While most Japanese are not good at speaking English, I guess my speaking is much better than my reading or writing. This is because of my English teachers at my school.
When I was in junior high, there was an American English teacher named Amy in my school. I went to her room to talk with her in English every lunch time and after school even on Saturday. (Thank you Amy!) At first, I couldn't really express myself.I was just able to say simple things like, "Today is hot, so I want to drink something cold." "I went shopping and bought this and this and...." but gradually, as I learned English, I learned to express my feeling or my experiences or my opinion in details. Amy and I not only talked about music, food or fashion, but we also talked about politics, the economy, the world problems. Also,I started to write an English essay every day, and handed in them once a week to Amy. It was a lot of work really. Come to think of it, My English has improved a lot since then.
but to be honest, I am not so good at reading. I've made an effort to improve my writing and speaking English, but not on reading. Actually, I don't even like reading in Japanese. I don't like reading... hehe
I guess what I should do now is to read more English... sigh
When I was in junior high, there was an American English teacher named Amy in my school. I went to her room to talk with her in English every lunch time and after school even on Saturday. (Thank you Amy!) At first, I couldn't really express myself.I was just able to say simple things like, "Today is hot, so I want to drink something cold." "I went shopping and bought this and this and...." but gradually, as I learned English, I learned to express my feeling or my experiences or my opinion in details. Amy and I not only talked about music, food or fashion, but we also talked about politics, the economy, the world problems. Also,I started to write an English essay every day, and handed in them once a week to Amy. It was a lot of work really. Come to think of it, My English has improved a lot since then.
but to be honest, I am not so good at reading. I've made an effort to improve my writing and speaking English, but not on reading. Actually, I don't even like reading in Japanese. I don't like reading... hehe
I guess what I should do now is to read more English... sigh