For me, I'm going to go to California state in the United State to study music therapy. When I decided to go abroad, I worried about whether I should go to the English language school there or in Japan. The advantage which I go to the school in the United State is that I can improve not only my writing and reading skills, but speaking and listening skills. Also, I can get used to an environment that is completely different from the environment in Japan. On the other hand, the disadvantage in the US is I have to pay too much amount of money. I heard that the amount of money which I have to pay in one of the schools per month is about 200,000 yen, excluding living expenses. It's too expensive to pay for me. It's just only one month. To study academic English, I will study it for at least 3 months. It means that I will have to pay at least 600,000 yen. Then, I began to look up another way to study it. It is an English language school in Japan!
I went to 2 schools in Tokyo and Osaka to decide. Eventually, for some reasons, I decided to enter one of them.
This introduction became so long, but today, I want to write about the advantages and disadvantages of the school in Japan. Entitled .......
"Which is better to learn English at the English language school, in Japan or outside of Japan??"
Advantage, NO.1
I could get used to the English world little by little.
The school is only for one year. I studied academic English for 4 hours at school and about 4 hours outside of school as homework. Needless to say, outside of school is the Japanese environment, but in classes, we had to speak only English. Before I entered there, I was not good at speaking in English. I could not speak what I want to say well. (actually, I am not good at yet.) However, I could improve my English speaking skill gradually. It can be said also listening skills. If I went to the English language school in the US, it would be difficult to get used to the all English environment. Thanks to the school, I could improve gradually.
Advantage, NO.2
I could meet ambitious people.
I met dream girls and boys. They had so high motivation that it made me encourage. After graduation, they went to each country to study each vision. I could have many friends in different countries. I hadn't entered the school, I could have met them!
Advantage, NO.3
I could improve writing skills.
I think the teachers in this school taught us finely. Thanks to them, I could improve my writing skills. If I had not gone to this school, I would have written essays in the Japanese style. It took many times to get used to writing them in the English style.
That's all I could come up with off the top of my head.
If I think longer, I could come up with more details, but next time, I tell you the disadvantages of studying in Japan.
I live in Japan and my town also has struggled with COVID-19. These days, I watch a lot of news about it and, today I found the difficulties in freelance jobs to work and live. The news said that freelancers could not receive a deposit because of the COVID-19 and some freelancers had to end the contract. Suddenly, they couldn't work!!!! To live, they have to look up some jobs, but they are also not permanent jobs. They worry about their lives what if they could get enough money to live, what if they could get jobs....... I was so shocked to watch this because I also can be such them.
I want to be a music therapist, but the job is not recognized to many people. Many music therapists work at the hospital or hospice as a freelancer in Japan. If this job wouldn't change what many people take the music therapy session, I would work as a freelancer.
What I learned from this news is that more talents than fewer talents. If I have only one talent, music therapist, I would face this problem in the future. From this news, I consider again that I have to study some fields like a psychologist or music teacher. I haven't gone abroad to study music therapy yet, so I want to study only it, but many fields when I go.
According to professor Yamanaka, this circumstance due to the COVID-19 will last at least 1 year. Actually, I was going to go abroad to study music therapy since this June and as you know, I couldn't and I decided to go since this September. I think I can go then, but I consider what if I have to take online classes there. If that, I wonder "Is it need to go? I can also take online classes in Japan." I don't know when I can go. Some of you also have the same problem if you also go abroad. What we can do now is just studying, I think, and I decided to write dairy in English to improve my writing skills. I know my writing is not complete and you may find some mistakes. If so, please tell me in the comment space. I will be happy if you tell me.
Thank you for reading ! "Stay Home" is very hard to spend time, but let's enjoy our wonderful time!!
その友達曰く、留学するなら1年間というのが必須らしくて、今このタイミングでの留学ではなく、期間をずらすとなると、就職活動とかぶってしまうし、資格の試験ともかぶってしまうからもう留学はできないとのこと。。。
けど△△の職業もしてみたいから、生まれ変わったら次は○○の職業を目指したいな
って思ったことがあると思うんですよね。
この騒動がいつまで続くのか、それによって私の渡米時期も変わってくるのですが願うことはただ一つ
これから留学予定の方や英語に興味がある方！大学受験に失敗して今後の進路に悩んでいる方がたに対して情報を発信していきます！！！！
って思うこともありますが、たぶんアメリカの語学学校に行っても今と同じような気持ちになってそう
結論、選んだ道が果たしてこれでよかったのかはしばらくその道を歩かなければわからないもの。留学する道はたくさんありますが、私はこの道で合っていたのだと思えるようにこの道を歩き続けようと思いました。
とする内容だったので記事を書こうと思いました。