I contact with English on watching American movie. I can’t understand the story unless I read the Japanese subtitles, but I can hear some words. That makes me happy. In theater, we can read Japanese subtitles, but on TV, we are not given Japanese if you want to hear actor’s real voice in English. I don’t like dubbing voice in Japanese so I often watch movies in English. I hope it improves my English skill.

I take 3 classes about English.
They are "English IIIA", "EnglishIIIB", and "ComunicationIA."
So I have contact with English in "comunicationIA" class except EnglishIIIB. I want to get either elementary school teacher's license or English teacher's. The class is necessary to get a English teacher's license.

And, I used to play "online game."
At the place, there are not only Japanese but also many foreignors. I talked with Amercan, British, Korean, Chinese, Germany, and so on in English. I thought English is a widely-used language. 　I don't play the game now, but I can say it was a good experience in terms of English.

I usually don’t contact with English except class.
But these days, I intend to read some books written in English.
Because I think my ability of English is poor, and I like reading novels.
And when I can use the Internet at my apartment, I will write in this blog more often.

I have a friend in Canada and Singapore so I write letters to them. Also I like to watch foreign films and I try not to see the Japaneses subtitles. Recently I began to watch the abc news. When I first saw that program I couldn't understand what the newscasters were saying, but it's becoming easier to listen little by little. Nothing can be done without practice!

I have contact with English on the Internet in my room on Sunday.
I like the foreign musics. Sometimes I access my favorite artist's web site.
On the web, all things (biography, lyrics, faq,etc) are written in English, of course.
So, I willy-nilly have to contact with English if I'd like to see those things.
Although the lyrics of the songs are written in English,
they are often hard to grasp.
Therefore, I listen to the music not to undestand the lyrics
but to get used to English, and how to speak and pronounce it.
That is impossible only when listening to the Japanese ones, I think.

Where is English?

Let's all post where and when we have contact with English outside of class! Class is not the only place to learn English these days, so I think we should share with each other our contact with English, whether in letters, on the Internet, on television, etc.

What do you do over the next week to learn English outside of class? One hour and a half once a week is not enough to learn English, so this is the place to share with others how you practice English (listening, reading, writing or speaking) elsewhere.

My dog

Hello, everyone.
Today, I will talk about my dog.
My family keeps a dog.
The dog is female and brown spotted white dog.
She is small and lives indoor.
We love her very much. Especially, my father cherishes her.
I live in Hirosaki alone, so I miss her very much.
I will go home to see her on this summer vacation.
She always sleeps recently because she is a little old.
So I worry about her health.
If there is anybody that likes dogs, shall we talk about dogs?

Do you like Ekiben?

Whenever I ride a limited express, I am looking forward to eat Ekiben. Even Ekiben fair excite me.
My favorite Ekiben is one that I ate on Tsugaru express when I came to Hirosaki for the entrance exam. I forgot the name but it is oshizushi which is a kind of sushi with salmon or something, probably made in Hachinohe and awarded the prime minister prize. It was too big for me but delicious!
Another favorite is one of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture. It was hitsumabusi which is rice mixed with eel. Hamamatsu is famous for eel and Lake Hamana.
Enjoying trip makes Ekiben delicious. I would like to go to many places and eat many other delicious Ekiben.