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Hi,

I took my first English class when I was six years old at a religious school. Back then (or that year), we only started with easy exercises and worksheets. The next year we didn’t have any class and the third year we began regular lessons. Now I believe up and down (sporadic) system (or method) was a totally disaster. Nevertheless, I had been waiting until my twelfth birthday (or, I turned twelve years old) to have my first lessons with a Spanish teacher who spoke only in English. Moreover, I didn’t have time to go to Official Language School because I attended other out-of-school ("after-school" or "extra-curricular" are better words here) activities like solfa (not sure what this is), piano, ballet, painting and diving.

However, when I was a freshman many teachers told us how inefficient ("useless" would be better here) it would be to have a degree in Business Administration if we couldn’t speak English. Realizing (or Hearing) this made me change my behavior about English. It was a key moment for me. In other words, it was when I really met (not sure what you meant here, maybe "was introduced to") English and started to learn on my own.

Hence, At this point, it made me think, over about if I could start learning English again, I would do it absolutely different. I would have probably tried to include English classes in my after-school activities. I would have started watching series and movies in their original versions with subtitles; tried to learn pronunciations and colloquialisms by heart; or just enjoyed going to a bookshop, checking the English books section, and buying an interesting book; and not started doing it in my twenties.** Unfortunately, I can’t change it.

Albeit my close English moment was late (I'm not sure what you meant here). I searched (better: looked for) opportunities to go to study abroad. Thus, last summer I was in Bournemouth (U.K.), it was an amazing experience. I learned so much from the different people from around the world as well as from (or about) the British people and their culture. Also, I was able to improve my communication skills (or, gain confidence in my communication skills and improve them). Besides that, I obtained a scholarship for a week-long intensive English course by the International University of Menendez Pelayo (or, Menendez Pelayo International University).

Henceforth (or, From here on out), I only wish to be able to get better in English every year and keep learning more because languages are endless.

See you mates!

**: This is a really long sentence. We call these "Run-ons" in English. Sometimes they can work. Some English writers use long sentences well. You just have to be very careful about your grammar and sentence structure. For a long list like this, I would add these marks (";", semi-colons) to make the sentence clearer.

Great essay! I see that you're a strong writer. There are some small grammatical things to work on, but great work! Muy bueno.

  My first encountered English when I was 6 years old in a religious school. That year, we started with easy exercises and learning sheets. The next year [or: The following year] we did not have classes and the third year, we began regular lessons. Now I believe that this system, with its ups and downs, was a total disaster. Nevertheless, I waited until I was twelve to have my first lesson with a teacher who spoke only in English. Moreover, I did not have time to go to the Official Language School, because I attended other out-of-school [or: extra-curricular] activities like musical notation, piano, ballet, painting, and diving.
  When I was a freshman, many teachers told us about the inefficiency of having a degree in Business Administration if we could not speak English. This advice made me [or: encouraged me to] change my attitude toward learning English, and for me, it was a key moment. In other words, it was when I really became interested in learning English, and started studying on my own time, too. 
  At that stage, I started thinking about different ways to learn English again. I considered including English classes in my out-of-school activities, viewing television shows and movies in their original versions with subtitles, trying to memorize pronunciations and colloquialisms, or just enjoying a bookshop and checking [or: browsing] the English books section, to purchase interesting books. I wish that I had started all of thisbefore I was in my twenties; unfortunately, I can not change that.
  Albeit my serious English studies started later than optimally, I still searched for opportunities to study abroad. Thus, last summer I studied in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. It was an amazing experience, and I learned so much from different people from around the world, and the British and their culture. I was able to gain confidence in my communication skills and improve upon them. I also obtained a scholarship for an intensive, 1-week English Course in the International University Menendez Pelayo.
  Henceforth, my only wish is to be able to improve my English apptitude each year, and to continue learning, because languages are "Endless." 

You are an excellent writer, Noemí. Me encanta como que capaces de expresarse en Inglés. I am happy to answer any questions you may have concerning the edits I performed. Buen Trabajo. 

Learning

Hi,

I first encountered English when I was six years old in a religious school. That year we started only doing easy exercises and learning sheets. There was no class the next year and the third year we began a regular lessons. Now I believe this system with ups and downs was a totally disaster. Nevertheless, I was waiting  had to wait until i was twelve years old to have my first lesson with a Spanish teacher who spoke only in English. Moreover, I didn’t have time to go to Official Language School because I attended other out-of-school activities like solfa, piano, ballet, painting and diving.

However, when I was a freshman, many teachers told us about the disadvantages of having a degree in Administration and Business and not speaking english. for me it was a key moment as this view made me change my behavior about English . In other words, it was when I really met English and started to learn on my own.

Hence, at this stage made me think over about Now i think that if I could start learning English again I would do it absolutely differently. I would probably try to include English classes in my out-of-school activities and I would have started watching TV series and movies in the original version with subtitles so i could learn, by heart, pronunciations and colloquialisms.  Or i would just enjoy going to a bookshop and checking the English books section and buy some interesting book. I would not not start doing it in my twenties. Unfortunately, I can’t change it.

Albeit my close English moment was late I searched opportunities to go to study abroad. Thus, last summer I was in Bournemouth (U.K.). It was an amazing experience and I learned so much from different people from around the world and the British people and culture. Also, I was able to prove my communication skills and improve them. Besides, I obtained a scholarship for an intensive English Course for one week by the International University Menendez Pelayo.

Henceforth, I only wish to be able to get better in English every year and keep learning more because languages are endless.

See you mates!