Last year my English class was difficult. First of all, it wasn't easy for me to understand the teacher when she {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(talk). She spoke so {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(quick) that I couldn't understand every word. I was afraid to speak in class {#blank#}3{#/blank#}I thought my classmates might laugh at {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(I).

    Then one day I watched {#blank#}5{#/blank#}English movie called The Sound of Music. I fell in love with it. So I decided {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(watch) other English movies. I realized I could get the meaning {#blank#}7{#/blank#}listening to the key words. My pronunciation improved as well. I think that doing lots of listening practice {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) the secret of becoming a good language learner.

    Another thing that I found very difficult was English grammar. So I started to take lots of grammar {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(note) in every class. I wrote my own original sentences using the grammar I was {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(learn). It's amazing how much this helped.

    Now I am really enjoying my English class.