However, I smashed that delusion because I realized one time that there are people we may not know who suffer from learning disabilities. My friends would even tag me as a grammar policeman, the title I learned to accept. As a result, I have become confident about my English.

So, working as an ESL teacher for nine years means I have learned a lot of lessons on English grammar and structures, particularly on effective writing. To advance my English skills, I decided to teach Koreans since teaching them seemed like was all the fashion then. Thanks to my unconscious thirst for learning I had persevered in reading more English text books,and English became my favorite subject throughout my school life.

For sure, whenever I spoke English with great aplomb because of my crystallized knowledge of vocabulary, I must not have been aware of the fact that those people whom I addressed would cringe at my ” carabao English”. Also, at that time, I was envious of a political icon in the Philippines who was admired for her intelligence and oratorical speeches. Thereafter, not satisfied with the words new to me, I had tried more than two dictionaries until I got nauseated by the words I was trying to take in.īut I was in for a rude awakening when I asked myself how I had to speak as impeccably as grammar Nazis do, the phrase I was not yet aware of. When I finished that dictionary, I had proven my hypothesis. Fascinated, I did the same manner she allowed me to borrow her dictionary, and I committed all the words to memory. I thought to myself that in doing so could have been the key to becoming proficient in English. I was even astounded to find out that she always memorized English words with her mini dictionary to be more expressive of her thoughts and feelings. I was inspired by my cousin who was ‘ English-era’ and whom I found smart at answering any question I would pose to her. I have always wanted to be fluent in English ever since I took to this language.

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