A first lecture

Hi gays! I’d like to share my impressions about my first lecture, which I attended yestarday. The theme of the lecture was Alberta’s society (Sociology).There were about 150 students in the classroom. Some of them were late but the lector didn’t seem annoyed with it.
At the beginning of the lecture the professor asked if there were any new students in the classroom. I raised my hand, and he said if I will have any questions about the new material I can come to him after the lecture. Then he noticed that he wasn’t satisfied by the students’ attendance at the lecture (it was Friday!), so he promised that from now he will give the most important material on Fridays. Next he remarked that he still can’t remember all the students’ names and told that some professors used to take pictures of their students in order to solve this problem.
After this introduction professor began his lecture. I must say that I expected a terribly fast speech with strong Canadian accent, mach more fluent than those lectures that we listened at Murrey’s classes. However, I was very surprised when I heard a clear, well organized speech that reminded me Murrey’s one. So I relaxed and began to listen interesting facts about Alberta’s population. I was surprised to see that during the lecture students were allowed to ask the professor questions because one of my friends told me that you can have your hand raised during the entire lecture and a professor may not pay attention to you.
While I was taking my notes the professor asked us to make groups of three in order to make a list of tricky things about Alberta. At the first moment I was confused but then I had a great conversation with two students in which we compared some Canadian customs with customs of my native country. I was glad to hear that my English was good and understandable.
And how was your first lecture?

The best way of studying a foreign language

Hello everybody!!! It’s my first blog and I am very exited about it! May be it is impossible for you to believe, but I have never heard about blogs! On Thursday I couldn’t understand what did Scott want from all of us. But now I discovered that blog is a great possibility for us to communicate, to get some information about our classmates, to understand who is who and remember the names (I think for Scott it could also be a chance to practice with our names in order not to be confused between Jason and John). Most of students were happy to study at EAP 2, so they already know each other. As for me, a new student, I knew only several students with whom I took the placement test.
Now, let's talk about the best way of learning a foreign language. I am sure that most of us will agree with an idea that leaving in a foreign country, speaking with native people, watching local TV programmes and participating in different local events is the most effective method to study a foreign language. And we are so lucky to have such a possibility! I’d like to mention that the main obstacle in studying a foreign language is our shyness to communicate with local people. I remember when I arrived to Calgary I was afraid to open my mouth to say an English word. However, I discovered later that most of local people are very friendly. They are very patience and ready to explain again and again if you didn’t understand what they had said. I noticed when I am listening a person speaking English who is telling about something interesting I can forget that I am listening a foreign speech. It seams to me like my native language. Good luck in studying English!