她是应试教育的牺牲品，十年来经历了几个难忘的阶段：小学时被迫学，中学时从考试的高分中获得成就感，大学时侥幸地选择了专业，大学中被认为烂而信心瓦解，到最后寻求真正意义上的方法。她说，当我自信地和外国朋友交流时，我觉得一切努力都是值得的。
十年回顾:苦乐参半
Ten years has fleeted by since the first day I as forced to touch upon English. To say 'be forced' means for me merely due to the needs of educational system that I began to learn it. Recalling my long journey of learning English as a second language, I couldn't help thinking of one ord to describe my feeling-bitterseet.
填鸭式教育：高分带来成就感
For an industrious girl, learning a ne language is not a disappointing thing at the beginning stage; for me, it is not an exception. I ould follo the traditional teacher's guide to copy the ne vocabulary and do all kinds of ritten assignments every day after school, never listening to the tape, not to say reading after it. After learning English for three years, I developed a deep love for it and gradually gained a sense of achievement from every test result.
Even more, at one time, textbooks can no longer satisfy my strong thirst for having a sound mand of English; therefore, I immerged myself in all kinds of contests-based English books. In this ay, my ability of getting satisfying marks in the exams increased, and learning English is but a joyful thing for me.
大学：侥幸选择专业
Till the end of my senior middle school life, everything as on the track as I expected. To further pursue my 'easy' life of learning English, I became an English major student on campus. Fortunately or unfortunately, I felt that my long time pride for English suddenly collapsed for my English pronunciation and munication skills is far from satisfying. Worst of all, I did not realize it till one of my good friends reminded me of this eakness. I as in a horror.
“被发现”烂 艰辛探寻之路
From then on, I dare not to speak in public as usual, racking my brains to think ho to change the current terrible situation. The folloing days ere a painful experience of discovering ho to improve my oral English, consulting teachers and classmates and searching on the Inter.
At last, I bought a video-taped book called Ne Concept English Three and locked myself in a quiet room, imitating and reciting after the video. Later, I changed the material into American Album USA, a conversation-based book. Doing imitating ork alone in a quiet room as dull and boring and many times I had to remind myself to persist hen I as reluctant to get out of the arm bed to follo my English schedule in inter. At the same time, I ould go to English Corner regularly, speaking out hat I've learned. About half a year passed, some teachers and classmates cannot even imagine a student ith such poor English could make such impressive improvement in oral English.
我为什么爱记
Another part of my English learning is to remember vocabulary and maybe it sounds eird to someone that I like it and have fun ith it. I ould buy a vocabulary book and finish it for about a eek. Remembering ne ords is a process of oblivion and repetition. It is, one the one hand, disappointing because I may fet the ord even a fe seconds later and, on the other hand, rearding because henever I finally cheed don and digested it, I could alays locate these ords in my daily reading. Of course, along ith remembering ords, I ould accumulate ne vocabulary encountered in my reading and try to put it in my riting and speaking. For this point, maybe I did a good job in bining input and output together ithout losing balance.
I alays firmly believe hat hurts us the most ill deepen in our memory, as it is so ith my experience of focusing my attention on oral English during my spare time for one year. Four years' college life itnessed my improvement on the prehensive English ability, especially on speaking part. Later, henever I talk ith my foreign friends freely and confidently, I feel all my efforts are rearded.
只要用心 目标终会实现
Reflecting my experience of learning English, I realize that a lot should be improved. Of all, the most important part is the quantity of input, that is, more English-ritten books should be read because, only if I read English books as naturally as reading Chinese ones, can I find the appropriate ay of expressing myself like a native. Another, more practice should be done to develop my ability of talking in English ithout thinking. All are hat I am no striving for.
In all, I am fully aare that I still have a long ay to go in the perfecting process of English. Though barriers may sometimes stand in the ay toards my dreams, I alays believe that my ultimate goal is attainable as long as I put my hole heart into it.
