Englishisthemostimportantlanguageintheworld.Therefore,havinggreatEnglishskillswillhavenumerousadvantages.Luckily,IhaverealizedtheimportanceoflearningEnglishandworkedhardonitsinceIwasachild.However,13yearsoflearningEnglishexperiencedidn’tleadmetosuccess,butbeingapersonwhocanhardlycommunicateinEnglishanddefinitelyunabletowriteanessay.OnceIcametotheUSA,IknewthatIhadmadetoomanymistakesinlearningEnglish.ThosemistakesaretranslatingEnglishintodifferentlanguages,don’tlearnvocabularyasmuchasIcan,anddon’treadandwriteenough.

　　Firstofall,everylanguageisunique.Theyusuallyhavedifferentgrammaranduseofvocabulary,whichmeanslearningEnglishbytranslatingitintodifferentlanguageswillleadtoaninevitabledefeat.Forexample,IhaveworkedhardonlearningalotofvocabularybytranslatingthemintoChinese.Ithoughtitwasagoodideatobuildupmyvocabularyinordertoreadandwritebetter.However,thosetranslationprocesseswerehugelydisappointing.Atthattime,Ifailedtoexpressmyideaaccuratelybythosetranslatedvocabulary.Asaconsequence,goodgradeandimprovementseemeduntouchable.Also,whenIeitherwroteorread,IhadtouseChinesetothinkaboutthepassage.Asaresult,Ididn’tdoitwellanddiditveryslowly.WhenIcametotheUSA,Idesperatelyandcompletelystoppedtranslation.Justayearoftime,myEnglishwasobviouslyandgenerallyimproved.Iattributemysuccesstothestopoftranslation.

　　ImprovingEnglishfromonlydoinggrammarexercisesisusuallyinferiortoreadingandwritingpractice.Onlypracticescanhelpustoreacttothereality.ThereforereadingandwritingarecrucialtoourEnglish.