Learner Diary 1 - Freya

What areas of English do you feel you need to work on?

Due to studying Japanese the whole year in 2009, I find my English is much worse than before, especially in writing and listening. Although I can understand many words when I read the paragraph, I cannot write them fluently. As for listening, it was difficult to pass listening test, but I could catch on to what teachers and friends said.
Talking about speaking, the biggest problem is that I was so nervous that my voice sounded quivered as I spoke English.
Reading is my best aspect that I just would like to improve my reading speed. I hope I could read English as quickly as Chinese.
In short, I think I should attach importance to every part of studying English.


What can you do to improve these areas, either inside or outside the classroom?

From Monday, I have planned to listen to BBC and to exercise my writing speed about an hour every day. Movever reading more books can expand my vocabulary and broaden my horizon as well. In addition, I ought to communicate with others to enhance my speaking. For example, I will make the best of kitchen's time that talk with the flatmates as much as possible. Finally, I should dare to express my opinion in class.


What do you hope to achieve in this class?

I understand it is my own responsibility to improve my English, but I hope I can get some useful skills from this class to make this process of learning as efficient as possible. So that my life in this new country would become easier and leave me a good memory in my life.