IELTS

When I think back to the life at ICTE, it would be inevitable to recall about IELTS.  Because it was so stressful.  I really needed to get 6.5 to study at UQ.  I was always worrying about IELTS and I was not confident.  Because I just got 5.5 before I came to Australia.  Therefore I needed to study hard and actually I did it.  Before  class starts, I have studied at the library and I practised speaking after the class then I studied again at home.  I spent much time on IELTS.  I could do it because it was not only me.  My friends also really studied hard.   As a result I could get my aim.  When I saw my result, I was so excited.  The moment is one of my best memories.  Every friend couldn't pass, but I'm proud of friends.  During studying for IELTS, I couldn't go out with friends but the study improved my English skill.   We got a lot of stress due to IELTS.  However we healed it after IELTS test.  We had a party and went to Japanese Izakaya, which was awesome. From next session, we are divided to two groups, but we have to do well.

Speaking practice (week 6- week 15)

After we started to study at EAP, I also started another attempt, which is speaking practise.  The reason why I started it is that we didn't have much time to practise speaking in the class and also my speaking was poor.  At first, I started it with Yasu and Takuya.  This practise is really memorable.  We practised every weekday after the class and we practised it with assuming real IELTS.  Actually we were so serious because we really wanted to get a good sore in IELTS.   The practise usually lasted 1and half hour.  Therefore, when we finished the practise, we were so exhausted.  We usually had used a classroom for the practise before we were kicked out by the cleaner. Actually we didn't have permission to use a classroom, but other cleaners allowed us to use it because it was for study. I really appreciated that.  But one guy didn't allow us. Maybe our practise was seen as just fun thing for him, which was sad.  We moved  the place to the floor.  I started it with two friends by the way.  But eventually 10 students joined the practise.  Most of them were from Japan, yet some international joined it sometimes.  Thanks to the practise, we could improve speaking.  I really thank my friends.

EAP 1 (week 6 - week 15)

I finished General 5 and I started to study  at EAP 1 from May 5th.  EAP1 is the class for ielts.  This class is UQ life.  Before the first class started, I was worrying about my teacher.  But I was very lucky because my teacher was Tim who is one of the best teachers at ICTE.  And also I had heard that Tim is a good teacher from my friend. As I heard, he was awesome.














EAP was not so fun unlike General,but it was interesting and beneficial.  Thanks to EAP, I know I could improve my writing.  We wrote a lot of essays and read a lot of materials in the class.  We didn't have time to practise speaking as much as General class, but I'm satisfied with the class.
EAP is the course for 10 weeks, I could make bonds with class mates.  However, the sad thing was that a number of classmates left during the course.  Most of them dropped out to go back to their country. At first there were 18 students in my classroom, yet there were only 13 students in the end.
Now I'm a not ICTE student but the knowledge which I got at ICTE is helping me now.

appologize

i appologize that I haven't uproaled for long time.