Essays 2-01b:Revised Language Learning Stories

I'll writing about what I have learned language. I major in English at the KGU. I have exposure to English when I was baby. When I was child I usually spoke English outside because I had many friends of American. But I spoke Japanese in my house. Because, my parents are Japanese. I'm native speakers of Japanese. And I can understand Spanish a little. 

I'm interested in English even after coming back to Japan. So I attended English lesson. But I quitted when I was elementally school student. But, I like English. So I thought what I want to learn English once more. And, I entered KGU. 

In my opinion, English has many lures. Firstly, English is global common language. Everybody knows that. If I speak English well I can speak most people all over the world. It is best to learn English to facilitate communication with various foreigners who do not assume English a native language. Secoundlly, I think English has not constraint. English is language what very friendly. English has formal speech as business English but, English is not hard like Japanese honorific. So we can get friendly quickly. Or we feel like that. Third, American joke is very funny. American joke jestful as gag lines of government, current affairs, history, gossip and scandal. And, English expression is so cool. In the case of language of youth, they have a slang. 

I usually study English with textbook. But, I like foreign magazine, TV, drama, movie, and song. So, I study English with them. When I watch a movie at first, I change to English sound and Japanese caption. Once I have gotten used to that, I change to English caption. Eventually, I try to watching movie without caption. When I listening western music, I looking lyrics. And, I study slang and youth slang.

I learn English but my mother language is Japanese. Many foreign country people say that Japanese is most difficult language. I speak Japanese everyday but sometimes I think that Japanese is difficult ,too. Japanese has character as Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana… English have only 26 alphabets. And Japanese honorific have word of consideration, formal lines, a humble form. I am not even understand pretty.Japanese. But Japanese is beautiful and wonderful.

I have learned little Spanish for one year. I took a class of Spanish in KGU. It was difficult for me to study Spanish. Spanish is confusing a little. There are male form and women form with the noun of Spanish. And we should change the way of speaking with honorific or casual talk. I took two classes of Spanish. Writing and Speaking. I tend to like speaking class. I’m not good Spanish but I felt lures of Spanish. So I want to learn Spanish myself. And I want to visit to Spain.

I want to be person who global. I’ll try to learn another language like Chinese, German, French. And I want to work involve English deeply. For example, I thinking that I want to work at airport, teacher of children conversation English or Japanese instructor at overseas. And I would also like to live in foreign country in the future. To that end I should go all out and I should build up my English skill.  

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