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.