My favorite subject

The subject I like the best, it might not has to be said, is English. However, when I was a junior high school student, I didn't like English at all, because I just wasn't good at it. I have some reasons why I came to like English. First of all, I've liked watching foreign movies and listening to foreign songs since I was in junior high, and I've wanted to understand the lines or lyrics of movies or songs I liked in English. Second, and this was affected by the fact that I've liked foreign movies and songs, I wanted to go abroad and communicate with people all over the world in English. Finally, as I wrote, I was not good at English at all even though I wanted to study English. When I was in the third grade at junior high, my teacher said to me like 'You should study English more, otherwise you can't enter high school !!'. I think you can guess how poor my ability in English was from his remark... I couldn't but studying. Once I started studying it hard, I realized that it was much more fun for me to study English than to study any other subjects. Since then, I've liked English the best of all subjects, and I'm in SIS and studying English now :-)

Summer 2011

Hi. Actually, this is not mainly about my summer but the last session. The biggest thing I had through the last session was studying abroad in Canada for 4 months. 4 months might be too short to study language, but I could have great experiences through this program. I had stayed in Kingston, Ontario and studied at Queen's University. Through this program, I could learn an important thing. First, I realized it was the most important to keep using English in order to improve it. I didn't have enough chance to speak English in daily life before going to Canada. Of course, however, I had needed to speak English after going there to talk to others who are from outside of my country and have different mother tongue. At first, it was difficult for me to say what I exactly wanted to in English, and I often experienced misunderstandings with others. However, I have to undergo that kind of hardship in learning not only English but every language. I was gradually getting accustomed to making myself understood in English as I use it in daily life. Studying in Canada was really helpful for me to realize that, and it was a great step to keep studying English in Japan. As I wrote, although I had some hardship during my staying in Canada, but I also enjoyed it and learned a lot of things. I appreciate all people who had supported me regarding the program. I'd like to go somewhere abroad to improve my English skill again.