My journey in learning English
Language was a meaningful and memorable one. When I was in Primary School,
during my English lessons, I could not understand what my teacher and peers
were sharing. As a result, I noticed that I was struggling to communicate with
them and had difficulties in understanding the content during English lessons.
I realised that I needed to take actions and responsibility to learn the
language so as to be able to communicate with my peers.
Growing up in a mandarin speaking environment definitely did not help me in understanding English. So, I took the initiative to start reading English books and watched English videos online and seek help from my peers and teachers in understanding basic grammar and verbs.
However, I noticed that my
understanding of English Language was not strong enough when I was doing a
presentation in Polytechnic Year One. For the whole presentation, I tend
to repeat the same words and phrases when explaining the pointers. This shows
the weak vocabulary I had and it is not professional to express my viewpoints
with limited vocabulary words. It was then I realised that learning English
Language is a continuous process and I needed to show passion into mastering
the language in various aspects such as grammar and vocabulary. I should also
listen to more talks conducted by professionals and try to understand the
English words and phrases they used that can be applied into my presentations
in the future. Eventually, my experiences prompts me that learning English is a
lifelong journey and it is very important that I am always eager to improve my
understanding and knowledge of English Language.
Overall it was very clear and fluent. It was good that you showed your past experiences, what mistakes you made, what lessons you have learned from it and how to improve yourself in the future.
ReplyDeleteThank You Chun Kai.
DeleteHi Johnny,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your reflection on Your English language learning journey. To me it has covered the points in gibb's reflection model cycle.
I would totally agree with you that; English learning language is a continuous process. It does not stop at any point of time. To us humans, every day we are being exposed to new experiences and we learn from them be it positive or negative.
One very important word that I always keep in mind while learning is 'curiosity'.
The definition on google; a strong desire to know or learn something. This word is very important because it does not set your mind to find just the answer but allows me to probe deeper into the problem. The Whys.
I do hope that your journey of learning English Language and other aspects of life do not stop at any point of time.
-Clifton
Sure Clifton, My journey of learning English Language will not stop as it will be a continuous journey. And thanks for sharing your thoughts with me.
DeleteHi Johnny!
ReplyDeleteI feel that this post is very well written, as it talks about the experience you have with English learning and the problems you have encountered. Not forgetting to reflect the difficulties faced and to try to overcome it and not giving up.
Growing up in a Chinese speaking environment similar like you, I can fully understand the challenges you faced when learning the language. It was definitely not an easy learning process as I recalled mine.
All in all, I think that this post really shows us your reflection process, what you did in face of difficulties and how you managed to overcome it. Lastly, I will like to cheer you on in your English language journey that you are not alone in this. Let us all work hard together in improving our knowledge in English.
Wei Cun
Yeah Wei Cun! Would like to work together with you to not only improve our knowledge in English but to enjoy the journey of learning English. And thanks for your thoughts on my post.
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