AThisweekweaskedstudentsatNewStarHighSchoolaboutthebestwtolearnmoreEnglish.ManysaidtheylearntbyuEnglish.Somestudentshadmoressuggestions.LillianLi,forexample,saidthebestwaytolearnnewwordswasbyreadingEnglishm.Shesaidthatmthewordsofpopsongsalsohelpedalittle.Whenweaskedaboutstudyingg,shesaid,“Ineverstudygrammar.It’stooboring.”WeiMingfeelsd.He’sbeenlearningEnglishforsixyearsandreallylovesit.Hethinksstudyinggrammarisagreatwaytolearnalanguage.HealsothinksthatwEnglishmoviesisn’tabadwaybecausehecanwatchtheactorssthewords.Sometimes,however,hefwatchingmoviesfbecausethepeoplespeaktooquickly.LiuChangsaidthatjtheEnglishclubatschoolwasthebestwaytoimproveherEnglish.Studentsgetlotsofpandtheyalsohavefun.Sheathathavingconversationswithfriendswasnothelpfulatall.“WegexcitedaboutsomethingandtheneupspeakinginChinese,”shesaid.BLastyearmyEnglishclasswasd.Firstofall,itwasn’teasyformetoutheteacherwhenshetalked.Tobwith,shespoketooq,andIcouldn’tunderstandeveryword.Lateron,Irthatitdoesn’tmatterifyoudon’tunderstandeveryword.Iwasalsoatospeakinclass,becauseIthoughtmyclassmatesmightlatme.Icouldn’talwaysmakecsentences,either.ThenIstartedtowatchEnglish-languageTV.Ithalot.Ithinkthatdlotsoflisteningpracticeisoneofthessofbecomingagoodlanguagelearner.AnotherthingthatIfoundverydifficultwasEnglishgrammar.SoIdecidedtotakelotsofgrammarnineveryclass.ThenIstatedtowritemyownosentencesuthegrammarIwaslearning.It’samazinghowmuchthish.NowIamenjoyinglearningEnglishandIgotanAthisterm.Myteacherisveryi.CMybiggestproblemistIamtoobusy.WhenIwasyoung,Iutohavesomuchtime,butthesedaysIgetupandstayinschoolallday.ThenIgorhomeandeatdinner.BeforeIstartedhighschoolIusedtospendalotoftimepgames,watchTVorcwithmygrandmother,butnowIhavetostudy.Ilovemusic,andmyfatherusedtotakemetoc.Thesedays,Iheverhavetimeforconcerts.Idomyhomeworkandgotobed.Ireallymtheolddays.DTheoday,myfriendsandItalkedabouttherthatwehaveinschool.Atourschool,wehavetowearueveryday.Theproblemisthatallmyclassmatesthinktheuniformsareu.Wethinkyoungpeopleshouldlooksandsowewouldliketowearouroclothes.Ourteachersbelievethatifwedthat,wewouldcmoreonourclothesthanourstudies.Wed.Wewouldfeelmorecomfortableandthatisgoodforstudying.Ifwecan’tdothat,weshouldbeatodesignourownuniforms.Thatwouldbeagoodwaytokbothteachersandstudentshappy.It’salsopagoodideaforparentstoallowteenagerstostudyingroupsduringtheevening.Iknowwegetnsometimes,butwelearnalotfromeachother.Wealsothinkthatvshouldbelonger.Atptheyaretooshort.Longervacationswouldgiveustimetodothingslikev.LastsummerIhadanotovolunteeratthelocalhospitalbutIcouldn’tbecauseIhadtogobacktoschool.ItwouldbeagoodeformebecauseIwanttobeadoctorwhenIamolder.EAtourschool,wesometimeshaveasdaytohelpothers.Lastyearwewenttoanoldpeople’shomeandsangsongsandpaplayforthem.Theoldpeoplewereveryhappy.Weshouldvisitpschoolsandhelptyoungstudents.IwanttobeateacherwhenIamolder,soitwouldbeagreateforme.Otherstudentswouldliketodootherjobs.Forexample,myfriendTianGewantstowriteforan.Sheshouldbeallowedtovatthenewspaperofficeonceaweek.OnFridayafternoons,manystudentsaresafteralongweekofclasses.SomestudentsshouldbeallowedtohaveFridayafternoonsotovolunteerandhelpothers.FMybestfriend,Mei,hasaproblem.ThereisareallyimportantEnglishspeechcforourwholecitynextmonth.Ourclassmateswanthertortheclassintheschoolcontest.Everyoneissshewillwin.It’sprobablytrue.Meiisverycleverandcans...