To a Chinese the task of learning English well is not easy。 So I like many other English learners have met with difficulties in learning English during the past seven years。 But I managed to overcome them and made much progress。

The spelling and meaning of words can be said to be the first difficulty I met as a beginner。 But I found our my own way to deal with them。 As to spelling I never copied a new work again and again to remember it but tried to find its relevance to the sound。

In fact as long as I can read the word out I can write it out。

As to the meaning I rarely recite its Chinese translation but often put the word into the sentence to learn its meaning。 Moreover if you use a word quite often its spelling and meaning will be no problem。 After all we are learning English in order to use it。

Grammar and idioms may be another difficulty。 But I have also got over it。 I have not read lots of grammar books。

But I spent much time reading the articles written by native speakers or specialists in English。 By doing so I came to gain “a sense of English language”。

I began to gain a feel for which sentences are “good English” and which are not。 Finally I want to say that overcoming all these difficulties requires perseverance。 In the past seven years I spent at least an hour on English each day。

I believe this is an important reason why I am able to make progress in learning English。