Language as an important tool has showed its function in many different areas. Many years ago, when the first time I learned English, I found that it was really an interesting thing. With the time going, however, I realized that language learning was not as simple as I thought before. It requires me to be a quite patient person and a hard working guy.
When I went to high school, I had a good opportunity to learn English, but unfortunately, I didn’t use such an opportunity efficiently. In China, English learning in secondary school is very important. Each school must have English course and English is one of the three main courses in secondary school, the other two are Chinese and Mathematic. At the beginning time, I was really happy that I had learned a lot before I become a secondary student and got a good score in an important exam. Therefore, obviously, I silly believed that I could learn English as easily as I want. Thus, I didn’t go over any more before exams. I became a lazy boy, and things were going backwards day by day. I told myself everything was under control, the truth was, and however, my English ability got the lowest level at that time.
Not only my parents gave me great support, but also my teachers helped me a lot when my English learning way had some barriers. Before I came to Canada, I talked to one of my friend who is also my foreign English teacher in China. He suggested that I should study in a language school before I became a university student. I didn’t know why he suggests so, but I trust him. I told to my parents, they all thought it was really a good suggestion. After I coming to Concordia and taking my first course in CELI, I realized that in a language school, its help is not just simple to help me pass the exam or to enter in a university. It can show me how to become a native English speaker. I believed that this kind of thing is those I could not learn from a university professor.
Although my language learning experience in Canada is quite short, I feel really happy that I can learn in CELI and Concordia.
