My AEP Diary

I had a ESL experience when I went to High School in Canada. The ESL class was a perfect place for me to meet foreign friends because I was new to the environment. Unfortunately, I made too many new friends with similar background as I did and I did not practice my English after class time (I spoke Chinese and Cantonese in class sometimes as well). Then I went to the University, I was frustrated and you get the idea.

In the AEP class, I do not feel like I was in an class with international students. The class was more like how to become a better English writer, reader and speaker. In fact, I appreciated that every students manage to communicate in English even they speak the same language. This gives me a feeling that everyone is looking forward to learn more about English. The content is very specific, mostly related to academic aspect. I do not feel like I have an advantage over others because in these months I learned academic skills, especially in writing, which I was supposed to learn back in Canada. The content of class did not mainly just focus on words. I absorb knowledge of academic skill but at the same time, I learn new words indirectly. This is important because I understand the usage of these new words in different scenario or situation.

The presentation and writing skills are essential because I clearly understand what my future classes are expecting from me. I believe every student has a brilliant idea and concept but the only barrier is the usage of acknowledged expression.

About the blog, I actually enjoy writing food reviews and I like the idea I can write anything on my blog. It gives me a motivation to dig out Austin's restaurants during my free time. In the future, I might do posting once in a while if I found a restaurant that I think it is worth to mention. At the end, I wish everyone could provide me a way to connect with each other, emails or facebook, if you guys do not mind. I believe sometimes people are meant to be meet because of reasons and I valued it. (Just like I can accidentally find a good restaurant)