Essay 1-03a: Language Learning History

I introduce my language learning history. We  had learn Japanese since we were one year old. When I was child, I lived in Japan. So, I learned Japanese. If I was from  America, I would speak English.

When I was childhood, I learned languages. My family taught languages to me. But I hear that we learn it when we are in mother. We listen to our mother's voice. And, I clearly spoke Japanese when I started to go to the Kinder garten. Teachers teach many languages to me. They read to our picture books. And, I learned hiragana. We can read hiragana but can not write it. So we learned to writing. I could write my name by I enter an elementary school. And I learned Kanji at elementary school. Japanese use many Kanji. I learned many Kanji for six years. Also, I learned English a little. The class name is ALT. I learned the alphabet.

Next, secondary school. When I was junior high school student, I learned Japanese and English detailed. I read many famous novels and criticism in class. And, I learned classic Japanese and Chinese writing too. It is different from present Japanese. We had to remember old word. But, Chinese writing's grammar is similar to English. A verb is second in sentence. a classic Japanese and Chinese writing is very difficult for me, but its story is very fun. The famous work is The Tale of Genji. It is red many people in the world.

Next, high school. When I was high school student, I learned English detailed. Especially I could get many grammar skills and words. I had words test once a week in my school. So I remembered many words. And I took 2 grades of Eiken. Also, I had a class of OC. OC is oral communication. The teacher of foreigner taught us speaking skill. And we played many games. I remembered foreign games.

Next is university. My major is English. I took writing, listening, speaking, reading and grammar. When I was first grade, I learned Aiduti in speaking class. Aiduti is chime in. For example, ' Really? ' or ' No way!! ' and so on. Mr. Water Man said you need intonation. We practiced it many times. Its how to practice is very fun. I could say Aiduti. And I watch the movie in listening class now. The movie title is The Truman Show. The story is very good, and I can learned a daily talk. For example, how to call or a greeting. Now I just watch a climax. I'm looking forward to it. 


Last is German. When I was first grade, I took German class. When I was high school student, there is exchange student who is from Germany. So I wanted to learn it. I learned grammar and pronunciation. First I studied pronunciation of  alphabet. It is similar to English, but it is different from it a little. Also, words is different from it too. So it was hard for me to remember. But I could say greeting in German. I could read a easy sentence a little. When I could do these, I was very grad.

Learning language is very difficult. But it is fun. If I can speak many language, I could play an active part in the world. And I want to learn Korean. I have plan to go there in summer vacation. So I will study it during summer vacation.

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