Quebec city-The pictureque city in Canada

How long have you been to Canada?


Have you ever been to
Quebec city???

If not,you must visit at least once.

The atmosphere of Quebec city is totaly different from the rest of Canada.
When you enter the walls around
Quebec city downtown,there are
houses pulling carriges, antique
attractive buildings,blick roads,wall
paintings,churches,funcy
cafe,antique shops,restaurants open
until midnight..............lots!
You feel
like you are in Europe.

Don't worry! You don't have to be able to speak French.
People in Quebec city can speak English also.

Not everyone ,but many of them.

There is at least one person can speak English everywhere.

If not,,,,,still don't worry!They are very very NICE!!!!!!!!!!

They try to understand you patiently.

And you will hear.....

Bonjour=Hello

Comment ca va?=How are you?

Tres bien =Fine

Merci= Thank you

Bienvenue=Welcome or

You are welcome

I recommend you to visit QUEBEC CITY !

Such a nice city there is!!!

Why not?!!!!!

by yoshi

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Fussball in Deutschland

Today I want to talk about Football. Exept North-America, All of countries say 'Football' not 'Soccer'. '

Football' in German is Fuss(Foot)ball(ball).

It is a boring topic for women though, most of guys crazy about it. Especially european.!

My parents brought me to the football stadium every weekends when I was young.

My mom didn't seem to like 'Football' pretty much but was needed to go there with her husband unwillingly.

For a young child, that stadium was like heaven and it was kind of tonic of the life to have a frog in my throat because of supporting.

Our family used to support FC Nürnberg but our team was trying to avoid a degradation to the minor league. That was everything what FC Nürnberg could do. We loved our team but we were unhappy with that.

When I was 15 year-old, My father decided to move to Frankfurt am Main finally. FC Frankfurt was ranked very high, that's why I was super happy. Our new team was known for Bum-Keun Cha who was a famous korean attacker and led his team to UEFA Champion.

Mr. Cha created a sensation in Germany because FC Frankfurt was in low rank of Bundesliga like FC Nürnberg before contracting the korean hero. My father really loved to see and watch Mr.Cha's play. After Mr. Bomb's comeback to Southkorea, the popularity of Bundesliga was going to go donwhill.

Many millionaires invested an enormous sum of money into the british league. Our heros left to the british league for chasing money.

I dreamed to be an agent of FIFA(Federation Internationale de Football Association) but I met opposition of my parents. They wanted to me to be a normal business man and said to me, 'Deutschmann! Football is only your hobby, it shouldn't be your job' I understood what they meant because I needed to go to overseas very often if I work at FIFA and I am going to neglect my responsibility for my future wife and children inadvertently, that's why I gave my temporary dream up.

Anyway some of german football players are famous in the world. Michael Ballack and Oliver Kahn. Those palyers are really famous for Japanese. I attach 3 pictures of them(Cha,Ballack,Kahn).

by Deutschmann

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It is time to......

Is there anyone who doesn't like thinking about your future?

I really don't like considering what I do want to be or to do in my future. When I think of it, I usually feel anxious and hesitant. And I might know the reason why I feel that way. Because I don't have any idea for my life. What should I do? What do I want to? Therefore, I often avoid being the situation on purpose. However, it is time that I have to think about it; which means it's time to go back to Japan. Since my life in Vancouver was not real life, everything was amazing and lots of fun. I enjoyed living, studying, hanging out and even working. So I might forgot my purpose in Canada.....


I wanted to teach English to kids in Japan before I came here. But now I'm not sure if I really want to be a teacher or not. I can't image that I'm a teacher for a long time in my life. That's why I'm confused again. I'm just sure that I want to use English to my job. However, I realize that I don't have enough skill and experience for my job. So I finaly decide to come back to Canada again and try an intern working under canadian company for my career. It was my huge decision. But I thought that it is not bad that I spend a lot of money and time for myself. My life is only once. I don't want to waste my opprtunity so that I have to make a lot of effort for it.


I hope I can say that my life in Canada was very meaningfull and a fill life when I leave Canada for Japan in the end. To not regret I will do everything as much as I can from now.

By Yukiko

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What do you want to be in your future???

I've been really anxious about my future.How about you???Do you have a goal???
I like English.I like children.I like to work.

I've been interested in being an English teacher for children.
So I joined a summer camp.

I really had a precious time with children.
However,I'm not sure whether my English has been improving or not though
I've been to Canada for 10 months.

I started studying English again.I'm really enjoying it.Really.

I study more and get confidence in English.
Then I want to be an English teacher still.

Because kids make me happy with their smile.

by Yoshi

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Sprache lernen, wo man sie spricht(For German)

ATC - Alaya International Training Centre

Guten Tag!
Wie geht es Ihnen?
Ich möchte mich Ihnen zwei Programme vorstellen.

Hier ist ATC SPRACHE-SCHULE für Englisch Vancouver Kanada.
Unsre Schule spezialisiert sich auf TOEIC und TESOL.

TOEIC heist “Test for English for International Communication”.

Was Ich Sie erklaeren wünsche, ist über TOEIC.
Wir haben nur ein Niveur vom TOEIC für Die Grund stuffe.
Der Toeic zeigt, wie gut Sie sich auf Englisch im Geschäftsalltag verständigen können. Dabei erfordert er kein spezifisches Fachwissen oder Vokabular, sondern legt Wert auf praktische, in der täglichen Arbeit angewandte Englischkenntnisse. Einige tausend Unternehmen nutzen diesen Test bereits als zuverlässiges Instrument zur Leistungsfeststellung. In jedem Fall können Sie so Ihr derzeitiges Englischniveau feststellen und den Fortschritt von selbst gesetzten Lernzielen überprüfen. Für alle, die den Studiengang zum Bachelor of Arts (International Management), den Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (Richtung International Business) oder ein Zusatzstudium zum Master of Business Administration absolvieren wollen, gilt der TOEIC
als Zugangsvoraussetzung.

Sie können in der gemütlichen atmosphaerischen Englisch (TOEIC) studieren.
Es ist möglich in unserer Schule von Montag bis Freitag zu studieren.
Sie können die offizielle Prüfung hier nehmen.

TESOL – Englisch als Fremdsprache unterrichten

Unser TESOL-Programm beinhaltet das Studium unterschiedlichster Lehrmethoden, Management von Unterrichtsgruppen, Unterrichtsplanung und –entwicklung sowie das Erlernen von hilfreichen Korrekturtechniken, Schüler- und Lehrmittelbeurteilung und Motivationstechniken.
Dieses Programm ist speziell für Studenten ausgelegt, die in der Lage sein wollen, ihre eigenen Fehler zu erkennen oder Englisch in ihrem Heimatland zu unterrichten oder die ihre Fähigkeiten vorzutragen verbessern wollen.

Natürlich haben die Kursteilnehmer die Möglichkeit im Klassenraum Beobachtungen zu machen und selbst zu unterrichten. Das Diplomprogramm erfordert ebenfalls, dass die Teilnehmer eine Reihe von Einzel- und Gruppenpräsentation geben.




Der Lehrer ist Ali Shenassa.
Er erklärt sehr gut und hilft gerne Studenten zu verstehen.

Wenn Sie interesieren sich für diese Program,
Machen Sie Kontakt hier bitte.
Sie können auch unsre Website besuchen. (www.atcbc.com)
Vielen Dank! Möge Das Glück mit Ihnen Sein.

Adresse: ATC - Alaya International Training Centre,
626 West Pender St.-Suite 720, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 1V9

Telefon: 1-604-685-3454 (Vancouver Kanada)

E-mail: info@atcbc.com
Website: http://www.atcbc.com

--written by Deutschmann--

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Do you know any restaurants in Vancouver? Of course Yes! , don't you? There are lots of restaurants and also any kind of food. You might be able to eat all kinds of food in Vancouver. Afrikan, Bulgarian, fast food, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Mexican, Spanish, Thailand and anything you want. When I came here, I was surprised it. Even Tokyo we might not have many types of restaurants so much. I don't think that every food is totally same as thier original food like we hardly eat "California rolls" in Japan. It is very common as Sushi in Canada though. So the food may be changed a taste and a style as canadian like. But it happens in Japan, too. So we can sometimes discover that there are some difference between canadian and other countries. That's interesting. We can enjoy eating the food in Vancouver.

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By the way, do you know what canadian food is? Fish and chips are from England, Hambergers are from USA... Is there any traditional canadian food? I was often thinking about it when I came here. And some people said that they don't have any traditional food because the canadian history has not been long. It's still young. However others told me about a Poutine. I think that it seems a Poutine is a real canadian food.

What's is a Poutine?

Poutine is a dish consisting of French fries topped with fresh cheese curds and covered with hot gravy (usually brown gravy) and sometimes other additional ingredients. The curds' freshness is important as it makes them soft in the warm fries, without completely melting. It is a quintessential Canadian comfort food, especially but not exclusively among Québécois.
Poutine is a fast food staple in Canada; it is sold by many fast food chains (such as New York Fries and Harvey's) in the provinces, in small diners and pubs, as well as by roadside "poutine trucks" and "fries stands," commonly known as "casse-croûtes" in Quebec. International chains like McDonalds, A&W, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Burger King also sell mass-produced poutine across Canada, especially in Quebec.





It was so yummy. I like it very much but it must be unhealthy though haha. Be carefull eating it too much.

By Yukiko

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Hiking

There are many wonderful hikes to do in the Whistler area. An excellent day hike, for those in good physical condition, is to hike to the Joffre Lake glacier at Joffre Lake Provincial Park, which is located north of Whistler. Although the hike is fairly steep, the views are amazing! Be sure to take adequate foot and drink. haha

The Joffre Lake

Firstly, we looked for the person who drive to the Joffre Lake for hiking on web site. You can find hiking enthusiasts and can ask them to take thier destination with them. Because my friend did everything at that time, I'm not sure in detail or if there are some way to get there like a rented car. But if you could find a person, it would be very nice. Because he or she might have lots of knowledge about a mountain and hiking. Actually, the guy who went hiking with us knew plants very well. So he often explained us about them on hiking. It was so interesting.

Unfortunately, the day we went hiking rained slightly almost all day so I was cold before hiking. However even though it was rainy, I was getting very warm as I climbed the Mt. The guy said that this hiking course level was midium. That's unbelievable. He climbed very fast but we were so slow. We didn't think it was midium level at all because there were many rocks and it was fairly steep! we were already tired in 30 min. I tried the same steps as the guy because he was good at choosing the best way. But I couldn't walked as fast as him so I couldn't catch him. We met some groups on the way and I was astonished. Even a dog climbed the rocks very well! I was impressed it. The hiking was very tough but I got amazing views during the hiking. Also the air was very clear and fresh. I felt refreshing. After all, it took 7 hours to hike. It seems a long time but actually I didn't feel such a long time. Although it was extremely hard, it was also fun so much. If you have time in Vancouver, I recomend it to you.

Lets go hiking :)

the Map of the Joffre lake ↓↓

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=114539546930082263002.00043569eef8d943e3075&ie=UTF8&ll=50.226124,-122.574463&spn=4.814866,10.217285&z=7&om=1

By Yukiko

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