The difficulties of studying English being 5th and 11th grades.
School years are really important in our life. We learn new things, meet new people, become more self organized and face our first problems. Apparently, English is one of the most difficult subjects for Russian speakers. Usually people start learn it on the second or fifth grade and continue to study it even at university. And every year students have to deal with new challenges. So, let’s compare the difficulties that people have when they are in the 5th grade and in the 11th.
First of all, 5th graders are usually 11 year old children, and they don’t understand the importance of learning foreign languages. Lack of motivation makes them unwilling to study really hard. And any foreign language needs hard work.
Secondly, they have serious pronunciation problems.
As their don’t used to English sounds, don’t know how to work with transcription properly.
Also, in the 5th grade your vocabulary is poor, let’s be honest. And you can’t express yourself properly.
Nevertheless, 11th grades also struggle with some language problems. On the one hand you know a lot of words, but on the other hand, it maybe difficult for you to choose the proper one.
Moreover, you have to work more, the volume of information and homework is growing. And you have to be more self organized.
Furthermore, the devil is in the details. I mean, that you may think that you know lots of grammar rules, but actually you realize that there are many exceptions for the majority of rules.
As for me, I find learning English in the 11th grade much easier, because I am highly motivated now. And I understand that foreign languages can open lots of doors.
To sum up, what ever age you are, you have a number of problems and difficulties, but you should never give up! Broaden your horizons!
School years are really important in our life. We learn new things, meet new people, become more self organized and face our first problems. Apparently, English is one of the most difficult subjects for Russian speakers. Usually people start learn it on the second or fifth grade and continue to study it even at university. And every year students have to deal with new challenges. So, let’s compare the difficulties that people have when they are in the 5th grade and in the 11th.
First of all, 5th graders are usually 11 year old children, and they don’t understand the importance of learning foreign languages. Lack of motivation makes them unwilling to study really hard. And any foreign language needs hard work.
Secondly, they have serious pronunciation problems.
As their don’t used to English sounds, don’t know how to work with transcription properly.
Also, in the 5th grade your vocabulary is poor, let’s be honest. And you can’t express yourself properly.
Nevertheless, 11th grades also struggle with some language problems. On the one hand you know a lot of words, but on the other hand, it maybe difficult for you to choose the proper one.
Moreover, you have to work more, the volume of information and homework is growing. And you have to be more self organized.
Furthermore, the devil is in the details. I mean, that you may think that you know lots of grammar rules, but actually you realize that there are many exceptions for the majority of rules.
As for me, I find learning English in the 11th grade much easier, because I am highly motivated now. And I understand that foreign languages can open lots of doors.
To sum up, what ever age you are, you have a number of problems and difficulties, but you should never give up! Broaden your horizons!
