My experience in Oxford

Posted on May 14, 2012 by CIE Oxford

My experience in Oxford city, it was amazing and brilliant because Oxfordshire has a nice friendly atmosphere but I was interested learning the English culture.

I really like playing football in the park and visiting museums, churches and making friends. However, I liked to see old buildings perfectly maintained that existed years ago.

Finally the city is very famous and now I understand why Harry Potter was filmed here because Oxford city there is a lot of history and interesting architecture.

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By Bruno

CIE, Oxford

 

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Love goes on …

Posted on May 8, 2012 by CIE Oxford

Love often sorrow brings on

But this is not something I will touch on

Becuase love is the food we all live on.

 

A family’s love you can always count on

until the end of the world it will run on

Like a flower, teenage love never drags on

In the changing room of life it’s something we try on

When love doesn’t fit we quickly move on

But sometimes we are so enthralled that we want to stay on.

 

Somebody stole my heart but it still beats on.

 

In the circle of life we together run on

Sleepless nights and stinking nappies are challenges we take on

Family love is again switched on

And it is the flag of love that we pass on.

 

By Bruna and Angelica

CIE, Oxford

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First Certificate in English (FCE) Exam

Posted on May 2, 2012 by CIE Oxford

Yesterday, i started the FCE testing paper by Jon because I want to take the exam in June. Actually, I haven’t confidence to pass the exam so Jon gave me the test paper for practise. I spent 2 hours to do the test paper but I find it difficult. I believe that I will fail if I don’t study hard. I think I have to revise the vocabulary because I find a lot of the vocabulary I forget or I haven’t learnt, anyway I’ll do my best.

I also saw TV programmes yesterday. The story was talking about 5 people who won the lottery, they worked together. It was describing the people after they have lots of money what will they do. I suppose this was an interesting story that shows to people their situation. I cooked fire rice last night, that was my first time. The taste wasn’t very good but I was happy and enjoyed it.

By Micky

CIE, Oxford

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My time at CIE

Posted on May 1, 2012 by CIE Oxford

My name is Eliane, I am a new student from Italy. I have been in Oxford for five days. I am here with my friend Renata, she is from Hungary and we’d like to learn English together.

Our pension in Oxford is in Headington. We go everyday to the city library. The school is very interesting and nice. Our teachers are very good. I hope I can learn a lot in 2 weeks. At the weekend we are going to London. I have never been in London and now I am very happy to see so many new things in England.

By Eliane, Italy

CIE, Oxford

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Life at CIE, Oxford

Posted on April 30, 2012 by CIE Oxford

I have been here in Oxford for 5 days, I’m here with my friend and I’m enjoying me “holiday” here in Oxford. Still now it was a very nice experience for me, we ate good food, we could find anything we wanted.

We are living a little bit outside from the centre but with the bus we can go cheap and quickly and catch all the things we want to see. Our guesthouse is not too bad but a bit small where I can’t learn very well because I haven’t enough place to do that.

We saw a football match on Thursday, in a pub near our guesthouse, that was very important for the English people and I found it amazing.

The weather is not too good but it doesn’t matter now, it’s not important for learning but if I’m here just for a holiday it might be awful.

We would like to go to London on the weekend, I hope it will be nice too.

By Renata, Hungary

CIE, Oxford

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CIE football match

Posted on April 4, 2012 by CIE Oxford

Last Thursday we played football in the park. My opposition were very poor and so we had an easy victory. I enjoyed it and I could mix well with foreign people. The result was we won. Score is 4-2 but I think we scored more goals. Probably the score was 6-2 or 7-2 and I got 1 goal and 3 assists. I was so satisfied in this match.

By Ryo, Japan

Last week I played football with some students of my school. I had a good time with them, it was a beautiful day, hot and sunny. It was the best team and we won 5/3. In the game I played left back (defender). It was my post when I played in France. I think it was s good thing for me to meet new friends, and to speak English with them about their life and football expeience. We had good players in our team of different countries, Libya, Japan, Syria, Spain and France. The Japanese guys are good players. About the other guys, I liked playing with them. I would like to play again another day with the same team because we are the winners!

By Xavier, France

The last Thursday the students of CIE played football vs another arcademy. CIE team had 11 players, Ken, Kotaro, Ryo, Hayato, Kan, Xavier, Matt, Bruno and two more and me. The playing field is behind the rail station but we walked 5-10 minutes to arrive in the playing field. There we warmed up and played football. The problem was the other team had only 9 players. We and they decided that the match onld could play 9 players for a team so we decided that tow of us stayed off the playing field and waited until the other team mate changed with him. Before started the math, 2 teams decided ho long and how spacious it was the playing field. After that, we started the match. We won because we were better. We won 4-2. I think this match was very easy for us! After the match Xavier and I went back home and stopped in O’neils pub to take a beer.

By Oriol, Spain

CIE, Oxford

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What did you do at the weekend?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by CIE Oxford

Hey, how are you? How was your weekend? My weekend was very good, I believe it was amazing. On Friday night I and my girlfriend went to the restaurant called Le Bou Coin. It was a good restaurant if you wanted a romantic dinner. After we went to the cinema, we watched John Carter in 3D. Wow! It’s an  amazing movie!

On Saturday morning we went to play paintball, I liked it. After the paintball we went back home to have a shower and a lunch. She cooked risotto. In the afternoon we and other friends went to the city center and went to shops. When we finished, we went to Queen’s, I could not remember the complete name, and we had a tea and scones with clotted cream. When finished, we went home and had dinner, watched a movie with popcorn and went to the bed at 12 o’clock.

On Sunday we got up at 10 a.m., went to the supermarket to buy a breakfast. On Sunday evening we went to dinner in the King’s Arms and ate chips. We like chips from the King’s Arms. When we finished we went back home and relaxed. I believe a great weekend.

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Weekend life by Hayato

Posted on April 2, 2012 by CIE Oxford

On Friday

I went punting with CIE students. It was difficult for me. The big stick was heavy so I was very tired. But it was very relaxing and fun.

On Saturday

I played with the children of my host family. They read a lot of books for me. The books were interesting. It was easy for me.

On Sunday

I went to the city centre to play football with Bruno’s friends. It was very fun and I want to play more, so I’m going to play football next week.

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Jason’s weekend in London

Posted on April 2, 2012 by CIE Oxford

On Friday my father came to the UK and we went to London. We stayed in a hotel near Big Ben. On Saturday we visited St. Paul’s Cathedral and then went to Hyde Park. In the afternoon we went shopping in the city-centre and in the evening we ate at a steak restaurant.

On Sunday morning we visited the British Museum. It was quite boring but I liked the Egyptian “Mummies”. At about 2 o’ clock, we returned to Oxford by train.

By Jason

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My time at CIE – Pre-Intermediate

Posted on March 28, 2012 by CIE Oxford

What about CIE? In CIE I found a very friendly environment, the teachers are dynamic, the other students are funny and every week somebody organises a new event. The last week we walked along the Oxford canal, the week before the students brought their own country’s food.

Giacomo, Italy

I stay in CIE for 5 months. I have had lots of fun. Every week, we have activity such as play football, ice skating, bowling etc. There are funny teachers. They will tell jokes. We can be friends.

Jean, China

I feel very good in CIE. I think the class in CIE is very funny. I like a teacher called Jon. I never distracted in his class. I think he is a successful teacher. When I’m in Chinese class, I always distracted because the class in China is very boring. Also I like the air in Oxford. It’s very fresh and the view in Oxford is very good. And I have a lot of new friends. They’re funny, friendly. I like Oxford.

Fan, China

I have been staying at CIE for 2 weeks. I could get along very fast. Every Monday, some new friends come to each class. Everyone is so friendly and really nice and we always have a great time in class.

Kaz, Japan

I have been staying at CIE in one month and two weeks. My classmate always make a lot of laughs. It can make me feel happy every day. I stayed at home and watched TV last weekend. It may sound boring but it was very relaxing. But this weekend, I plan to go to London because I want to go shopping and buy some clothes for summer.

Elena, China

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