2009/12/16

Essay(2-03b): Language Learning Stories

What is your mother tongue? There are a variety of languages in all over the world. For example, German, French, Spanish and Chinese. I have been speaking Japanese since I was born, so my mother tongue is Japanese. I think Japanese grammar is more difficult than any other languages. But Japanese is good language, because it has three types of words. They are hiragana, katakana and kanji. I use them and live my happy life every day.

Japanese, English and German are languages that I have ever learned. When I was a kindergartener and an elementary school student, I first learned English and developed links of communication with many foreign countries people. I sang many English songs and knew many simple English words there. When I was a junior high school and a high school student, I learned about English grammar in detail. I was able to get knowledge of many foreign countries too. When I was a freshman in the university, I learned German by an elective subject. Then I am learning English at the university now. I am interested in English very much, so I am studying English hard now. But it is very difficult for me though I want to speak English well. I think I want to master English more from now on.

First, I think I want to improve my ability in English from now on. I am interested in English and I like it. But I am not able to speak English and use it well. I want to travel to a variety of foreign countries in the future. So I have to study English, because it is a common language at present. If I am able to speak it well, I will be able to have a pleasant conversation with many people in a foreign country. I began to think the ability of English vocabularies is necessary to master them.

Second, I first sang English songs and knew many simple English words in the kindergarten. I learned them by my kindergarten teachers, but I was not interested in them at all. And I first got an opportunity to come in contact with many foreign countries people in the elementary school. I was able to know about foreign foods, ballads, and culture and so on by the class of international exchange. I also learned English grammar in detail in the junior high school and the high school. Then I went to English conversation school that named AEON. I first talked in English there with American teacher by a private lesson. I think these experiences were good for me.

Third, I first learned the language other than English in the university. It is German. I was not interested in German, but I had become happy while studying it. German words and grammar are similar to English, so I thought it is easy to learn German for me. I am able to speak a little English and German now.

Now, I am learning various types of English in the class of the university. For example, Speaking, Writing, Reading and Listening classes. I am able to learn about English by those classes. In a writing class, I am writing in English in the blog now. I also have my friends that can speak English fluently, so I correspond with them regularly. In these ways I am studying English now.

I was able to speak only Japanese that is my mother tongue at first. But I learned English and German, so I was able to be interested in them. I want to learn more many foreign countries languages. I especially want to learn Chinese and Korean. I also want to be able to speak more English that is common language in the future. I think I want to use it for my life. We have to be able to speak languages to live. It is very important to learn the languages.
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