I came to Singapore about five years ago. In my life before that, English was just a subject to me. I learnd it merely because that it was a course which I must study. Thus, I memorised words and grammar , read textbook everyday, which is typical English studying way of Chinese. However, when my life began in Singapore, everything had changed. English to me is not only a language that I need to learn, but also a part of my everyday life.
At first, it was so hard for me to follow every subject teacher in my secondary 3. The way of teaching English had also changed vigorously compare with the past. It was no longer about words and grammar , besides learning the organisation of the composition, rest of the class was just about news sharing. When doing composition and comprehension, the lack of vocabulary has become the main barrier. Because of that, I could not fully get the idea in the article and sometimes even misunderstood some parts. As for the composition, I didn't have flowers of speech to write an impressive narrative essay, but the argumentative essay was not easy for me as well.
Days were tough for me. However, I did know that I had not put all my heart into learning English and also the difficulty I faced scared me from studying it. Like the words said, "you must reap what you have sown", at times, I tried to improve my English , but the results are not so nice. My passion was faded away, and I would like to put more energy to study other things which can get more obvious return. However, after long journey of learning, I have to admit that it is time to put my heart and do some right things to study English. 301
Hi Jue Tong! I am Jie Rui from your E07 class.Similarly, my English is also pretty terrible. Hence,no worries, I believe at the end of the course, we can see a great improve in our command of English! :)! By the way, it will be great if you illustrate more on how you improve on your English and what you achieve from them as stated by the question given.
回复删除With regards,
Jie Rui Ngoh
B(eng) Environmental Engineering, Year1
Hi Jue Tong, I experience the same thing as you before and totally understand the pain of learning the language but lets work hard together.I believe in the end of the course we will have great improvement in English.
回复删除Hello Jue Tong, I'm Zhen Liang from your E07 class.
回复删除I can understand how you feel. I did not write enough and read enough and thus could not write a proper argumentative essay. This is probably due to my lack of interest in the subject. I find it much harder to grasp compared to math and science. Now this subject have come back to haunt me. Let's work hard and improve ourselves through this module!
Cheers
Thank you, Jue Tong, for this honest and self-critical reflection. You systematically address the assignment by describing your experience, and you do so in a concise yet fairly comprehensive manner. As one might expect, your most apparent problems are related to some of the points you mention, in this case, language use. But the mistakes you make are the sort that can be addressed with a review and more careful attention in editing:
回复删除1) I learnd it merely because that it was a course which I must study. > Ask me about this sentence in class.
2) Run on sentences:
--- It was no longer about words and grammar , besides learning the organisation of the composition, rest of the class was just about news sharing.
--- Like the words said, "you must reap what you have sown", at times, I tried to improve my English....
* Please check this website: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/598/02/
3) Thus, I memorised words and grammar , read textbook everyday.... > (missing conjunction/connector)
4) When doing composition and comprehension, the lack of vocabulary has become the main barrier. > Who was doing what? The lack?
5) I tried to improve my English , but the results are not so nice. My passion was faded away, and I would like to put more energy to study other things which can get more obvious return. > (inconsistent verb tense usage)
I look forward to working with you this term.
p.s. Please shift your blog to English.