The Story of how I Learned English

I started learning English in a private school near my house when I was sixth grade at elementary school.

The private school put an emphasis on writing and reading. Studying there went like this－reading some sentences on a textbook, checking new words and grammatical points, practicing grammar and reading the sentences again. What I learned in the private school really helped me to get used to studying English in junior high school.

When I was a junior high school student, English became the only subject that I was good at, so I studied hard in order to keep myself being good at English. At that time, I started taking a certificate examination so called Eiken. I got 3rd grade by graduating from junior high school. This was encouragement for me to study English.

I have not studied English more eagerly than when I was a high school student. I had lots of things to do like remembering words, phrases, grammar and idioms. Studying in high school was hard, but my English was so improved.

Now I am studying English with some textbooks for listening because it is a big problem when I take the TOEIC. I frequently watch CNN and ABC news on BS1 (I can hardly understand what they say). I also watch Hollywood movies with Japanese subtitles. I can learn expressions that native speakers use from the movies.
I am enjoying studying English because I can feel that I am making progress little by little.