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1、LearningaForeignLanguageLearningaforeignlanguagewasoneofthemostdifficultyetmost<2>rewardingexperiencesofmylife.Althoughattimeslearningalanguagewas<3>frustrating,itwaswellworththeeffort.Myexperiencewithlearningaforeignlanguagebeganin<4>juniormiddleschool,whenItookmyfirstEngl
2、ishclass.Ihadakindandpatientteacherwhooftenpraisedallofthestudents.Becauseofthis<5>positivemethod,IeagerlyansweredallthequestionsIcould,neverworryingmuchaboutmakingmistakes.Iwasatthetopofmyclassfortwoyears.WhenIwentto<6>seniormiddleschool,IwaseagertocontinuestudyingEnglish;however,
3、myexperienceinseniormiddleschoolwasverydifferentfrombefore.Whilemy<7>formerteacherhadbeenpatientwithallofthestudents,mynewteacherquicklypunishedthosewhogaveincorrectanswers.Wheneverweansweredincorrectly,shepointedalongstickatusand,shakingitupanddown,shouted,"No!No!No!"Itdidn'ttakemelon
4、gtolosemyeagernesstoanswerquestions.NotonlydidIlosemyjoyinansweringquestions,butIalsolostmydesiretosayanythingatallinEnglish.However,thatstatedidn'tlastlong.WhenIwenttocollege,IlearnedthatallstudentswererequiredtotakeanEnglishcourse.<8>Unlikemyseniormiddleschoolteacher,mycollegeEnglish
5、teacherswerepatientandkind,andnoneofthemcarriedlong,pointedsticks!Thesituationwasfarfromperfect,though.Asourclasseswereverylarge,Iwasonlyabletoansweracoupleofquestionsineachclassperiod.Also,afterafewweeksofclasses,InoticedthereweremanystudentswhospokemuchbetterthanIdid.Ibegantofeel<9>int
6、imidated.So,onceagain,althoughfordifferentreasons,Iwasafraidtospeak.ItseemedmyEnglishwasgoingtostayatthesamelevelforever.ThatwasthesituationuntilacoupleofyearslaterwhenIwasofferedan<10>opportunitytostudyEnglishthroughan<11>onlinecourse.The<12>communication<13>mediumwas
7、acomputer,aphoneline,anda<14>modem.Isoongot<15>accesstothenecessaryequipment,learnedhowtousethetechnologyfromafriendand<16>participatedinthe<17>virtualclassroom5to7daysaweek.Onlinele
