Learning English in China I'm a senior university student who have been learning English for 14 years.What I'm talking about are my own perspectives on learning English in China according to my experiences. Like most Chinese students, I started to learn English in the third grade. However, the knowledge I learned from primary school was too limited. So basically it was in middle school when I really started to learn English. In my middle school, there were no foreign English teachers. But I think my teacher was pretty good. She was enthusiastic and always encouraged students to speak English. In my opinion, many English teachers only focus on vocabulary or grammar and neglect speaking and listening skills.That's why so many Chinese students are not good at speaking or listening. In the middle school, it was easy to pass the English exam, thus I usually got good grades. When I was in high school, what made me confused was that the teachers were teaching British English while it was American English that I learned before. To students, however, it was not a big deal because the difference was subtle. Since we were preparing the College Entrance Examination, we spent lots of time doing exercises and seldom spoke English. Univerity English classes were more relaxing. My teacher was a young lady who had studied in Amercia before. She required every student to speak English in class and make a presentation each semester. Apart from that, she suggested us watching English movies and TV series and listening to English music. I have to admit that my English level improved by doing that.However, there were no more English classes after the sophomore year. Consequently, I haven't been speaking English for almost 2 years. So I need to improve my speaking and listening skills of English and this is why I'm here.