Reflection

English Learn Reflect

Motivation

I have been learning English for many years. In high school, I was motivated by grades. But when I went to college, a question appeared : Why should I learn English?

They say that learning English will give you more oppotunities. If you process good English skills, the chance of exchanging, studying aborad, postgraduate recommanding will come to you. That sounds tempting, but did't impress me.

The main reason why I was motivated is my interets. Aha, not in English itself but in my major at first(I'm sorry for that). When I dive into software developing, I discovered most of the newest technologies are developed by foreigners, so I had to read many English pages. To read more and learn more knowledge, is the source of my motivation.

Behaviors

In classroom teaching, I did't do other irrelative thing at most time, but sometimes my attention was only on your voice, not on your meaning. I nodded my head with sitting on the first row, but what? Acturally I did't get you. So honestly I should say I was distracted in class.

And the body is affected by the mind. Although I tryed to involve to the class, I wasn't energetic enough, especially when I cooperated with others. My diffidence and anxiety like a big block, and I did't even face it.

In class, I have learned many reading skills. Skim and skip reading to build main architecture, How to write a summary, Read different texts with different methods and focus on different areas. Maybe I can't list all the rules, but I can use them consciously. I will apply these rules to my study in future.

About vocabulary, I was passive to memorize it. So my vocabulary built up little. Than recite words directly, I think reading articles with memorizing words in context is a better way. I should do much more efforts on it, like reading, practicing, repeating, with a key factor : priority.

Say that the texts we learned, whose themes are more about our outlook and methodologies. The idea about optimism and success mostly impressed me. At the very time I was depressed, a little tip helped me, that is review 5 good news every day. I tryed it, and the perstering shadow of depression miraculously faded away. And the Road of Success told me, success is not earn something from others, but give your everything to others. It is not easy, but I'm willing to prove it.

Extended learning

After class, like other subjects, I was still learning English. But the period is random, one or two hours a day, or leave it a whole week. I think I can pace it better next term. In this period, I would like to read English books in the garden, or learn English-speaking courses on the internet. The books and courses I chose were all related to my major, It could mostly motivate me as I said. When I read these books, I always spoke the sentence loudly, repeat it until fluently, then tryed to catch the meaning after words.

My extended learning is not systmatic. Without long-term persistence and repeat, it did't work well. English is truly different to other subjects, here the importance of time arangment figure out.

Feeling and Emotions

In the process of learning English, my attitude to English has changed a lot. I feel English became more friendly to me. I would like to spend more time on it. For me, In English class, I am more active and excited than other classes. Because the class is small, I can feel the teacher is standing just beside me, and teaching us with her gental belief and affectionate voice. I hopefuly go to class every Friday like a baby expecting mother's warmth.

Thank you for this oppotunity to reflect my problems and convey my feelings.
Thanks the sincere guys I met in class.
Thank you for every little video and music before class.
Thank you for every creative assignment.
Thank you for your careness and protection in class.
Thank you for your elaborative preparation before class, which we didn't see but feeled.
Please believe, like something should be grateful we didn't feel, there are much appreciation we can't express through words.

In future, my English learning will come into a new stage, which I should determine more about it by myself. Learning period, memorizing vocabularies, reading and speaking... All of them should be scheduled in my daily life, and find a personal form to accomodate my charactor. Actually plans are not clear so much by now, and blocks are always there, but I will try my best with optimism and enthusiasm that extented from you.

Best wishes to my favorite teacher and her upcoming lucky baby.

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2017.06.16