My first 4 weeks in Brisbane !

4 weeks have passed since I came to Brisbane.  I'm not sure if my English have improved, but it's true that I'm getting used to the life in Brisbane.  I met many people from all over the world, and had much conversation in English.  Through the communication, I confirmed the utility of English.

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On 22 March, the day when I arrived at Brisbane, I met my host family.  There are 3 members in my house, a host mother, a student from Chine and me.  She is old and has lived there for a long time, so she knows a lot about Brisbane.  She told me about a way of life, good supermarkets, places to visit and so on.  Unfortunately her English was difficult for me to understand, but by asking her to speak slowly and teach me the meaning of vocabularies I finally got it, which is an effective way to learn English.

This is the garden of my host mother.

So beautiful !

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On the first day of ICTE, I had a placement test.  I was worried especially about the speaking section.  After that, ICTE students went to Mt. Coot-tha together.  In the bus to there, I sat next to a boy from China.  We became friends and walked around with him and two other friends; one is Chinese and the other is Japanese.  The landscape from the Mt. Coot-tha was so beautiful.

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My class started on the next day.  There are students from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Saudi Arabia and Oman in my class.  We talked with each other in English about the cultures of our own countries and ourselves.  However, we sometimes faced the barriers.  The differences of pronunciation and accent are unavoidable, but they led to the flexibility of my English.

5 GOLD is my class.

My classmates made it !