My first methods

I started my secondary school as an unsure learner who did not believe that she could learn languages. In Finland people speak usually very good english at young age and so it was also in my classroom. To me even idea about starting study english again was pretty stressful. But luckly our new english teacher was pretty incredible woman: strong but understanding.

My new teacher, Kaisa, regonized how I repeated my 

When I made 

My dyslexia effected a lot for learning new languages, but it did not effect anymore in my mother language. I was even better with understanding my reading than regular student, but my brains did not

This was the first time, when I stared to really have methods for my studing. Our special teacher gave me lots of tips and examples for making my studing better and we met each others every week.

She for example told me that....

• I could use my passion for art for using pictures and colors in my notes. In that way I also found important words easier from paper

•  When I read text I should not get panic if I do not understand every word. Instead of that I should just keep reading. It is more important to understand what text is about than stress about all the things I do not know in that moment.

•  While studing words I can use flashcards, make games or draw pictures. What ever helps me to learn. The list in the textbook is not only way. I can be as creative with my studings.
• I can organize my studings with studingplan. I had one notebook for this every semester.

My own teacher also gave me a lot help when I needed it. She correct mistakes I made, but she always made sure that I understood how to fix them. She gave me extra time to do my exams, so I could read the questions in peace. And even if I made exam poorly, she gave me always also positive feedback. Because of that I started to believe myself more. I studied hard for every exam and I tried my best in lessons. My grades were still not good, but after all, I wanted to improve myself. And finally I had some tools for doing it. 

Even if I had some very good teachers before, this was the first time when I really started to preciate all the work what teacher make for students.