My language learning experience in Singapore

How time flies. It has been three months since I came to Singapore in December. Everything is completely different from China, the climate, people, culture and the most importantly the language. It is unbelievable that so many different languages can exist harmoniously in this amazing island. During these three months, I gained a lot in this environment, and I will share my experience with you.

In China, we have English classes every day, and we focus on reading rather than speaking. Before going to Singapore, I considered many different forms of English study here and some of them have already come true in the three months. First of all, we have classes in NUS, there are four tutors teaching us English. Different tutors have distinct characters, some are serious and some are funny. We have four textbooks in total, RATJ is the largest one which is quite interesting and meaningful. My first way of learning English is reading the articles in RATJ and doing the exercises. Silent reading is another way that is so attractive to me because I can choose what I like to read. From my perspective, reading is better than reciting words from day to day. Well, the most important and exciting part is doing the project. It is what I have thought about before and project Singapore gives me a chance to know Singapore. During "Project Singapore" preparation, I searched the information from the Internet and wrote essays about the aspect our group chose. Giving group oral presentation and painting our own poster was also exciting. I improved my speaking and writing a lot and enjoyed them at the same time. By the way, we have another project named happiness. We are currently working on it.

After classes, a few activities such as "JC Immersion" and "Give Program" decorate our life. February 27^th is the first day I went to JC. I met my buddy, who I will always remember. We communicated with each other about the school, hobbies and classmates. I had five classes every day which is difficult for me to catch up with the JC teachers because I didn't know many terms in science subjects. Today is the last day of JC Immersion. I am really disappointed to leave my buddy who brings me much great memory. It’s an unforgettable experience in my life where I gained both friendship and language skills. The Give program is another activity arranged for us. We will work as teachers to teach local students in secondary or primary schools. I am selected to teach Chinese composition and comprehension. Frankly speaking, this is really a challenge for me, but I will try my best to do it successfully. These after school activities really give me many chances to experience a comfortable school life of local students and construct a comfortable language environment for me.

By the way, I had some interesting experiences during three months. As you know, we are from different provinces of China, every province has distinctive accents, so learning accents of other provinces is really an interesting thing. I learned a little Hainan, Guangdong and Dongbei accent. It's so funny!

In conclusion, these interesting experiences in Singapore let me feel the charm of language. I strongly believe that I will learn English and other accents deeply in the future.