Dear Joan, Hello! I’ m glad to send you an e-mail to tell you that I ‘m getting more and more interested in English. However, in the past I thought learning English meant learning grammar rules and words by heart. I didn’t like to read or speak English, nor was I willing to practice dialogues with my classmates. Now with my English teacher’s help, I came to realize we learn to speak English by speaking as we learn to sing by singing. I began to enjoy speaking English and communicate with my classmates. I often read some fresh English news or articles and look up some information on the internet. As a result, I have made great progress in English.