{"id":186,"date":"2020-10-20T14:57:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T18:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps-eslolc\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2024-07-25T16:11:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:11:18","slug":"esl-story-hub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/esl-story-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL Story Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>We know that you have many interesting experiences and insights to share. We encourage you to write and share your stories through our Story Hub platform. This is a way for you to connect with the 快播视频 community and practice your English language learning skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To submit your stories please complete the submission form. We will review your story and upload it to the Story Hub once we approve it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may publish your story anonymously if you don't wish to be identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button bg-primary-2 text-white rounded-0 learnmore-block p-2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/esl-story-hub\/submission-form\/\" style=\"background-color:#810001;color:#ffffff\">Submit your Story <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right small pl-2\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"text-uppercase h5 wp-block-heading\">Quick Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/writing-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Writing Centre<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\">YorkU Libraries<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.yorku.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">YorkU Bookstore<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/mlc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Multimedia Language Centre<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/student-resources\/useful-websites\/\">ESL Resources<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/about\/student-testimonials\/\">Student Testimonials<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim-40 has-background-dim imagecta-block full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"430\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-597\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/04\/ESL-Story-Hub-banner-1536-x-430.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/04\/ESL-Story-Hub-banner-1536-x-430.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/04\/ESL-Story-Hub-banner-1536-x-430-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/04\/ESL-Story-Hub-banner-1536-x-430-1024x287.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left container has-large-font-size\">Read Our Stories!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"b66591d1fb0011cb6e9af57c5f324da3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-453\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-453\" data-viewnumber=\"453\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;453&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-views\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:0,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186?wpv_view_count=453&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186?wpv_view_count=453\">\n\n\t\n<div class=\"grid\">\n\t\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Klaus<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Fangyi Zhao<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>Nikolai took a train from Moscow to Berlin to study performing arts. His landlady Ms Schmidt, an elderly woman from a Russian-German household, had a story to tell.Some promises are just too hard to keep.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/Klaus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Pulling an Endless Thread From a Bottomless Well<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Bilal Afsin<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>This is a story of an international graduate student at York. The student is now approaching the end of his PhD, and metaphorically defines this ongoing process as pulling an endless thread from a bottomless well.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/Pulling-an-Endless-Thread-From-a-Bottomless-Well.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Welcome to Canada<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Tahira Tahira<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>This story is about a small family who landed in Canada in the middle of the very extreme cold weather which which is Feb 8th, 2017.The interesting fact about the story is that it is based on a real story of this family ( a mother with her two beautiful children). Like so many other ...<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/A-Cold-Welcome-in-February.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Life After Jail<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Haoran Zhou<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>Miller's tough life after he came out from the jail.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/Life-After-Jail-Haoran-Zhou.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Where we belong<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Ahsen Ayan<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>The place I was born in is not exactly welcoming anymore for me. Turns out a home is a luxury. And sometimes, finding out where you belong takes some effort.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/where-we-belong.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Truro life<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Zijiu Cui<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>My first taste of this extraordinary life was when I was 16 years old, Ichose a public high school in Truro, a town of Halifax to spend a yearabroad. With the different language and culture, I have grown a lot.Coming to Canada is an important beyond my understanding of foreignlife. However, life forced me to ...<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/ESL-1000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">The rat's head<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Qingyang Liang<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>\u201cWe are making a forced landing. Please fasten your seat belts!\u201d the captain ofthe airplane shouted.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/TheRatsHead.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Experience of migration<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Yumeng Niu<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>The story describes a boy comes to Canada and studies as an immigrate student.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/JessicaNiuYumengStory.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Solitude<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Wentu Ma<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>Juliana immigrate to Canada because no one like her in her home country, but she is still somewhat unpopular in Canada due to her unpleasingly talking....<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/Solitude.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">What Is Real<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Xinghan Liu<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>\u201cAre you crazy?\u201d\u201cNo, you\u2019re crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/What-Is-Real.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">A cold day<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Guochuang Zong<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>Students who spent their time on Spring festival overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/A-cold-day.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Revise Story: This is Life of Immigration<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Zhuolin Chen<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>Abbie and her mother immigrated to America from their Irish Jewish family. Today she had a quarrel with her mother Zarah. Abbie was lost in thought......<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/ESL-story.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Being Alone<\/h2>\n  <p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>This is a story about the first time of going abroad of an international student named Cecilia. It tells how she deals with the maladjustment of going to a totally new place.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/being-alone.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Abroad<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Boying Li<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>Lee has been in Canada alone for four years. Years of independent life sometimes made her feel lonely, but Lee thanked them for making her stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/Liboi-Abroad.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">The Bits and Bobs of Frustrated Thoughts<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Yuliya Chepiga<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>This story provides a peek in my memories when I used to spend my summers at my grandparents' farm.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/The-Bits-and-Bobs-of-Frustrated-Thoughts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">Stay or Leave<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Licheng Shen<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>The culture shock shakes a new student's heart<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/stay-or-leave.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">My Father's New Life in Germany<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Tianyi Dong<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>A story about my father's new life in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/tianyi_dong_story.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">The Immigration story of Guoqiang Chen<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Guobin Dong<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>Guoqiang Chen and his family immigrated to Canada in the late twenty-century from Guang Dong, China, and during the initial years, they actually had a really tough time because of the exotic life, which is quite different from that they had in China. The hard life did not overwhelm them, but instead, made them stronger. ...<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/eslolc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2021\/03\/The-immigration-story-of-Guoqiang-Chen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div class=\"item\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n  <div class=\"desc\">\n      <h2 class=\"title\">A Story of Immigration<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Yedan Lu<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-quote-left p text-primary\"><\/i><p>The story tells us the process of Wang and his family's immigration. Wang as an outstanding talent was sent to Antwerp in Belgium to pursue a PhD. He achieved the chance to teach in the university in Brazil with the acquaintance support. 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