Personal experience

Personal experience

1. remember vividly

   • (i) I can remember vividly the first time I spoke English with an English native speaker on [certain day, such as New Year / Christmas Eve few years ago etc.]

2. hanging out

   • (ii) At that time, I was hanging out with my friends.

3. asked for directions

   • (iii) Suddenly, a foreigner came up to me and asked for directions to a cinema.

4. couldn’t catch everything

   • (iv) At first, I couldn’t catch everything he said, because he spoke too fast.

5. repeated, finally understood

   • (v) But after he repeated his words slowly, I finally understood and showed him the way to the cinema.

6. body language

   • (vi) I used body language a lot to explain the direction to him, since I didn’t speak English well then.

7. headed for

   • (vii) After that, he said thank you and headed for the cinema.

8. important role, despite

   • (viii) Then, I realize that English plays an important role in our life, despite the fact that we don’t live in an English speaking country.

9. spoken globally

   • (ix) It is truly an International language spoken globally.

10. good command, speak confidently

    • (x) Since then, I determined to improve my English so that I can have a good command of this language, so that I can speak confidently with foreigners, whatever the topic of conversation.

11. Describe the first time you used a foreign language?