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Without a doubt, Leeds is the nightlife capital of the north, if not the UK. There are more bars in Leeds than your average prison, and probably more clubs as well. Unlike other cities which have just one or two superclubs, Leeds has hundreds of room-sized bars to discover. Whatever you are into you are likely to find something to your liking.
Leeds University, established in 1904, is one of the largest higher education institutions in the UK. Renowned for the quality of its teaching and research, combined with the breadth of disciplines it covers, the university provides a wealth of opportunities and has real cultural, economic and societal impact on the world. The university strives to achieve academic excellence within an ethical framework informed by values of integrity, equality and inclusion, community and professionalism.
Leeds for Life is a university-wide initiative bringing together opportunities for academic and personal development, including work experience. It includes the Leeds Network, which gives students the chance to make contact with alumni who can provide real-life insights into particular professions or industries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Leeds

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I visited Durham and Leeds University during half term.
I was amazed by both of them.
Durham City is the main location of the university and contains 14 of the 16 colleges along with most of the academic departments. The Durham City estate is spread across several different sites.Durham University was one of the first universities to commence tuition in England for more than 600 years and is one of a number of institutions that has been described as the third-oldest university in England.The university is currently ranked 4th to 6th by recent national league tables of the British universities and in the top 100 in three of the four major global tables. In terms of average UCAS points of new entrants in 2015–2016, Durham ranked 6th with the average entrant amassing 519 UCAS points.
https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/durham/

Durham offers several degree routes including Single or Joint Honours, named routes in Natural Sciences, Combined Honours in Social Sciences, Liberal Arts and 4-year honours programmes in some sciences.The modular degree system enables students to tailor degrees to meet their needs by combining subjects or studying 1 or more subjects in depth.Durham University has over 240 student exchange agreements under the Erasmus+ and International Exchange programmes, with partner institutions spread across the globe from Austria to New Zealand.Almost 300 Durham students every year take the opportunity to spend a period abroad and the university welcomes over 370 students to Durham from partner institutions annually.

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Currently I am studying Extended Foundation Programme.The course includes business maths,business language,FES Extended and CIT.I think these courses are mainly to help me to understand and prepare the business studies for next term.It aims at improve my English capacity and help me to learn about business.Teachers help us to cope with some English problems because my classmates and I are all not native speakers.Mrs.Waler who is our business English teacher,help us to improve our ability of understanding some academic words about business.She also gives us some accurate knowledege about British English compare to American English.She sometimes play some listening materials for us to enhance our ability of listening.Our FES teacher,Mr.Turner,who is my favorite teacher,also teach us some specific and useful knowledge about English learning.For example,he sometimes gives us handouts to show how can we improve our writing skills and sometimes practice our reading capacity.I think all of this helps me a lot,I gained some experience from his lessons.Mrs.Musgrove,our maths teacher,taught us many maths knowledge and skills which helps me a lot.She often give us details of how to solve a maths problem.Mr.Thomas,our CIT teacher,taught us lots of computer knowledge and skills.I suppose this will help me after I entering the university.

From my point of view,I think the biggest difference between Business Language and FES Extended Course is their focus.The business English course focuses on teach us business communication skills while FES Extended Course aims at teach us how to enhance our ability of learning English.In business English classes,we are more likely to have conversations with our partner within a group.Teacher taught us how to talk to our business partner politely,how to express our thoughts and so on.By contrast,in FES classes,teacher tend to teach us English skills in a more academic way which includes listening,reading,writing and speaking.Teacher gives us some details about how to enhance our skills specifically.

In this term,I have learned many things at school.My classmates are all from different countries and regions.I learned a lot from them.For example,I know about some cultures and laws in their countries now.Teachers give me a number of knowledge.As for me,I found that there will always be people there to support I get into trouble.Friends,classmates and teachers are all kind to me so wherever I am,they can always help me.We all experience our brief moments of panic,but we make it out alive.I always try my best to push myself to make the most of what college offers.I joined singing club,go to the party,etc.In addition,I ate lunch myself at school for the first time.I may think that when I eat lunch alone,everyone is staring and thinking that I have no friends.But now I think it is not embarrassing at all.

As an International student,there are many things that I need to overcome.First of all,it is not easy process to get good accommodation in an unfamiliar condition.At first,I lived in a lively house but because of the two naughty boys,I can't stand the noise made by them.Then I moved to a school staff's house.They are very nice to me and I enjoy live with them.Then the main difficulty that I am overcoming now is the language problem.I always lose my confidence easily because the native language between Chinese and English have totally different background and logic.The general trouble is hard to communicate with classmates and teachers.I can understand what they are saying but I have no idea to express my thoughts and feelings,which makes me more silent and reticent.Besides,there are lots of unfamiliar vocabularies in a long article which made me feel bored.Then I asked for suggestion from FES teacher,Mr.Turner.He advised me to watch English movies and videos more often and read newspapers as much as possible.Then I began to read newspaper when I take a bus to school or come back home and listened to the BBC radio every morning.Now I find it easier to communicate with teachers and classmates.The only thing I still need to overcome is confidence.I should boost my confidence to speak to others.Plus,culture.China has a very long history so many cultures have been existed in thousands years which are being carved in every Chinese heart so I need more time to adapt the totally different environment.

Before I study this course,I think that learning English is just work hard and practice more.But now I think that communication is a very important thing for English learners.We can not only practice our spoken-English,but also gain some knowledge of foreign cultures.

I made some Chinese friends from different regions and we sometimes hang out together.They helped me a lot of living and studies.By the way, I never think that I can make any foreign friends at school.But now I can get along well with my classmates and I even made some friends in singing club.

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My purpose for studying CIT is to learn more about computer and improve my computer skills.Frankly speaking,I seldom use computers for last 6 years because of the heavy schoolwork in China.Since last year,I began to use iPad instead of laptop.As a result,,I am not good at CIT at all.I believe that it is necessary to command some computer skills when preparing for universities.For the reason that in universities,we will use computer a lot.For example,we need to prepare presentations sometimes.

Now I learned some computer skills such as how to use data sort to make charts more tidy and so on.Sometimes it is a little be tricky for me but with the help of classmates and CIT teacher,I find that this subject is interesting and I become interested in it.

I think that due to my English still need to improve so sometimes I can not understand what is the instruction is talking about which made me don't know how to operate.

There are more knowledge that I should learn and practice.I reckon that I need to follow the teacher's instructions to improve my skills.

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I have read two books recently,one is called The Great Gatsby and another is called Jane Eyre.

The Great Gatsby is an American classic and a wonderful work. This is my least-favorite classic of all time. I was never fully introduced to the root of the affair that existed between Gatsby and Daisy.  A tale full of love, loss, regret, fear, and just plain craziness. In short it has all of the emotions of real life all rolled up into one little tale about a man! It’s the telling of this man’s life story from a friend’s perspective and it was so unique, and written so well that I really did not want to put this down.

I learned only recently that Charlotte Bronte is a masterful writer. I cannot say that this was an easy book to read. But it was a book that I was very enriched by reading. It's a story for the person who wonders why they keep trying to do the right thing, and persevering in life, instead of just taking what they want when they want it.Jane walked away from the thing she wanted most in the world. She almost died doing what she felt in her heart was right.

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I am studying Foundation English Course now.I think it helps me to understand the academic words and sentences for future studies. In my opinion,general English is what you can expect native speakers who have successfully completed primary and secondary schooling and are prepared for tertiary level education.But academic English is the words in bold font in their textbooks.

I do not enjoy the language itself.I enjoy what the language allows me to do,which is connecting with other people.Not knowing English would home me back from meeting new friends,studying in an international environment,reading a lot of great books that are not translated into my mother tongue.However,I do enjoy those moments when I use a new phrase or a word in a conversation.Every time I do so,some new possibilities open up in front of me.

Grammer and new words are the most difficult part for me.That's the reason why I still cannot make some complex sentences or I tend to make more mistakes when I try to write some difficult sentences.It is hard for me to paraphrase some sentences.

I need to ask for teachers the best way to improve my writting skills and try my best to cope with my problems.

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My chosen subject is business studies.I think maybe in the future I will set up my own business but I have not decided yet .But I suppose after I finished this course when I graduated from university,I am going to have lots of choices to decide which career is suitable for me.

In this first term,our study focus on business language and business maths.They are very basic for business studies. I found that business is an interesting subject because it is related to real life rather than abstract subject.

Currently I think business maths is very easy for me because I have already learned Core1,Core2 and Decision1 maths.I should work hard on my English and find out more about business studies at the same time.

Frankly speaking,I do not really know what exactly I should to do,I feel confused about it because I never study business before.As a result,it is a little difficult for me to learn it well.But my friends told me that when study this course,I should understand all of the definitions and memorize them then put them into practice.In the meantime,I need to improve my English skills so that I can have a better understanding of this course.I need to consult how to learn business with the teacher.

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This week is the second week that I study in Bellerbys College.I found that the education system in the UK is quite different from my country.First of all,regards to the teaching style,British teachers are pay more attention to every students' thought,they will ask the students if they understand what the teachers says.Also,students in class are treated equally rather than depends on the students' academic achievements.Secondly,British students do not have much homework to do.They just get around 4 lessons everyday so they have many free time after school to do what they interested in.Additionally,British students in secondary school do the sports regularly.Thirdly,there are only about 10 students in a class therefore teachers can focus on every students.

In my country,most of the students are under high pressure because they need to compete with other students and the school will publish the rankings of each students of every large-scale examination ,so I think that's why I come to England to study.In senior high school,students have to get up at 6 o'clock and go to bed at around 11 o'clock.They just got half day to relax per week except holidays.There are approximately 70 students in a classroom.As a result,teachers will not take the feelings of each students into account.They have to study 6 subjects in high school which make them lose the motivation of study.

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I have been studying in the UK for a year.I can well remember when I first came to England I was so excited because it was my first time to travel abroad alone.When I get off the plane,I realized the temperature in UK is lower than China.When I arrive the college,a teacher give me a warm hug and introduce this college for me.I found that most British people are helpful and friendly then I began to love this country gradually.The air is always fresh and I can see the beautiful scenery everyday.

I flied to London this September then it took me one hour to arrive in Brighton.I  made a new friend who came from Hong Kong in the airport then we took the same taxi to the Bellerbys College.Brighton is a coastal city so I sometimes see the sea gulls walking on the street.Before I came to Brighton,one of my friend who ever travelled to Brighton told me that the seafood in there are very tasty so I decide to go to a seafood restaurant with my friends this weekend.

As for what I want to study in university,I haven't decided yet.But I will search some information about this.Also,I don't know what I want to do in the future when I graduate.Maybe work in a business company or something else.