Essay 2-02b: My Learning Language Experience

I had learned three languages: Japanese, English, and Spanish. I'm Japanese, so I learned Japanese of course. Japanese usually have to learn English. So I had learned for many years. When I entered a university, I chose Spanish from Spanish, German, and French. I tell you my language learning experience below this paragraph.

I learned Japanese in elementary school for the first time. I learned hiragana, katakana, and kanji. My teacher taught me order of writing. It was difficult for me at that time. In junior high school, I learned classical Chinese, Japanese classics, poem, and novel. Classical Chinese and Japanese classics are very difficult because they were written kanji and old Japanese. I had trouble to understand them. I have trouble even now, too. Reading thought into poem is not easy. However, poem is good for my life. I like reading novel. It is not difficult for me to read. In high school, I learned essay plus junior high school. In university, I learned express of Japanese. I’m not good at writing sentence, so I didn’t like it.

I learned English in junior high school for the first time. I studied words and grammar. At the time, I cannot understand, so I’m not good at English. However, I like English teacher, kind woman, so I studied hard English. In high school, I studied English harder than junior high school because I want to take a job using English. So I liked English and I became good at English. But I cannot speak English well, so I want to speak English fluently. In university, I studied English every day. I’m going to go home-stay in Australia in spring vacation. I’m looking forward to it. I have to study English hard and search Australian culture.

I chose Spanish from German, French, and Spanish in university. I learned Spanish when I was a freshman. I don’t like Spanish teacher. I was taught grammar, greeting, and conversation. I don’t like grammar of Spanish, but I like greeting and conversation. However, Spanish is difficult for me. So I had trouble when I took exam. I was lucky to have a chance to study Spanish. If there is a chance, I want to study Spanish again. I want to go to Spain!

I have learned many languages until now. I like English the best, so I’m going to study English very hard every day. I want to speak English fluently, so I will conversation with overseas students. I want to study Korean and Chinese, if there is a chance. Thank you for reading my essay. Please tell me your language learning experience.

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