{"id":1428,"date":"2014-04-25T15:10:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T14:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2018-04-18T16:52:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T15:52:28","slug":"a-rather-unusual-cambridge-class-at-lsi-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/2014\/04\/a-rather-unusual-cambridge-class-at-lsi-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rather Unusual Cambridge Class at LSI Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes things in life just come together in an interesting way .\u00a0LSI Vancouver school director Chris Beck explains\u00a0what happened this spring on\u00a0the Cambridge Advanced English (CAE) preparation course in Vancouver\u00a0\u2026<\/p>\n

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The CAE class – Ignacio far right, Tomoe far left, William and Jay centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First,\u00a0we\u00a0got a booking from\u00a0Tomoe Takano, who was a Japanese student\u00a0at the school\u00a08 years ago \u2013 but who has been in contact with LSI and a lot of our ex-students over the years. She had even visited many of the friends that she’d made\u00a0in Vancouver visiting\u00a0Korea, Taiwan, Germany, and Switzerland. I remember a lot of students\u00a0in the\u00a020 years I\u2019ve worked\u00a0at LSI, but sometimes what I remember is a little strange! My outstanding memory\u00a0of Tomoe, for\u00a0example,\u00a0is that she was the cutest \u2018Cat\u2019 I ever saw at our Halloween party.<\/p>\n

Next, Ignacio Portus from Chile contacted us about joining the\u00a0spring CAE\u00a0course.\u00a0Instantly\u00a0I thought what an\u00a0 interesting coincidence it was to have two returning students in the same class. Ignacio had studied at LSI Vancouver three years\u00a0before and was well\u00a0remembered here because of how he grew from an insecure young man concerned only about himself\u00a0into a popular\u00a0leader amongst the students. During his recent visit Ignacio explained to me that he had become a more confident person because he felt \u201cloved\u201d here. \u201cLSI gave me, at the right time, what I most needed: love and confidence to believe in myself.\u201d\u00a0 Ignacio even brought his best friend, Vicente, also from Chile,\u00a0to study CAE with him.<\/p>\n

Our next two students to join the class together\u00a0were Jaeyeon Min (Jay) and William Morgenstern. They had both been students back in 2010. Jay recalled that on her first visit she\u00a0had been\u00a0at a pivotal point in her life. From Korea, she was unhappy with the\u00a0usual expectations\u00a0to get a ‘fancy job’.\u201cHonestly, it was a trip to escape reality.\u201d She was frustrated and unhappy because she felt uninformed about the world, immature and lost. At LSI Vancouver.\u201dI learned how to respect other cultures and the important values such as fair-mind, passion and curiosity.\u201d One day at school she was invited to another student\u2019s birthday party.\u00a0 Attending the same party was William\u00a0who had only just arrived in Vancouver on his first ever trip alone\u00a0from\u00a0his native Germany.\u00a0He was excited, but worried. \u201cMy worries soon\u00a0disappeared. At LSI\u00a0I met a lot of people from many different countries and made so many friends. It was such a different feeling than I ever had before in my life.The classes were very interesting and I improved my English quickly. I even celebrated my birthday in Vancouver and at the party I met Jay, my future\u00a0wife, for the first time.\u201d\u00a0 After their studies Jay travelled to Germany to be with William. This lovely couple are now married and had decided to \u00a0come back to LSI Vancouver\u00a0 again with their plan to\u00a0go on \u00a0to university here.
\nJay says \u201dLSI Vancouver is not just a language school which teaches you English. It provides a great combination of learning English and cultures which you can never learn in your own country.\u00a0The greatest assets\u00a0of LSI Vancouver are the teachers and staff. You can feel that you are not just a number to them. They care about you from their heart and are willing to help you to be successful and happy in your life. I do not feel any distance from them and can talk about anything with them from small talk to even a serious discussion about any topics – just like best friends. And believe me it does not matter how good your English is. The amazing fact is that the friendly and warm atmosphere which teachers and staff create affects students at the school as well. This small but lovely school has the power to make people\u2019s minds open.\u201d<\/p>\n

A\u00a0truly a heart-warming sentiment expressed by Jay and\u00a0 what a wonderful experience to meet all these students again and to hear their reasons for coming back. I think you’ll all agree – a rather unusual class!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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