When I was in China, English was always my worst course, and it is the same now. It used to be because I was not interested in it, but now it is difficult to overcome the grammatical conversion between Chinese and English.
When I first came, I really didn’t know anything about English. The only thing I can remember is the 26 English letters and a few of the most commonly used words, such as he she me. When I first came, I lived in Flushing , there are more Chinese people, so didn’t feel any hard with communication. but when summer ends , once I stepped into the school , I felt as if I had come to Mars and could not understand anything teacher nor students said . But fortunately, there are Chinese students in the school, and it happened that one of my classmates lives next door to me. I would often go to his home after school and study with him. He helped me a lot. At the beginning, we would recite words together, and then after the vocabulary got up, we practiced spoken English, watched the news, learned other people’s words to practice pronunciation, and gradually improved our English level.
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I think the journey you took to learning English is really cool. As someone whose first language wasn’t English, I know the struggles that come when going into an environment and now knowing how to communicate with other people. Though finding people who share the same struggles is very reliving in a way and it leads you to help them and you get that same help back. People struggle with this problem every day and everywhere so, know that you aren’t alone
Your journey with learning English reminds me a lot of my mother. When she first came to America she was only surrounded with family and people that spoke Spanish and didn’t practice until she met her sister’s neighbors. My mom’s English improved greatly when she surrounded herself with people who were also studying English. I believe if you want to truly understand and learn a certain topic the best way is to practice and to study with others.
Your journey with learning English reminds me a lot of my mother. When she first came to America she was only surrounded with family and people that spoke Spanish and didn’t practice until she met her sister’s neighbors. My mom’s English improved greatly when she surrounded herself with people who were also studying English. I believe if you want to truly understand and learn a certain topic the best way is to practice and to study with others.
Wow! It’s not easy learning a new language and you’ve really shown how coming from a different country doesn’t stop you from overcoming obstacles. Your journey with English reminds me of my grandpa’s. He struggled with English but really enjoyed playing chess, so he eventually picked up a few words from his teammates.