With my friends, in 2009.
The very left girl who wear jacket is me :)
Grammar class, my teacher's writing on blackboard. I always wrote down those things that my teacher highlighted..
I loved one of my English grammar classes. My teacher, Mr. Lee was smart, and he knew how can explain it easily. Most of my classmates liked his class. I always expected before the class, used to review the contents.
Now I'm not good at English grammar. Since I've focused on other English language materials: speaking, listening...I almost forgot what I learned in this class. But he was my role-model teacher why I want to be an English teacher, and why high school English teachers should be smart as a teacher.
I graduated from Pusan Foreign Language High school, which is famous for good students in my hometown. To go there, students should pass the entrance exam. My high school had many English classes than other general high schools. The school forced the students to study a lot, and I liked the atmosphere because I could concentrate on studying English.
When I was in a high school student, I was very shy student than now.
I liked writing a diary, and studying English.
I can't find my diaries wrote in 2009, but I remember some stories studying English.
Sometimes I had to copy down the whole English books as a homework, had to practice TOEFL speaking section.
Here is one of the stories that my English conversation class.
Mr. Jay [He was a native English speaker and my teacher in 2007.]
: "Today, we are going to practice the speaking as we did.
To speak fluently, first, you need to organize the main topic and reasons.
It doesn't matter that the reasons are true or false. Additionally, I'll check the time. So, let's start."
Student 1 : "I'd like to choose the topic, because...."
Student 2 : "My opinion is...."
[They were so fluent.]
Mr. Jay : Great! You guys did a good job on time! Eunkyoung, now your turn, are you ready?
Eunkyoung : "....well..okay...(sigh)"
[Even though I liked studying English, I had a fear of speaking in English...
Some of my friends lived in foreign countries for a while, so they were so fluent.]
Mr.Jay : "Are you nervous? Take your time...Ready, go!"
Eunkyoung : "Umm...The topic is.....uh...The reason is...first....and second..."
Mr. Jay : "Hmm...you spoke on time, but your pronunciation is not good...You need to practice it...Cheer up!"
Eunkyoung : "Thanks, I will."
When I was in a high school student, I was very shy student than now.
I liked writing a diary, and studying English.
I can't find my diaries wrote in 2009, but I remember some stories studying English.
Sometimes I had to copy down the whole English books as a homework, had to practice TOEFL speaking section.
Here is one of the stories that my English conversation class.
Mr. Jay [He was a native English speaker and my teacher in 2007.]
: "Today, we are going to practice the speaking as we did.
To speak fluently, first, you need to organize the main topic and reasons.
It doesn't matter that the reasons are true or false. Additionally, I'll check the time. So, let's start."
Student 1 : "I'd like to choose the topic, because...."
Student 2 : "My opinion is...."
[They were so fluent.]
Mr. Jay : Great! You guys did a good job on time! Eunkyoung, now your turn, are you ready?
Eunkyoung : "....well..okay...(sigh)"
[Even though I liked studying English, I had a fear of speaking in English...
Some of my friends lived in foreign countries for a while, so they were so fluent.]
Mr.Jay : "Are you nervous? Take your time...Ready, go!"
Eunkyoung : "Umm...The topic is.....uh...The reason is...first....and second..."
Mr. Jay : "Hmm...you spoke on time, but your pronunciation is not good...You need to practice it...Cheer up!"
Eunkyoung : "Thanks, I will."
Grammar class, my teacher's writing on blackboard. I always wrote down those things that my teacher highlighted..
I loved one of my English grammar classes. My teacher, Mr. Lee was smart, and he knew how can explain it easily. Most of my classmates liked his class. I always expected before the class, used to review the contents.
Now I'm not good at English grammar. Since I've focused on other English language materials: speaking, listening...I almost forgot what I learned in this class. But he was my role-model teacher why I want to be an English teacher, and why high school English teachers should be smart as a teacher.