Remembering our experiences in language learning

In the last class we talked in group about our experiences learning foreign language, including the good ones and the bad ones.

When we learned a foreign language, in our case English or French, most of us felt that the most negative point was that almost all the lessons were based on too much time working on grammar and doing a great amount of individual exercises. This type of routines decreased our motivation and made lessons quite boring. Other people talked about the fact of having students with very different levels in the same class, put at a disadvantage to students with a lower level, because teachers tend to adapt the rhythm of the lessons for those who have highest level, leaving backwards the students with more difficulties.

On the other hand, we had also good experiences. One of the most important and more repeated in the group was having the chance of staying in an English speaking country. In the same way, and without going so far, making a friendship with native speakers would be very positive too.  Besides this, the classes based on group discussions, participation and games where very appreciated by us.