I always
speak in Catalan. It is my native language, although I speak Spanish and a
little bit of English as well.
I started
learning English when I was 8 years old, in the elementary school. I remember I
used to love English classes. Everything seemed to be going really well until I
went to “Batxillerat”. All my troubles with English began. I remember I used to
study very hard and try my best, but it wasn’t enough. It was really difficult for me to understand
the English grammar as well as listening exercises.
Four years ago, I decided to make a change. I was thinking to do
something different with my life, because I wasn’t happy with myself. I had an
ambition. I wanted to leave my country and start in another place. I decided to
take my suitcase and buy a single ticket to go to England. It would be a
challenge for me.
That makes me look brave but at first reality hit me and I was really
scared. I didn’t speak English. I was just nineteen years old and I was on my
own also I didn’t have job, a place to live and I didn’t have too much money.
In the beginning it was extremely difficult to learn English. Moreover, it was hard to find a job and a nice
place to live. But gradually I started learning and improve my speaking. I
arrived at a little village called Ashford situated in Kent, rather far from
London. During the time I was living
there, I lived with a lovely English family; they made me feel like a part of
them. I worked in a shop, in Ralph Lauren. In there I met loads of people that
later became my friends. All this new people that I met in this long travel of
my life, they helped me with everything I needed and they made me spend the
most amazing moments I had ever lived. They are lovely and pretty nice people
I think working in the shop made me improve my English because I had to
relate and help the customers. People were very surprised with me because they
told me how quick I was learning. When I already arrived I couldn’t say more
than three words. I think live with child was a good way to learn English as
well, because I learn from them.
I didn’t have time to study in any sort of academy for this reason my
English is not as it good as could be. Actually I think my English improved,
and now I can defend myself speaking English. I realize that my English at this
moment is not as good as it was and I know I’m losing loads of expressions and
vocabulary as well.
These are two of the little children who I was living with, Sophie and Recce.
