my friends say that i'm good in english, because i always get good marks in english tests and i have just scored the highest points in the interview. they think i'm a talented girl and i'm clever at english from the beginning.
but in fact, i'm not a talented girl. i'm just a common girl. i'd like to say something about my experience of learning english.
i didn't do well in english in the beginning. i started my english course at the age of 10. maybe you can't imagine, i couldn't say a whole sentence at that time. i couldn't catch up with my classmates because of my bad base. having a bad base may be many students' problem. i was sad about it, but i wasn't afraid of it.
the next summer holiday, i spent almost all of my free time practicing english by listening to the tape and repeating after it. whenever it was, wherever i was, i kept the tape on. i listened carefully and i trie