Why learning English? My personal story
I truly believe that learning a language is a journey and not a sprint, in fact, I am experiencing what learning a language means through English and, partly, Spanish.
I didn't care much about languages until I finished High School, indeed, I have always thought about learning a language, and English in particular because is the one taught in schools, as a dull and useless waste of time.
This is due to a mix of things such as my hostility towards a new language that has also been increased by the way of teaching that, unfortunately, many schools adopt.
Little changed during my first two years of University, my Bachelor's degree has been taught in Italian and I have just had one English's exam about grammar and English literature.
Fortunately, a day which is now blurred in my mind, I decided to spend 3 weeks of my summer abroad, more precisely in Ireland. I wanted to get out from my so-called "comfort zone" and at the same time improving my English because it was very basics.
These 3 weeks spent near Dublin have been revealed as my best experience so far but I have to admit that my English slightly increased.
What I gained from this experience has turned out to be much more important than the mere learning of a new language, indeed, I came home with a big awareness namely, I had to learn English.
Why? Because what I experienced in those 3 weeks have been amazing, I knew people from different part of the world every day and with a limping English I interacted with them, so that I wanted to increase my English's level in order to live such experiences as much as possible.
I came home from Ireland at the end of August 2015, and since then I worked on my English every day. Although I am still far from the level I want to reach I have to confess that I am overall satisfied with my progress since 2015.
When I travel abroad I use dedicated apps in order to meet foreign travellers or local people in order to get to know them and spend some time together and it's a wonderful experience.
Finally, I would recommend those who don't find enough motivations to learn a language to think about how useful English might reveal to them.
In fact, it's not just about the conviction, which is true by the way, that we must learn English because it will turn out to be useful in our workplace, but let's think for a moment about how many fantastic people you may get to know speaking English and how many wonderful moments you can live with people from other countries.
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Why Am I Learning English? My Personal Story
I truly believe that learning a language is a marathon, and not a sprint, in fact, I am experiencing what learning a language means through English and partly Spanish. I didn't care much about languages until I finished high school, indeed, I have always thought about learning a language and English in particular because it's taught in schools, though often as a dull subject and a waste of time.
This is due to a variety of things, such as my frustration towards a new language that has also increased in the ways of teaching that, unfortunately, many schools have adopted. Little changed during my first two years of university, my Bachelor's degree has been taught in Italian and I have had just one English exam about grammar and English literature.
Fortunately, that is a day which is now blurred in my mind. I decided to spend three weeks of my summer abroad, more precisely in Ireland. I wanted to get out of my "comfort zone" and at the same time, improve my English because it was very basic. Those three weeks spent near Dublin, have been my best experience so far, but I have to admit that my English has only slightly increased. What I gained from this experience, has turned out to be far more important that just learning a new language, I came home aware that I had to learn English.
Why? Because what I experienced in those three weeks had been amazing! I got to meet people from different parts of the world every day and with poor English skills, I interacted with them. That experience, motivated me to improve my English level in order to have as many experiences as possible. I came home from Ireland at the end of August 2015, and since then I have worked on English everyday. Although I am still far from the level I want to reach, I have to confess that overall, I am satisfied with my progress since 2015. When I travel abroad, I use dedicated apps in order to meet foreign travelers or local people in order to get to know them and spend some time together, and it's a wonderful experience.
Finally, I would recommend to those who don't have enough motivation when it comes to learning a language, to think about how useful English might be to them. It's not just about the conviction, which is usually true that we must learn English, because it will turn out to be useful in our workplaces. But, let's think for a moment about how many fantastic people you may get to meet by speaking English, and how many wonderful moments you can have with people from other countries.
Overall Andrea, not bad my friend! I just corrected a few grammar issues and a few word choice and word order mistakes. If you have any questions, or if you would like any help to improve your English, please let me know!
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Why learn English? My personal story
I truly believe that learning a language is a journey and not a sprint, in fact, I am experiencing what learning a language means through English and, partly, Spanish.I didn't care much about languages until I finished High School, indeed, I have always thought of language learning, and English in particular because it is the one taught in schools, as a dull and useless waste of time.
This is due to a mix of things, such as my hostility towards a new language and the way of teaching that, unfortunately, many schools adopt.
Little changed during my first two years of University, my Bachelor's degree has been taught in Italian and I have just had one English exam about grammar and English literature.
Fortunately, one day, which is now blurred in my mind, I decided to spend 3 weeks of my summer abroad, more precisely in Ireland. I wanted to get out from my so-called "comfort zone", and improve my Spanish at the same time because it was very basic.
These 3 weeks spent near Dublin have been the best experience of my life so far but I have to admit that my English only slightly increased.
What I gained from this experience has turned out to be much more important than the mere learning of a new language, indeed, I came home with a revelation, namely that I had to learn English.
Why? Because what I experienced in those 3 weeks was amazing, met people from different parts of the world every day and even though my English was not very good, I was still able to interact with them. However, I still want to increase my English level in order to have such experiences again.
I came home from Ireland at the end of August 2015, and since then I have worked on my English every day. Although I am still far from the level I want to reach, I have to confess that overall I am satisfied with my progress since 2015.
When I travel abroad I use dedicated apps in order to meet foreign travellers or local people, so I can get to know them and spend some time together, and it's a wonderful experience.
Finally, I would recommend that those who don't have enough motivation to learn a language to think about how useful English might be to them.
In fact, we shouldn't just learn English because it will turn out to be useful in our workplace, which is true by the way. We should also consider how many fantastic people you may get to know speaking English, and how many wonderful moments you can share with people from other countries.
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