Three years ago, I started working at the University (大学) of Leeds. Having moved to a new city, I had no friends, so I decided to look for things to do. After several days, I found that a community school was offering (提供) Chinese evening classes. Without much thought, I had a beginner class.
I had no idea to move to China. I just wanted to learn a new language. I could speak good English and Spanish. But I thought there should be a large difference between learning a language as a child and leaning one as an adult (成年人). There was one lesson a week, each lasting 90 minutes. Mr. Kong, the teacher, was energetic. For each class, he would teach us about hundreds of new words. After each lesson, I felt it was difficult at first. Luckily, after a few months, I got used to this. The University of Leeds had many students from other countries. My new Chinese friends helped me go over everything I learned in class. And we often study together and talkabout how to learn well.
I think Chinese grammar is easier than English grammar. But there are so many idioms (习语)! So I would work hard to solve any difficulty and speak Chinese well.