Survive by English

Survival by English

Starting in 2008, I was a college student at the Academy of Foreign Language Pontianak and later graduated from it with my Diploma (D3) in 2011. After that, I then worked as a private English teacher going from house to house and supporting myself by using my English skills to teach that language to English-loving students. There were many interesting experiences that I had while being a teacher, but among the worst was that, in spite of my best efforts, some of my students had told me that learning English was very difficult.

In 2013, I then returned to my village, Sejiram, Seberaung District, Kapusa Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan. While there, I worked as an English teacher in a senior high school not only because they had no English teacher, but also because there were not many paying English students in my village’s district. A few weeks ago, however, I stopped working as a teacher because I wanted to continue with my own studies. It was a very difficult decision and I know that I will have to quickly adapt in a new environment. I eventually decided to study English Literature at the College of Foreign Language Pontianak as of October 2016, so now, I am a college student again. I realize that my ability in English is far from perfect, but I am ready to study it again because a motto in my life is: Don’t stop learning!

Good job! And a great attitude! Perhaps, you are far from perfect, but I would not say that you are far from good. I easily understood everything that you wanted to tell me as the reader. As to the English, I rewrote and rearranged a few of your sentences to make them clearer, more informative, and somewhat less awkward. Given the numerous omissions of articles [a, an, or the], as well as one or two punctuation errors, I would also suggest that you review their usage. I hope this helps you. Best of luck in your studies! J.