Wai Yuk Tang

I’ve had the most unforgettable experience in my life on the summer course at Aberystwyth. It changed me and the world in my eyes completely. Now let me tell you why.

The United Kingdom is a whole new world compared with Hong Kong. I like the stunning sky here. I enjoy the delicate houses and I especially love the relaxing life style. Nevertheless, I remember the feeling when I first got here. Every face was new and I was all alone. I was very frightened about communicating with the strangers. Now I understand----it is all about courage!

You need to have courage to talk with strangers so that they can help you, and you need to be fearless even though you are not very confident with your English. I learned a lot from this journey, and not only because I learned English,  What I really learned from was the experience in my life Aberystwyth. For instance, in making new friends. It is not easy for me to chat with a stranger confidently in English in Hong Kong, but if you live with foreigners, you have to use your English in daily life, right? Luckily, I met so many nice new friends in Aber. We just met each other for about two weeks, but we treat each other like family! Yes! We are an international family. I feel  like I have a lot of brothers and sisters. They take good care of me and are willing to give a helping hand when I need help. We talk about our own countries and stories and I ‘ve really learned a lot about other places in the world from our conversations. We go hiking, or out in the evenings, and we visit different places in the UK. We have parties every week. In order to understand more about each other,  we even learned how to cook the local food of different countries and we really, really have good time together.

In addition, I found out that the atmosphere of the English language classes in the UK is totally different from Hong Kong. The students here are more willing to interact with the teachers. It shows their hunger to learn and it also teaches me the right attitude to learning. I found out that we can learn English in a more interesting way, too. For instance, we learn practical English like how to order food in the pub. In addition, we played so many games in the classes and I gained a lot from them.

In a word, it is absolutely an amazing tour. I have learned a lot from it!