Shuaijie is an iecp student. He is from China and came to the U.S. last August (in 2018). It is an exciting experience for him. However, his childhood is fascinating as well. Consequently, in this article, here are some research about Shuaijie. By the research, Shuaijie’s interesting history and personality can be discovered.
Shuaijie has an interesting childhood. His classmate Chen (2019) clarify that “When he was a child, he had a toy car which is an F-1 car. This car is red, and it needs gas to drive. It is his favorite toy in childhood. Furthermore, it is interesting that there are some comments about Shuaijie. Shuaijie was thought as a lazy boy by Ji and Ye (2019, the parents of Shuaijie). Similarly, Gianico (2019) teaching in the IECP illustrates that Shuaijie always sleeps. Ye (2019) reveals that she was riled by Shuaijie very often.
After growing up, when Shuaijie is 18, he needs to enter a university. As Ji (2019) demonstrates, Shuaijie decided to study abroad because Shuaijie was influenced by his parents. His parents thought studying abroad can open eyes and learn different cults. So, they started to prepare all the things. For example, this photo is Shuaijie’s American visa, a necessary thing for studying abroad. Ji (2019) suggests that it is really difficult to do the visa interview. He notes that Shuaijie spent much time and work in order to get this visa. According to Ji (2019), Shuaijie made an appointment for the interview about one month before. He came to Shanghai from his city by train one day before this interview. On that day, described by Ji (2019), Shuaijie got up very early to line up before the embassy. Moreover, Ji (2019) explains that Shuaijie was very nervous about entering the embassy because everything and everyone in it was too formal and serious.
Afterward, there is another awkward thing, “when he first arrived in the U.S., he did not know English very well. So, when he arrived at the custom, they tried to explain to him, but he had difficulty understanding them. Also, he had an issue with “restroom” word.” (Aldossary, 2019) So learning English is essential for Shuaijie.
Language learning is like a journey. According to Wu (2019), his friend Lylian can speak two languages, one is Mandarin and the other one is English. Wu (2019) explains that Lylian was born in the U.S. so she can improve English easily and quickly. However, she still learns Mandarin, one is because her mother asked her to do this, further reason is that she wanted to communicate better in Mandarin.Concerning Shuajie, he is a little different from her. For example, he learnt my second language: English in the U.S., not in his country. What’s more, learning English is like a thing he must do, but for her, learning Mandarin may be just like a habit. But almost things are similar, we all learn English and Mandarin.
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