My first English lesson was conducted in Sec one in China. At the point of time, my teacher used dialect to teach English. I felt that English is useless at the moment, because we would not use it in our daily life. So I slept in the English lesson and copied the homework from my friends for submission. However, i regretted my ignorant and action very soon.
It was a huge turning point in my english learning journey when I followed my parents to Singapore. I had been told to not leave Singapore if i do not complete the national service. Thus, i couldn't go back china to complete my higher secondary school. And i realised that my english was almost equal to zero at the point of time. In order for me to get into local school, i went to the english tuition centre 4 months to learn the basic English. I did bring an electronic dictionary with me all the time for the first two years since i was in Singapore.
Actually, i didn't like any kinds of languages. I am those kinds of people who like to listen more than speak. It was a big improvement for me from basic "abc" or " hello"until able to communicate with others. I am so glad that to have my secondary school teachers and classmates with me in my learning journey. Without their help, i couldn't improve that much.
Hi Shimin,
ReplyDeleteI understand its hard for you to learn English coming from a mandarin speaking world, glad you tried to improve your English by going to tuition, and make good uses of friends and teachers to help you through.
You have some spelling mistakes and need to rephrase some of the sentence structure like "I was bring a electronic ..." , but I know you meant you needed to bring an electronic dictionary with you all the time when you are in Singapore, do take note! =)
You have certainly come a long way, Shimin. Your parents must be so proud of you :)
ReplyDeleteLet's polish your writing a bit more. The main item of concern seems to be being consistent in your tenses.
"My first English lesson WAS conducted in Sec one in China. At the point of time, my teacher WAS USING dialect to teach English. I FELT that English IS useless at the moment, because we WILL not use it in our daily life. So I SLEPT in the English lesson and COPY the homework from my friends for submission. However, i REGRET my ignorant action very soon."
When writing about the past, use the past tense. If the action has already completed, or if you're writing about your thoughts in the past, use the past simple. So, the above paragraph should be:
"My first English lesson WAS conducted in Sec one in China. At the point of time, my teacher USED dialect to teach English. I FELT that English IS useless at the moment, because we WOULD not use it in our daily life. So I SLEPT in the English lesson and COPIED the homework from my friends for submission. However, i REGRETTED my ignorant action very soon."
Can you check the tenses in the rest of the essay please?
Anita
Hey Shi Min, I see that your english journey is an unique one and am very impress that you worked very hard in learning english after coming to Singapore. Let us both work hard in improving ourselves! :)
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