My English Learning Journey (Edited)

Born in a family without any foundation in English, I came in touch with the basics in kindergarten, followed by Primary School and Secondary School. 

Stating the fact, I always had more interest towards Chinese, since my family speaks mainly Chinese and the teachers that taught me gave me lots of wonderful memories. My English on other hand, usually just manage to pass, or should I say I never do well in the subject.

It was until Primary5, where the exam papers and things taught were linked to PSLE, I noticed the importance of English. I have to do well in order to be promoted to Secondary level. Being one of those that had English remedial, my teacher spent time answering to every doubts that I had. It was all those efforts of my teacher that makes me motivated, it was also all these supports that I receive, it was my first time I felt that there was still hope with English. And I am glad to say, I managed to pass and did well with PSLE.

I was confident with English when I entered Secondary school, however, it was shortly after, and I noticed that I’m back to zero again. It seems like what I was taught in Primary was different from what were taught in Secondary.  Compositions that were submitted came back to me filled with red inks. Grammar error, sentence structure, until today, these are still haunting me. Even with extra lessons given, my results never improve.

With efforts, luckily, I manage to pass O’Levels too. English language have always been my weakness, a polar opposite of my Chinese language. With the effective communication module, I hope I would understand and improve my language.


Edited: 11/9/15 23:05

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I separated my original post with the edited version so as to compare and see the differences between the two.


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Born in a family without any foundation in English, I came in touch with the basics in kindergarten, followed by primary school and secondary school.

I always had more interest towards Mandarin, as compared to English, since my family speaks mainly Mandarin and the teachers that taught me gave me lots of wonderful memories. On other hand, I usually managed to get a just pass for English and never did well in the subject.

It was not until primary 5, where the things taught were linked to PSLE, that I noticed the importance of English. I had to pass in order to be promoted to secondary level. I was selected to be in the English remedial class, where my teacher spent extra time with me to answer to the doubts that I had. It was all those efforts and supports that I receive from my teacher which made me motivated. It was my first time that I felt that there was still hope with English. I am glad to say, in the end, I did managed to pass and did well for PSLE.

I was confident with English when I entered Secondary school. However, it was shortly after, where I noticed that I am back to zero again. The things which I had learnt in primary school were different from what were taught in secondary. Compositions that were submitted always came back to me filled with red inks. All sorts of possible errors such as grammar, sentence structure, fragments and etcetera, these are still haunting me today. Even though I had attended remedial lessons, my results never improved. With efforts, luckily, I managed to pass O’Levels too.

English language has always been my weakness, which is a polar opposite of my Mandarin language. With the effective communication module, I hope I could improve in my writing skills and also build up my confidence with the language.

Edited: 20/9/15