看文章學英文-用英文寫的心得感想，你看的懂嗎？(上)

在決定去菲律賓遊學之前，大家一定會先上網蒐集各家語言學校的評價和學生的心得感想。不過，一般人應該都是先從中文的心得感想開始搜尋，因為比較方便閱讀。我們在這裡提供了一位在HELP語言學校就讀的韓國學生用英文寫的心得感想，除了讓大家參考外，也可以順便當作練習看英文文章。等大家看習慣英文後，以後不管是查詢資料還是評價，都有更全面的英文資訊可以參考，不用再害怕資訊不足啦！

Before I start, I just want to give my information related to IELTS in order for readers to be aware of my results. I took the official IDP IELTS academic module examination held on Baguio city, Philippines on March 18th~19th, 2016. For the first time of having official, I got band score 7.5 (Listening, Reading : 8.5, Speaking:6.5 and Writing : 6). This review will be mainly about my own experience and how I felt about it, so please avoid taking it seriously, rather have it as a reference.

在我開始之前，我只是想先給各位讀者關於我的雅思資訊，讓大家知道我的成果。我在2016年3月18到19號間參加了在碧瑤市舉辦的官方雅思IDP學術測驗。在第一次的官方考試中，我拿到了總分7.5(聽力、閱讀:8.5 口說:6.5 寫作:6)。這篇心得感想主要是關於我的個人經驗和我的想法，所以大家不用很嚴肅地看待它，把它當作參考就好。

To infer more about the background information, I was a 17 year old Korean boy who stayed in Philippines since 2010. Originally I was preparing for TOEFL until I changed to IELTS in late November, 2015. The motivation was simply because of entrance of foreign universities and I was going for a band score 7. Since then, I prepared in HELP English academy for 4 months until I took the official test.

告訴大家更多我的背景資料，我是一個17歲的韓國男生，從2010年開始就待在菲律賓。原本我一直都在準備托福考試，直到2015年的11月我才改成準備雅思。我的動機只是為了達到國外大學的入學標準，而我需要達到雅思總分7分。從那之後，我就進入HELP語言學校準備4個月，直到我考了官方考試為止。

The first month was quite discouraging. I was not fully aware where to begin including the concepts of IELTS and the approach to prepare the exam. Moreover, I lacked motivation due to unclear sets of time and goal. Consequently, I did not asked much help or tips from others and showed less passion which limited my development.

第一個月有點讓我沮喪。我不完全知道從哪裡開始，包括雅思考試的概念和準備考試的方法。而且我還缺乏動機，因為沒有設定準備時間和明確的目標。因此，我沒有尋求太多的幫助或詢問他人技巧，也沒有展現什麼熱情，而這些都限制了我的進步空間。

On the second month however, I started to take IELTS more seriously by booking official test in March. Then I focused on planning based on analysis from weekly assessment in academy such as identification of specific skills that I lack and good at. Also I read basic guide books rather than doing some practice tests right away in order to get the suggested strategies and templates while asking for advises from teachers and fellow students.

到了第二個月，我預訂了三月舉行的官方考試，才開始比較認真看待雅思考試。我先從每週的學術檢測了解我的狀況，像是我缺乏什麼和擅長什麼技能，然後開始專注於擬訂計畫。此外，在詢問完老師和同學的意見後，我決定先讀考試指南而不是馬上開始做練習題，因為這樣才能獲得一些別人建議的考試策略和範本。

The third month was a tough period full of practices and trials. I tried to do at least one test per day while searching for the best method and style that suits me the most by trying different skills. To give more detail, I bought additional practice materials for Listening and Reading so that I can study alone whereas I preferred to practice speaking in front of teachers. For writing, I kept reading the basic guidelines and followed the templates that are given for adaptation since I was not used to write in English. During the training, I always set a timer and I reviewed the results before and after the tests to analyze my current level and to avoid repeating same mistakes.

第三個月是一個充滿練習和試驗的痛苦時期。我試著每天做一套練習題，並且在試不同方法同時找尋最適合我的練習方式和模式。講得更詳細點，我買了額外的聽力和閱讀練習題，這樣我就能自己練習，而我喜歡在老師們面前練習口說。至於寫作的話，因為我不太習慣用英文寫作，所以我不斷的閱讀基本準則，並且依照它上面給的範例來適應。在這段練習期間，我每次都會設定計時器，並且檢視每次考試前後成績來分析我現在的程度，這樣才能避免再犯同樣的錯誤。

(未完待續.......)

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