Finally we got our test result to place us in different levels of ESL classes which consists of reading, writing, grammar and communication class. I was placed in the highest level of all classes together with Munira from India and Bongadi from South Africa. They both use english as their second language, they do speak and understand English very well. As an Indonesian, I don't use english as my second language as I have the javanese and indonesia as my first and second language, then comes the english. My english was getting worse when I started to study Spanish, I kept mixing English and Spanish everytime I spoke. So, being placed in the highest level was a surprising thing for me though, I haven't use english as much as other students do.
All teachers are really nice, only my grammar teacher gave a different look to all new students that joined her class, she kept telling us that her class was the most advanced gramar class in the ESL, she was afraid we couldn't catch up with the material. Wow, were we just being underestimated by her?? just because I'm from Asia I don't know english, really? Man, I have been studying english for more than 10 years, I took english courses for quite a long time and I use english in my office.
However, I hope that she doesn't really mean what she has just said.
Here are the fun part, check out our campus style! You know we are scholarships with style :D
Being smart and fashionable are very important!
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| Marie Paule Style |
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| Tari's style |
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| Me |
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What is unfortunate is we only have ESL classes for two weeks, the class will end on 26th July which is next friday. Anyway it is good for getting use to the english language. I'm really looking forward to improve my english before I start my program.
We are lucky to have ESL classes at the Ocean Campus (main campus) because the view from here is very nice, actually San Francisco landscape is really stunning!
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| Nice view from our campus |
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| Oriana, Me and Munira |
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| Roslina, Milka, Oriana, Me, Munira and Tari |
I haven't got any chance to get to know the city, I would love to, probably I will try to get around this weekend. I'm really looking forward to it. Last weekend and these couple of days are about settle down with school, home, new life etc. Hope everything will be just fine :)
Summer school is a great way to finish your degree or diploma much faster than normal. I had to take classes in order to get my GED and ended up enrolling in an online summer high school program that expedited the process. The online portion makes things so easy and convenient. I'm now looking into online college programs!
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