essay 1-05: Personal language learning history

'll show you my language learning history. Languages are very important. There are many languages in the world. And I met four languages in my life. For example, it is Japanese, English, German, and Chinese. I mainly use Japanese. But, I mainly study English now. Japanese and English are very important for my life.

First, it is about Japanese, my mother tongue. When I was a child, my parents read to me a lot of picture books every night. So, I could know a lot of Japanese words. And my mother taught me my name's kanji. So, I could write my name in kanji. My mother strictly taught my name in hiragana. I hate practicing hiragana, but I think this time is important for me. When I was a child attending kindergarten, I learned all hiragana and katakana. So, I could read some books and various words by myself. Thanks to my mother, I like to read book. I read a lot of books, so I became increasing my Japanese vocabulary. And thanks to read a lot of books, I was good at Japanese.

Second, when I was a elementary school student, I have taken private lessons in English. I learned English then for the first time. And I was interested in English. When I was a junior high school student, I had a dream. I thought I want to go abroad, and I want to be a cabin attendant. This dream is still not change. And when I was a high school student, I met an English teacher. He gave me some advice when I was in trouble. I had a dream, but I didn't have any confidence in my English. But, he taught me how to study English. For example, how to memorize English words, how to read English sentence, and so on. I thought I owe what I am to him. And, I thought that I need more skill up of English. And now, I go to KGU. And I mainly English there. My friends' English is very good. I respect them. And I attend English conversation class. once a week My speaking is poor. I want to speak fluently.

My purpose of learning languages is two things. First, it is for getting some licenses. For example, it is Eiken, TOEIC, TOEFL, and so on. Licenses are important for get a job. Second, it is for coming true my dream. As mentioned above, I want to be a cabin attendant. And I want to work at foreign country in the future. So, I have to learn a lot of languages for my dream.

And, I will go to New Zealand in this summer. I have never gone abroad. So, this is my first trip abroad. I want to learn New Zealand's cultures, foods, hobbits, and so on. I want to skill up of English, and to have confidence my English. A proverb says "Seeing is believing". I want to feel an atmosphere of foreign country.

Learning language is very important. Because, we can understand each other. Japanese is my mother tongue and I always use Japanese. We should learn Japanese more, because we are Japanese! We should use correct Japanese. English is important in modern society and a common language in the world. I want to learn English and Japanese more. And I come true my dream.
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