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I study in the foreign language department and all my English study experience has been in Japan. Now I belong to ESS, English Speaking Society. This club is divided into four sections, Speech, Debate, Discussion and Drama. I belong to the Speech section. So, I’m interested in Speech.
I disliked English in JHS because I couldn’t understand the English taught by JHS teachers. So I didn’t study English at all. However, I came to like English thanks to a cram school teacher. He taught me English very kindly and very hard. Then in HS, I studied English by reading textbooks or study aids and so on. I didn’t have a special way to study English in HS.
I could not make myself understood in English. I could not make clear sentences, so I was often asked by my friends or teachers, “Sorry, pardon?” or “What?” So, I am trying to make clearer sentences in English.
What I was expecting before I came to the university was that students only learned English, especially grammar, and speaking English. However I have the classes about English history or English culture and so on. So, I was a little bit shocked by these classes. What I was surprised about in university classes was that whether studying English or not, being absent from classes or not are up to us. So we must be responsible for our own learning.
I changed my ways of learning through native speaker’s classes. They often said to us, “Don’t be afraid to make mistakes” or they taught me how to pronounce English well or how to communicate in English. In JHS, HS, I regarded English as just reading, but now I enjoy speaking. I found especially helpful the phrases, “Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Please make mistakes. These mistakes will help you to study English.”
I still want to improve pronunciation because good pronunciation is cool and I want to break the stereotype that men cannot speak English fluently. Of course, there are men who speak English fluently. But I think most men don’t have good pronunciation. So I want to improve my English pronunciation and say, “ I can speak English fluently”
My plan after graduation is that I will teach students English at school or cram school. I want to teach many students what I studied in JHS, HS, and university. Moreover, I think that to teach English to someone is a good way to improve my English skills. Then my goals are that I want students to be interested in English and make native-speaker smile by using my English.
So, be aggressive!!!! Don’t hesitate! Make eye contact!! If we are not aggressive or hesitate for learning English, we will not improve our English. That’s because we cannot get the opportunities to change our mind or the way to learn English. Besides, eye contact is very important. If we don’ t do eye contact, our partners will be angry or feel bad. So we cannot communicate with other people. And if we do eye contact, we can understand what partners said by looking at their eyes even if we cannot hear it well.