Last year my English class was difficult for me. _____ (1) of all, it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher when she _____(2) to the class. To begin with, she spoke too quickly, and I couldn’t understand every word. _____(3) on, I realized that it doesn’t matter ______(4) you don’t understand every word. Also I was afraid to speak in class, _____(5) I thought my classmates might laugh at me. I couldn’t always make complete sentences, ______ (6). Then I started to watch English—language TV. It helped a lot. I think that doing lots of ______ (7) practice is one of the secrets of becoming a good language learner. Another thing that I found very difficult was English grammar. ______ (8) I decided to take lots of grammar notes in every class. Then I started to write my own original sentences ______(9) the grammar I was learning. It’s amazing how much this helped. Now I am enjoying learning English and I got _____ (10) A this term. My teacher is very impressed.