Essay 2-02a: My three languages I've learned

I will tell you about my language learning experience. I have ever learned three languages since I was an elementary student. I like learning languages. Now I am English major. So I will tell you about an opportunity to start each language.

First, I’ll tell you about English. I have been learning for eight years. When I was elementary fifth grade, I started to learn English at ECC junior. ECC junior is English conversation school. My mother made me go the school because there was it near my house. I could learn English pleasantly playing game. When I entered junior high school, I started to learn English in earnest. Especially we learned English grammar. The grammar was difficult for me. To tell the truth, I didn’t like learning English very much those days. But when I became to third grade, I met one new English teacher. The teacher’s class was so fun and easy to understand for me. Then I became to like English. In high school’s English class, I liked English conversation class. In the class, we played game and talked to ALT’s teacher. It was so fun. In university, there are many English classes. There are reading, writing and speaking. I’m always pressed by a lot of assignments.

Next, I’ll tell you about Japanese. I have been learning Japanese as Kokugo since I was an elementary student. I liked learning Kanji. So I took Kanji examination when I was a junior high school student. Kanji is very interesting for me. Each kanji has meaning. When I entered high school, there was much kind of Japanese classes such as Koten, Kanbun, Gendaibun. Koten was so difficult for me. I studied it hard before examination.

Finally, I’ll tell you about Germany. In university, I had to take Germany as the second foreign language. So I took it. I thought Germany is very close to English because there are many words that look like English. In the class, we had to listening CD of Germany. It was very difficult for me. But I became to write a little Germany.

I told all of my language learning experience. The language I felt the most difficult is Germany. Do you think that I’ve learned many languages? I don’t think so. If I have a chance, I want to try to learn other language such as Chinese, Korea and so on. Thank you for your reading.

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