Essay 2-03a: My language stories

Language is very important for communication. My mother tongue is Japanese, and I have learned it in a variety of ways until now. I started to learn English for real when I was a junior high school student. I still learn English, and learned French when I was a freshman. English is a global common language so it is important for me to be a good speaker in the future.

I don’t decide to do clearly in the future, but I want to work at a company that there are many foreigners. Because I like to come in contact with people of various countries and I’m interested in them culture. But I need to speak English fluently to join the company and I think my score of TOEIC or TOEFL test is very important, too. My mother tongue is Japanese, but I want to be able to speak English as well as Japanese.

I developed naturally my tongue through reading picture books in my infant school. Also, I often watched television programs to learn Japanese. When I was in a higher-grade at elementary school, I learned English for the first time. I was singing songs of English and studying the conversation. When I was a junior high school student, I became to learn English as a part of classes. I was be good at English in those days and liked studying it. Then, I was friends with an assistant language teacher and I thought I want to study abroad someday. English became more difficult when I entered the high school. My grades in English were not good, but I decided to go on a homestay visit to Canada when I was a second-year student. I thought I want to talk a lot with my host family so I started to attend English conversation classes. There were many opportunities to talk in English with new people so I thought I could improve communication skills. Then, I visited to Vancouver in Canada with my friend, we went to a school and learned English in the morning. I learned not only English but also their cultures and customs. After that, I studied English hard for a college entrance exam.

I still study English, but it differs from time of high school. I learn it for myself now. I often write essays and post blogs in English and it is difficult for me to tell my opinions in English. I think it is not easy to be a good speaker. Then, I learned French last year. The pronunciation was very difficult so I studied it very hard. Also, I took a class of Japanese composition. I had trouble it because I don’t be good at writing. There were a lot of words that I didn’t know and I thought it was important to learn my tongue in the university.

I have learned three languages until now, after all we touch on the language many times so we will progress with our language. In the present, I learn English mainly but my score of TOEIC was bud so I should study hard. Also, I want to study another language, too. But I think I need to study Japanese more. In the future, I put my experience in KGU to account, I’ll be a good speaker and want to help people.
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