BLC ePALS Conference Interviews

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I have just re-watched the interview by Kevin on Quicktime and I must thank Candy on behalf of all my students who were involved in the web-based learning activities.
To understand how my students had enjoyed e-learning, allow me now to post some of my students' posts on the forum or some of their emails over the past years:
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Topic: School Time
Subject: E--Class?, China
From: 赵书霞

Posted: June 28, 2006 at 20:30:08

Hi everyone,

I am Cherry. I come from China. I am an English major student in University. Now, I want to tell you that we have a kind of extremely interesting course, E--Class (electronic Class) but, just in this semester. From this course I found I could access information from all over the world. At the same time, my teacher teaches me how to talk with different people online. And I think the first important thing is that I make a lot of progress on my English study from E--Class!

I know maybe the students from different countries also have E--class. So do you? Do you enjoy E--Class?
1.Subject: Re:E--Class?, Australia
From: Kyna X.

Posted: June 29, 2006 at 11:57:38

Hi Cherry,
My name is Kyna from Australia. I haven't heard about E--Class but it sounds very interesting. Well, got to go, Bye
From Kyna

2.Subject: objet:Re:E--Class?, France
From: lorenzo

Posted: July 03, 2006 at 22:01:43

Hi Cherry, Can you tell me more about E--Class.
I live in France and I have never heard about that.
bye
Lorenzo

3.Subject: Re:E--Class?, USA
From: storm

Posted: September 02, 2006 at 05:06:11

Hi,
I'm Storm from the US. I found out that I can start learning foriegn language in an e-class. I think that our school offers a couple of different courses also.

4.Subject: Re:E--Class?, India
From: shristi

Posted: September 13, 2006 at 07:24:34

Hi Cherry,

I am from India and my name is Shristi. I read your letter. I have not got any idea of this E class so if you do not mind, just tell me something more about it. Is it nice
( I posted a message on the forum just now,explaining what an e-class is)
Hi,all!
Welcome to our e-class in which there are students from all over the world.Epals.com is a good example of e-class. Here students practise writing,reading and they enjoy exchanging ideas online or talking about studies,life ,sports,hobbie,etc.
I believe this benefits all students who take part in it.
Happy e-learning!
Yaodong (from China)
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Subject: Spring Festival, China
From: 谢小杏

Posted: January 05, 2008 at 21:52:49

Hello, dear friends. Here in China the Spring Festival is coming. It is the biggest festival in China. During the Spring Festival, we all family members get together to celebrate it. We will visit our friends and relatives, just like the Christmas Day in western countries. Now I am very excited. It feels like Spring Festival already! By the way, do you have any plan for it? Why or why not? Could you tell me, please?

Sally
1.Subject: Re: Spring Festival, Portugal
From: Sara

Posted: January 11, 2008 at 16:59:03

Hi Sally. My name is Sara and I live in Portugal. I was very pleased to read your article. I would apreciate it if you could tell me more about Chinese culture. By the way, in what place of China do you live? Looking forward to hearing from you.
Sara
2.Subject: Re: Spring Festival, USA
From: Kate G.

Posted: January 15, 2008 at 10:44:25

When exactly is the spring festival? Is it like a huge celebration?
3.Subject: Re: Spring Festival, USA
From: Noey H.

Posted: January 16, 2008 at 15:19:17

Hey, my name is Noey. In America we don't have a Spring Festival. What kind of foods do you eat in China for the festival? or in general?
What kind of meats do you eat?
Thanks

4.From: 谢小杏

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 19:01:37

Yes, you are right. It is really a huge celebration. All Chinese people celebrate it. And this year the spring festival will be on February 6th. It always lasts nearly one month, especially at the countryside. In China,different people have different food. General speaking, people who are from south of China eat zongzi while the people from north of China eat jiaozi (In English is called dumpling but in fact it is different fro what dumpling is.In Italy,there is a kind of food similar to jiaozi.I assume Marco Polo brought the menu back to Italy from China...). But all of us eat meats such as fish, beef, chicken, duck meat
and so on. By the way, I live in the south of China.
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Subject: Learning English, China
From: 刘雪梅

Posted: November 18, 2007 at 16:57:37

Hi, there! Do you like English? Do you enjoy your English learning? If not, maybe I can share some ideas which I think have helped my English learning with you.

As an English major, I think interest is the best teacher to me. So first, we should become interested in it, and then think every thing you see in English, talk with others who have the strong will of learning English, and finally take every chance to pratice. Remember, pratice makes perfect
(She had several feedbacks from different ePals users as follows)
1.Subject: Re: Learning English, Indonesia
From: alim

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 23:29:13

Hi. This is ALim and Dhofan. We live in INdonesia and we are learning English. HOw is it going for you?
2.Subject: Re: Learning English, USA
From: Brennan R.

Posted: January 16, 2008 at 15:27:32

True, practice makes perfect, but the younger you are when you start learning it, the easier it is
3.From: 张琼

Posted: November 30, 2007 at 16:00:26

It is ok. I think if we try hard, everything is possible
4.From: Jessica

Posted: March 20, 2008 at 14:28:22

Hello, I am French. I want perfect my English. English is very important for me because I travel a lot.
5.Subject: Re: English is so difficult, South Africa
From: faaeza m.

Posted: October 09, 2007 at 10:11:17

Hi there! My name is Faaeza and I live in South Africa. I understand your frustrations. But my advice is to keep trying. Read more english, write sentences and communicate more with other english-speaking students. I think you did a fine job writing in English in your comments here. Keep up the good work!

Faaeza, USA
6.Subject: Re: English is so difficult::India
From: Supriya

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 17:52:44

Hi, I am Supriya from India. I think English is easy. And I know you will also think that if you take an interest in it. I think you should read English story books rather than academic books. That will be very interesting. Good luck!
7.Subject: Re: English is so difficult, France
From: loubna

Posted: October 23, 2007 at 06:48:51

Hi. I'm Loubna and I come from France.I have been learning English for about 11 years and I'm like you -- I can't use it freely, mainly speaking! But, I think it isn't difficult. I think the best thing to do to learn very good English is to be in England or USA or in other country where they speak English for a minimum 6 months or 1 year! What do you think?

Loubna, France

12.Subject: Re: I CAN HELP; USA
From: Chloe

Posted: October 23, 2007 at 17:24:07

Hello everyone, if any one needs help with english i am willing to help. I can't speak all of your languages though. I can speak french, japanese and English. If anyone needs help on this message board, I can help.
chloe

13.Subject: Re: English is so difficult, Canada
From: Elizabeth

Posted: November 07, 2007 at 21:12:08

Hello. My name is Beth and I live in Canada.
To me, Chinese is very hard to learn and strangely, I'm Chinese myself! I have the same problems as you do with Chinese, but hey, you're pretty good! I've been learning Chinese since I was in grade 2, and speaking Chinese with my family for my whole life. but I'm still embarrassed to speak Chinese with anyone else because I'm so bad! You're very lucky to be fluent in Chinese rather than English, since there are more Chinese people than English-speaking ones! So don't worry. Keep working hard on it, read and write english (trust me, I would have NEVER been able to write in Chinese what you've written in English and I can't even read the newspapers in Chinese!), talk to people in English and I'm sure someday, you'll be just as good as any other anglophone!

Beth

P.S. My mom speaks Cantonese and she learned Mandarin by just listening to Mandarin songs with the lyrics. Try listening to English songs with a translated version of the lyrics and maybe that'll help
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Subject: Teacher Behavior in Class?, China
From: 李慧颖

Posted: January 13, 2008 at 20:52:02

In our country the teacher is the ruler of the classroom and the student and students do what the teacher tells them to do. In the class, teachers are always strict with students. I don't know how teachers behave in other countries, could you share with me? Thank you in advance.

1.From: Jessie from UK

Posted: January 14, 2008 at 16:19:45

Hi.
My former teacher was very strict on me. I didn't know why. But more teachers become friendly now. Only a few old teachers will not get on well with us.
2.Subject: Re: Teacher Behavior in Class?, USA
From: Taqwaya P.

Posted: January 15, 2008 at 12:26:34

In our country, the U.S., our rules are similar. The students here as well have to obey and respect the teachers and elders in our building. The teachers are demanding in our school as well, but they do it for a reason. It simply helps us prepare and understand the values of life and how to respect ourselves and others.

3.Subject: Re: Teacher Behavior in Class? , Mexico
From: amairani v.

Posted: January 16, 2008 at 16:39:25

Hello my name is Amairani and I am from Mexico. Regarding your question about how teachers act in the classroom, some teachers are very good and recognize when we get restless and will joke with us. But there are others that are bad.
4.Subject: Re: Teacher Behavior in Class? , Mexico
From: amairani v.

Posted: January 16, 2008 at 16:39:25

Hello my name is Amairani and I am from Mexico. Regarding your question about how teachers act in the classroom, some teachers are very good and recognize when we get restless and will joke with us. But there are others that are bad.
5.Subject: Re: Teacher Behavior in Class?, Belgium
From: Lebrun j.

Posted: January 29, 2008 at 16:09:05

Hello, I am Jérémy and I live in Belgium. In my school every teacher is good, especialy my english teacher. I have a good teacher but he is very very strict. It's my history teacher. Almost every teacher in my school is very cool.
6.Subject: Re: Teacher Behavior in Class?, United States
From: John B.

Posted: February 05, 2008 at 17:07:36

In the US the teachers, though we must treat them properly, are more like our peers. Yhey are nice to us and we are nice to them.
7.Subject: Re: Teacher Behavior in Class?::Canada
From: brady p.

Posted: February 13, 2008 at 21:34:54

Hi,
My name is Brady from Canada. Most of the teachers around here are cool. Some teachers have a bad day. (Example) The teacher might have made a busy day yesterday, or they have just grown tired out of letting people joke around and all that. Both my teachers are awesome. I know some teachers are hard to like but, you just have to live with them. Don't try to disappoint the teacher. You might find out he's a really good guy, or girl.

8.Subject: Re: Teacher Behavior in Class?, United States
From: Zachary G.

Posted: March 12, 2008 at 08:25:51

在美国中老师是确实善良 .
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