Draft essay posts 2-03: How I study language

I learn English for 8 years. Almost I have learned English at school. Grammar, listening, reading and writing. I think that speaking is the most important but I little learned speaking. Of course grammar and other things are important. However if I have to use speaking English, I will upset. Now I major in English but I only use English once a week; speaking class.

I think that to skill up speaking is to go to foreign country and don't use Japanese. When I went to Australia to home stay, there were no Japanese in host family. So I couldn't use Japanese. I understood what they said. I thought that I liked watching foeign movie or foeign drama TV. So I listen to English easily. My host mother said that 'You can hear what we say but you can't say what you want to say in English, can't you?' That's true. I couldn't say in English what I wanted to say. This time I decided that to study listening.

This spring vacation, I went to New York to study dance. Before I went there, I learned travel English. But I couldn't use that any more. Dance words are common language. So I could understand what teacher said and how to dance routine. I had one srogan then. It was 'make some friends'. I wanted to speak any people but I couldn't do that. If anyone spoke to me, I spoke as possible as I could. My speaking understood to foeign people. I was very happy then. Didn't make friends and spoke to people more was reglet things to me.

In America, there are a lot of imigrants. So there are a lot of reglects. Sometimes I didn't understand what language they said. I heard that Spanish is the second language which is spoken by American. There are a lot of imigrants especially in New York. I saw European, Asian and so on. Once, I talked with colonbian. He was good at speak English.

To go to foeign country, especially to be spoken that you want to speak anywhere country's language, is good for learning languages. To hear native language and don't use Japanese are more good.  Next year, I am going to go to study abroad to Australia for 4 months. I chosed the  shool taht there are little Japanese. So I can't use Japanese there. It will make me to skill up my English.

Of course I study English at school every day. But its boring. So I watch DVD or go to the movie thater or watch foreign TVchannnel. It is good tool study speaking and listening. Those channels have the latest word which young people use. I remember some prases. For example 'What's the hell?', 'I don't think so' and so on. I wish I can use those words frequentry.

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