Have a talk in OBC Shantou School

Oxford Business College is the school where I studied my English and Foundation course for university when I first went to England. It has a branch school in Shantou which provides English course and some other pre-oversea study classes. I was teaching there last summer. Yesterday I went there again to meet my friend Maggie and also had a chat with the stuff over there. While we were talking, they said there are a few students are thinking to study abroad and quite curious about the life in England, so they asked me to give a speech or a talk to those students. I said ok!

I went this morning. The students were, indeed, very curious and asked a lot of questions about life and study in England, just like the first time I was about to leave for there. I tried my best with my personal experiences to tell them what I feel about studying aboard. I know most of they have been imaging studying with native students once they arrive there, but I told them there will be 80% of the students are Chinese if they start in a language school. That is true when I first went to study in OBC in England. I was shocked by how many Chinese students around me in the class, and to be honest, that was what I wanted. But finally I realised that’s the same in any other languages schools. The number of Chinese students going abroad to study is increasing dramatically these few years. As a Chinese, I should be happy about that! However, as learning a language, I don’t recommend to hang out too much with the people who speak your language. I addressed this point to the students this morning, hoped that would be advises to them when I go and study abroad.

The talk ran quite well actually I think. I did my best to answer their quesitons honestly and I hope they will have a good time in their future life!