First notebook entry: Introducing myself My name is Ivyer,I'm a newcomer here.I'm going to be a senior student in Guangxi university .My major is "Chinese as a foreign language",studing chinese and english ,aim at teaching foreigners' chinese.The major in our school majorly face to Southeast Asia.As we don't know much about speaking Thai.Vietnamese or cambodian and so on,english is important for us to learn for it' word wide use.I'll graduate from college in two years ,so I'm now eagerly to improve my english,eapecially my spoken english .Eventhough I've passed chinese brand four and six in college english test ,I know the fact that how poor my english .I can speak just a few words when talk something in english with my classmates ,I can't catch clearly what it mean when listenning english news .Learning vocabulary is also my problem.I think that keep a new word in mind is very hard for me .Sometimes I remember a word but also forget it quickly.I think I need a environment to use them,and only frequently use can I keep them longer.I also wish to make some freinds .This pasage is short right? but you can immagine how much time I've spent on it.