Essay2-02c: Language Learning Experience

When I was 5 or 6 years old, I started to learn languages without Japanese. I always used Japanese, but I didn’t always use other languages. So other languages are difficult for me. I’m going to tell you about my language learning experience. You please read it.

I started to learn foreign languages when I was a kindergartner. My mother likes Western music so much and I was listened it with her. This is my first meeting with English. I thought that English is cooler than Japanese because I feel so. So I interested in English. First I asked my mother what the English words in the lyrics.

When I entered elementary school, I took lesson. I went to Washington foreign language school. It is a English conversation school. I learned English through a lot of games or songs. For example, I played Japanese back gammon and card. While waiting the conversation class, I watched videos. The video was in English with Japanese caption. I am not only learning English but also learning American cultures. In October, Washington foreign language school’s students learn about Halloween and goT to other room and practice it. I could learn both English and other country’s culture. I liked it so much.

In elementary school, I had English class. It was a speaking class. We was learned a series of conversations and practiced it by talk with the pair. We sometimes learned English song. This class was so interesting for me, so I liked the class. In class, students had to perform an English drama once a year. We got the script and practiced it. The content was Sanbikinokobuta or Sarukanigassen or Akazukinchan. We could choose favorite one. I chose Sarukanigassen, and learned many English phrases in it.

In junior high school, I had an English class. It practiced learning English grammar and spoke with pair. The teacher was my homeroom teacher when I was in the first year of junior high school. She was so interesting and her teaching was good. So I liked her class. I went to a cram school and a tutor came to my house and she was teach me English. The tutor’s teaching was so great.

I had three English classes in high school. That was speaking class, two grammar classes. Students was given the teacher an exercise book, other grammar class learned the content of textbook. The grammar class’s teacher gave students a quiz every week. It was difficult for me, but it trained me to remember a lot of English words.

In university, I have many English classes. I had a Germany class last year. German is more difficult than Japanese because it has feminine noun, neuter noun and masculine noun. It was different from Japanese and English. It was so difficult for me to understand it. But the class was so interested for me.

I have learned foreign languages still now. I have a lot of experience from I was a kindergartner to now. But I don’t speak English frequently. I must speak more, because I want to speak English frequently, I like English the best. I must study harder. I want to learn Korean. Thanks for your reading.

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