, this term is totally different because I want to work hard to prove myself and to treasure the last chance to be enrolled into University of Alberta.  When I was in China, I was not really care about my English grade because I was very good at sciences.   My sciences' scores usually can make up the lack I have in English grade; thus, my total grade still very good, but now I realise how English important to me.  Everything is English in university, if I don't know the meaning, I can't solve any problem.  Probably the problems I am very familiar with in my mother language, but if I can't understand it in English, I still can't solve it.  Sometime, it is possible to connect my previous knowledge to solve problems, but if I can't use English to express what is my idea, all the knowledge I grasp are useless.  Keeping work hard and trying my best, I will have a good result. 

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 3 3/3

I really don't know why I just got 29/50 in my presentation.  I prepared long time for this presentation, but the result is not what I want.  I looked at Amber's comments, I think the most important part is I didn't tell audiences where is this source comes from.  But I don't think this problem can cause teacher just give me the score like that.  I think I have many emotion about this presentation, so I really care my score this time because I have practice many times at home.  In fact, I am the presenter; therefore, I can't exactly know what are audiences feeling.  Most likely, the recommendations which teacher gave me I think it's specific for somethings I lack.  I don't want to complain about anything because the score had already been given.  The only thing I can do is to summarize where I did not good and ignore something bad in next presentation.  I hope I can do better next time.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 3 2/3

Life is always difficult because problems frequently appear on people's life; however, people also become mature after they challenge these problems.  Sometime, I think I am already become insensitive because I can't be touched by outside events.  When I see a tragedy, I can't feel how sad it is.  When I see other people get success, I don't know how it can encourage me.  When I see someone fail in something, I can't get experience from their story.  Everyday passes too fast to follow its step.  I always don't have a good preparation to welcome a new day's coming; for example, I know I really need to pass EAP 145, but I don't know after I pass it what I am going to do later.  Probably, the most convinced excuse for me is to get a good job.  Be more specific, that is high-pay job.  That is what my parents want.  I don't desire  I will become rich, and I don't mind live in poor forever.  Just give me the girl I love, just give me an ability which can support my basic life.  Troubles always appear on people's life, even if rich people, how do people know they have less troubles.  Any level of life is respectable, so I prefer easier one. 

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 3 1/3

I think I am lucky because I have a very good attitude for me works in this term.  I don't know why I can feel fun when I discuss with other classmates; especially, when I get a result or figure out a new point, this kind of happiness I have never got from other things.  I have been lived with Chinese roommates for half year, and that makes my spoken English become very suck.  Obviously, doing team works is a good chance to practice.  I guess I will get more happy in my later class works due to my perfect status.  Time usually pass very fast when people don't aware.  Now, it's already third week.  I don't think I have many promotions than last term because my average score still under 70% percent.  Lots of heavy works are waiting for me to finish; luckily, I can deal them with a good attitude.  A famous soccer tutor who taught Chinese soccer team before said that "attitude can decide anything".  I hope this good attitude can accompany with me until the end of this semester or even my entire universtiy life.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 2 3/3

This is the last weekend for May, looking back to what I did for this month .I felt I did a lot of useful things in May. The most useful things I did in this month was l found a new homestay for myself . I have lived near Metrotown for about half year. Recently ,I decided to change where I am live .However ,it is not easy to find a apartment that can provide meals .The reason for the situation is because many students are finding place to live. I felt confused which one I will chose.I do not want to worry about what should I eat for lunch and dinner. So I made a decision for myself to live in a homestay. Even if I will feel not into the roommate in the first few days .I think I will get used to the surroundings and my roommate as soon as possible.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 2 2/3

Until now, I can feel any thing interesting in this week.  Today, we did our timed essay and surprisely I didn't finished it.   Unlike other time, this time I even didn't finish the second point of my third paragraph.  That means I lack of one support which I think can drop my entire score 25% percent.  Time is not like that short, I think it is enough for me, but the major problem is even the essay topic is very easy, I still can't save my time.  If the essay is easy, I frequently erase what I wrote before and fix it over and over again.  Because it is a easy topic for me, I really want to make my work perfect.  That's the reason why time usually not enough for me.  I don't know how to solve this problem actually.  Another problem is the sources are quite difficult to find a specific example to support my ideas.  There are lots of things we can citate for our paragraphs, but all of them are some people's said something, not a specific example.  I wonder a good specific example can strongly convince the audiences.  Anyway, the major problem still is finishing my entire essay.  Working on it and make everytime become better.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 2 1/3

Some people can hire other people to look after their expensive car while they eat at very high-level restaurant.  Some people just can find food and drink from trashes.  This is the life in Vancouver.  I am touched today because I saw a old personal search food and drinks from trashes on the street just for getting a little dirty food.  I don't know what can I say about this.  It's very different from China.  Even if Chinese welfare is not as good as Canada, I have not seen someone find food in trashes.  That's the reason why I have never felt sad when I saw these people.  I just assume they are lie to people because they want people to give them money.  In Canada, they find food from trashes, and they eat the food they find.  I don't want to say how dirty these food are because they also don't want to eat these food, but they have no choice; otherwise, they will die from hunger.  Initially, they also have friends, family, relatives, even lovers.  The external events destroy their life drap them in this difficult situation.  I hope the society to give them more attention.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 1 3/3

The first week of EAP course usually very busy because students need to finish five days works in four days; moreover, students also need to adapt at EAP schedule.  Today I work at school until 18:50.  Am I hard?  I have a good mood while I study in here.  Actually, my roommates are very noising, and I can't study at home after I finish morning class.  Luckily, I am going to change my resident at end of this month.  Only two months left for me, so it is very difficult to rent a apartment in that short time.  I chose a homestay to live because I have been living with Chinese roommates for half year.  I guess it is very delay my English speaking skill, So I made a good change.  Next two months is very important for me.  The reason is this is the last two months for me to work on my English; otherwise, I can't be enrolled by university.  Striving to reach my goal, and the god usually treat people who work hard with a good luck.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 1 2/3

I feel very happy today because my work is admitted by Amber.  I guess this is the first time she say "good job" to me.  In the last term, almost every work I had done that included several mistakes.  I also discovered a weakness in my essay writing that is skimming resources.  I have a very low speed when I skim the articles; therefore, I usually finish my supporting ideas slower than others.  I wonder the reason of that is my vocabulary quantity is kind of poor.  I can't comprehend the sentences as faster as other students, and that causes me have a low speed on skimming articles.  I think this is a serious problem because it also affects me when I doing my test.  I may also have a low speed on skimming readings.  Getting the main ideas slower and getting the details slower that can lead to no time for me to finish all the reading questions; therefore, the major strategy for me to promote myself still in vocabulary section.  Saving common vocabulary which frequently appear in reading is a huge project, and it needs to continuously work on it.  I hope the future will be better.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 1 1/3

A new semester start today but for me this is a high-pressure term because if I could not pass EAP 145 this time, I wouldn't start my university life in this year September.  The first day for me is kind of boring; the reason of that is I have done the same once.  Summarizing the problems which I had in last term, the biggest problems is I didn't give my full attention to this course.  I wonder this is the major problem which caused my fail.  Because I am not payed my full attention to this course; naturally, I did my works badly; however, even if I didn't pay all my attention to this course, I still get 58% of my total score.  This shows me I have enough strength to pass this course but need focus more on my works.  The next two months must be very tired, but I am older than other students.  This year September is my last chance.  I don't all of my classmates are two years old younger than me because that will make me worry about my future.