HOW DOES ENGLISH CHANGE MY LIFE

  By: Anju Eranti

    Many of us started learning English since we were at primary school, and me too. I learned basic vocabulary like animal names, fruit names and etc. At high school, I started learning grammar and speaking. Sometimes my teacher asked my friends and I to read some stories alternately. Hilariously, we even didn’t understand what did it mean. I felt so confused about English pronunciation because the writing, spelling and pronunciation were arduous and contrasting.

    I hated when I heard people talking in English and I didn’t like to watch English movies by reason of not understanding English. It sounded absurd but it burdened me to get the meaning.

    Sometime there was a question in my head like “why are there so many languages in this world?” those obstruct us to communicate with all people around the world.

    When I was at 2nd grade in senior high school, I was taught by a  genuinely great teacher ever at that time. He is Mr. Chen who gave terrific motivations concerning English. He told us his experiences at the moment he was a volunteer in other countries.

    Since he taught me at class, I was so motivated to learn English. I started playing random apps to communicate with people from different nationalities. I used google translate to help me to understand one by one words. I got some friends from India, Pakistan, Albania and some other countries. They motivated me to learn English by taught me how to greet someone politely, how to use vocabulary correctly.

    After finishing my senior high school, I decided to take an English course. After a few months, I can speak English, understand what people say and start using google translate seldomly. My friends who have helped me in learning English so proud in that I can communicate with them without using google translate.

    By knowing English, my life is more colorful because I can watch movies without using Indonesian subtitle. I can enjoy listening music in English lyric inasmuch as I understand the meaning. Furthermore, I everyday talk with many people from many countries. I join many English events like webinar, MUN, talk show, competition and others. I get new experiences, knowledges, insights and relations. Moreover, I can work while continuing my bacelor’s degree utilize my English.

    Being an English learner and speaker makes us closer with this world. English provides me to know more about so many things.