I was born in a second-line city of China. English,at that time,was totally alien. So when I first touched the language, I was struggling to accept anything that was related. I could not memorize the spelling of words and sometimes even their pronunciations.I failed my first few English tests with no surprise. Though I did not give up,I still could not memorize anything. Each day with English was a struggle until a friend of my father passed me a set of English tapes with a set of books that talked about lives in America. I was so attracted to the voice and the music that I started to listen to the tapes almost every second even during my sleep. Before long, I got this feeling that English was no longer my enemy but my friend. Through the tape I found my way of learning English,which was listening to the same content again and again. By doing that, I could memorize the whole textbook even before the school started.This helped me in leading my batch in learning English and eventually cleared my way to Singapore.
After I came to Singapore, the demand of English usage went to a much higher level. I needed to write much complex essays to pass my exams and at the same time, learning Singlish to merge into the new environment. My teachers in junior college suggested that I write simple English,so that the ideas can be clearer with fewer grammatical errors. However, when my thoughts started to flow, I often found it hard to follow his suggestion. Therefore, I did not do well in my A-level general paper and was trying to avoid English writings since then. Hopefully this course will be the turning point for my English language learning journey.
(edited on 03/09/2014)
