Learning English

Hello,

            Being a beginner student of English is hard. There are many obstacles like personal and learning problems that make a student to take a lot of time in learning a new language.

            As a student of an English school, I would like to tell you a little bit about my experience in learning this nice language. In this experience, I found some problems like pronunciation, words order, grammar and more. Also I found some solutions such as learning songs, playing games, reading books and more that helped me to improve my English.

Ecuador, a country in South America where almost every body speaks the same language, is where I born. Three years ago I decided to come to NY. When I arrived here, I was surprised to find many costumes of people from different countries. As the time passed, I started missing my own costumes like carnivals. It made me to get depressed and it affected my performance in the school.  It is difficult to learn new things when people get depressed.

When I started my English class, I didn’t know about pronunciation. It was difficult to talk to the teacher about my problems in grammar. I had to talk to my partner who knew the same language like me, and this way to get a little explain of some grammar.

At the beginning of my English classes was difficult to speak English because I had to keep in mind the words order like white house that in Spanish order is house white (Casa Blanca).

Some times the English grammar got me confused. I needed time to understand it. When I was trying to speak, there was a lot of grammar to remember if I wanted to express a clear idea to my teacher or some English speaker.

Trough the time, I have learned some ways to improve my English. I learn many words by listening some songs (I like Bryan Adam’s songs) and narrations of the books that comes in CDs like the Alchemist. Also, I learn the way of pronunciation by this way. I think is good idea to try to sing a popular or interesting song in class. It makes the class more interesting.

Playing games is a good idea in class. I have learned to speak a little bit more by playing like an actor. When I was in class, the teacher organized small groups to perform situations of daily life. It was fun for me.

The English class is more interesting when the teacher brings an interesting book. Some time ago my teacher brought to the class many books about the Alchemist. When I started reading, I was tempting to read more and more. This way I increased my vocabulary. I can say every body enjoyed the book.

If the teacher speaks to the class about topics that are interesting to the students, the class becomes less cold. The students feel more comfortable and start speaking more and more. It is like to speak to a friend without any fear.

In the end, I have finished writing a little bit of my experience in learning a new language. Learning a new language takes a lot of time. Today I am still learning new words, pronunciations, grammar.

I hope this little essay is good. If anyone sees some problems in my grammar, please correct them. Thank you.