My English Language Learning Journey

My English language learning journey began when I was a toddler where I was first introduced to English words by cartoon programs on television. It was not long after that I was exposed to alphabet in pre-school. Phonics class was an essential part of my journey. I could still remember how much practice I had to pronounce the phrase "I'm fine,thank you" properly. When I was in primary school, I had trouble particularly with grammar and composition. The first year of learning English in Primary school was rather fun because the content was  easy. We focused on simple tenses and punctuation which I understood well. As I progressed to higher levels, I found it difficult to cope with English, grammar especially. It was a challenge to pay attention in class as I could not understand what the teacher was saying. I was clueless about terms like verbs and prepositions. I learnt English from television programs. For me, primary and secondary school was where I would polish up on the language and clear the doubts that I had. In Secondary school, I enjoyed summary writing which most of my classmates disliked. Essay writing such as argumentative essays has always pose as a challenge for me in my learning journey. Born as a Singaporean, I was accustomed to speaking 'Singlish'. To be truthful, at the current age of twenty, I still do find it hard to differentiate between 'Singlish' and proper English. I feel that there is a lot more for me to learn and probably a long way to go before I am able to speak and write in proper English.