Autobiography - Final

Family Background
    I'm Shao-Wei, Li.  My English name is Vance.  There are three members in my family, which includes my mom, sister and me.  My parents got divorced while I was very young, which has made me unable to meet my dad so often.  However, this didn't bring me down, it made me more independant than other kids of my age instead.  My mom, a school teacher majoring in music, is a very liberal person.  She once told me, "Do whatever you want but don't forget to think twice ahead."  Thanks to her words, I become more responsible to my life and able to handle it without others' support.  When faced with any obtacle, I would try to resolve them by myself.  As to my sister, she is a student who loves designing and drawing.  We are not only family but good friends.  In conclusion, I love my family a lot and it has made me a better person.

School Life
    I studied at Department of Applied Foreign Languages in National Tainan Commercial Vocational Senior High School (NTCVS).  As a student majoring in English, studying English had become my daily routine.  In addition to English textbooks, I also read English magazines, such as Advanced and Studio Classroom. They are very useful owing to the up-to-date information offered inside. What we could get from them is not only English improvement but the current trend of the world. Among every course, English listening and speaking, which was instructed by a foreign teacher, had always been my favorite. I think the most significant purpose of learning English is communication. As a result, I felt delightful when I found that I had no problems talking with a native English-speaker.  Moreover, my friends and I participated in an English story-telling contest. Though we did not stand on top eventually, we learned a lot from the precious experience. With the encouragement of teachers, I took the General English Proficiency Test and passed the intermediate level.  
     I remember when I first stepped in the classroom and everyone seemed to be so shy and calm. However, after we got along with each others for years, it ended up that everyone who used to sit quietly on the chair turned into people who are very talkative and enthusiastic. I am no exception.  As a quite humurous person, I often made my fellow students burst into laughter. We seldom had argument and always united together. That's the reason why I loved my classmates and was always willing to go to school.
    As to my extracurricular activities, playing volleyball had been the most typical sport in our school.  Almost all the students played it.  However, as a freshman, I didn't even know the rules of volleyball.   It was not until the volleyball competition approached that I started to practice.  Besides me, lots of my fellow students also commenced to play volleyball.  Eventually, playing volleyball had been the routine of our life.   Every day, my friends and I stayed at school playing volleyball, which helped us a lot releasing the pressure from studies.  Sometimes, on weekends, we even spent hours at school playing volleyball.  There was so much fun and we all cherished the times we had been through.  I hope we will all remember the days when we laughed, cried, shouted together.

Self-evaluation
    I have been attracted by western culture since I was in junior high.  As a result, I listen to English music and watch movies with English subtitles while others prefer the Chinese ones.  It causes that my English-speaking and listening skills are usually better than my fellow students.  Thanks to the interest in English, I learn English in my daily life as well, which makes it never too hard for me to study English.  Besides English, I regard French as an important language in the world.  Consequently, I started to learn French 3 years ago.  Gradually, I found that there is a big difference between English and French.  The former has easy grammar rules; however, the latter contains complicated grammar.  Difficult as it is, I never give up.  Instead, I determine to make every effort to be familiar with it and make French be my third language.
     Influenced by my mom, I am also a music-lover or specifically a drummer.  I have played drums for about 6 years.  When I was young, I always wished that one day, in the future, I could play drums onstage, showing the world my music.  Though I am now too busy to play drums so often, the dream deeply rooted in my mind never ends.  Sincerely, I hope that, someday, I will retrieve my drum sticks and head to my dream.
     I love to make friends and share my happiness with them.  Thus, it's never tired for me to go out and hang around.  In the free time, I usually play billiard, go fishing or play sports with my friends.  I think they are very helpful ways to release my stress.  Moreover, I happen to be an optimistic person.  Hence, when bad things occur, I always stay calm and look for a good solution.

Future Perspective
    I believe that I will still take English as my major in the future.  To develop my English ability,  National Taipei University of Technology will be the perfect environment for me and I will certainly choose the Department of English.  Since the process of learning English is difficult and endless, I have to study every day to keep familiar to it.  I will try to sharpen my English through some ways, which includes reading magazines, nevels written in English, practicing oral skills and so on.  I hope that I will receive professional education so that I can make great progress in English. Therefore, I have been dreaming about being admitted to your university.  And I will make every effort to realize my dream.

Conclusion
    I hope all of above can show that I am a capable person and make me qualified for your school.  If I have the chance to enter your school. I will certainly pay all effort to develop my abilities.

Self-evaluation ( revised )

     I have been attracted by western culture since I was in junior high.  As a result, I listen to English music and watch movies with English subtitles while others prefer the Chinese ones.  It causes that my English-speaking and listening skills are usually better than my fellow students.  Thanks to the interest in English, I learn English in my daily life as well, which makes it never too hard for me to study English.  Besides English, I regard French as an important language in the world.  Consequently, I started to learn French 3 years ago.  Gradually, I found that there is a big difference between English and French.  The former has easy grammar rules; however, the latter contains complicated grammar.  Difficult as it is, I never give up.  Instead, I determine to make every effort to be familiar with it and make French be my third language.        Influenced by my mom, I am also a music-lover or specifically a drummer.  I have played drums for about 6 years.  When I was young, I always wished that one day, in the future, I could play drums onstage, showing the world my music.  Though I am now too busy to play drums so often, the dream deeply rooted in my mind never ends.  Sincerely, I hope that, someday, I will retrieve my drum sticks and head to my dream.
     I love to make friends and share my happiness with them.  Thus, it's never tired for me to go out and hang around.  In the free time, I usually play billiard, go fishing or play sports with my friends.  I think they are very helpful ways to release my stress.  Moreover, I happen to be an optimistic person.  Hence, when bad things occur, I always stay calm and look for a good solution.

Future Perspectives

    I believe that I will still take English as my major in the future.  To develop my English ability,  National Taipei University of Technology will be the perfect environment for me and I will certainly choose the Department of English.  Since the process of learning English is difficult and endless, I have to study every day to keep familiar to it.  I will try to sharpen my English through some ways, which includes reading magazines, nevels written in English, practicing oral skills and so on.  I hope that I will receive professional education so that I can make great progress in English. Therefore, I have been dreaming about being admitted to your university.  And I will make every effort to realize my dream.

Self-evaluation

     I have been attracted by western culture since I was in junior high.  As a result, I listen to English music and watch movies with English subtitles while others prefer the Chinese ones.  It causes that my English-speaking and listening skills are usually better than my fellow students.  Thanks to the interest in English, I learn English in my daily life as well, which makes it never too hard for me to study English.  Besides English, I regard French as an important language in the world.  Consequently, I started to learn French 3 years ago.  Gradually, I found that there is a big difference between English and French.  The former has easy grammar rules; however, the latter contains complicated grammar.  Difficult as it is, I never want to give up.  Instead, I determine to make every effort to be familiar with it and make French be my third language.        Influenced by my mom, I am also a music-lover or specifically a drummer.  I have played drums for about 6 years.  When I was young, I always wished that one day, in the future, I could play drums onstage, showing the world my music.  Though I am now too busy to play drums so often, the dream deeply rooted in my mind never ends.  Sincerely, I hope that, someday, I will retrieve my drum sticks and head to my dream.
     I love to make friends and share my happiness with them.  Thus, it's never tired for me to go out and hang around.  In the free time, I usually play billiard, go fishing or play sports with my friends.  I think they are very helpful ways to release my stress.  Moreover, I happen to be an optimistic person.  Hence, when bad things occur, I always stay calm and look for a good solution.
    

  

School Life (revised)

I studied at Department of Applied Foreign Languages in National Tainan Commercial Vocational Senior High School (NTCVS).  As a student majoring in English, studying English had become my daily routine.  In addition to English textbooks, I also read English magazines, such as Advanced and Studio Classroom. They are very useful owing to the up-to-date information offered inside. What we could get from them is not only English improvement but the current trend of the world. Among every course, English listening and speaking, which was instructed by a foreign teacher, had always been my favorite. I think the most significant purpose of learning English is communication. As a result, I felt delightful when I found that I had no problems talking with a native English-speaker.  Moreover, my friends and I participated in an English story-telling contest. Though we did not stand on top eventually, we learned a lot from the precious experience. With the encouragement of teachers, I took the General English Proficiency Test and passed the intermediate level.  

  I remember when I first stepped in the classroom and everyone seemed to be so shy and calm. However, after we got along with each others for years, it ended up that everyone who used to sit quietly on the chair turned into people who are very talkative and enthusiastic. I am no exception.  As a quite humurous person, I often made my fellow students burst into laughter. We seldom had argument and always united together. That’s the reason why I loved my classmates and was always willing to go to school.

    As to my extracurricular activities, playing volleyball had been the most typical sport in our school.  Almost all the students played it.  However, as a freshman, I didn't even know the rules of volleyball.   It was not until the volleyball competition approached that I started to practice.  Besides me, lots of my fellow students also commenced to play volleyball.  Eventually, playing volleyball had been the routine of our life.   Every day, my friends and I stayed at school playing volleyball, which helped us a lot releasing the pressure from studies.  Sometimes, on weekends, we even spent hours at school playing volleyball.  There was so much fun and we all cherished the times we had been through.  I hope we will all remember the days when we laughed, cried, shouted together. 

Family Background (revised)

I'm Shao-Wei, Li.  My English name is Vance.  There are three members in my family, which includes my mom, sister and me.  My parents got divorced while I was very young, which has made me unable to meet my dad so often.  However, this didn't bring me down, it made me more independant than other kids of my age instead.  My mom, a school teacher majoring in music, is a very liberal person.  She once told me, "Do whatever you want but don't forget to think twice ahead."  Thanks to her words, I become more responsible to my life and able to handle it without others' support.  When faced with any obtacle, I would try to resolve them by myself.  As to my sister, she is a student who loves designing and drawing.  We are not only family but good friends.  In conclusion, I love my family a lot and it has made me a better person.

School Life

 I studied at Department of Applied Foreign Languages in National Tainan Commercial Vocational Senior High School (NTCVS).  In the  beginning , I was not very good at English.  Nevertheless, with my efforts and the help of teachers, my English ability has improved a lot through these years.  In addition, I also made a lot of friends not only from my own class but also others.  We helped each other on assignment and discuss about the solutions of exam questions.  With their accompany, I found  it interesting to go to school.

As a student majoring in English , studying English  had become my daily routine.  In addition to English textbooks, I also read English magazines, such as Advanced and Studio Classroom. They are very useful owing to the up-to-date information offered inside. What we could get from them is not only English improvement but the current trend of the world.

    As to my extracurricular activities.  Playing volleyball had been the most typical sport in our school.  Almost all the students played it.  However, as a freshman, I didn't even know the rules of volleyball.   It was not until the volleyball competition approached that I started to practice.  Besides me, lots of my fellow students also commenced to play volleyball.  Eventually, playing volleyball had been the routine of our life.   Every day, my friends and I stayed at school playing volleyball, which helped us a lot releasing the pressure from studies.  Sometimes, on weekends, we even spent hours at school playing volleyball.  There was so much fun and we all cherished the times we had been through.  I hope we will all remember the days when we laughed, cried, shouted together.