Log 1

I’ve been majoring in English since I was a senior high school student, but in retrospect, my English learning materials in senior high school (for both reading and writing) were nearly all textbook-oriented, which means I didn’t actually read a novel and I seldom write essays/articles without academic purposes. After I got into college, I realized that I should redirect my English learning purpose (no longer just for high grades) so I started to read English news and novels and try to write things in English from short ones as to-do lists to longer ones as a diary. I have also established a hobby, which is watching one to two episodes of American TV series every day to improve both my listening and reading abilities.

As for my imagination of this course, I think we’ll have the chance to learn this language through a variety of different materials, and undoubtedly, we’ll do a lot of reading and writing and present our learning outcome in all kinds of ways. Additionally, as the professor has mentioned, we’ll discuss a lot of social issues and share ideas, which is the most challenging part for me because I’m not good at discussing social issues nor expressing my ideas, but I understand that these two abilities are a must, therefore I’ll read as much English news as possible to immerse myself in it and learn to express myself.

For the time being, I consider myself as a reader more than a writer because I do more reading than writing. However, after this semester, I hope that I will become a better reader and a better writer. To fulfill this goal, I’ll follow the professor’s schedule properly and try my best!