Learning English

At the age of seven, I started to go to an English school without knowing a single English word. I could only speak Spanish and English was very strange to me. I couldn’t talk with the other kids. When my teachers spoke in class, I was puzzled. I couldn’t understand what they said at all. I was very lonely at that time, and sometimes I even felt like crying. Soon I started to learn English, though it was very hard for me. By the end of the first year, I could read, speak and even wrting some simple sentences in English. The next year, I met a boy, Frank. It was his first year at this school and he didn’t know lots of English, either. I began to practice English with him. At first, it wasn’t easy for us, but gradually we got used to communicating with each other in English. We kept learning more each year and now we are both good English speakers. This year, I am in Grade Nine and I have got A’s in all my subjects. Do you want to know the secret of my success? The key is that I never give up. Now I am learning Japanese. Although it is a little difficult, I have been holding on to it. Now I can communicate with people in simple Japanese. I believe I can speak Japanese better soon.