It
was a pleasure to get to know a person from different place: Oksoon Park from South Korea who has now moved
to the United States. It is obvious that people face difficulties with understanding
and speaking a second language perfectly and this is the same case for Mrs.
Park. She said that she is having a hard time speaking and writing English
fluently with perfection. She knew that she would have to struggle in every
step of the learning systems. From her point of view, she often used narrative
forms of writing, and she makes lists and prepares outlines for writing. Additionally,
Oksoon mentioned that the ESL and CCR-092-100 classes helped her a lot, as she got
the chance to discuss and understand things closely and interactively through
being with friends and the instructor. Furthermore, she said that she has facilities
related with computers and Internet and has a little bit of experience and
knowledge about programs like MS Word and Excel. As in the case of social
networking she uses the Korean media kakao talk and whatsapp. Although she has
a great and positive experience with her instructors and classes at Front Range
Community College, she mentioned that she is still not familiar with other
resources of campus like the campus library and the online library. In contrast,
she said that she has interacted with the student success centre and has gotten
a lot of help from there.
At
last, she has great expectations for this class. She said she has developed her
writing and reading skills more after attending previous classes in this
college and she hopes to achieve more in this class. She stated that CCR 092
helped her a lot to improve her English skills and English 121 is another
essential tool to make her writing and reading skills more critical and
logical. She said that she wants to develop her writing skills in a critical
way. As Oksoon is new in the United States and the education system is
different from her country, she often has trouble with writing and engaging in
workshops. If people have the effort to learn vigorously then they will be
successful in their life. Oksoon has made the effort to learn and she will put
more enthusiasm into learning more new things in her life.
By: Irina Pokharel
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