How-I-Learned-to-Learn-English

    Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke so quickly that I did not understand her most of the time. I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation. I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything.

   Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love with this exciting and funny movie ! So I began to watch other English movies, too. Although I could not understand everything the characters said, their body languages and expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I could get the meaning by listening for just the key words. My pronunciation improved as well by listening to the conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning. I also learned useful sentences  like "It's a piece of cake" or "It serves you right." I did not understand these sentences at first. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked them up in a dictionary.

   Now I really enjoyed my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies.

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