Zhou Hang, Class 13, Senior 2, Shenzhen Xin’an Middle School Instructed by Tang Ying

In June, four senior 3 students shared their experiences in learning English and working for our school’s English newspaper. It was a very enlightening lesson and I learned a lot from it.

Among them, Lin Zehao told us how to write a good article. He prepared his PPT with great care. From his talk, I understood the importance of good handwriting. In addition, we must use the sentences we are familiar with and accumulate various sentence patterns as possible as we can. I used to write long and difficult sentences in exams, but sometimes I wrote them incorrectly, which is not acceptable. My grammar mistakes should be reduced. If I make grammar mistakes, I will definitely lose some points in an exam, for which I will regret.

In addition, the other three students, Chen Zishun, Chen Junyu and He Shujun, also told us about their own experiences. What impressed me most was Chen Zishun’s humorous method. He used his strategy of making fun of himself to tell us that each of us should have a long-term goal for our life. An opportunity comes to a person only once. In our senior school life, we can’t rely on only studying in the classroom. Instead, we should take advantage of as many opportunities as possible to experience more things to make our life fulfilling. We can take part in as many activities as possible to practice and train our abilities. That is the reason why I joined the newspaper club. I have benefited a lot by improving my English writing, reading, leadership abilities and integrated life skills. The greatest pleasure in life is finishing something that people say it is impossible for you to do. Therefore, I believe you should challenge yourself to participate in more extracurricular activities during your high school days.

Chen Junyu and He Shujun introduced the process of their making progress step by step on highly effective English learning strategy training. I know that Rome was not built in a day. No road of flowers leads to glory. We must keep trying and practicing and never give up.

In conclusion, the four students are all modest and excellent. They are good examples for us to learn from. I felt encouraged after this lesson. I am grateful to them for their inspiring experiences.