LearningaForeignLanguage

1、Learning a Foreign LanguageLearning a foreign Ianguage was one of the most difficult yetmost reward! ng (gives you satisfacti on or brings you ben efitsw career which shefound stimulating and rewarding.)已Xperiences of my life. Although attimeslear ningIan guagewasfrustrati ng(This is an immensely fr

2、ustratingexperience for the student, it was well worth the effort.zMy experienee with learning a foreign Ianguage began injun ior(5y7e married a man seven years her junior middle school, whe n I took my first English class. I had a kind and patient teacher who often praised all of the students. Beca

3、use of this positive(negative/5epositive about your future and get on with living a normal life.) method, I eagerlyanswered all the questions I could, never worrying much about making mistakes. I was at the top of my class for two years.school, I was eager to continue studying English; however, my e

4、xperience in senior middle school was very differs nt from before.While my former(exVlatter) teacher had been patient with all of the students, my new teacher quickly punished those who gave in correct answers. Whenever we an swered in correctly, she poin ted a long stick at us and, shaking it up an

5、d down, shouted, "No! No! No!" It didn't take me long to lose my eagerness to answer questions.Not only did I lose my joy in answering questions, but I also lost my desire to say any thing at all in English.However, that state didn't last long. When I went to college, I_Unlike(lear

6、ned that all students were required to take an English course.Tammy was unlike any other woman 1have ever known my senior middle school teacher, my college English teachers were patient and kind, and none of them carried long,pointed sticks! "he situation was far from perfect, though. As our cl

7、asses were very large, I was only able to answer a couple of quest!ons in each class period. Also, after a few weeks of classes, I noticed there were many students who spoke much better than I did.They trieobegan to feel intimidated(to intimidate the young people into voting for them,/ He was a huge

8、, intimidating figure) So, once again, although for different reasons, I was afraid to speak. It seemed my English was going to stay at the same level forever.That was the situation until a couple of years later when I was offered an opportunity to study English through an online course.The communic

9、ation medium was a computer, a phone line, and amodem.soon Qot accessto(a3in /obtainTty to discipline yourself to write every day) towatenX the necessary equipment, learned how to use the technologyfromfriendandpartici patedinEveryone in the class is expected to participateactively in these discussi

10、ons垃h已 virtual classroom 5 to 7 days a week. Online learning is not easier than regular classroom study; itrequires a lot of time, commitment (pledge=promise)and discipline(n/vkeep UD with the flow of the course.worked hard to meet theThe judge recommended that heshould serve a minimum of 12 years.)

11、 standards set by the course and tomistake./I felt embarrassed about how untidy thervecomplete assignments on time.(been assigned the task of looking after the new students)I practiced all the time. I carried a little dictionay with me everywhere I went, as well as a notebook in which I listed any n

12、ew words I heard. I made many, sometimes embarrassing,He was embarrassed to admit making ahouse Hs)mistakes.Onee in a while I cried out of frustration(He hao hoped to set a new world record, but was frustrated by bad wea岀en), and sometimes I felt like aiyjna uq. But I didn't feel intimidated by

13、students who spoke faster than I did because I took all the time I needed to think ojut my ideas and wrote a reply before posting it on the screen. Then, one day I realized I could understand just about everything I came across, and most inriportantly, I could "say" any thing I wanted to i

14、n English. Although I was still making many mistakes and was continually tearning new ways to say things, I had fin ally reaDedthebenefitsof a of my hard work, (you reap what you sow)Learning a foreign language has been a most trying experienee for me, but one that I wouldrft trade for anything. Not

15、 only did tearning another language teach me the value of hard work, but italso gave me insights into another culture, and my mind was opened to new ways of seeing things. The most wonderful result of having tearned a foreign language was that I could communicatePeople use more than words when theycommunicate with each oZ/?e/;)with many more people than before. Talking with people is one of my favorite activities, so being able to speak a new language lets me meet new people, p artici pate in conversations, and form new, unfo