English has always been my Achilles’ heel. I tend to screw myself up whenever it comes to formal conversation/presentation or academic writing. I always have the difficulty in expressing my ideas or thoughts in English
My exposure to English language, apart from academic materials, is very minimal in my everyday life. Firstly, I do not speak English at home as I come from a Chinese speaking family. Secondly, the interaction that I have with most of my friends is usually in Mandarin. Thirdly, I rarely watch English television programmes or movies as I do not really understand what the Caucasians were are talking about most of the times due to their accents. These could be the reasons why I am not able to master well for my English language.
In the primary and secondary school days, English was my weakest subject among all. My English grade throughout the 10 years was constantly revolving at the borderline passing mark. Gradually, I felt disheartened by my English result and lost complete interest for that subject. It was the particular subject that I distained for and disliked to go for lesson in school. Consequently, I ended up getting an undesirable grade for my ‘O’ Level English.
After graduating from secondary school and going to polytechnic, I thought I could actually evade from the English subject but it was not that case. There were 3 compulsory English-related modules to be cleared in order to graduate and get diploma. Moreover, there is this English course, ES1102, which I am currently enrolled in after achieving a Band 2 grade for the QET test. I seriously hate it and hope that this will really be the last English course in my life.
