ivanilda

I worked many years in a bank, after that I went away I bought a store, "which was a negative experience".
I began to study English at "elementary" school, it was a good teaching, the teacher was helpful and of teached well. In high school I had less English, therefore I don't remember well of the teachers and of the teaching. At the university, I thing that the teaching of English wasn't efficient, because I hadn't conversation. I took a course at "International house", but only for two years. After I began to give classes. I gave classes at a private school and in publics schools. I went the private when I bought the store. I teach Portuguese too. It is very difficult dedicate me only with the English, I like English, but I don't have much time. My experience is not relevant, but I have been learning English, I feel don't have time to dedicate myself. I like the course at the Federal university, but I have problems to do it, because there are several activities that I need to my life. The course help me very much. The teachers are helpful and patient. I have been learning English since that I started going to university. English was not a main subject, I studied Portuguese too at the university. I hadn't oportunity to study English very much. Therefore I learned English by myself and I could rarely study it. The reason is that I did not have enough time and I didn't practice it much, because at school I studied more grammar; English grammar was taught all the time; it went even more important than listening and speaking it. It was easy to pass English exams, but I couldn't speak sentences fluently or write them naturally. My speaking still is not good, because I have not practiced it, only in the course at the Federal university, but I still have difficulty to open my mouth because I am shy.