Essay 2-03: Language learning history

I will talk about my language learning history. I have learnt three languages, Japanese, English and Spanish. I have learnt Japanese for 20 years same as time I live. I think Japanese is better than any other language. Chances are it is said that Japanese is the most difficult language. Certainly, Japanese has many characters. So there are many things to learn for foreigner. But I like it very much. I feel happy that my mother tongue is Japanese. I have learnt English since I was an elementary school student. And I learnt Spanish last year. Then I will introduce my learning history of English and Spanish. 

Firstly, when I was an elementary school student, I was taught English by my mother. My mother is running a cram school at my house. She has taught English since she was 20. There are many people who learnt English from her in my town. Of course I used to be taught English by her. First, I learnt alphabet. And I learnt simple grammar, such as "I am Mitsuki." and "This is a pen." In addition, I learnt many words on cards by playing with them. So I have known words "vase", "hippopotamus", "subway" and so on since then. Also I was learnt English songs. And I and other students sang on the stage on the Christmas party in my town. In addition we told Momotaro story illustrated with picture cards in English on another stage.

Next, I learnt English when I was a junior high school student. Of course I was taught English by my mother. In addition I was taught by my teacher. But I thought that it was enough to be taught English by only my mother, so I didn't study English honestly at school. In fact there was nothing that I was learnt by junior high school teachers. Grammar which my mother taught me was more useful than my teachers. I had begun to want to be a cram school teacher someday from this time. That's because I thought that a cram school was better to learn English than school. 

When I was a high school student, I learnt much new grammar and idiom. I was very surprised at the difference between junior high school and high school. High school teachers taught me grammar that I had never learnt, so I felt that the interpretation of the world expanded. I felt that English teachers were very excellent for the first time. I was hard to catch up the class. When I was a third-year student in high school, I bought many grammar books and memorized many words and idioms to prepare for an examination. After I passed university entrance examination, I forgot the words. 

I went up to KGU. I majored in the English and American Department. I wanted to learn English more. The reason was that I was infected by high school teachers and I wanted to teach English to students at the cram school. At this university, there are more things to learn than high school. I have classes to improve various abilities. This is the different point from high school. The classes are Listening, Writing, Speaking, Reading and Grammar. In high school, I almost learnt reading and grammar in English class. I think my listening, writing and speaking abilities improve at university. 

Also I learnt Spanish at university. Studying Spanish seemed difficult. But in fact I didn't feel so. I sorted of understand Spanish grammar because I am good at English grammar. I scored high in Spanish test by understanding grammar. So I think that I should begin to learn the grammar when I learn new language. Through this experience, I thought that I had to teach English to students with a focus on grammar, and they can understand English quickly. I don't have Spanish class in second grade, so I almost forgot Spanish. After all to learn new language is very difficult. 

These are my language learning history. I have been taught English by my mother mainly. I have almost learnt English to teach junior high school students at the cram school. Now I want to improve the ability of teaching English. To do this, I have to study English more. Firstly I have to develop a solid base of grammar. And I have to recall words I memorized in high school. I want to set a goal to score high in Test of English for International Communication. And I want to change my cram school into a very big and famous school someday.  

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