Essay 2-02b: My Language Learning Experience

I have studied English since I was a junior high school student and I am an English major now. So I have studied English for 8 years. I will introduce my English learning experiences. There were junior high school days, high school days and university days.

First, when I was a junior high school student. I didn't like English so much because I felt English was difficult for me. I have not touched English before. But my ALT changed my mind. She was a very good teacher. She recommended touching English more, for example, listening to English songs, watching movies in English and read English books and so on. I gradually liked English because of that. And I went to a cram school. Then I learned grammar and how to read long essays. I think I studied base of English when I was a junior high school student.

Second, when I was a high school student, I loved English. There was an English conversation class once a week and the teacher was native people. So I thought the environment was good for studying English. And I want to talk with native more. So I made friends who live in England. We exchanged emails and talked a lot on the phone. I also went to English conversation school. I met a lot of friends who liked English very much.

Third, when I’m a university student, I love English so I decide to major English. I'm so happy to study English now. When I was a freshman, I went to Canada. I wanted to touch real English and be surrounded by natives. As a result, it was a good experience to learn English. In the KGU, there are a lot of classes to study English, for example, writing class. We have to read a book and type something every week. And I took an English conversation class. It's cheap but teacher is so good! There were a lot of students who have good feelings. To meet them is good thing for me. And now I have a lot of plans in the future. I like English the best of other languages. So I want to work using English. And I want to visit a lot of countries, for example, America, England and Australia and so on. So I have to study English harder and ty my best.

Finally, I will tell you about other languages I’m interested in because of there are a lot of questions of other languages. I want to study other languages and I especially want to study Korea. I like Korea so I took Korean class. To study Korea is difficult for me. But Korea is next to Japan. So studying Korean is good thing for me in the future. I want to master English and Korean so I will contact with them easily.

As you can see, it is important to study language. I have studied English since I was a elementary school student. This time, I focus on my English lerning experiences. I have learned English since I was a junior high school student. There are good chances and environment for me. Learning language is important to communicate with people who live the entire world. If I studied language, I would get more chances to communicate with people. That is very great thing for me. And I think there will be fewer misunderstandings and we get closer each others. So I think learning language is important.

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