I’ll tell you about my language learning experience. I have learned Japanese for 20 years. However, I think there are a lot of things I don’t know about Japanese. So I think we should learn the mother tongue while we learn foreign languages. I have learned English since I was a junior high school student. Now I am an English major, so I have learned English for 8 years. I learned foreign language except English for the first time after entering university. I learned German for a year. Also, I started studying Korean this year. I have learned Korean for 7 months. Now, I’ll tell you about my foreign language learning experience, especially English.
First, I’ll tell you about my English learning experience of my junior high school days and high school days. When I was a junior high school student, I liked English because the English class was interesting. I liked to read aloud and I entered an English recitation rally. To recite well was a little difficult, but I enjoyed it. When I was a high school student, I felt English was difficult because I was not good at reading fast. I studied English as only examination subjects, so I didn't know interest of learning English then.
Next, I’ll tell you about my English learning experience of my university days. At first, I can hardly speak English because there was no chance to speak English until then. So I exerted myself and I took English conversation class. There were students who can speak English well and I was stimulated. I’m glad when I could speak what I want to say in English. So I want to speak English fluently. I like writing class and speaking class, because writing a blog is interesting, and I want to develop my skill of speaking English. Now there are many chances for me to use English. So I began to feel that English is close to me. By learning English, I thought I began to be positive and I can learn about communicating with people. I like to study English.
Finally, I’ll tell you about my other learning experience. Last year, I took a German class and studied German for a year. It was difficult for me to study German at first, because the grammar was difficult. Later, I could write and speak German a little, so German become interesting. This year, I started studying Korean, because I like K-pop music and I’m interested in Korea. At first, I felt the Hangul alphabet was difficult for me, but I learned how to read Hangul alphabet little by little, so I’m glad. It is also difficult to speak Korean, so I’m going to study Korean harder. I’ve hardly watched any Korean dramas and movies, so I want to watch them. Learning Korean is a lot of fun for me and I’ll keep on studying Korean. I also want to try Chinese someday.
As you can see, I experienced a lot of things by learning language. I like English the best of the three languages and German is the most difficult for me. I think it is difficult to learn all language, and I also think learning language needs long time. However, I can communicate with many people and can learn not only language but culture. Then my outlooks broaden and I can learn various views by communicating with foreign people. Also, learning English changed me because I began to be positive. That's why learning language is important things for me and I want to study harder.
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