- Narrativas coletadas por Ana Maria Barcelos -

 

 

Language learning history

I have been learned English for seven years. When I was in junior high school, I learned only the verb to be and I liked to learn English.

In high school, I stopped to study it because I thought it was very boring; my teacher wanted that I memorize a lot of words, and I could not speak to anyone. I had many others things to study too.

Always, the most part of my classmates was learning English in cursinhos, and they did not give atention for the classes.

I can say I learned a little in junior high school, but I can not say the same for the high school.

Now, in our situation my English has been improved, specialy writing and reading. My listening and speaking is not very good, but I hope that it do not become my learning more difficult.

I don’t believe that I will speak and I will listen very well, but I am not very sad because I want to work with Portuguese. However I want to learn English because everybody knows how it is necessary and because I like English too.

Our classes are very different that my time of high school. People really want to learn English. There are not disorder.

I think to learn a language is necessary dedication, to study very much, to go to classes and do not discouraged.