Learning English

I have been Calgary for almost one year. Since I came here, I have been learning English in EAP program. I will be done my English study. Happy!!!!! However, as non-native speakers, we must keeping learning English all the way even though we graduate from EAP program. Although we can understand what professors speak and communicate smoothly with native speakers, we still have a gap with native speakers, such as vocabulary, pronunciation and so on. Like my uncle, his English is very awesome. Actually, he is a PHD and works in Husky Oil. He can work in this big company, not only does he have a higher degree, but also his English is wonderful. It is certain that communication is very important at work. What if his English is not very good even though he has a higher degree? If we want to live in English-speaking countries, English is the basic skills. My uncle said:" There is no problem that I can deeply talk about professional knowledge with native speakers. However, I cannot understand the jokes spoken by native speakers at all. When one of my workmates talked about a joke one day, everyone around me laughed except for me." He said that the big reason is the different cultures and languages. He said that he/she is close to native speakers if someone can understand the jokes. Therefore, everyday my uncle listens to radio when he is on the C-train. Also, he listens to radio when he cooks or do anything. Oh, my gosh!!! Actually, in our home, we have several radios. One is in the kitchen, one is in the living room, and there is a radio in every bedroom. He even asks me to listen to radio every day. Oh. my god~~~~Actually, I am not interested in what the radio says.

Personally, learning English should totally immerse into English environment. For me, even though I speak English in the classes and at work. However, I speak Chinese after I get home, and most of my friends are Chinese. Maybe I will find a Canadian homestay next summer. I think that that is not enough for me to understand what professors said in the classes and the simple communication. I want to know more about Canadian culture and more language, such as slangs and idioms. I just want to try my best to immerse into Canada. Actually, it is hard for us to have foreign close friends due to different cultural background and languages. However, for us, we just try our best to live and study here. Another thing is that we study academic English. Sometimes, I found that we speak in English formally, but people in the daily life say something informally. Therefore, we should understand some expressions which are local. Like Chinese, we speak informally in the daily life, not use formally expressions.

I am writing this blog because I want to tell you guys that we must learn English all the way as non-native speakers even though you pass TOEFl exam or EAP program.

Try Our Beat!!!!!!!

Sleep Tips of reducing stresses (3)

Ok, a person needs at least 8 hours for sleep to function properly, in this case, he/she could reduce stresses.

Sleep
This is probably the single most abused aspect of peoples lives when it comes to creating stress because of our “rushed” lifestyle, which tends to encourage not sleeping. Many decide to sacrifice sleep for the sake of deadlines, work and social outings. Not sleeping for the sake of a work deadline is something you probably already aim to avoid, sometimes unsuccessfully, but the idea that missing sleep because of a great party or a big night out may not seem like such a bad idea to you. You are probably willing to make the sacrifice, potentially wiping out your next day from being excessively tired, in exchange for a fun-filled evening. Everyone else does it and you don’t want to miss out on all the fun. In your case you know your body best. The only suggestion I have is that if you currently feel less than 100% take a look at your sleeping patterns and see if you can find a correlation between feeling your best with a good night’s sleep. I’m sure you will find that sleep is as important as food and exercise and deserves just as much attention when it comes to reducing your stress.

According to three blogs about tips of reducing stresses, I believe that you have already knew the right ways of reducing stresses. Hope that you could keep them in your mind because it is good for you!!!

Musicand Food Tips of redcuing stresses (2)

Now, I continue introducing tips of reducing stresses. In fact, muisc and food are also good methods about reducing stresses.

Music
The best companion for exercise is music. Music soothes the soul as they say, and I’m sure I don’t have to convince you of the powers of music to reduce your stress.

Food
Eating well benefits you in two ways - the obvious, it works because it’s healthy for your body, but also I find it healthy for your mind too. Knowing that you are eating well and sticking to certain self-imposed restrictions, means that you feel good mentally and physically about your food intake. This is great because these two areas of your life reinforce each other positively. When you are eating well you mentally pat yourself on the back, have more confidence and find it easier to continue to eat well. When you break from this you feel worse mentally way before your body experiences any obvious negative effects from eating badly. you very quickly get back on track because your mind wouldn’t let you stray for too long. Some people call this self-discipline, but others call it maintaining peace of mind. Overall I believe in a balanced diet - fruit, veges, nuts, breads, a little dairy, meat and plenty of water - always drink plenty of water. There’s enough information out there on eating right and I’m sure you know what parts of your own diet you would like to change. Eating right comes down to discipline. When you change something for the long enough it becomes a habit and you face resistance to change it. The trick is to make all your habits positive.

Exercise Tips of reducing stresses (1)

In modern society, everyone has more or less stresses from family, work and study. The more important is that we should know the right ways of reducing stresses. Today, I will talk about the tips of reducing stresses.

Exercise
This is probably the single most important change. If you aren’t exercising, and this means something rigorous that makes you breath heavy for a good 20+ minutes per day, then you need to add it to your life immediately. You will know when you have worked hard enough because after you feel absolutely buggered but the adrenaline and lovely endorphins are flowing. I’m convinced that regular exercise is the key to happiness . It creates a natural high which you don’t pay for in the morning (once you get used to it) by feeling worse like you do from other, not-so-natural highs, such as drugs and alcohol. Exercise helps you sleep better, increases your overall energy, makes you chirpy, you think clearer, can work and play longer, increases your general confidence and best of all - it keeps you living longer with less trips to the doctor.
If you haven’t adopted a regular exercise pattern then this should be your number one priority. Make sure it’s regular - aim for every second day to start. You will start to enjoy it so much that you will want to do something everyday, in fact you will crave some form of exercise and it just won’t feel right not exercising. Once you get confident in your physical health you will be more eager to try other sports too. If you are just beginning start with what you know you can do, perhaps walking at a fast pace to get your heart rate up, then up to some jogging bursts, then maybe try some tennis or whatever takes your fancy.