Last year
, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher
spoke too quickly. But I was afraid to ask questions because my pronunciation was very bad. So 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 then I began to watch other English movies as well. Although I could not
understand everything the characters said, their body language and the 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 also improved by listening to the interesting conversations in English
movies. I discovered that listening to something you are interested in 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 up
the words in a dictionary.
Now
I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar. Then I
can have a better understanding of English movies.