生徒の声 / Messages from Students

生徒さんのお名前：Ms. Jun Asano
受講コース：GEP, BEP, Work Experience Program
通学期間：2005年9月〜40週間

I would like to say thank you to all staff at Global Village. Especially, thank you to Rebecca who helped me a lot when I applied to the programs at GV through emails between Japan and Canada, Izabella who placed me in the best Work Experience Program placement, Christine who gave me such a wonderful home stay place, Dora who was the greatest teacher who I have ever met, and all the other wonderful staff.

I am just surprised that I have been a student at Global Village for 10 months. I have spent such a long time there, however I felt it was too short! When I started the class, it was the winter and it was cold for me to be outside of the building, but it was like a tropical island in school. I mean both warm rooms and warm staff. And I met nice friends in the class! I still keep in touch with them.

The last 5 months, I was working for Toronto International Film Festival 2004 as part of the Work Experience Program. At first, I thought there was no hope to work there because it is such a big and famous festival. However, my experience working at a movie theatre in my country helped me, and fortunately I could get placed there. It was such a great place to work! Everyone was so kind that I felt that I got truly involved there. I was an intern in the Administration and Technical department and I helped the film scheduling and I had the opportunity to learn about 16 mm projector and digital video decks, which I hadn’t operated before. Therefore, I could learn not only Business English but also other things. When I finished the internship, everyone asked me to come back to for next year’s festival. I hope I can do it and I would like to come back to Toronto!

Thank you, everyone!
Thank you for everything!

I had a great experience at Global Village Toronto in Canada. I came to Toronto at the end of September. It was still hot and humid like summer. I was very excited about everything because I made my plans for Toronto before I came to Canada. My plan was to do ESL for 8 weeks, Business English Program for 8 weeks and then Work Experience Program for 8 weeks. ESL classes were very good for me. I learned a lot of vocabulary, conversation and grammar and I had a lot of homework everyday. Furthermore, I met many people. I went out with friends and my classmates everyday. Through my friends, I learned about different cultures and customs. So it was really great to study English in a foreign country. I had final tests to go up to the next level at the end of each session; it was challenging and I could see how much I had learned that session. BEP was different from ESL because I learned only business. I didn't study grammar, but I had to read a lot of business articles and discuss them with my classmates. I also learned how to give a presentation. Before I took the course, I hesitated to speak out in front of people, however, after that I could do a presentation without hesitating. I really improved my reading and speaking skills. Finally I took Work Experience Program. I was very nervous because I didn't have any confidence in myself. I got a job working in a private kindergarten as a teacher's assistant. In the beginning, I was nervous and tired everyday because I had to learn a lot of things about the job. I worked in a class with 25 children who were between two and six years old. It was hard to be close to the students in the first week, but little by little, I became closer to them. By the time I left the job, I was very sad and the students gave me a book with their names and pictures. Work Experience Program is very different from ESL and BEP. It gave me the opportunity to experience a Canadian business environment which you couldn't experience by yourself as a student. Also, by the time you finish Work Experience Program, you will have a lot of confidence in yourself.