I would consider the proficiency of my English language to be average or below average. This is because I felt that there is a limit to which I ‘stopped’ learning and just using English blindly in my everyday use of the language. Till now, I have realized that I have been speaking with broken English and so do many people around me. There may be the reason of such that as long as there is a mutual understanding between the people I am communicating with then there is no need for speaking in good English. Soon it became a habit and it’s been 5-6 years since I last attended an English class.
My English language learning journey started from home, at the age before kindergarten. At that point of time, my mum was a housewife and homemaker then, therefore she was the one who guided me through my first steps of many things in my life. As English is the first language spoken in my home, my mum taught me many basics of English such as pronunciation and spelling of simple things I would commonly see around me. Afterwards most of my English education were imparted by the teachers of the schools and classes I attended.
My English language learning journey started from home, at the age before kindergarten. At that point of time, my mum was a housewife and homemaker then, therefore she was the one who guided me through my first steps of many things in my life. As English is the first language spoken in my home, my mum taught me many basics of English such as pronunciation and spelling of simple things I would commonly see around me. Afterwards most of my English education were imparted by the teachers of the schools and classes I attended.
Through kindergarten and primary school, the English classes
I attended have aided me in improving my ability to spell, read and communicate
in English. Moving further to secondary school, I have learnt English mostly
through the mistakes I made. I felt that what I have been taught then were
similar to a “crash course”, whereby I am given a task or
assignment and then corrected of the mistakes I made in it and therefore
learning from it. I have noticed that I did improve my English language through
watching the television, reading the news and communicating with the people
around me.
In my opinion, I feel that English is important in the
aspect of reading, writing and communicating as it is a commonly used language
in many things in our lives. English is the first language of most schools,
countries and also the websites we browsed and surfed. Currently I am attending
a module of ES1102, where I aim to improve and refresh the use of English through this module so as to enhance the way I write for my assignments and
communicating with my peers and mentors in school.
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DeleteHi Kenneth,
ReplyDeleteSorry I removed my earlier comment, missed out another detail.
Generally nice paragraphing but I felt that there are too many 'I's (that's just my opinion). Perhaps it would be better if you can cut down the :'I's and rephrase the sentences to use e.g. 'my' etc to provide a wider spectrum of words in your essay. Well there are rooms for improvement, so let's review and improve our essays yeah?
Thanks,
Wilson
Hi Kenneth,
ReplyDeleteIt is generally alright and pleasant reading your essay. One thing you could have probably done in your intro is to give us your viewpoint on what English is like for you. What you feel about English. Give analogies to better describe to us what English is to you. But generally well written reflection. Looking forward to continue learning English together with the others in ES1102. :)
Hello kenneth,
ReplyDeleteYour essay was good and i hope to improve my english through es1102 too.As the rest have mentioned,there is an over usage of 'I's.But other than that,let's all work together and improve our proficiency in the english language!See you in class!
I would consider the proficiency of my English language to be average or below average. This is because I felt (VT) that there is a limit (unclear word here) to which I ‘stopped’ learning and just using English blindly in my everyday use of the language. Till now, I have realized that I have been speaking with broken English and so do many people around me. There may be the reason of such (a bit awkward) that as long as there is a mutual understanding between the people I am communicating with then there is no need for speaking in good English. Soon it became a habit and it’s been 5-6 years since I last attended an English class.
ReplyDeleteMy English language learning journey started from home, at the age before kindergarten. At that point of time, my mum was a housewife and homemaker then, therefore she was the one who guided me through my first steps of many things in my life. As English is the first language spoken in my home, my mum taught me many basics of English such as pronunciation and spelling of simple things I would commonly see around me. Afterwards most of my English education were imparted by the teachers of the schools and classes I attended.
Through kindergarten and primary school, the English classes I attended have aided (VT) me in improving my ability to spell, read and communicate in English. Moving further to secondary school, I have learnt (VT) English mostly through the mistakes I made. I felt that what I have been (VT) taught then were similar to a “crash course”, whereby I am given a task or assignment and then corrected of the mistakes I made in it and therefore learning from it. I have noticed that I did improve my English language through watching the television, reading the news and communicating with the people around me. (Would you say the the 'correcting' your errors way to learn was useful, or was the learning through watching TV, reading the news better?)
In my opinion, I feel that English is important in the aspect of reading, writing and communicating as it is a commonly used language in many things in our lives. English is the first language of most schools, countries (?) and also the websites we browsed and surfed. Currently I am attending a module of ES1102, where I aim to improve and refresh the use of English (sentence structure)through this module so as to enhance the way I write for my assignments and communicating (//) with my peers and mentors in school.
very good Kenneth, interesting reflection of your journey so far. I wonder if you can address the question above about the most useful way to learn?
Hi Kenneth!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your personal recount on your english journey. It flows really well and the recount seems to have a nostalgic vibe to it. Hope we would be able to brush up on our english standards .
Cheers,
Kenneth Lim