Video lesson: Encounters in the UK
We'll watch a 17-minute video twice and answer questions about the studying of English by four foreigners in the UK. If you'd like to view the video, it can be found here: https://www.englishclub.com/esl-videos/index.htm . Click on "The Learning English Video Project". There are 7 videos in this series and the video on the UK is the first one on the new page. If you can't open the lesson worksheet here, you can click on "classroom material" at the bottom of the video page.
P.S. 1. Cai Huibin, if Long Yuan is not reading here before Monday afternoon, would you please ask him to bring us his computer again? Thank you. If I don't forget, I will remind him too. :)
P.S. 2. You don't have to watch the video if you don't feel like it; we'll watch it twice in class anyway. As long as you comment on the worksheet (there are even questions that you can answer in your comment if you don't know what to write).
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The School of Cambridge is a foreign school.It is lied in the UK.As for us,it is a wonderful place to study.And there are a lot of students spare no efforts to enter the famous school.In order to achieve their dream they will not regret to spend plenty of time to study.I also have a dream which is that i want to further my study at aboard.But hold the applause.Going aboard need a lot of courage.Such as, we need to get over the difficult conditions.Maybe if we want to go aboard we need think back and forth.More to the point,we should consider it seriously.Hoping we can achieve our dreams.
Well Helen, I'm not going to hold back my applause for you as such a big dream deserves applause already! Walt Disney (have you heard of him - the 'father' of Disneyland) once said: "If you can DREAM it, you can do it"! And Mike Horn (South African adventurer) said: "A life without challenges, is no life. If your DREAMS do not scare you, Then they aren't big enough"!
So, don't be scared to follow your dream! You appear to me as a little girl with lots of courage (really!). I believe you can do it! Now you must just start to believe in yourself! I think the biggest challenge for Chinese students to study abroad, is not lack of courage or motivation; I think it is finances as it is a very expensive exercise. So, let's trust that somehow you can meet that challenge ...!
And a last motivation to you to plan your life and not allow others to derail you: Heyneke Meyer (highly successful coach of the South African national rugby football team) once said: "If you don't have a plan for your life, somebody else will make a plan with your life. DREAM big, because big dreams stir a person's blood"! ;-)
Thank you for a very good comment, Li Yaze. These were your own words and your own thoughts and it is clear that you understand the essence of this lesson very well. Thank you for putting such an effort. Students like you make teachers proud! I think many Chinese students have the desire to break out of the current education system that is like prison to them and be exposed to other education systems that grant them freedom to choose how they will plan and live their lives. But the reality is unfortunately that most students can't do that because of only one major stumbling block - finances (as it is a very costly affair only few parents can afford). So, I hope with you that you may get such a chance in your life before you get past that stage to study. Such an experience would not only enhance your English skills and help you to master the language, but it'll make a student very mature quickly. And then there is the bonus of getting another family that care for you and get to love you. A great experience, as you have seen now from those four students. :)
It looks like you know very well what today's lesson will be about, Song Guangxia. I hope you can practice your language sufficiently today to make the lesson meaningful to you. Maybe it can enhance your vision for English!
Got it!I am going to review the videoes now!
Luo Yuanyuan, you are welcome if you have the time to watch the video. However, we'll watch it twice tomorrow in class. As long as you read the worksheet and comment on that, I am okay with that. But, of course, if you feel like watching the video, I have no objection to that! Just remember to return to comment! ;-)
And from the video ,I also learn that the Cambridge is a peaceful city and the people there are really lovely,and the host families are really kind to the four girls,they help the girls to practice their English and make them feel like at home.I learn some good advise about learning English abroad ,too.The first is dont be too shy,just communicate with native speakers,and dont afraid of making mistakes.The second is dont bring your own culture and other things when you learn English in other country,and it is good for you to learn English well
Thank you for a very good comment, Amy. Why do you give me such a good comment?! You make the teacher's heart beat warmly! I will hope together with you that one day you may get this opportunity as it will mean so much in your life as a student. And you will become mature much quicker than staying in your home country all the time. I wish I can send every Chinese student abroad for studies and get some life experience which they would never get here. But, of course it is an expensive exercise and currently only the rich families can afford to send their children abroad.
I've never been to Europe, but it is my greatest dream to go there one day before my life ends here! And I would like to see England and Cambridge too! The European cultures are also old cultures and I read and heard that it is wonderful to experience that. I am glad that you have already gotten some good advice from the video! Those two issues you have listed are quite important if one wants to adapt easier and make a success of a homestay. Well done! :)
Thank you for the comment, Hui Ying. But are you sure you watched the video?! In the video I have about this lesson, the girls stay in different homes ...! And they havr interviews with more than one homestay parent. Eventually they would adapt to the new life - if they want to. Some students never adapt as they don't really want to change their own habits while in the foreign country; it's then their choice. But if they are open to change, they will make life much more pleasant to themselves.
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