Literacy Narrative - English learning
Literacy Narrative - English learning
I've been learning English for nearly three years by now．Many years ago, the Chinese Education Authority decided that English should be a required course for The National College Entrance Exam and ever since children in China have to start learning English at the age of 6. Nevertheless, most of us won’t treat this language seriously until high school. The reason for this is that in order to get accepted by any of the colleges, senior high school students must pass TNCEE and that Exam requires fluent English skills. For me，learning English was a hard but rewarding process，from which I have gained so much fun that I would like to share in this essay．
When I first started learning English, I found that nothing’s harder than memorizing vocabulary. It was the most fundamental element in language learning．But it's always hard to obtain a large amount of vocabulary．At first, I was recommended memorizing words by word list．I've tried that method， but the result was not very encouraging．I kept forgetting the former words by the time I started working on the next list. I decided the old method was useless. I’ve got to do this in a new way - a way that would fit me. So I tried learning words in context．During the last few years I've been reading many kinds of materials：novels，newspapers and even web pages．This method greatly expands my vocabulary，enables me to grasp the usage of the words； what's more，I've learned a lot more through reading． Isn't that an interesting and useful way to broaden vocabulary？
However，I met my Waterloo when learning grammar．In my high school, there was a conversation club where we could make foreign friends who’d try their best to help us improve our spoken English skills. At first I could make nothing out of it because I kept worrying that I’d make grammar mistakes during the conversation and people would make fun of me. And the worst about that was, that the more I worried the more mistakes I
I've been learning English for nearly three years by now．Many years ago, the Chinese Education Authority decided that English should be a required course for The National College Entrance Exam and ever since children in China have to start learning English at the age of 6. Nevertheless, most of us won’t treat this language seriously until high school. The reason for this is that in order to get accepted by any of the colleges, senior high school students must pass TNCEE and that Exam requires fluent English skills. For me，learning English was a hard but rewarding process，from which I have gained so much fun that I would like to share in this essay．
When I first started learning English, I found that nothing’s harder than memorizing vocabulary. It was the most fundamental element in language learning．But it's always hard to obtain a large amount of vocabulary．At first, I was recommended memorizing words by word list．I've tried that method， but the result was not very encouraging．I kept forgetting the former words by the time I started working on the next list. I decided the old method was useless. I’ve got to do this in a new way - a way that would fit me. So I tried learning words in context．During the last few years I've been reading many kinds of materials：novels，newspapers and even web pages．This method greatly expands my vocabulary，enables me to grasp the usage of the words； what's more，I've learned a lot more through reading． Isn't that an interesting and useful way to broaden vocabulary？
However，I met my Waterloo when learning grammar．In my high school, there was a conversation club where we could make foreign friends who’d try their best to help us improve our spoken English skills. At first I could make nothing out of it because I kept worrying that I’d make grammar mistakes during the conversation and people would make fun of me. And the worst about that was, that the more I worried the more mistakes I