School Life

  I am studying at Department of Applied Foreign Languages in National Tainan Commercial Vocational Senior High School.  Since I was admitted to the school, I have made up my mind to study hard and make good use of the following three years to improve my English ability due to my strong interest in English.  I am willing to participate in various kinds of English competitions because I believe that no matter I win or fail, I will more or less make some progress in English with the assistance and training from the teachers and my own preparation. Nevertheless, I am still confronted with some obstacles, but I never give up and try to find good ways to overcome them.  Everytime after each competition, I do benefit a lot from these experiences and have great advancement. For instance, I have learned how to pronounce words more exactly, how to read sentences with more emotions, how to express my ideas naturally in front of lots of audience, and how to make my presentations more animated with proper gestures or interactions.  I always pay attention in class and make efforts to do well on my homework, studies, and reports.  As a consequence, I can keep on the top five of my class.
  In my extracurricular time, I listen to English songs, watch English movies or programs, and reading English magazines.  Especially when I watch English movies or programs, I will tend to listen carefully to the actors' or actresses' conversations, and now I am able to understand most of  what are taling about.  What's more, sometimes I will talk to myfriends or myself in English.  Although it sounds a little crazy, but this kind of practice makes me behave more naturally when I have to interact with foreigners in real life.  To my delight, all my efforts paid off because I passed the Intermediate-level Certificate of General English Proficiency Test ,and was awarded third place in the Level 2 of the Test of English Ability Association.
  In addition to these English-related activities, sometimes I will become a volunteer to do something in the library and in the hospital.  Not only is it a good opportunity to have more social experiences but it is also a way to help others.  For instance, when I acted as a volunteer in a hospital, I learned how to communicate with different kinds of people, and tried to provide proper aids with those who were in neeed.  I think these skills are what I can't learn in school, but they are definitely useful to me and broaden my horizons.