Welcome to the summer semester of the EBP. We're happy to have you with us.

 

Instructors
Ishbel -- I have been teaching Academic Writing in the EBP since the program started in 1998 and I run the Social Issues Wiki. I grew up in Scotland and came to Canada as a graduate student in the 1970s. I liked the life here so I decided to stay. I have an MA in Applied Linguistics and have taught at McGill and Concordia universities in Montreal, as well as Tokai University in Japan where I lived for 5 years. Now I live in Kitsilano with my cat Chirp and spend my time between Vancouver and Salt Spring Island.
Marti -- My name is Marti and I teach Academic Skills in the English Bridge Program. At the moment I am also Acting Coordinator so please come see me if you have questions or concerns. I have lived in Canada for 8 years and I lived in Asia (China, Japan and Singapore) for 20, so believe me, I know about culture shock! I am interested in using computers for language learning, especially for learning vocabulary. I live with my family in North Vancouver and we have just adopted two cats, Lucy and Leila.
Lawrence -- I was born in the Maritimes, am married with two grown kids -- both married -- and love teaching! I have taught in BC at Kwantlen University College and, of course, here at SFU. I have also had the privilege of teaching at a teacher's training college (now Semarang National University) in Semarang, Indonesia, and at Peking University (Beida) in Beijing, China. My special love in English language teaching is training teachers whose first language is not English but who wish to teach English in their home countries. In my spare time, guess what I like to do (if there's snow)? I also enjoy sports, photography, and music.
Arthur -- I was born and raised in a small town called Vanderhoof which is supposedly the geographical centre of British Columbia. After a journey to Singapore I realized that I wanted to teach English in Asia. I returned to Canada and did my undergraduate degree at UBC in English Language Studies and soon after became certified to teach English as a second language. After what seemed like too many years, I made it back to Asia but this time to Hong Kong. I taught English to college students and completed an MA in Applied Linguistics at HKU before returning to Canada in 2004.
Avril -- I was born in Toronto, Ontario, raised in Montreal, Quebec and as a result, speak both English and French fluently. I am married to a New Zealander, and lived in Auckland for 6 years where I had both my daughter and son. In 1990, our family moved back to Canada, and I did both my undergraduate and graduate degrees here at Simon Fraser University. My majors were in Linguistics, TESL, and French and Spanish. My Graduate degree is in Understanding Second Language Education...I have been with the EBP nearly three years, love my work and enjoy my colleagues and the students who I have the privilege of teaching. The Burnaby campus is one of the most beautiful campuses on the planet. Enjoy the fresh air! It's good for your brain! I hope you have a successful and memorable time in the EBP!
TAs
Andreea -- I was born and raised in Romania, a country in Europe located between Russia, Hungary and Bulgary. I am actually Hungarian in terms of my ethnicity, and many people in the town I grew up in and in Romania in general tended to have different ethnicities. I have lived in British Columbia since 1997 and positively adore Vancouver. I studied at SFU cognitive science and linguistics and then went onto working on my Masters degree in Linguistics which I am finishing this summer. I know how hard it is to study and work and live in a different language than your mother tongue, and even to this day I have moments when the words don't come to me. My only advice for anyone wanting to study in English is to work hard and not despair. There is a light at the end of the tunnel (eventually)!
Stephen -- I was born and raised in Saskatchewan, Canada, but have lived in British Columbia since 1989. I pursued music for many years and consider myself very fortunate that the lifestyle of a musician allowed me the opportunity to travel extensively and to come into contact with many different cultures. Currently, I am completing my undergraduate degree in Communication at SFU, and am embarking on my third term as a teaching assistant with the English Bridge Program. At the moment, my hobbies include bicycling, swimming and playing a game called “Settlers of Catan.”

 

Section 1
Panida - Hi! everybody my name is Panida Rangkakulnuwat. I would like to say nice to meet all of you. I came from Chiang Mai,Thailand. Chiang Mai is located in the north of Thailand. I have been in Canada for a month which I really enjoy life here. I have graduate from secondary school in in March. About my English, I know that I have to improve it especially in writing and reading. My goal is to pass EBP and get accept from SFU. In my IRP, I want to do the topic about the child labor because I love to play with kids. I think kids is like a white sheet and want to see them play with their friend don't have to do the heavy job.
Leo - Hello, this is Leo. I came from Qingdao, which is a beautiful city in China. I have already finished my bachelor degree. And I would like to get a second degree of business in SFU. I am interesting in lots of things. I like sports, not good at it, but I am interested in almost all kinds of sports. I like dramas and cartoons. I love jeans and making friends very much. I hate writing, so it becomes my weak point. I really want to improve my English in EBP.   PS: For the IRP, I would like to focus on a topic in the Natural Disasters group. (Except climate change, which has been discoursed too much already.)
Hi, guys, I am pepe and I am taking EBP during this summer vacation. Curs It’s just ten days I have been in Van and much less days I spent in SFU, everything here strange me and I gain fun in everywhere,, so fresh! However, my English is a bit broken and poor. so that I have to make great effort to study in EBP class which is required by our teachers, ”ENGLISH ONLY!”, sometimes it doesn’t make sence to me…Honestly, I am already exhausted from the heavy school tasks but making friends here is fantastic. In all, EBP is supposed to be a colorful and meaningful holiday. I am sorry that I had forgot to update my wiki until received Ishbel's mail.Half a month has passed, I began to adapt  myself to EBP's tempo gradually but feel bearing much more stress.Classmates in our class are all outstanding and It is so hard for me to step up. Late now ,go sleep.Good night!
Hi. I am Tiffany. I came from Groungdong province of China. My whole family mingtate to Canada since 2007. During this half-year living in Canada, I realized that the education system in Canada is totally differetn from China. The way, my study career, is so long. In summer semester 07, I majored Accounting Management in a college. Unfortunately, when i handle some problm, feeling not easy to me. Hopefully, I want to via study EBP to strong my ability , which the EBP is a nice coures. In the first week, we got 4 times ice breaker so that we knew each classmate as well. Finally, I hope that all peers can pass the final test then enjoy your university life. 0(n_n)0... P.S.: I'd like to take Natural Disaste as my IRP
My name is Bon, came from Shanghai. I have been in Canada for almost 1year and this is my first time to come to SFU. Although soccer is not popular here, I enjoy concerts and movies very much. I am very looking forward to the oasis’s concert in GM place this summer, hope that will be a good show. About IRP, well, I have done it before which was a very miserable experience. The topic, a common currency for North America, almost made me mad. Honestly, it’s a tough work but really benefits me a lot. So, I prefer controversial topics because they help me to create comprehensive understanding.   Hey, guys just look at my face in the picture. I am struggling with HWK. Im DYING!!
Danyu - Hi guys! I was born in Heilongjiang Province, China, and graduated high school in Beijing in 2007. I have a warm heart and like to help people if I can. I like to play piano or guzheng-an oriental musical instrument, and sometimes I draw pictures in pencil. I like to walk, but I am not good at sports. So usually what I do depends on my feelings. I dream every night and remember all the dreams. These are different stories. I try to write down every dream, then I can write a novel in the future. ^-^
Zoe ^.^ I come from Hangzhou,a beautiful city which is located in southeastern China. I am really fond of reading different kinds of books such as drama and fiction, as well as other hobbies such as watching films,sing songs and writing.Therefore,it is lucky for me to major in Drama Literature in Chinese university. However,I have just stopped my second year in Chinese university because I want to change my major to Business in SFU.It is my pleasure to know everyone in the EBP program which can help me to improve my English academic skill.
Hi, my name is Yin Ying. I come from jiangmen, a small city of Guongdong Province in China. I majored in Mathematics in SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY for a few months. Then I immigrated to Canada with my family 2 months ago. I am very happy to take EBP program because I can make many friends here. You know, I had no friends here and had nothing to do in the past 2 months.
Hello everyone, my name is Victor Pan, I come from HangZhou, which is a beautiful tourist city and located in southeast China. I am good at sports, especially basketball. Furthermore, I was one of basketball players in my school basketball term and I also broken school sports meeting records for running and jumping. In this semester, I am glad to meeting so many lovely friends in EBP and also I should work hard to pass EBP.
Hi,this is Linglong Zhai. I come from China ,Hebei province,near our capital. I like both basketball and soccer ,but I can not play both of them very well.   I hope I will have a happy time during study at EBP .
SHINNOSUKE MAEDA, completed 1st degree in International Language and Communication major in Kansai Gaidai University in 2008. Shinnosuke studied Chinese culture and language at Beijing Language and Culture University in 2005 summer, in addition studied at SFU from 2006 Fall to 2007 Spring through Japanese university’s exchange program. During this time he took sociology, Canadian studies, Canadian history and Chinese. Now he is interested in advertising and mass-communication so that he hopes acquire 2nd bachelor degree in communication major after passing EBP. Also, He honestly hope every EBP students achieve amazing growth through that program and pass all courses happily.
Vivian—*-*Hi,everybody! My Chinese name is Wei Hu, and it is actually run out of the mill. I came from Xinyang , Henan province. I suppose if I had to describe Xinyang, the first thing I would say that it’s famous for green tea. This is my first time to go aboard for studying. It’s really a big challenge for me, because the study atmosphere here is totally different from what I got used to at my home. But for me challenge means impetus. I wish both us can enjoy and pass the EBP then enter into the universities successfully.
Brad--i am from Riyadh the capital city of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabi,i came to canada to study Aviation because i am in love with flying, and i used to be a Flight Attendat for 6 year, it was the most exciting part in my life, but i am here to upgrade my self by being a Pilot !!!another thing,i am crazy about soccer and my team is Manshester United.  I think EBP is a good perparation course for me befor starting my major,the teachers are really professional and helpful,on other hand the student are friendly and nice,i wish i will get closer to every body,and every one is welcome to be my friend.."CHEERS"!!!
Nicholas -- Hello everyone, I am Nicholas Wang. I came from Shenzhen, China. I came to Canada three years ago and it seems to be quite a long time for some of you becuase I know that some people just arrive in Canada for half a month. You may want to ask what I did in three years time. And well, I just finished my two years college life in ontario and received my diploma in Business Accounting. Before that, I was in a high school and that was in ontario too. I am going to study accounting (or finance, or both) at Simon Fraser but for now, EBP is my challenge, or realistically, a barrier towards my future career, which means I have to overcome it. I think all of you have the same goal of passing the course, so best wishes.

Section 2
TA: Andreea -- I was born and raised in Romania, a country in Europe located between Russia, Hungary and Bulgary. I am actually Hungarian in terms of my ethnicity, and many people in the town I grew up in and in Romania in general tended to have different ethnicities. I have lived in British Columbia since 1997 and positively adore Vancouver. I studied at SFU cognitive science and linguistics and then went onto working on my Masters degree in Linguistics which I am finishing this summer. I know how hard it is to study and work and live in a different language than your mother tongue, and even to this day I have moments when the words don't come to me. My only advice for anyone wanting to study in English is to work hard and not despair. There is a light at the end of the tunnel (eventually)!
TIM**--I was born and raised in Tianjin, China. Tianjin is just beside Beijing. My English is not very good, because I find to learn a different language better. It is need people to know the culture of that language and you must make yourself to think in English in your mind. It is so hard to me to do like that. The IRP, I think I will choose one topic of the Melting Glaciers. Because I like ice, and I like mountains
Katherine--I was born and raised in Beijing,China. I've never lived in other city before this time. I think Vancouver is a good start for me because till now I've already been here for like 10 days and I can totally handle my daily life,I met many interesting people here many of them have become my good friends.Of course my English is improving everyday after I arrived via the contact with native speakers, especially after I started my class in EBP. I think the biggest problem of my English is my speaking skill.I'm sure that EBP will help me a lot during this semester, at the same time I will definitely try my best to finish my study well!
Ban--I was born in a small city in Henan province in China. My Chinese name is Zhangjinglong. And my English nick name is Ban not Ben. I chose Ban as my English nick name, because my friends have call me xiaoban(Chinese pronunciation) for over 10 years. I have been used to be called Ban by anybody. I have graduated from my university (ZZULI) and majored in E-commerce. I miss my university time and my friends with whom I talked and played. On the list of topic of IRP, I am interested in Natural Sustainable Energy Sources, and I am likely to pick tidal power as my topic of IRP. I hope that through the 10 weeks intensive course I will get a handsome sore and be a student of SFU.
Alan—My English name is Alan and I come from Northern China. It takes me 1 hour to drive from my hometown to Beijing. I have studied English for about 8 years. In my daily life, I like read some fiction novels such as Harry Potter. I also like listen to the music and watch TV program like American idol and deal or no deal. Another thing that I like is travelling. I traveled to Sichuan China on April and I am so happy to see a lot of beautiful mountains and lakes, especially the water's color is blue that I will never forget. However, the big earthquake happened in Sichuan province. I feel so sorry about the people who died from the earthquake. I hope everything is getting better now and people can rebuild their hometown with enough food and water.
Jasmine--My full name is Yang Liu.I'm from the Mainland of China,and just finished my secondary school last year,so I have to adapt the atmosphere of SFU quickly. My English is not strong enough to start the study in my major(BA).I think that serious writing and spesking are two big difficuties for me.  By scaning Wiki and reding the handouts,I found that solar power is interests me .And I really want to pick this theme as my IRP 's topic.
Jason—Hello everyone! I am Jason Hailong Piao, from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. Now, I am in section 2. I have been in Canada 1 year. I used to lived in Toronto with my family. I visited Niagara fall, Ontario lake and Wonderland. I also enjoyed beautiful view of colorful maple trees. I often do lots of sports in my leisure time, I also like treavelling and challenging things. I think my oral and aural English are not too bad. However, my drawbacks are academic writing and reading, I need to improve both of them ASAP. I will try my best to study EBP program and improve my negative points in order to successfully entrance SFU.
hey..i am Amy Jin. My chinese name is Jin xuelu. i am glad to meet everybody in EBP. I come from Wenzhou, zhejiang, China. i love my hometown and miss everything there. I just finished my first year of university in Hongkong. the high pace of life make me want to move here. i have been here for 3 months and really enjoy the life in Vancouver. i am fond of cooking, decoration, rock music and jazz. my english skills need to be improved. it is the reason why i am here.my major in hk was general management. i still want to finish my major if i could pass the courses of EBP. I am living in residence now in order to get to the classroom earlier. i have interest in the topic of typhoon because it occurs to my hometown every year. i desire to search the wiki and the other resouces for it, then i can kown it better.
Rei - Hi I come from Dalian in China,it's a beautiful seaside city,but to be honest ,I don't like swimming.The sport I like is bedminton and sleep.Ilike watching movies and tennis competitions,also like listen to some rock music hip-pop...don't like reading and can't cook .like most Chinese students, I have been studying English since grade 3,I feel really lucky that I can study in a foreign country.I am interested in the topic of Himalayas' melting glaciers,hope that I will be lucky enough to be chosen to do this topic
Hi, this is Anna, both my English name and Chinese name are Anna Zhang. I come from GuangZhou, which is a modern city in the south of China.I have been in Vancuover for almost six months.I remember when I first arrived in Canada, I went through a hard time.But a few weeks later, everything was getting better and I was getting to know this city and people.I've found some effective ways to adjust to my life.I am so glad that I can improve my English in the EBP.And now I ' ve noticed that Vancouver is such a fantastic place for people to live.Life here can be that simple and comfortable.I appreciate the life style and I believe that each of us can earn a rich experience through the life.Truely hope that all of us can go through a wonderful time in EBP.
Hello, everyone here. I’m Aviva. I was born in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China, but I move to Beijing in 1999 and just left on 14th May 2008 to have my new life in Canada.  I will study eco because I like math, biz and eco. And I also learned something about accounting, statistics in English.I always read some books about eco and my favorite book is freakonomics (freak+economics). Now, I’ve just finished The World Is Flat which is very famous book in eco.  Talk about my English, I think that I can read some academic books and catch the pionts quickly so that I can study by myself even in English because I did the same things in the past 2 years. But my real English is too bad in every aspect. EBP is a necessary evil for us, I will try my best to pass it and began my undergraduate study as soon as I can. I wish everyone here (except the teachers here~) Good luck, my friends.
Hi, I am Eric.  I am from china.  I came to Canada 5 monthes ago.  I was a student in a high school before I came to EBP.  So, I am here to improve my English skills for studying in universities here.  I like all kind of sports, especially, soccer.  I like music and I like singing.  I am planning to choose both physics and biochemistry as my major for university study.  I will focus on pure physics and genetics.  But anyway, I should try my best to pass EBP first.
Hi,everyone,I am Christine. My Chinese name is Yangshuang . I come from Shenzhen,Guangdong,China which is nearby the sea just like Vancouver.I like to sleep all the time.After I entered EBP,I have to work very hard in order to get all the things done,so I do not have enough time to sleep everyday.However,I think this is a new challenge for me,I will try my best to do eveything , I hope I will be successful.I was an university student in China , I spent 2 years studying there .My major is International Business.I have to learn lots of subjects,for example, economic, accounting, communication,business....I will keep on studying this major at SFU after my passing EBP.At last,I hope everyone will have a good time at EBP and good luck to all of us.
My name is Ravneet and I'm from Bombay, which is in India. I've finished my diploma from post secondary institute and now planning to study Bachelor of media arts. I have studied english for many years, but still have to built up my skills to be successful in the academic course I'll be taking. I love playing sports such as soccer, cricket, tennis and going out for movies. I wish everyone to make great progress and have good time in EBP.
Dicky : I was born and raised in Hong Kong, which is a very crowed and small city, also the pollution problems in Hong Kong are quite serious, so I don’t like living in Hong Kong, that is the reason I am here maybe. However, I can do many kind of hobbies in Hong Kong conveniently, which like film & drama watching, film & photo taking. Today is my 10th day I have been here, Vancouver, but I am still haven’t restart my hobbies till this moment, and the usual thing I do is just buying food in MetroTown, deeply upset. Lastly, I begin to love Vancouver and I feel really nice to meet you all in EBP, good luck.   Topic Interested : Biogas from anaerobic digestion – for small, domestic needs
Mohammed:** I am from Ryiadh, Saudi Arabia. I've been in Vancouver for eight months and I love being here because it multicultural ambience which makes me learn from every body. I've many friends from Canada, China, Mexico, Pakistan, Korea, Brazil, India and Japan. I'm glad that I'm student at EBP even if "it's necessary evil" like what Lawrence said :)
Hi, I am Gloria. My home town locates in Northeast of China called Jilin City. I come here for future study and I wanna change my life. I like cooking and doing exercises. Traveling is also my interesting. If you want find an economy tour you can ask me for help. There is another thing impressed me so much that my classmates are very kind and willing to help. I love this program and my friends.
Sanaz-- My name is Sanaz and I am from Iran.I finished my highschool in Iran and after that I went to Malaysia in order to get my B.S. in biotechnology in an international university.When I finished my second year of studing in Malaysia,I decided to come to Canada and study in a higher quality education system and become a part of bigger society.So I sent all the credits I had passed and SFU accepted them.Then I came to Canada in september 2008 and now I am enrolling in EBP and I will study my final years in molecular biology and biochemistry by january 2009.I have only two sisters and both of them are studing biotechnology.I am 21 and my sisters are 20 and 19 years old.We are planing to establish a biotechnology company in future.Now I live in Vancouver with one of my sisters and my dog Huppy.I like my IRP research to be HIV/AIDS because I am interested in this area.

Section 3
TA: Andreea -- I was born and raised in Romania, a country in Europe located between Russia, Hungary and Bulgary. I am actually Hungarian in terms of my ethnicity, and many people in the town I grew up in and in Romania in general tended to have different ethnicities. I have lived in British Columbia since 1997 and positively adore Vancouver. I studied at SFU cognitive science and linguistics and then went onto working on my Masters degree in Linguistics which I am finishing this summer. I know how hard it is to study and work and live in a different language than your mother tongue, and even to this day I have moments when the words don't come to me. My only advice for anyone wanting to study in English is to work hard and not despair. There is a light at the end of the tunnel (eventually)!
Greg  Yi -- My name is Han Yi, or you guys can call me Greg. I was born in China; a country which has five thousand years of history. Because of the history, we have got gigantic cultural heritage which was bequeathed by our ancestors, such like Beijing opera, traditional Chinese painting and etc., they are well known by the world. Of course, I believe that after Olympic Games, the world will know about China more than these. Canada, I have been here since last Christmas, and it has been almost half year already. I like here very much, fresh air, nice people, but the climate here is a little bit cold, however comparing with the Toronto,it is much better in Vancouver. Well the main aim that I am here is to prove my English skills, and I would like to pay more attention on my writing, because I am not very good at writing articles. Some of grammars always make me nuts *_*:   Anyway, it is glad to be here with you guys, and good luck to me and all of you! J
Nash -- I`m from PRC.I`m so glad to join EBP and spend the next 10 weeks with you guys. Friendship is the most important thing for me.As someone said you can live without your parents but you can not live with your friends.In my off hours,I love to travel around with friends.Travelling is a very good way to learn sth out of the book.I already have studied in Tianjin University of Technology for one year.I pick a llot of things up during that.I just want more experience and find another chellange for myself,that`s the reason why I`m here.I believe life should be colorful and fill up with excitements.
kai (kenneth) -- I am glad to see all my new friends here in EBP. Well, I am easy to recognise, because I am tall. My nationnality is China. I was born in Shanxi province which has lots coal mine. I just finished my high school in China and came to Canada at the begin of this year. Firstly, I been to Ottawa for studying English in Carleton University, and I also been to Kingston and Montreal  for travelling. Then, I think, Canada is a amazing country. Peole here are friendly and hospitable.When I just came here, I lived in a homestay, they treated as a familly member and I had a every happy memory. Now, I am living another famous city in Canada even around the world which called Vancouver. I love here. Because this is a quiet and peaceful place. I hope both of us can finished EBP successfully and go to the dream University as soon as possible. At last I wish everyone will enjoy his or her life in Canada and become more and more stronger no matter mental or physical.
Summer - Hello! I was born in Wuhan,Hubei Province,China.I have lived in three different cities,Wuhan,Nanjing and Beijing.All of them are modern,beautiful and great.I have my primary and secondary education in Wuhan foreign languages school,where I get fantastic language training.Last year,after I graduated from my high school in Beijing,I decided to study abroad.Finally,I chose Vancouver as my destination.I am very glad to see everybody in EBP,I wish all of us can spend an happy time during this ten weeks.In my spare time,I am fond of swimming,playing piano and shopping.I enjoy reading literature as well.In the future,I want to choose Finance as my major.I find that some courses in EBP are difficult for me to learn.I hope we can help each other so that all of us can reach our goals eventually.
Vivien, Hi, I'm Vivien. I come from Fujian, is located in southeast of China. I have been here for six months and I love to live here. Before I came to Canada, I study in Hong Kong for 1 year. My major is General Management .I want to learn business in SFU after I pass the EBP. My topic is E-waste, but I don't have much knowledge about it. And I want to talk about the Guiyun in China. I need to do lots of research about this area. I will try my best to do a perfect job. I am sure we will have happy 10 weeks together, and I am very glad to meet everybody. And make friend with you. Nice to meet you!!
Hey, this is Fiona Zhang. I am from Beijing, the capital of China. I have been here more than one year. During that time, I was studying in Kwanteln University. I took CS at Kwantlen for one semester.  want to study Business in SFU. I will do my best in EBP in this summer and pass it, then go to SFU to study. I like reading and movie. I hope I can make some new friends in this semester.
Wei—My name is Wei Zhang. I am from China, Fujian province. I graduated from university last year. I am looking for the chance to study in Canada. Then, I choose to study in SFU and I want to go to study computing science in SFU. In fact, my major is Electronic Commerce in my home university. However, I want to gain more knowledge about computing science, so I choose computing science as my second major. I feel excited to study in EBP program and I wish I could go to SFU after this semester. Moreover, when I finish my bachelor degree, I will try to get my master degree in the future. At last, I hope every one has a good time in EBP.
Maxine -- This is Maxine Luo.I come from Shen Zhen province in China.I like drawing pictures and playing the piano but not very well .If I have time I will keep studying the piano but that is impossible in EBP because I want to spend  my time in EBP. If I pass the program fluently , I will study academic program in September. I am very glad to meet teachers and students in EBP;they are so kind and I like them so much. I believe I can learn a lot of useful things from them, I am so happy to meet them.
Grace -- HI, I am Grace, Huang. i have been in Canada for 2 months. My hometown is Fuzhou, Jiangxi,China. Before I came to Canada I lived with my family in Shanghai which is a morden and fantastic city. You can eat a lot of delicious food form  all counties in the world.In a word , you can eat anything you want , buy anything you need. Compare with Shanghai, Canda is a quiet and beautiful country which has fresh air and nice people.I think l will love this country as well as China. And make good friends with my classmates in EBP.Try my best and do my best in the EBP course.
Jenny ~ Hi, I am Jenny. I am glad to join the EBP program. I have come to Canada for just twenty days and I like the life here. I like watching TV, shopping, eating and playing badminton and squash. I hope I could pass the summer EBP class and study accounting in SFU this September. I want to make new friends here.
Alvin~~~ Hi, my name is Xiang Alvin Cheng! I was born in Chongqing which is an amazing mountain city in the south of China. I will have an impressive and cheerful studying period with every students and instructors in EBP.EBP is really an intensive program. I will try my best to study hard in weekdays, but I am still crazy to enjoy my vacation with my friends. I’d like to spend a meaningful term to start the first step of my engineering career. This is my dream of my future, I would never give up. In short, my rule, "solidarity + perseverance = success!"
Ryan (Sungpil) - I'm from Seoul, Korea. I've been in Vancouver since last September. The purpose of coming over here is to study English and to get various experiences. Before coming to Vancouver, I studied civil engineering for 1year at Seoul Nat’l Univ. Afterwards, I had been in the military service for two and half years. In Vancouver, I’ve tried to do everything as much as I can. This program, EBP, is my last challenge for my academic skills. I’m supposed to go back to Korea this coming August, that means I have only about two and half months left. But, I hopefully get along with you guys well for the time and keep in touch with you guys even though I’m back to Korea. Let’s study hard weekdays and hang out weekends! LOL
Dragon -- hey my dear friends, this is Guilong Niu from China, as u can see at the very beginning u guys can call me Dragon, but do not be scared, I am very human, I just translate this name from my Chinese name (Long). I have been to Vancouver more than eight months from last September when I graduated from university three months later which I achieved my Bachelor Degree in Human Resource Management. It seems that I am one of the graduates from university which not so many students as whom graduate from high school. I am so glad to study with u guys in the EBP at SFU, I hope we can have the same classes after EBP, which means we can pass the EBP and have  regular classes at SFU. Let us happy learning all the time!
Victor -- Hey, I am Victor Hou, in section three. I was born in China, where most students in EBP come from there. I have studied in a university of China called Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications.   I have been Vancouver almost two months as my family immigrated to Canada. It is amazing here!  I like to enjoy the sound of birds and the color of the sky in here. I have admitted by the Science Faculty of SFU, so after I graduate from EBP I could enroll in my major, Management and System Science. I love it. Anyway, let us enjoy the time we spent together.
Jun : Hello everyone, here is Jun, the guy who comes from Guangzhou China. It's my pleasure  to meet you in this class. I was studied in PAS last semester, that's another Academic English programm in SFU. Hopefully all the student like to climb up this Burnaby Mountain everyday. It's a long  and broing journey to come to school, but the university will become very beautiful when it snow in winter. I hope all of the students have a good time in EBP. Finally, let's bless the people who died in Sichuan, and I wish they're rest in peace..