JOURNAL #5

Obviously, Vancouver is a foreign city for me, which is in a English spoken country-Canada.For one thing, I'm almost steeped in a atmosphere with English.(there are many Chinese in Vancouver so that I mostly hear Chinese) I gain improvement of my listening English, because I consecrate to listen to my teachers' instruction in classes. While in China, if I want to progress my listening English, I will listen to the tapes or watch English TV programme which is not a efficiency way, because I didn't in a English circumstance to. On other words, I can practice my spoken English in this city. when I go shopping, I frequently choose to speak English to the sells even if I know he or she can speak Chinese. Although I speak slowly, they are still friendly to get my whole sentence. In case I can't catch their words and ask them to repeat the sentence, they usually take pleasure in repetition. In China, I had to practice conversations which are in textbooks to train my linguistics tone. I think it is a silly method to advance my tongue. In berif, I expect I will smoothly communicate with native people.