By He Wenyi

On the evening of March 26, the English corner was held in the library. Mr. Charlie Reis, Dr. Richard Stopford, Dr. Phillip Stevenson, Mr. Sean McHugh, Mr. Joe Rudynski, Ms. Linda J. Visner and Ms. Dulene Cipiriano were present. This topic of this week is about enjoying the learning process.

Sometimes the process of language learning is incredibly dull for it involves repeatedly memorizing vocabulary, reciting passages and practicing grammar. Ms. Linda J. Visner advised students to start from reading English books with simple vocabulary but attractive stories. Instead of some well-known masterpieces, she recommended the book My Sight of Mountains, written by a biologist, from which students can learn much funny natural knowledge. She added, “Once you succeed in finishing reading an English book, you will be encouraged a lot by yourselves!”

On the other hand, Ms. Dulene Cipiriano encouraged students to think independently and deeply. She pointed out that students should eagerly answered the questions raised by teachers so as to obtain a better understanding and a deeper impression in the collision of ideas.

Dr. Phillip Stevenson is learning Chinese. The students were impressed when he managed to say some idioms in Chinese correctly and fluently. And the students love to hear about the origins of the foreign idioms, which is always amusing.

After tonight’s sharing and communication, students could enjoy their learning process with newfound interest and patience.