What Can I Do?

I have three goals this semester. They are very important and necessary in my future, so I have to work harder than last semester.

First, I want to improve my pronunciation skill. For that purpose, I have to listen carefully to native speakers' pronunciation, rhythm, stress and accent. In regular session, I imitated my RA's speech and then my pronunciation improved a little, so I think I should observe native speakers and imitate them. If I do it, my pronunciation will improve.

Second, I want to read books fast. My reading speed is slow and I stop when I don't know the vocabulary, so I think I have to continue to read. I'm also not good at grammar so I take a long time to understand it. I want to understand grammar fast so I will read a lot more books than other students.

Third, I want to be able to communicate with native speakers naturally. When I talk with native speakers, I can't reply naturally, even though I want to. For that purpose, I will have a lot of office hours and talk with teachers. I will also talk with RAs and my host family. I think I should talk with a lot of native speakers and learn how to talk naturally with them.

All of these are very important to me. I want to develop my English skills. I will work very hard.