First notebook entry: Introducing myself Hi, My name is Thy. I come from VietNam. I am studying Business Management in Finland. Even though I am studying in English programme but my English skill is not good at all. I always make a great number of mistake on writing and speaking. I find it hard to express myself in english when I usually have to translate my idea from my native language to english hence I react slowly in any english conversation. Moreover, I am trying to learn new vocabulary everyday but my mind go blank anytime I start to speak english. So, I struggle to explain my opinion to anyone in my class as well as my teacher. It makes me afraid to speak to anybody. It is harder for me when I have to write assignment and report in english everyday. Sometimes, I have to spend all day to write one page of assignment in English whereas my classmate just need a few minutes to complete it. Now I have to improve my english skill enormously to survive in my university.