Learning A Second Language Essay

When people decide to learn a second language, usually think that is going to be easy, but there are several factors that are involve in the learning process of learning a second language regardless than the approach. Each individual learn differently but according to Rubin and Thomson (1982) there are several characteristics that a good language learner should have such as the responsibility of the acquisition of the second language, looking for opportunities to practice the language, being an outgoing person and use the language in different scenarios, learn some idioms to use in his/hers conversations, uses some memory strategies to help he/she to remember phrases or words and finally correct him/herself by listen, reading, writing and …show more content…
Finally in college it was a requirement to take two years of English classes. My classes started in the beginner level but I split my English classes in my four and half years of college. The fact to split my English classes did not help me with my learning process I was reaching my goals taking the classes but I was not really learning English. After finished College I had a dream to travel and learn more about other cultures so, I decide study abroad. If I want to make my dream come true I needed to learn English. I decided to enroll in the au pair program. When I first came to the United States I barely understand few words and I cannot express …show more content…
When I came here I knew if I want to learn English I have to take charge of my learning. It was my decision to come to here, so I started taking classes but this time it was not to pass a test my goal it was to learn English. I knew copy classmates or not doing my homework it was going to affect me. I tried to keep focus in my goal to learn English. I came to live with a native family so even if I was afraid to communicate I tried to do my best. The mom had a chart where I had to report the activities I did during the day I learned vocabulary from that chart. I started improving my English using the daily vocabulary with the mom. Then I started catching some phrases that the use in their conversations or they text me, so I started learning from my environment and from the classes I was taking. During my learning process I have been using different strategies like flash card, listen to music, reading books, watching TV, going shopping to expose myself to speak English. Today I am correcting myself with my pronunciation and I am trying to speak and write in a better grammar