I never had an interest in reading or writing. I didn’t have an opinion on it. My writing is based off the task given to me. My confidence in reading or writing have never been that great. Before going to school, my parents made sure I knew the alphabet, my numbers up to 20, and loaded me up with vocabulary. They wanted me to succeed in the writing and reading portion because when they tried to help me it was useless. However, I watched a lot of shows and I still do but these shows were really educational like Barney the Dinosaur. And my teachers helped a lot too with my development. Reading, writing, and help from school teachers helped me out in my journey with literacy.
When I first came to the United States, I didn’t know anything about English. The language, the pronunciation, its rules in writing, nothing. I felt like a two-year old trying to learn how to talk, read and write all over again. I was an outsider to this new culture. However, I needed to learn the language to get ahead. After a few months of moping around I got accepted into City College Academy of the Arts where a teacher got an interest in me. Ms. Shockley was an English teacher who helped me with my pronunciation, punctuation, my writing, reading and …show more content…
My learning has not stopped and I’m still the bookworm that I was back then. I write horrible essays, but I’m working on it. Reading came easily to me but writing did not. Writing was the most difficult part of the English language. My grammar was so terrible. My punctuation was out of line and my spelling could have made the english department cry. However, I came across this book called Basic English Grammar for Dummies which helped alot. My writing was improving also because I was watching kids’ shows. I watched Arthur, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Martha Speaks, Odd Squad, etc. Martha Speaks helped a lot since it was spelling the words out for
When I first came to the United States, I didn’t know anything about English. The language, the pronunciation, its rules in writing, nothing. I felt like a two-year old trying to learn how to talk, read and write all over again. I was an outsider to this new culture. However, I needed to learn the language to get ahead. After a few months of moping around I got accepted into City College Academy of the Arts where a teacher got an interest in me. Ms. Shockley was an English teacher who helped me with my pronunciation, punctuation, my writing, reading and …show more content…
My learning has not stopped and I’m still the bookworm that I was back then. I write horrible essays, but I’m working on it. Reading came easily to me but writing did not. Writing was the most difficult part of the English language. My grammar was so terrible. My punctuation was out of line and my spelling could have made the english department cry. However, I came across this book called Basic English Grammar for Dummies which helped alot. My writing was improving also because I was watching kids’ shows. I watched Arthur, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Martha Speaks, Odd Squad, etc. Martha Speaks helped a lot since it was spelling the words out for