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ivy's English learning history
For me , learning English is an everlasting task in my life.
One must acknowledge the fact that when we were born, we had to start to learn English. As Hong Kong is an international city, we cannot live without speaking English. I was born in Hong Kong and I am a non-native speaker of English. It is not exaggerated to say that I have been learning English for 19 years. Although I have spent so many years on English, it is such a shame that I still cannot speak English as fluent as westerners and my vocabulary is very limited. English alphabet was the first thing I met in kindergarten. I remembered that teachers usually used nursery songs to assist us to memorize. Apart from the English alphabet, I was asked to recognize some vocabulary. They were almost noun, which appeared in our daily life. Actually, the memory was not clear so I could not remember whether English is difficult for me or not.
I studied in a traditional girls' primary school. Not only did it was numerous strange rules, but also the high-level English standard. Even though my school took English as the most significant language, other subjects were taught in Chinese. In view of the importance English, my school aimed at teaching us high-level English, which made me feel depressed and encountered lots of failure. For me, English was the most difficult subject in my primary school life. I could still remember how long I had spent on revision but I got a fail in dictation eventually. My teachers were so tricky that they did not follow the textbook but they did some changes for the dictation. They usually spoke so fast that I was not able to catch up. It was beyond no doubt that English dictation was a disaster for me, not to mention the unseen dictation.
During my primary school life, unhappiness had been full of my mind.
I was always punished and scolded by my parents as I got disappointing results in English. Contrary to my learning process in English, they did care about my results. They were so stubborn and misunderstood that I got bad results because of my irresponsibility. My dad claimed that I was so lazy and spent most of the time on watching TV, instead of making effort on learning English. I was looked upon by them. Therefore, it was not unusual that I was hit by him after I received my exam report. He kept scolding me I was a useless person. In reality, the main reason for me to get the bad results in English was the difficult level and my ability. I had tried my best but it was impossible for me to achieve better results in English. I did realize there was still some room for improvement. Meanwhile, I felt and hopeless. I hated my dad because he just criticized me instead of supporting me, let alone English, which made me burst into tears every night. 
Due to my horrible exam results, I was not able to attend a prominent secondary school. Instead, I was assigned to a relatively low banding secondary school, which was a CMI school. Thus, it was definitely true that the English level of this school was lower than other school. As the English level was quite low and I had already accumulated a better foundation, I found that there was no obstacle for me to obtain good results in English Examinations. The majority of my classmates did not have a good foundation in English and some of them even came from mainland. Their English level was extremely weak. Therefore, I could be the top of whole form when comparing with my classmates. However, I was not happy about that because my English level was like a primary student though I was a secondary student.
Until I had promoted to Form 4 and 5, I met a person who inspired me a lot. She was my English teacher, her name was Debbie. She was so enthusiastic that she was willing to devote her time to teaching. My grammar and vocabulary were consolidated by her unique teaching method. She kept encouraging me to work hard and gave me plenty of opportunities for me to be the MC of some English activities. Gradually, I gained more confidence and motivation to improve my English. I especially made a great progress on writing and speaking. Successfully, I got a place to study Form 6 and it was my first time to be taught by a NET, who was a funny but an emotional guy. Undoubtedly, UE was a challenging task for me. I was so sad because I was on the verge of fail. I was worried that I would get an ‘F’ in AL exam so more and more effort was put. In order to ensure that I could overcome this hurdle, I did homework and past paper frequently . Of course, I did not only do, but also asked my teacher why I got it wrong. Luckily, I could pass it. Otherwise, how can I enter this programme and write my English learning history?
After the AL exam, I luckily obtained a chance to join a 2-week study tour in New Zealand , which was a fruitful experience for me. During these two weeks, I did not only experience some of adventure games, such as parasailing, horsing-riding and skiing, but also had English lessons. Sarah was my teacher, who was the most patient person I had ever met. It was impossible to make a great improvement in two weeks but I did broaden my horizon. When it comes to speaking with the westerners, my weakness could be observed obviously. Our class created a memorable song to her. Hongkongers might be familiar with it because it was quoted from a famous TV programme. I have provided the video and the lyrics below. Let's enjoy it.
This video is quoted from youtube.
Say thanks to Sarah
We’ve spent two studying together
Our teacher is called Sarah
We say thanks to Sarah cause you teach us a lot
Sarah, thank you for you be patient, even though we are not intelligent
Sometimes we do not pay attention, never got punishment
Sarah, thank you for taking care us, do not let us ever go away
Time's gotta rush very fast, topic seems close to the last If you travel to Hong Kong one day, remember to contact us
(It may have some grammatical mistakes. Don't take it serious, just for fun!)
Frankly, I have never imagined that I am able to study in university, not to speak of studying English as my major. I do not expect that I can achieve a high GPA but I will try my best. Learning English is endless. I really believe that learning English is an everlasting task for me.
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