Abdullah Al-Mutrif
EAP1

The important thing in our life is technology. The entire world tries to advance with technology; there are many things technologists do, that if we don’t have maybe we can’t advance our life and country. I’ll start with my country. 60 years ago they didn’t have any kind of technology in some parts of my country they didn’t have electrically ether. It was a very difficult life. So, now Saudi Arabia is totally changed by the technology. Also, technology changed the rules of the country too. For example, we weren’t having any kind of technology like cameras, DVD or color television. So when the technology came to Saudi Arabia all things changed. The advances are continuing in my country; at this time we can see that each house has three or four TV, DVDs and cameras some families have many electric things; all these things are by technology. No body in this time can live without technology, because technology now is part of our life. Technology can make our life easy and comfortable.

Abdullah Al Mutrif
EAP1

There is only one restaurant in Carbondale that I can say is my favorite. This restaurant is one of the most popular restaurants in the world. This restaurant is Hunan; this restaurant introduced Chinese food. They make many type of food a taste perfect. Moreover, you can see a lot of people of different generations or different nationalities who like Hunan restaurant. So we can see this restaurant in many places around the world. Furthermore, they have a good dessert selection. They have excellent decorating in dishes, wall and food design. In addition, the waiters are very polite and give a good serves. I would like to say this type of restaurant is my favorite, and I love Chinese food.

Rush huor

Abdullah Al Mutrif
EAP1

Rush hour gives most of people stress. We can see that they are many cars and crowds in the big city after employees and school let out when they finished they job or school. In this time the crowed in the street give some of drivers stress and nerves. Now I will talk about the stressful throng in the street, especially in the rush hour. For example, when the driver cuts off the road of the other driver or He /She drives with nonchalance maybe they can fight each other. Moreover, the weather is important to change the mood. For example, when the weather is so hot it can give stress to people when they drive. So the most stressful thing in the road is when they can’t drive easily with crowds of cars, when the weather is hot or when they have something to do quickly and they can’t.

I would like to be a businessman and be successful. When I was young I went with my father to his job. In my father’s job he had stores and buildings for rent. So with many times when I went with him, I started to love this kind of job. This kind of job is so good, because it gives me feerdome without limits in my life. Also I do many things without rules and I can make more maney. So my job in the future will be businessman. I will try to make huge business around the world. It will be a grate job when you have a freedom.

Weather (Fe #8)

I come from South Korea. Carbondale weather is similar to that of my country. However, my country has more snowing and raining. Moreover, summer is very hot, and winter has more cold than Carbondale. We have a short spring and fall, because I think it is caused by environmental pollution. When I first arrived here in San Francisco, there was a very strong wind and it was very cold. It was just May at that moment. I think Korea has more pollution. So, nowadays Korea has more serious weather changes. I hope that we have to have a good environment.

Weather comparison

When I first arrived here, I was surprised because there was a snowfall. I had not seen this before when I was in Korea. In Korea, there is snow sometimes, but not such like here. Here it is much colder than Korea. Sometimes I cannot even breathe, because it is too cold. And something is strange here, because some days it is really warm, but the next day it is very cold. I cannot understand how weather can change suddenly. Another thing is sometimes it was snowing, but a few hours later it was raining. And then finally it was icing. I think Korean weather is better than that of the U.S.A.

The weather

A few days ago it was snowing. It was not snow. It was an ice storm. Here winter is sometimes warm, sometimes cold. It is very uncommon. This place and my country have some differences. In my country the seasons are very clear. In summer it is very hot, and in winter it is very cold. Here, summer is hotter than in my country, but winter is so warm. It may be because of global warming. We should protect the enviroment.

How is the weather different here from where I am from?

Carbondale is much colder than Japan definitely. Actually, I have two hometowns, because I’m living alone. My parents are living in Kochi prefecture in Japan, and there is a temperate climate. It is called southern country, but it is not. I’ve never seen snow in Kochi. On the other hand, my second hometown, Osaka prefecture, has severe climate. It has severe heat in summer because of land conditions. Osaka is the second biggest city in Japan, so too many buildings block winds and windows of high buildings reflect sun light. However, it has severe cold in winter. Sometimes I saw snow, but not usually. I think winter climate is similar to Carbondale, because both Osaka and Carbondale are cold in winter, but don’t have much snow.

Move From Hot To Cold Weather

I come from Thailand, which is located in Southeast Asia. The weather in my country is very hot. However, in the winter, the weather in my country is very nice. It is a little cold. In contrast, when I came here in August, the weather was very hot. I think it was hotter than the weather in my country. Now, in the winter, the weather is very cold but I like it. When I walk outside, I have to run to get inside as soon as possible. I do not understand why America has very different weather in different seasons. I think it is because this country is very big and it has different climates in different areas. Thai people who live in America usually go back to Thailand in the winter because they are not used to living in very cold weather. For me, I can live in either America or Thailand.

Boston

Boston is very beautiful. I like it. In this city I can do many things. In summer I can be with my family or friends, go to the beach, and be exposed to the sun. Boston is located in the inshore. So, when I feel very bad, I can see the beach. When I see the beach, my heart can feel peaceful. Sometimes I can be with my friends and go fishing. One important thing is that I can eat fresh the yield of the sea. The beach can give me animation. So, I hope if I have a chance to live there, I exactly want to live in Boston.

The Best City In The World

I want to recommend to you my hometown, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Chiang Mai is the second capital of Thailand, which is located in the north. Chiang Mai has a long history more than 700 years. There are very famous tourist spots, such as Suthep Temple, and beautiful waterfalls. One famous tourist spot is Doi Intanon, which is the highest mountain in Thailand. The weather in Chiang Mai is not hot like Bangkok. Every winter, a lot of tourists go to Chiang Mai for traveling. Chiang Mai people are very kind. The transportation is convenient and there are no traffic jams. Northern food such as Kao Soi and Sai Oua is very popular for Thai people and foreigners. All living expenses are very cheap, for example, the price of a bowl of noodles is only 70 cents, and you can see the food everywhere. For these reasons, I think Chiang is the best city in the world to live in.

Billiards

My favorite sport is billiards. There are many kinds of billiards in Korea, for example, three ball, four ball, six ball and pool. I often play four ball. Anyway, billiards doesn’t require much physical strength. When I was young, I liked to play basketball, but it’s so difficult for me right now because I’m fat and a little bit old. Billiards doesn’t require that I prepare something. If you want to play, just go a billiard room, and it also doesn’t require too much time. Moreover, the rules are very simple. You can learn them very easily. And it isn’t expensive. I like billiards for various reasons. Billiards is the best sport.

Paris

Paris would be the best city in the world to live in. There are many beautiful constructions in Paris, for example the Eiffel tower, the Triumphal Arch, and the Versailles Palace. Not only are there famous sightseeing spots, there are also thousands of beautiful buildings there, because even ordinary houses are delightful. You can see many colorful pretty houses when you travel there. In addition, Paris is an urban city of course, and is so convenient to live in. There are many lines for subways and buses working until midnight. Some people say they don’t like living in a city because of too many people, but I don’t think Paris is a crowded city. French people have calm and gentle personalities, and also are a little lazy in nature. Therefore, we don’t need to wear a wristwatch all the time, I thought when I visited Paris. Paris is the best city to spend a slow life.

Online Shopping

Recently, we often buy something online. There are many shopping malls online, and many other malls are coming. Because it's more cheap, convenient and easy than offline, we often use that. It might change the nature of business. For example, my friend, who makes furniture and sells it, also made a web site-related his shop to sell. Before, people came to his shop and bought furniture, but they don't do like that nowadays. So he made an online shop, and there are more customers than offlne. I think it's s general trend nowadays.

Chatting

These days, our technology has changed a lot. So our life is also more comfortable now. In this century, we can talk online with friends who stay in another country. And we can also talk with friends face to face. We can use a cam, which makes us able to see our friends. Quality is getting better, and price is going down now. So you can talk with your family or friends whenever you want, without charge. But most people do not know that. So we should let them know. I will tell my mother to use this one, because cell-phone payments are high.

Easy to talk with friends

Now technology is growing very fast. In former days, if I wanted to contact my friends, I just called them. But now we can use Internet to talk. It is convenient for our lives. Before I just had one choice, but now I can e-mail her or use MSN to talk. It helps us to get more information easily. Although I do not go out or go to my friends' home, I also can talk with her. If I go abroad to study, I cannot call her every day. But I can use online communication every day. Although we are far apart, we can contact each other anytime. It is very easy to use.

Technology Changed My Social Rules

At the present, there are many kinds of technology that have an important role for my country. It is especially true of internet, which is very useful for communication in all countries of the world. Many Thai people accept the fact that western culture changed Thai culture. For example, they copy celebrities by dressing in a very sexy dress. It is not Thai culture. Thai people should wear a tidy dress. Another example is Thai people wasting money to buy a cellular phone which is high technology. They tried to change to a new version all the time. They think it makes them cool. These are just a few examples that technology affects my social rules. I think everything has both positive and negative sides. It has good and bad examples. You can accept it and adjust to it if you think it is suitable for you, but still keep your social rules.

Internet

Nowadays we have new technology about using internet. Many people use chatting with cam in internet. When I was young, I usually used the computer. But I did not control computer very well. So I did not know how to use the chatting with cam. My friends have taught me how to use this technology. This technology has benefits. It is convenient and quick. And I can use it everywhere, because it makes internet. As a result, many people talk with friends by chatting with cam

The way to talk with our friends

Technology developed rapidly, and our lives have become more convenient. Especially, the computer has changed a lot in recent years. A few years ago we could talk with friends using keyboard, but we couldn’t speak with them. However, now we can speak as we would on a phone, and if we have a live chat camera, we can talk with friends while watching their face. In addition, we can communicate with them using both camera and keyboard. If we want to show them a map or URL, we can use keyboard and type it. It is possible to talk with many friends on the computer live chat. I’m not sure, but someone told me computer live chat has better timbre than cell phones. Of course it depends on the machine I think, but after I used a live chat camera, I agree with that opinion. Also, we can use the computer live chat for free. In my case, that is the advantage I’m most grateful for. International calls are too expensive for overseas students.

The causes of stress in modern life

Today, most people have a lot of stress in modern life because they do lots of work and have to do their work to make a living. These stresses can cause harm to people by changing their personality, giving them bad health, causing bad relationships with people, etc. There are some reasons why people get stress. Three reasons people get stress are studing and working pressure, relationship pressure, and time pressure. First, the people who are students have been stressed out because of a lot of homework and also examinations. They always think about their homework and exams. When they get home, they feel weary, but they should do their homework or prepare for the examination. When the date of exam comes near, they get feelings of anxiety and stress. In workers' case, they are always concerned about their family. So, they work harder, because they want a better life than now for their family. But too much work can cause oversensitivity. For this reason, they get stress and they try to relieve the stress with their family. And it becomes a family trouble. Therefore, people should reduce their stress for the future.
Secondly, people get stress from relationships with other people. Many people worry about relationships with friends and co-workers, and family. I think the most difficult thing is love trouble from unrequited love. For instance, one of my friends has loved someone, who is a Korean girl, for five years, but she has not really cared about it. He was really a positive and cheerful guy, but now he is not cheerful anymore, and also he is not positive either. What this story tells us is that even our character can be changed by strong stress.
Finally, people are pressed for time, because people live in a battle against time. Examples are when people wake up early in the morning for working or studying, when people get nearer to an examination or a job interview, when people wait for an important thing, and when people go to airport, but the airplane's departure time is delayed. Time is very impotant for everyone. However, we always get stress from time. If people spend time well, it is good for them. Therefore, time can cause stress for people.
In conclusion, these ways are causes of stress in modern life. I think that the most common stress is relationships with people. We should live a comfortable life without strong stress. However, we may have some stress because we do not know what will happen. Therefore, we should control ourselves for a good life.

drink

When I first came here, I met a student who is American. He invited me and Giljae to his girl’s birthday party. When we joined the party there were a lot of people, who are SIUC students, in his house. From that time, we started to drink, but I wondered about one thing, which is why they just drank beers. When I drink beers it makes me feel full, and also I go to the restroom a lot. So I thought, why don’t they drink something stronger? In our country, which is South Korea, we usually drink so-ju, which includes 20% alcohol. And other different things are, if we start to drink we will drink until when we are drunk seriously. There is no exception; you should drink even if you don’t want it. The final one is when we drink in Korea, we sit on a chair while we drink. We don’t move except going to the restroom. But in Americans case, they always walk around while they drink, so it’s difficult to talk about my trouble or something I am worried about.

drinking

I think alcohol behavior is different here at SIUC than in my country's universities. When I went to university, we always had to drink alcohol. Sometimes I did not want to drink but I had to drink, because we have a regard for senior. It is a traditional convention. On the other side, when you have a chance to drink, there are not demands at SIUC. An American friend invited me and Younghan to his girlfriend's birthday party. When we went to his house, they said if you want drink, you can get a drink. I think it is right. Korea needs to change its drinking culture.

Effect of Alcohol

What effect does alcohol have on my English speaking ability? There are some advantages and disadvantages. I think sometimes alcohol is useful to my English. For example, when I meet Americans for my conversation, alcohol helps to encourage me and makes us more friendly. Besides, alcohol can help me cope with my stress when I study English. On the other hand, it affects my English. Actually, alcohol isn't good for studying. Alcohol can break my biorhythm, and make it easy for me to forget. Alcohol is a good way to deal with stress but it makes me tired. Everything is not good for you if you abuse that.

What different is here and my country?

In America the college students often drink. Here, at 21 years old, people can drink, but in my country 18-year-old people can drink. Here many people drink on the road. In my country they always drink inside. If they drink outside, other people might consider them to be tipplers. At SIUC, the people just drink on Friday. In my country, if they want to drink, they can drink every day. They never worry about whether the next day they have class or should go to their company. In the U. S., when people drink, they think about tomorrow having some important thing. Americans are sometimes very crazy.

Alcohol Affects My English

I do not usually drink alcohol because I think it is bad for my health. Sometimes I have to drink for social reasons. Like last month, I had a party at my home. All of the guests are my aunt’s American friends. I was so shy to speak English to them. When I spoke English and nobody understood me, it made me unconfident. After drinking, I was not afraid of them anymore. I tried to speak to them even if they did not understand. I changed to easier words to make them understand more quickly. It can help me to improve my English. I think everybody can speak English, but it depends on a person’s bravery. I am not encouraging everybody to drink alcohol to improve English, but my point is everything is up to you. If you face your fear, you will be a winner.

Alcohol

Alcohol has a strong influence on my English speaking ability. Generally they get cheerfulness, when people drink alcohol as I do. Sometimes, I hesitate to speak English in front of many people, but alcohol drives all care away. I can speak English more loudly, fluently, and friendly. That’s why friends who I met at the bar told me I should drink alcohol every day. However, too much alcohol causes my English skills to become worse. When I get drunk, my tongue becomes out of control, it can say same things even in my native language. Responsible alcohol makes me more active and friendly. Therefore I could get more opportunity to speak English and chance to improve my English ability, I believe.

My favorite restaurant in Carbondale

My favorite restaurant in Carbondale is New Kahala. It is located on a main street (Illinois Ave.) and near the Old National Bank. It opens 6 days Monday to Saturday. That is a Chinese restaurant. I think it is the most delivers food in Carbondale and the waiters are nice. And my favourite food at New Kahala is crop pork over rice and Chinese eggplant with beef. That’s good; I like that. And they have many kinds of food. If you like sweet food, you can choose the House Chicken. And if you like very hot food, you can choose tofu of mushoo. All kinds of Chinese food you can choose in this restaurant. That will be very nice, I promies.

Awareness On The Road

I live with my relatives in Du Quoin, which is far from SIU, 20 miles. I have to drive a car to school every day. It takes about 35 minutes. My uncle always tells me to be careful about deer because they usually run across the road when they see the light from a car. In the last two months, I saw the car in front of my car hit a big deer. That car was broken and the deer died. Sometimes I saw deer that died beside the road. It is a very sad story. When I drive to school every day, I have to drive and look around carefully. It is an unpredictable situation. I don’t understand why lawmakers do not build a fence at the area where they live. It should be a good way to protect them and the drivers.

Favorite restaurant

I like Korean food and Chinese food. I do not go to American restaurants very often, because American food is oily. I do not like oily food. In Carbondale there are few Korean restaurants, so usually I go to Chinese restaurants. When I go to the Kaya Korean restaurant, I usually order Kim-Chi stew or Bulgogi. Sometimes I cook Bulgogi at home. But I do not make it very well. Chinese food is like Korean food. When I go to Hunan restaurant, I always order Hot pepper beef or crispy pork. Sometimes I order Cham-pong. It tastes spicy.

My favorite restaurant

My favorite restaurant’s name is Park, where you can eat Thai foods, and it is in Korea. I’ve been to Thailand once, so I know Thai foods and the interior a little bit. Park’s interior is really similar to that of real Thai restaurants. Also, its food tastes almost the same as when I ate in Thailand. In this restaurant, I like krap curry the most, because I like krap and curry. You can also eat it with rice that is fried with vegetables. And cream sauce shrimp with grapefruit is delicious as well. I haven’t ordered everything; actually, I have never had food that I don’t like. Some people don’t like Thai food because of its strong smell, but I like those smells. If you visit there you can eat really nice food and also know what Thai style is. So I mean you should visit there if it is possible.

My favorite winter activity

Of the seasons, I like winter. In winter falls the snow. If snow comes down, I can go skiing with my family or friends. Skiing can help me forgot all my worries. I can feel windy speed. When the wind goes past by my face, I can feel very comfortable. I slide from the top of a mountain. When the wind goes past me, it helps me to forget my trouble. I do not ski very well, but I just like it. I really like to do this activity with my friends.

Snowboarding

My favorite winter activity is snowboarding. I love snowboarding since I started. I joined a snowboard club when I entered my university, and went snowboarding more than twice a month. Some people who love snowboarding go to snowboard even in the summertime like me. There are some places we can snowboard in indoors ski runs in Japan. For off-season training, I go surfing, wakeboarding, and skateboarding too. I used to spend my winter vacation in the mountains, where there is a ski run, and enjoy snowboarding every winter. Also, I like watching snowboard too. I was excited because there was a winter X-games on January 24-27. I almost went to Aspen, Colorado, where they held winter X-games, but I couldn't go there, because CESL class was more important for me.

My Favorite Restaurant.

There are many kinds of restaurants in Korea. One of them is a restaurant to grill pork; it is called ‘sam-gyub-sal’. Most Koreans like to grill meats; it is a little bit different from American steaks or barbecues. We sliced pork and grill completely; after it is grilled, we can eat with boiled rice wrapped in lettuce. It’s very delicious and cheap. It is also a good match with drinking. Most Koreans like to drink, too. Some people eat this for dinner and some people eat this while drinkng, and sometimes both. After we eat meat, we can eat soup and rice, or some noodle. It is also one of the delicacies.

Drive.

I haven’t driven here, but I used to drive when I was in Korea. The most stressful thing while driving is traffic jams. There are not too many cars here, but in Korea, there are lots of cars, although it’s really a small country. So traffic jams are common in Korea. Unless there is traffic jam, a trip takes only 30 minutes, but it usually takes over an hour. From 5 o’clock to 8 or 9 o’clock is rush hour, so it takes about 2 hours. Cars never move. It must be a terrible time to me, because I feel sleepy and tired. And then, when I get home I am really stressed out and I feel I have got illness. If I were a president I would reduce the number of cars.

Writing F#2

21 years old. 21 years old… If we are 21 years old, we can drink beer. I think that is the most stressful aspect of American culture. I don’t think that is fine to us, because I think 18 years old is OK for drinking. And we have behavior to control our mind. I don’t understand why we must be 21 years old. And I eat pasta, and I feel very stressful. I don’t like eating pasta because I often eat pasta when my mother was angry. So I hate pasta. Well. I think I can keep myself relaxed and I have ways to relax. I love to play basketball, so if I feel stressful, I will play basketball as crazy as I can until I can’t move anymore. Then I feel very well and I can go to sleep and forget all the things. And I can do work or study with very energy and a better frame of mind. So that is the most important; I can relax myself and I can control my mind and keep stress away.

What make you very stressful?

If I want to go to SIU, I should take the TOEFL. TOEFL makes me very stressful. I must use my break time to prepare for TOEFL. I always worry about my score. If I cannot pass the TOEFL, I must stay and cannot go to university. It makes me nervous. As a result, headaches happen. When I am nervous, I can concentrate well on the test. I think less stress can help me to improve my score. Sometimes stress is bad, but sometimes it is good for us.

What can I cope with stress.

When I feel stress by something like exam or love, I usually drink. Most Koreans like to drink and I like to drink, too. When I drink, I can talk with my friends more honestly and seriously than in ordinary times. Then it makes me feel pleasurable. After I drink, I can sleep as if there is no worry, and I can sleep over until the next afternoon. That is really good for relief. But I know it isn't good for my health. It just affects me for a short-time. I know that I need a hobby which is healthy. I will find that.

driving

Every day when I have a drive, I have lots of stress. In Korea, I always have stress when I drive my car. Seoul city has many traffic jams. But in Carbondale, there are not traffic jams. So when I drive here, I do not have stress. Actually Korean people do reckless driving. When I drive the first step, I feel terrible and have more stress. And they do not make any concessions. But American people make concessions; they make concessions well. I hopefully want to change the driving style in Korea because it changes stress for each of us.

Stress by CESL

I think CESL is very good teaching English program, and I like CESL. However, it is stressful to study English even though CESL has wonderful classes, especially doing homework. I think CESL thinks much of writing and reading, so we have a lot of homework about writing and reading. In my case, reading and writing aren't easy. When I write a simple summary, I need to spend 2~3 hours in order to read. In order to write a summary, I read an article very carefully, and my English isn't very good. In addition, sometimes two or three assignments are due at the same time. I know it's good for studying English, and I need it. Anyway, it's true that homework is stressful.

TOEFL and My Stress

Every time when I’m going to take TOEFL, I am nervous. Before taking TOEFL, I have a lot of stresses; for example, my heart beats very quickly and I can’t eat anything. I am very excited during the test. I can’t concentrate on all three parts (Listening, Grammar and Reading). Especially in the Listening part, I can’t catch the important information. Another reason is I feel hungry during the test because I can’t eat anything before taking the test. I know that TOEFL is very important to me because I want to study at SIU. But I can’t do it well like last term because of my stress. When I do an exercise at home, I can do it pretty well, but when I take the TOEFL, I got a very low TOEFL score. It is my big problem. I have to study hard and take a deep breath before taking the test. I think they can help me get a high TOEFL score for next term.

My dream job

To become the most successful business woman in the U.S. is my dream; I hope that one day I can work with Google company, because I think that Google company is one of the most famous and successful companies of the Internet searching and computer programs; to be one of the Google team you will receive alot of advantages. First, you will make good money. Second, they have a wonderful a place inside the company to relieve the work stress. They have a place where you can relax and eat. And the important thing is that they push you to be successful; they support you; they really take care of you as one of their team. Finally, I don’t think that there are any disadvantages when you work with Google, except that for me, it is far away from my home country and my family.

How does stress affect me when I take the TOEFL

Stress is the strongest enemy for me when I take the TOEFL I think. I don’t know why but I feel so much stress whenever I take the TOEFL. I think I needed a high score on that test to get the requirement to come here from Japan. So I took this test many times; that is why I feel too much stress on that test. When I take the TOEFL, my hands get sweaty and I can’t concentrate on the TOEFL, because of the time limit. I am affected by the noise of other people’s writing, coughs, sneezes, and the sounds of a clock when I feel stress. As a result, I usually get horrible scores. I heard moderate stress improves our ability. I agree with this opinion, except on the TOEFL, because I can’t control my temper at all on the TOEFL. I believe stress makes our TOEFL score worse.

food

I hate the food that makes me feel bloated, like fast food. They are, of course, more convenient than cooking, but it is going to be seriously mortal for your health. The most important thing is everyone knows that would be harmful; they can’t stop eating fast food, however. On the other side, I like the food that I cook. It is not really delicious but I always think about my health while cooking. But one thing wrong is that I don’t really like vegetables. I try to eat vegetables recently for my health, but it’s quite more difficult than I thought. The most difficult thing is that I can not eat Korean foods that tastes like what I eat in Korea. It will be fine, if I cook much better than now. So I am going to learn how to cook better, from now on.

Fluency Exercise # 2

Mamdouh Alsharif
EAP1 Writing Workshop
January 24 2008
Fluency Exercise # 2



Dealing with Stress

As is known, the stress is considers as one of the common problems that most people suffer from; and during the years many of them do face difficulty resolving this issue and/or deal with it. On the other hand, we might see that in the present time, people could find some strategies or ways for them to deal with stress and we could realize that those ways really work. For me, many situations are considered stressful. For example, standing in front of people actually is one of the events that make me extremely stressful and nervous. To deal with this problem I usually do some short religious actions such as prayer. Having a deep breathe often gives me success. In some situations especially when I am at home, taking a shower probably would be better for me to take the stress out of my brain and body. Unfortunately, doing exercise is not in my plans to fight the stress. I don’t remember that I went someday to play soccer because I was nervous. I admit that the exercise programs are one of the modern strategies to deal with or even resolve stress and many physical and mental issues; however, I don’t find myself in the exercise or sports at all.

What do you do to fight stress?

When I have stress, I usually sleep, watch TV, have something to eat, play a game, or exercise. For example, in the time I have stress, I play a game, such as tennis, or soccer. It makes me feel comfortable. Sometimes I can not solve problems. It makes lots of stress. If I have this situation, I will have a talk with my friends or go to sleep. When I talk with my friends, I will have less excitement, because we are friends and they listen to my story. I always sleep or eat food, because I like to eat food and sleep. It makes stress disappear.

My Food

Food that makes me stress worse is American food. I hate American food because I don’t like cheese or butter. Most American food has cheese and butter such as hamburger or pizza. When I smell these foods I really want to vomit. I have eaten only Thai food, and Thai food doesn’t have them. Then, when I stay in America, I have to cook Thai food for every meal. When I feel bad, I usually eat Thai Northern food. I lived in Chiang Mai, which is located in the north of Thailand. It has very delicious food, such as Hung Lay curry, Sai Oua and Nam Prig Noom. They have a lot of vegetables that make me feel fresh. It can help me relieve my stress when I eat it a lot.

How to fight stress fe#2

I always go shopping when I feel stress. I believe shopping is a good way to fight stress, because I spent money of course, not all of it, but a lot. So I have to work hard after I went shopping. That’s why I can forget about stress and shopping makes me satisfied. However, sometimes shopping gives me more stress, because I feel stress when I can’t find what I want. Then I go to karaoke. The origin of karaoke is Japan, so karaoke is the best recreation to fight stress for Japanese. I feel so comfortable when I sing with pop music. In addition, it makes me moderately tired, so I can sleep well after I went to karaoke. I recommend that American people try it.

What do you do to fight stress? Fe#2

When I have some stress, I always listen to music, do some exercise or talk to my friend. I like music, because music can make me relax. I also like to do some exercise, like walking, or playing some ball game. After I exercise, I feel very comfortable. That makes me forget bad things. Sometimes I talk to my friend about stress. She is very kind. My friend always listens to me. She can understand my fellings. It can make me less isolated, and more relaxed.

my job

My future job may be in business management. I want to work in L.A. That is a big city, so it has many people from all the countries of the world. New York is good too, but L.A. is more safe than New York. With this job you can go to many countries. You might be very tired, because you should take airplanes many times. On the other side, you can know people from all the countries of the world. People in business management can earn more money. I think this job can make me happy. I like that, so I want to do this.

Lalida's Job

I want to be a financial consultant in the future. I graduated with a master’s degree in Economics from Thailand, and I plan to study MBA at SIU. When I study MBA at SIU, I will study finance. Then, I will be an expert woman in both Economics and Finance. I want to have my own company to consult for big companies in Thailand, for example, Bangkok Bank PLC. and Uniliver Co., Ltd. I would like to be a financial consultant, not only for big companies in Thailand, but also other companies around the world. I think the advantage for this job is I will be a famous person. It also makes me become a millionaire. But the disadvantage for this job is it will make me become a serious person. If I have to choose between millionaire and serious person, I will choose the first one.

My Job

My major is biology, but I want to be a dentist in the future. I would like to be a help to other people. I want to have my own hospital in Korea. When I graduate from SIU, I will go to a different university. This job has many advantages. For example, I can help people and make more money. But when you work in this job, you will be careful, because it involves healing people. Sometimes people make mistakes. People will believe a doctor.

WHAT WILL I BE

I wanted to be an ordinary person when I was young. I thought that the ordinary life was very successful. And when I just finished my military service, I wanted to be a great guy, something like top of the world, because I knew that power is very important. However, I want to be a good father like my father right now. It is not ordinary and it isn't top of the world, but I know it is very difficult. After I graduate, I will find some good job. Maybe I will work in international trade, because I studied Chinese and I am studying English now. I think language and trade are appropriate for me. I mean it's a good way to make money for me. I will make money for my family, and I will be a good father.

My job

I would like to be a hotelier. So I was going to the place where I could study about hotel management. But I thought it would be better that I study business first. When I graduate from SIU, I will go to Switzerland and study about hotel management. Hopefully I would like to work in Japan, because I have wanted to live in Japan since I was much younger. Getting a job related to hotels will be difficult and hard. But it must be nice, of course, because I can meet many people who I first see.

What would I like to do?

I would like to be a flight attendant in the future. I have longed to be a flight attendant since when I took an airplane the first time. I want to ride Air France, because the person who served me at there was so nice to me when I rode that airplane. That is why I want to be a flight attendant for Air France. Also I really like France, so I want to live in France too. However, there are some disadvantages of being flight attendant. The biggest problem is I may become sterile. Airplanes fly several thousand feet midair, so it may hurt my womb. Actually I know some people who became sterile. Nevertheless, I believe being a flight attendant is more worthy for me.

Fluency Ex. #1

"ARAMCO"

Working at the Saudi Oil Company "ARAMCO" actually is my future job. In fact, many of the Saudi citizens dream to get a job in that company since it is the best place you may imagine; it will provide you all the benefits you dream to have. This company is located in Dahran city, which is one of the largest industrial cities in Saudi Arabia.

For me, it seems a little difficult to get a job there, because this company specializes in oil and petroleum businesses, and I am a student at the school of pharmacy; therefore, the medical or health jobs are not available in this place at least for now. However, one of their future plans is to create a hospital in order to offering its services to the ARAMCO staff, and this is my opportunity to have a business that matches with my study experience. The things that make working in this place quite special are great salary, medical insurance for the employees and their families. 60 day off-working every year, free Villas, academic scholarships for employees' children, and when retiring, the employee has the right to get what they call a "golden check" which means the employee gets $100,000.

The only advantage about careers in ARAMCO is that working in it usually takes 18 hours per day, and surely this is too much work. Otherwise, this is something we could understand since if we want to enjoy all these benefits, we sometimes have to lose a little bit of our free time.

Fluency Ex#1

My future job is crimiinal psychologist, beccause I often watched some darma like CSI when I was young. That is my dream, and also it is my favorite job. I read a lot of newspapers and magazines that talked about criminal psychologists. I saw New York (U.S.A), Hong Kong (China) and Shanghai (China), those cities need people who study to be criminal psychologists. I can get a great job and I can get a pretty good salary. The job of criminal psychologist is very exciting and dangerous. If I save people from a crimimal thing. I will be happy. But also it is dangerous for me. Sometimes if I cannot stop the person who wants to kill people or do some bad thing, maybe I will lose my life. But I really want to be a criminal psychologist. That is my major and that is my dream.

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The causes of Divorce, Hazaimeh

HAZAIMEH, HAZIEM
EAP-1
MS. THISSEN
H.W ESSAY # 2
NOV 8, 2007

The causes of Divorce

If you have a problem with your spouse, you must try to solve this problem by seeking the solution in many ways. You should not go to select divorce, which is the worse of solutions. But sometimes the life between the partners will reach a closed road; therefore the solution is divorce. There are many reasons for divorce; such as lack of communication, a stingy husband, and traitor spouses.

The first reason, lack of communication, depending on the man; he is outside the home for working, he did not enter his home more time, so he must find a time to stay at his home. If the line of communication fails, this implies that the marriage is going to fail. They must sit together to discuss many things in this life, like public events, feeling, and their lives. You do not need too much money to take your spouse on a small trip or for a walk, hiking. You can do some exercises with her and you can kill the boring routine. If you look to your spouse with compassion, you will solve many problems.

However, there is another important reason for divorce, which is a stringy husband. The man does not pay much attention to the children. He does not care about his children and his wife. Sometimes men are careless to their family because they are stingy. Therefore, troubles come and the solution is divorce. A man who is stingy must change his bad behavior or he must stay single, since his wife and his children need food and care to stay alive, this means they need money and it is difficult for stringy man to pay money. You should not neglect your spouse and children.

Finally, there is another reason which causes divorce, which is a traitor spouse. Before or after living together, you may love your spouse. Love is not only the good qualitative of the person, but also you must love her lacks. Everyone makes mistakes, but there is a mistake different from another’s. If the spouse is unfaithful spouse, then the divorce becomes the only solution.

In conclusion, unfortunately, many small problems become big problems which can lead to divorce. Divorce is not the better solution; everyone married must understand that. If you are happy person, you can give happiness to others. You must forget selfishness, which makes life more complicated and unhappy. These reasons that I discussed lack of communication, man’s stringy, and traitor spouse, lead to divorce. But if you have wisdom, you can avoid divorce. Life is very nice if you find a good spouse and both are care and love each others.

References:
Panse, S. (May19, 2007). Common Causes and Reasons for Divorce. Retrieved October 31, 2007, from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/common-causes-and-reason-for- divorce.html.

Douglas, M. (Jule16, 2007). Divorce Is Not the Answer Tips For Blissful
Relationships. Retrieved October31, 2007, from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/divorce-is-not-the-answer-tips-for-blissful-relationships.html.

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Fluency Ex.#1

I want to be an intervewer. I want to work on The television for news or programs, because i can see myself doing very well when i work on this job and talk about pople's problems, or i can send massege by TV to the public. So, any kind of people can see me and maybe someone will like my point and he can improve my idea by helping people.

TOEFL Test

TOEFL is test number one by definition for anyone who wants to enter any university in some century. TOEFL is stressful, especially for international students. I have to pass the TOEFL to pass to the next level or university. There is not a specific book for studying. Also, the time is really short and the sections are long. The most stressful section is reading, because it comes when I am tired. Next, when I see many of the words don’t understand, I feel bored and can’t be successful or miss. When I study hard for the classes and I remember the TOEFL, I feel like I failed. I’m really really sick when I hear TOEFL.

FLUENCY EX. #4

I will write about the best way to study vocabulary. Actually, there are many ways to study vocabulary such as writing them down and speaking, making words cards and reading them every time. It is just up to people's study style. In my style, I make vocabulary cards and read them daily when I have free time. I try to remember the selfsame thing about vocabulary. Vocabulary is the most important thing in studying English. I think that vocabulary is the basic element of English. Therefore, people always try to remember vocabulary at any time.

Taking TOEFL

In my opinion, the most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL, is the time given. TOEFL is a test that needs a maximum amount of concentration to understand the questions and the exactitude to answer them. For example, in the reading section, you are in front of five long texts and fifty questions to answer, but all of that must be done in fifteen minutes. That's what makes stress, because when you look at the time and you realize that you did not finish reading and answering all of the questions, you feel stressed and you lose confidence; you start hurrying up so that you can finish all of it in the right time.

Learning Vocabulary !

If I see a vocabulary word I don't understand, I will use the dictionary to find the word's meaning. Then, I study the meaning of the word and make a sentence. I think it is the best way for me to learn vocabulary easily. Some people have trouble learning English, especially vocabulary. They don't know how to remember and use the word. Today they will learn the vocabulary, but they will forget it tomorrow. If you are learning some vocabulary and using them regularly, you will remember it. This is the way I learn new vocabulary. Anyway, more listening, speaking, reading and writing can improve your English. So do it your own way!

Smoking experience........

I don't smoke, so I don't have any experience with smoking. My father was smoking before, but now he quit it. When I was young, I always saw my father smoking, but he didn't smoke too many cigarettes a day. I don't like smoking. It drives me crazy. So I told my father to quit smoking, because smoking will harm your health. It also influences your family's health. So please quit smoking. Six months later, my father quit smoking. He told me he was never smoking again, although he has stress at his work. When he sees his friends smoking, he will tell them not to smoke. Now, we have a healthy environment to live in, and also have a strong body. So please quit smoking for your health.

My interesting job !

My interesting job is pilot. However, to be a pilot is not easy. It requires good vision, language ability, strong body and clear mind. Beside these, you should have a smart brain to solve many problems in the airplane. When you fly in the sky, security is the most important thing to everyone; many things would influence you, like wind or weather. Making a plane and making passengers safe is the pilot's job. You should control everything in the plane. Although being a pilot is difficult, I still want to try it. I want to make my dream come true, and also hope that day will come soon!

Campus Life!

I love the SIUC campus! It is so big and beautiful. When I first came here, everything attracted me, even the trees or animals. This campus also has a big lake. There are many animals in the lake, tortoies, fishes, and ducks: it looks like a beautiful picture. If I have free time, I like to walk around the lake, and enjoy nature. Beside these, there are many beautiful buildings on the campus. Although they are old, I still like it. The landmark of this university is a bell tower. Every day, we can hear the sound of the bell. Dear friends! If you can come here, I will take you visiting around the campus, I believe you will love it!

This make it difficult for you to remember

Learning vocabulary is sometimes easy, but sometimes it is very difficult. I say it is easy because it’s shorter than an article, but has a lot of vocabulary, and has a lot of words that look similar or one word has a lot of different meaning or some of the words read the same. So here is a question; if you try to remember a lot of words that have similar spelling, what can you do? Sometimes I have the same problem. I do not know these words, or they have the same meaning but are used in a different way, which makes me feel confused. This makes some words harder than others.

Fluency Exercise #5

We must score over 520 points on the TOEFL test to pass CESL(Center for English as Second Language).

That will be so much stress for CESL students.

Actually, many of the students prepare for the TOEFL but the TOEFL score wil change according to the person's condition. So to take the TOEFL and get a high score is so much stress for students. In my case, in the TOEFL test, I got a high score in the listening part. But structure part always beats me.

So people who want to get a high score in the TOEFL, should study all the parts of TOEFL.

The most stressful aspect of the TOEFL

Not only taking the TOEFL, but also any other test is stress for me. But especially taking the TOEFL is the most stressful, because all kinds of sections of the TOEFL are hard, such as listening, reading and grammar. Among those sections, I have the most difficulty with the listening section, because I’m not good at vocabulary. Even though I can hear some words, I don’t know the meaning of those words. So it makes me stressed.

The experience of smoking

When I was a middle and high school student, the policy about smoking of students was very strict in my school. My family has no people who smoke. I think that’s why I’m a nonsmoker. When I was in the army, I had tried to smoke, because living in the army was the most stressful time in my life. But whenever I smoked, I felt a headache and was sick to the stomach. I think smoking isn’t suitable for me. After that, when I felt stressed in the army, I usually played soccer instead of smoking

fluency Ex#5

The most stressful time is when we are taking the TOEFL. First of all, time is the most stressful part becuase when we tahe the exam we are always worred about the time becuase is it limited. This can bring more stress. However, there is another problem besides the time, and that is how you sleep before the exam. This a big problem, becuase if you don't sleep well you can't focus on the exam. The reading section is the hardest part of the exam, becouase there is a lot of reading and you should understand and pick up the right answer quickly from the articale; if you don't understand you are going to miss all of the questions. Sleeping early and eating break fast before the exam is very importnt to avoid stress; I prefer to have breaks after each part during the exam. This can help students to relax and refresh ther minds and avoid stress.

Fluency Ex. #5

When you take the TOEFL exam there are many things that give you stress. In my opinion the room that you take the TOEFL exam in it is the first thing that gives you stress, because it is large and there are many students with you. The second thing that gives you stress is that the teachers who are with you when you take the TOEFL. The control of time makes many students have stress. Some students don't have control of the time so they are in trouble. If you think that the TOEFL gives you stress, just forget that, then you will see that the TOEFL won't give you stress.

TOEFL is the most stressful thing for CESL students

It is very stressful for everybody to take the TOEFL test. During the night before the day of the TOEFL test, some students feel stressed. They can’t sleep very well and some of them can’t sleep all night. When they are taking the TOEFL test, the most stressful aspect is the time control. They have the same experience that they can’t finish all of the questions in the test time. They usually spend a lot of time on a confusing question. When they think that they don’t have any time to answer other questions, they just hope that they have luck to choose the right answers. So practice makes perfect. They can control their time by practicing the TOEFL test in their free time. They will become better and better at controlling their time and finishing all of the questions.
By Jeremy

FLUENCY EX.5

The most stressful aspect of the TOEFL is the TOEFL itself. There are many reasons making the TOEFL a very stressful event. For example, first, I can't sleep the night before taking the TOEFL, I just keep thinking about the test. Second, I worry about how I can manage my time during the TOEFL test. Third, I worry about I can keep concentrating during the TOEFL test, during the three hours. Fourth, I always think about the TOEFL as the door I should open to study in the university because it is required. Fifth, the last two weeks before the TOEFL test, I usually keep doing many practice tests to be in the mood for the TOEFL and that gives me stress. Sixth, some people make noise during the test by keep moving their feet on the floor and that is really stressful thing for me. Seventh, the third part of listening is very stressful because it always becomes as a long lecture about some majors I didn't study before. Finally, the TOEFL test conditions cause many physical and psychological reactions.

The most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL

The most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL is sleeping. If you have to take the TOEFL then you will have a problem with sleeping the night before taking the TOEFL because you are thinking about the TOEFL. When I took the TOEFL the first time I had many problems but the most stressful problem was with sleeping. I was thinking about how hard it is and how I’ll do on it. After the TOEFL I went to sleep and I forgot everything about it. The second time I took it I felt less stress than the first time. I wasn’t thinking about it. I just think that I’ll do my best. I didn’t have to think about how hard or easy it is. Now I didn’t have stress before the TOEFL or after it because I just thought, that I would do my best. I didn’t care if I did good or bad on it because I did what I could do and that was my best.

FLUENCY EX. #5

I think that the most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL is the new language problem. I'm Korean, so I must learn my country's language and study the rules of Korean spelling, even construction. I always try to study English, but sometimes I'm getting confused between my first language and my second language. Moreover, I have restricted my time on the TOEFL. I try to take the TOEFL within 3 hours. The most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL is for me to change linguistic habits.

Fluency Ex #5

The most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL in time pressure. I've taken the TOEFL three times in CESL. I think until now the time pressure was the most stressful aspect. It is very painful, because we can take the TOEFL once a term. Also, before taking the exam, most students were sensitive. During that time if I get time pressure, it makes me suffer. Also, we need to prepare with time management skills but it is also hard.

Trouble with learning vocabulary

Indeed, some words are more difficult to memorize than others. How could that be? First, some words have more than four vowels. If they are easy to divide into common roots, they would be remembered quicky, like transportation. Otherwise, it would take more time. Second, words that have different prounciations or are hard to pronounce also take more time to learn the spelling. Finally, I think words which are not used in a common way or in daily life are still hard to know or write down.

In my case, when I encounter these situations, I'll practice more time, no matter to read or to write them down. Especially I'll write one word on a paper, making the words fill in the paper and trying to write beautifully. If I have more leisure time, I'll connect them to other words and read the examples, in order to remember new vocabulary deeply.

The best way to study vocabulary

When you talk to people and can't use the correct words or don't even know the words, you might have too little vocabulary in your mind. I'm trying to create my dictonary since friends and teachers gave me directions.

Reading articles, news, watching TV shows, listening to music or shopping etc, all things in daily life are resources to study vocabulary for fun. I have a notebook to record new words every day, trying to connect to other similar words and phrases, and study words that I wrote down yesterday. Actually, to study it alone is boring, and you should find some interesting teaching programs or share the words with your friends or try to use them in daily life.

To write them isn't enough, but you should remember how to use them, too.

Plagiarism : of Importance in the American University

In this modern world we can get information from TV programs, magazines, newspapers, and the internet. When I studied in the university, there was a lot of homework about reading reaction and projects. A student usually found the articles on the internet and copied other people’s opinions to become their homework. Sometimes I also did that, too. When I came to SIUC, coping an opinion or researching from other people and not mentioning where this research came from was a big problem for students. They even were kicked out of the university. So plagiarism is a serious issue to students who study in the university. This also gave me a good understanding about respecting thoughts and researching from other people. I also don’t like other students to steal my research and opinions. This is a good view to everyone.

By Jeremy

Studying vocabulary words form shows

The best way to study vocabulary is watching TV and movies, because it's an easy and free way to study. In the regular way, people usually get vocabulaary from a textbook or a newpaper. These vocabulary words are learned from the boring way. Uusually people will feel annoyed and have no energy to study. If these vocabulary words come from movies or TV shows it will become interesting. Peple usually watch the show they like. So, we can choose some foreign shows we like to watch then we will see some vocabulary we don't know. But we like this TV show and movie so we will not give up. We will want and try to find out what that vocabulary means. We will want to understand the show. Finally, because we like the show we will watch it very often. Therefore, we can very easily and freely study a lot of vocabulary.

Fluency Ex #4

I decided to write down about the best way to study vocabulary. Actually, there are many ways to study vocabulary such as speaking and writing down, flash cards and take out vocabulary and read inside much of time. It is just up to people's study style.

In my case, using flash cards is the best way to study vocabulary. Also, many CESL teachers recommend that way. Vocabulary is the hardest thing in studying English. First time, people of course do not remember.
You have to take time with a relaxing mind.

fluency EX# 4

I have been a CESL student about a year. and I face a lot of problems and stress like vocablary and reading. However, the most stressful is the TOEFL exam, because the exam includes reading, lisening and a lot of vocabulary also. I get nervousness dering the TOEFL because the pressure that i get from limited time. And i try to answer and do my best to get all the questions right with out any break. Also i face problems the night before TOEFL exam i couldn't sleep well because i all the time thinking about how to pass the exam. On the other hand, there is no way to avoid the stressful.

Fluency Ex.#3

SIUC is a nice place. The question that a lot of my friends ask me is "How is your college in USA?" and i say, " SIUC is the quietest college that i have ever seen",because I think this college is the best college for any international student who wants to stay in USA. SIUC has nice programs to make the students ready for doing any thinking by themselves. I will say to my friend that SIUC has a beautiful natural view, nice weather, nice people and also it's the best place to study, because it's a small town and it's very safe. I will describe SIUC to my friend, that SIUC has a strong program to make the study easy to learn. And all the time i say to my friend I am so lucky to be here in SIUC.

Fluency Ex.#2

Smoking is the worst habit in the world. Before six years ago, i had a big experience with smoking. I started to smoke because my friends pressured me to try it, and it was a big mistake I made in my life. I smoked for two years and because i have asthma the docter told me if you don't quit smoking, your health is going to be a problem in the future. This experience made me think a alot about my life and my health. Maybe some people don't understand how bad smoking is. Before i went to the hospital i was fighting to get oxygen and i understand now that smoking is a very bad behavior. I understand my health is more important than anything in the world. I feel sorry for any people who smoke, especially my friend because I don't want to see people have the same experience as me. I hope to all people health; "Dont get hooked by smoking".

Fluency Ex. #4

The best way to study vocabulary is repetition studying vocabulary is really important for those who want to study English; also. it's basic English. I think one of the reasons that people fail in studying vocabulary is they don't repeat. If we repeat the vocabulary once a week, we can remember better. Then we can gradually remember step by step. However, it's indeed hard to keep the rules. So when we are determined to study vocabulary, we should have preparation of a strong will. -moon-

Fluency Ex. #4

I think English language learning depends on vocabulary. If you are without vocabulary, you might have bad reading, listening, writing and speaking skills. I think studying new verb is good every day. Reading is really good to improve your language. When you study new vocabulary, you should try to use it in speaking. If you don’t review what you are studying, you can’t improve quickly. You should try to use an English to English dictionary. Ask your teacher when you hear any new word. You should try to talk in English with your friends. When you are talking in English for fun, I think you will learn better.

Fluency Ex. #4

We know smoking is bad for human health. I am one of the people who smoke, and when I smoke I know these cigarettes will hurt me. But sometimes I think smoking is good for me, because I get angry too fast and smoking helps me to calm down. Also, when I read something or try to understand something, I think when I smoke I feel that I understand more than before. For example, when I study I feel a headache, then I don't understand what I studied; smoking lets me repair and go again without the headache and I can understand what I read.

FLUENCY EX.4

There are many ways to improve your study of vocabulary. First, try to read more articles, magazines and newspapers. Next try to write down all of the new words that you didn’t understand. Translate the new words using an English-English translator machine or book. List the new words into groups, for example, medical group, economic group and accounting group, etc. Then, try to read them and keep them in your mind by using them the next day. Moreover, you can write any small article for yourself using the new words. Suffixes and prefixes will help you to know more vocabulary. For example, there are many suffixes that lead you to know what the word is, noun or adjective. Finally, it is important to know the different kinds of the part of speech.

The best way to study vocabulary

There are many way to study vocabulary. You can use your dictionary to learn it in your own language. When you learn it in your own language you will be confused when you speak. The best way to learn it is that you learn it by its language. You will see that it makes it easy in speaking and writing. If you have a problem in writing the new word correctly you should write it more than one time. There is a good way to learn new vocabulary by writing. You will see that because when you write something you will not forget it. There are many different ways to learn vocabulary. These two ways are the best ways to learn vocabulary.

Studying Vocabulary

In my opinion, the best way to study vocabulary is by reading, listening, and also by being curious. When you spend your time reading novels, books, journals, or any sort of documents, you learn more about vocabulary, such as new words and expressions. Being curious means while talking to someone who speaks better in that language, don't hesitate to ask for a word you did not understand well, that would help to keep that word or expression in your mind so that you could use it one day in your speech. In addition, by listening too, this way helps you to get the sound easily. For example, when you are listening to the radio, you hear the sound of the word. If you cannot catch that sound, just check the dictionary.

the best way to study vocabulary

Vocabulary is very important in English. If you want to study English very well, you need to know more vocabulary, so a lot of people choose to remember everything. This is very hard and easy to forget. If you know all of it and never forget , you may not know how to use it. You need to write am article, you have a lot of good vocabulary to use, but you don’t know how to use it. I think remembering vocabulary is very important but you can choose other ways. You can remember the whole paragraph. This can let you remember not only a word, but you can remember the grammar. This is a good way to study, I think this can kill two birds with one store and save you time to study grammar.

The way to beat stress.

I'm really likely to get stress, because my feeling is changed easily. So if I can't cope with stress; I was already crazy. Because I really like to play sports and to watch them, I usually cope with stress by sports. For example, when I get a bad grade in my school, I call my friend, then ask him to play basketball with me. After playing basketball for many hours, I forget my concern about the grade. Somtimes, it's a problem to forget so easily.

Stressful

The most stressful aspect of social life in the USA is culture. I lived in a tower, so everyone comes from the USA; sometimes I do something I think in my culture is ok, but some of my friends will say “Renzhi, what are you doing, you are so wild.” So now when I do something I think is ok, it’s very stressful; I worried that after that they will say the same words to me. Because culture is different, they think they can do something and can not do others, but I think both of them are ok, so culture gives me a lot of stress in the tower. Now I try to study American culture and it makes me have less stress.

SIUC in my eyes

SIUC is a university in Carbondale, a small town, and life here is very easy and comfortable; it does not have too much noise and trouble like a big city, it has no pollution or traffic problem. There is only a good life here. At SIUC, there is beautiful scenery, only in southern Illinois. You can see deer and squirrels everywhere; this is very beautiful. Students have nice space to study and live in, a beautiful lake and small forest. History buildings and new buildings blend and give us a nice memory. This is SIU in Carbondale, a nice small town and beautiful university. This is where I live and study.

The first impression in SIUC

Study in SIUC is really a wonderful experience. The classes will give you many learning opportunities, which are truly different form Taiwan. You must talk or communicate in English and get used to American teaching culture, which will improve your expressive skills, especiallly the students from Taiwan. Because the students are shy, the custom of keeping quiet is used in Taiwan. So moving to an English environment not only promotes your English, but also changes your bad study behaviors.

I'm still learning to build and get a better attitude and better behaviors. Besides what teachers give you, you should create your own way to improve English. So far, no matter the study environment, the people or the classes, I'm enjoying SIUC.

My Major

I hope to teach after I finish my major. My major is Electronic engineering. I want to work at a college in my country. If I can’t find a job in the college, I will go to look in the synthetic industry. Maybe I will face some danqer in my work. Also I might spend a lot of time when I choose synthetics. My major is difficult to study for and difficult to work in. usually any engineers in my country get a good salary. I like my major because it's more fun and more technical. Electronics is very important in our lives.

My favourite job

My future job is what I can do my best - Computer, because I have loved computer and study for nearly 11 years. I am very good at programming, so in my future I will choose this job. To become a good programmer you need to know a lot of things about math and computer. Programming is very interesting and you need a good group and you must remember here is not only you, all people must help each other and that will make it easier to succeed. One of the things that is very important is that you need patience. You cannot feel anxious. But a difficult thing is this, which is insipid. You need to sit in front of your computer for one month to do it. So this is hard for people. Sometimes I can not sit there for a long time. But I will try to do my best and this will make me become a great programmer.