I could barely get this account

Yeah!I could barely get this account and enter this blog.
This is Masashi writing.
I'm grateful to Professor Philips,Mr.Okubo,and Mr.Jun for their help.

In This class,I'll try to be "banana(it's means fool,you know)",like Hiro trying.
Shall we try to be banana with all the members?
And let's develop our English skills each other!

Anyway,we will watch "E.T." on the next class,won't us?
So I look forward to next Fryday.

Bye bye~.

roof is Atsushi ito.

roof is Atsuhi ito.
I don`t know what I should write. Next class is ET.

hello

I could getup today!

Hi!(^^)ノシ

This is Kahori Ishizaki writing.

Suddenly,have you already made any plan for next weekend?

I'll have a part-time job on Saturday,
but free on Sunday!

I'm going to go Aomori City.
Not having made a plan clearly,
I make it a point to spend my free time without any hurry,
whenever I go to Aomori City.

I wish you pleasant dreams,
and have a nice weekend!

HOW ARE YOU DOING!?

I'm fine. This is writing Ken/961. Do you know what the meaning of this figure 961 is? Of course, this figure meanings my second name. ''961'' sounds like ''KUROI'' in Japanese, doesn't it? Please remember that.

OH! If you misunderstand 961 for 931, I become a stinky man! ''931'' sounds like ''KUSAI'' in Japanese.

''Hi, my name is KUSAI KEN! Nice to meet you!!''

Oh..everyone run away from me and say...

''You stink! Take a shower!!''

Never mistake!

Then, see you and pump it up next class!
You can do it. I know you can.

message from KIWA☆American(English club in Hirosaki University)

Let me use this Blog for ad of Welcom Party.

In this Friday,We will hold Welcom Party for overseas students. This is good chance to speak English and make friends with overseas students!!
If you interested in this party,plaese ask me about this!!

Hellow

I am new student in this class.
Nice to meet you.

Let's make our class good!!~better than another class~

This is Hiroyuki writing.
Oh!! our class has two Hiroyuki.I'm NUMAKURA one.

First,I'm glad to meet u again in this English communication class.As u know,some classmates(L1,L2) gave up taking this class for their own circumstances. That's a pity they can't join us.
But in stead of that,we had new comer from another L2 class. So let's make friends with us ASAP,and go to drink with all member LOL.

BTW,I wanna know what makes atmosphere good. Of course in our class. Our class is always silence. All we can hear is Professor Philips's talking. This is not communication but lecture. So to improve our English,we should start from throwing our shyness. Ken(Kuroi)and I are gonna throw our prides and make so many mistakes from the next time. Then plz laugh at us!! So the atmosphere will be better by your laughing.
I'll be banana from next time. haha!!

C Ya!!

logging on and browsers

Many students last semester had trouble joining the blog. It seems that when you click the link in AL-mail on student computers Netscape 4 pops up for some reason. I just got a student on the blog, but Netscape, even Netscape 7, wouldn't work. We got the Opera browser up, and pasted the link into the browser, and then she was able to log on.

In short, if clicking the link just gives you an error message, try another browser, for example Opera, copy the link from the e-mail, paste the link into the browser, and try that. If that doesn't work, e-mail me and I'll see waht I can do.

Another semester, another bunch of students:

Welcome to English Communication! Please be sure to leave at least one message and one comment on the class blog every week. Let's start by introducing ourselves and finding out more about each other. Please read and respond to the others' messages, too.

I'm John Philips, I'll be your professor for English Communication 3 this semester. You can find out more about me at my website. I specialize in history, especially African Islamic history, but also US history. My family live in Akita, and I also go to Misawa to teach there, so I can be very busy sometimes.

I hope to help you learn English, so please tell me what kind of English you want to learn, and how you hope to use English in the future, so I can help you learn English.

EnglishⅢB class

I think this class is good for me. I become good speaker of English...maybe. But I can't speak and listen to English very well, so I want to take EnglishⅣ in the second semester. And in the future, I would like to go abroad to study physical therapy!!
Goodbye everyone and Mr Phillips!!

To Make this class better

I think blog is good idea.
I want more writing asingment and more disccusion.
The movie Lost in Space was interesting for me.
The class was interesting fo me .
Thank you Mr. Phillips

Today will be the last ⅢB class...

Today will be the last ⅢB class... In this class, I learned that we must not be afraid of making mistakes. I'm sure that if I'm not be afraid of making mistakes, and use English positively, I can improve English skill! I like to study English, but I'm not good at especially writing and speaking, so I spent a lot of time writing essay. I want to improve my English for the future, so I will continue to listen to radio in English, write in English, and so on. I rarely speak in English in my daliy life, but I think if I write in English, I can improve skill in not only writing but also speaking.
Professor Philips and classmates, thank you very much!!!

last homework of 3B English class

Frankly speaking,this class was very hard task for me.It is the quite tired one that writes sentences in English every week.
However, the result is not obtained without the hardship.I think that this class improved my English language skill to some degree.I want to make a habit of writing sentences in English.
Thank you,Professor Philips.

after this class is over

I think that I was able to acquire the ability of hearing by having heard teacher's English in this class. I want to polish the skill of English. Thank you for Professor Philips .

lost in space

I think it is tight to see the movie without the title.I felt an English listening ability was insufficient strongly.
However,the scene of the combat was very interesting and I was impressed by son's feelings.
I want to review it again if there is a chance.

my favorite movie

One of my favorite movie is "Meet Joe Black".
This movie is a kind of Love story,but I think you have to pay attention to friendship of Bill and Joe.The last scene can be said only it is cool.

About English ⅢB class

At first,I was surprised at this class.Because,this class use only English.Since I'm not good at English and I'm not able to listen English very much,it was very hard for me to understand what teacher said.
But,I think this experience was good and needed.I studied English with the way which was different from a high school.I learned various things in this class.And,thanks to this class,I'm interested in blog.I could not leave comments very much,but I enjoyed it very much.I think using a blog in class is a good idea.
Thank you very much!Teacher!!and Classmates!!!

Good bye IIIB English class!

It is hard for me to speak and hear only English in the class. Through this class, I realize that I can't say well what I want to say in English. It is irritating. And I have to be more positive to speak English. I need more courage not to be afraid of failure. I have learned English for six years so I should be able to use English!
I think the blog is good. Though we had difficulty to sign in the blog but once we did, we can write in it easily and read rest of the class' contributions. Since I didn't know what a blog is, this experience is good for me.
This class will finish tomorrow, but I want to improve my English after that.
Thank you.

ⅢB Class

Speaking simply, this class had fairly high difficulty and to catch up with everyone was hard for me. But, the other hand, it was also a precious experience. That native speakers teach English is really stimulating. This experience will be helpful in the future, I think. And this class told me my English isn't practical, so I plan to improve my listening and speaking skills.

the homework of 5/19

http://www.memot.com/docton We can learn medical English in this site.

ⅢB English Class

At first I didn't like English. I studied English to pass the entrance examination at high school. But through this class I realized that studying English is very interesting and that studying foreign language is studying foreign culture. And now, I love English!! I will study English more and want to study another language.

Thank you!!

the homework of 7/21

I think this class was much harder than I thought. For one thing, the writing assignment was quite difficult for me. Secondly, the blog required really long time because I could not enter this site inspite of great efforts. But I think my English writing skills has certainly developed thanks to hard homeworks. And the only thing Iwant to say is that e-mail is better than blog. For, blog is too difficult for people to enter who are not accustomed to doing PC. E-mail is easier to do, and the purpose of blog and e-mail is almost same. So I think using E-mail is better.

the homework of 6/30

I really like action movies. Because it is fun. My favorite movies are Homealone1,2, Godzilla, and Road Of The Ring. I want everybody towatch these movies.

the homework of 6/16

I think there are mainly three ways to learn English. Those are speaking, listenning, and writing. Among these ways, I think listening and writing are quite easy to do, but speaking is quite difficult to do by oneself. Speaking needs partners, positivities, and courages not to fear mistakes. And experiences are indispensable to develope good speaking skills . So, I recommend that English teachers give more time for students to present their speech to other people in English. This will greatly raise our English speaking skills.

the homework of 6/2

I am verry sorry but recently I did not study English outside of school lessons. Because I belong to tennis club which practices tennis five days a week, additionally I go to motor school almost everydays. So I did not have a time to study English. But, from now, I will watch the movies which are only English. And, I will restart E-mails with my friends in London.

Essay

I haven't written an essay in english, so it is very difficult to me. I'm worried about theme in my essay.
By the way, I haven't remark the movie "Lost in space", so I would do it belatedly. It was very interesting to me, but I wasn't satisfied with the last scene. Because they didn't reach their destination in last scene though the goal of their trip was to reach "alpha prime". The story should has a happy ending!
I think this class supported to improve my English.

homework of 5/26

Pingpong is the most exiting sport in the world for me. I think everybody may think of people who are devoted in pingpong as guys who are not good at sports and dismal. But that is entirelly wrong. Pingpong needs a lot of strategies and have many variations of serves. The battles of drivemans will strongly move you. If you want to make sure all of these, watch the movie of Onsen Takyuu, and go to play pingpong. Then you will find another world.

About English IIIB class

I think this class was hard for me. This class was composed of almost student in major of medicine. Everyone is superior! I couldn't have confidence anytime. And contents of this class was quite different from that in high school. I felt sad again and again not to be able to speak English fluently. I couldn't hide my embarrassment. But the class was full of useful information about English writting. I felt this point is beneficial for me. I think I progress my English writting skill!

After this class, I want to keep on studying English.Obviously, English is necessary not only in international field but also even in Japanese society.There are a lot of ways to learn English aroud me. For instance, I can read English book in the library or bookstore. I can watch movie in English. (I can't understand "Lost in Space."...but I will be able to do it!) And I can talk with foreign people in this univercity, students and professors. Thus today's Japan is full of English. There are many chanses. Thank you for teaching me! Goodbye!

homework of 5/12

In the future, I want to communicate with foreign people naturally, using English. Firstly,whenI become a doctor I will have to explain conditions of foreign people to them. Secondly, because I want to study abroad, I will have to get along with foreign doctors. So, I really want to have good speaking abilities of English.

IIIB class

The experience in this class was very wonderful for me.
I think that I was able to improve my English ability through this class.
I want to study English by touching English a lot ( lilistening to the foreign musics,reading English newspapers,etc.) after this class is over.

Thank you for Mr. Philips .
Thank you for everyone.

05m2341 Takeo

We're not perfect in all things, but we can be happy with everything we do...

Although I have been studying English for more than 10 years, this English IIIB class is the first complete English writing class in my life. I have learned a lot about writing techniques and I have got many ideas for writing good article or essay.
Previously, even I have written many reports and essays in English, I did not really know how to write them correctly. But now, I know how to write good English and where I should start writing from, however I still need more practices. (>_<). I hope I will be able to write English better and better.
The class blog is another valuable equipment, and I do like it very much. It helped me to continue using English during the week outside the class. It enhanced the chance for me to think, write, and even read more English. And I think it is very useful for everyone in this class, too. Additionally, the group assignment may be a good way to let students know each other more.
In short, I have learned a lot about writing English and I am glad to join in this class with everybody. Thank you, Professor Philips, for your kind helps and being patient teaching us. And Good luck for all classmates for your furthering English study!!(^_^)/

I think our class benefited me.
If I were better at English, I might be able to more enjoy our class (>_<)
But I did my best at our class, so I’m satisfied to some degree.

I liked watching the blog.
When we wrote about our English problems at this blog,
I got many beneficial solutions.
I think blog is very good.
But we cannot watch this blog at Netscape4.
So, most of us was in trouble at a start of blog at Hirosaki University’s computer, I think.
I think if this problem is solved, we students can start blog more easily.

Thanks to this class, I feel like to try to read English books or movies.
Thank you.

Thank you for everyone.

I thought that this class was very high quality. I write every time an essay by oneself and there is not what I submit in other classes and feels like very serious. We watch a movie and write Blog,so we can take communication with a classmate.I think that I was able to spend significant time. At such a point, I think that I was happy in this class. Thank you.

Private Ryan

I introduce this movie to you.
It's story is that Private Ryan, who lost three brothers,
is saved by special mission party.
It's scene is World War Ⅱ.
A masterpiece needs no word, I think.

By the way, the word "private" is one of the army ranks.
Have you known it?

About English class.

Thanks to English class, I learned speaking and listening skills,Though I'm not good at speaking English. I'm going to take aEnglish4 class to study English.And I want to study physical therapy in U.S.A in the future.

Improving English

One way to improve English is still, I think, listening to the foreign musics.
It helps us understand how to pronounce and, a nuance of, English.
listening to the UK and the USA musics will enable you to tell British English from American English.

Another way to polish English is to watch movies, of course.
While watching a film with Japanese subtitles,
simultaneosly translate it in your brains.
It is possible that you cannot catch any word.
I couldn't do it in "Lost In Space"．．．

At first, I was confused with the way of this class that people don't speak Japanese but English. It is difficult for me to speak in English and to listen to what teacher said in English. But now, I can listen English a little. I think my English is improved.

The last assignment

Though it was hard to write an essay in English, this class was exciting for me. I liked the way that the classes were all done by English. I think that if we really want to learn English we need to go abroad for a while without any Japanese friends. It will force us to speak in English because there is no Japanese to speak to.
I found an interesting TV program in NHK. It's a program that they tell us some news in the world, but what differs from other programs is that they tell us the same news four times. First they have English subtitles to the news. Second there is Japanese subtitles. And then English subtitles again. And at last there is no subtitles on the screen. I thought that this program is good to skill up our listening ability to watch some English movies without any subtitles. So I'm going to watch it from next time.

signing off . . .

This starts the last week of our class, and next Thursday will be the last class meeting. This will be your last chance to say something to the rest of the class.

Let us know how you liked the class, and if it gave you any ideas for studying English on your own after this class is over.

And if there's any way I can make this class better, let me know.

Lost in space

I was impressed by their family love.
But I want to know why Jupiter2 was able to warp though there was a little fuel.
Can you explain ?

Lost in Space

The movie 'Lost in Space' is very nice. The last scene, the son find that his father loves him, is so emotional. And the acting of Gary Oldman is very fascinating.

Hello!!

Hello!! My name is Daichi Kudo. I couldn't login at Hirosaki university, so I use my father's computer. I am majoring in the global enviramental science.

Hello!!

Hello!! My name is Naoki Tsujishima. I was in the hospital from 7,3 to 7,15, because I broke my left leg.Today, I went to the university after long time.

The movie "Lost in Space" was amusing to me. I had fun. But I couldn`t understand why spiders attacked people. Where did they come from?

Lost in space

It is regrettable, but I couldn't understand this well for my lack of English skill.However, there is only one thing I think it is strange. Since Dr.smith was badly injured, Why he is alive?　It is a mysterｙ.

Lost in space

"Lost in space " was very interesting .
But There were some parts that I were not able to be understood .
First,"Why did they start on a journey to space?"
Second,"What was that yellow creature?"

Please tell me.

05m2341 Takeo Yuno

My favorite movie

My favorite movie is "Notting Hill".
I think Julia Roberts is best actress !!
This movie is simple and gives us a dream.
Let's watch this movie !!

My favorite movie

This is my favorite movie "Harry Potter". This movie is excited very much. Magic is an identification of courage!

I feel sick. How about you?

Lost In Space

I don't understand the reason why they happened to skip time. What happened? Please tell me the reason.

The problem of learning English

I studyed reading and writing skill in high school. But, there are a few opportunities hearing and speaking English. That may be why it is hard for me to hear and speak English. In addition English grammar and pronunciation are different from Japanese. It is not easy to master English.

I like movies

Do you know this movie? Name is 'sekainotyuusindeaiwosakebu'.

If you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, you must watch this movie!

English

I want to speak English well, but now I can't speak. I have studied English since junior high school. However, I can't speak and listen to English...why?? I must practice English more harder,becouse I want to go to U.S.A to study.

My future

I'm sorry, I',m late. I want to be a physical thepapist. So I study aabout physical therapy now, but it is very hard! Every day I study about it. I must learn ever bones , muscles and nerves!
This is very basical knowledge...

Lost in space

This movie is very exciting! But English is very difficult. I didn't know why they went to space, why they buttled with spider. The little boy was very clever! He made time machine !
I wanted subtitle...

Ｌｏｓｔ ｉｎ ｓｐａｃｅ

It is difficult for me to understand the moive.Because the actors speaking is very eary.But I can understand that this movie is very exciting.

I don't understand that he spider Doctor tried to kill old William..............

The movie's literary genealogy

I forgot to explain why the movie family were the "Robinsons".

Does anyone know about "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe? It was published in 1719.

To make a long story short, Robinson Crusoe was followed by Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss. That was followed by the science fiction series Space Family Robinson which was followed by the TV series Lost in Space.

Hollywood has been making a lot of films based on TV shows that baby boomers (e.g. me) remember from when we were young. Bewitched is the latest, but Lost in Space is typical, even to the extent of having members of the original TV cast play cameo roles in the film version.

Lost in space

It was very difficult to understand this movie without a subtitle. And one of the doubt I had in this film is why the spider like Dr.Smith tried to kill himself who came from the past.

"LOST IN SPACE" was exciting and thrilling.
But the people in the movie speaked so quickly that it was difficult for me to understand what they said correctly.
I could not catch the reason why they went to space.
Please tell me.

Please tell me!

I couldn't understand the reason why the spider Doctor tried to kill old William in the future planet. They have lived together for 20 years, haven't they? I got confused.

About the movie in class

What about the movie you saw in class? What didn't you understand? I'm sure there must have been lots of the movie that you didn't understand.

This week's assignment is to ask the rest of the class about the parts of the movie that you didn't understand, and to answer others' questions by writing in comments to their questions on this blog.

In the meantime, I'm having a very wonderful time in Australia at the CISH (Comité International des Sciences Historiques) conference. The panel with my paper was very well attended.

One of my favorite moveis is "umizaru".
I'm sure that if you watch this movie, you will not only laugh but also move.
This movie taugh me that faith and friendship were very important.
Why don't you watch this movie???

My favorite movie

My favorite movie is "THE BIG BLUE".
This movie is very beautiful.
The director of this movie is Luc Besson.
I like his movies very much!

05m2341 Takeo Yuno

Photo

My favorite movie

My favorite movie is Ima,ainiyukimasu. This is sad movie, but it is a heart warms movie. It's sound track is very wonderful and the scenery is really beautiful. Please watch this movie!

My favorite movie

I like 'The Lord Of The Rings' very much. This movie is long and has many characters so at first, it was hard for me to understand the story. But the scale is marvelous and some SFX makes me laugh. Now, I like it !

The Movie I Like

I like this movie, too.
The story is that Forrest Gump, who is a little feeble-minded but is pure-hearted, lives an evenful life.
For example, he became a football player at university,
helped fellow soldiers and was confered a decoration during the Vietnam War, etc.
Once, try seeing this, please.

I don't go to the movies so often. But I like movies very much.
I like adventure movies like "The MUMMY".
It is a very exciting movie.
I also like "Dr.Dolittle". Because I like animals and comedy.

I love the movie 'Drumline'. It is such a high-energy movie, the drumming and the marching are so excellent. The final drum battle is very exciting and it is also my favorite performance in this movie.

I really like movies. The otherday, I went to the cinema and watched "War of the world". But I did not like it too much. I could not understand that story.
One of my favorite movie is "A.I.". The movie really moved me to tears! The early stage of the story is sad, but I think the story has a happy ending.

Addams Family

There are many films I like and one of them is the "Addams Family Values". There's no such good reasons for that , but thinking of reasons I had already seen Addams Family in "Scoobie doo" on TV so the characters were familiar to me. To mention one more reason the actors fit the model of the characters. Especially Angelica Huston fits the role of a mother who seems like a witch.

films: What do you like?

I notice some of the people are putting photos from movies on the blog, and I know that most people like movies. I myself think film is the most important art form of the 20th century, maybe of the 21st century, too.

This week, let's talk about movies on the class blog. What kind of movies do you like? Why? I know many Japanese, especially men, seem to like action movies, maybe because the English is not very difficult. Many Hollywood action movies lose money in the States, so they depend on the Japanese market to make a profit.

My favorite action movie is The Last Action Hero by Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's sort of a satire of action movies.

I mentioned today that one of my favorite directors is Robert Altman. Another of my famous directors is Akira Kurosawa. His movie "The Seven Samurai" was voted one of the top action movies at the Internet Movie Database.

I like Shakespeare on film, too. I think if Shakespeare were alive today he would write for Hollywood. As you can probably guess, I especially like Kurosawa's two Shakespeare movies, "Throne of Blood" (Macbeth) and "Ran" (King Lear).

But enough about my taste in film. What do YOU like? Please include links to sites about the films you like, and if you can find some pictures, put those up for us, too.

And enjoy the end of "Lost in Space"! I'll have an assignment about it up for you next week. (^_^)

This site help you learn English.You can read and listen many English news in this site.(assinment at 6/9)
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/
My problem with English is lacking vocabulary.And I'm not good at listening and speaking.So it's hard to communicate with anyone in English for me.But I want to listen English musics and see English movies without Japanese subtitles.I'm going to practice English in many site which everyone introduced.
(assinment at 6/19)
←This picture is tanabata-kazari.July starts at tomorrow.As for July,I think it's tanabata.What do you make a wish?

I think it is useful for you to study English. Look!!
http://www.thebelltree.com/

My purpose of learning English

I like reading English. However, I am not good at writing hearing and speaking English. I think that English is an important tool to communicate other people. Therefore I want to get possible to manage English better. I make an effort.

Morning glory

This is a sprout of morning glory. I g0t a seed of it when I went to Namioka handicapped children school. One of the student of there gave me. I decided to bring up it. The day before yester day, I found it budding!

This is a bloom of a morning glory. I found this picture on the internet. This is so beautiful!I hope my sprout grow up like this!

I took all pictures during the trip in Iwate and Akita last May.

Night scene

It's a night scene of Yokohama.Really beautiful!

The Movie I Want To See

I also like movies.
Now, the movie I want to see is, of course,
"STAR WARS EPISODE Ⅲ REVENGE OF THE SITH", you know.
Through this one, the series comes to an end,
and all puzzles will be solved.
I hear the shapes of fighters of this movie resemble
the shapes of EPISODE Ⅳ, the oldest one.
I appreciate the directer's thoughtfulness.
By the way, EPISODE Ⅱ is to be televised on July 8. Don't miss it, too!

MOVIE

I like movies very much.
I want to watch this new movie "Batman Begins"
Let`s go !!!

My dog

This is my dog, Candy.
She is so pretty!
But it seems that my brothers play a joke to her(-_-;)

This is my turtle mascot. When I went to Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, I was interested in turtles. So I bought this. Isn't it pretty?

Firenze

Firenze is a very beautiful city.
So I want to go there some day!

I took these pictures from this website.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EW8Y-NUC/
05m2341 Takeo Yuno

spaceshuttle 

picture assignment

Let's all try to find pictures to share with the rest of the class this week, either from the Internet or our digital cameras, or from our cell phones, if we can figure out how to post them to the blog. Here are photos from my website:

Here's the library from the University of Ghana, Legon.

Here's Kinkakuji.

Here's Vladivostok, the nearest foreign city to Hirosaki, when I visited there. There was a coffee shop named CAKUPA. Can you read that?

Here's the Holocaust Memorial in Paris.

Here's the Holocaust Memorial in New Jersey, with the World Trade Center in the background.

I took all those pictures myself. :-)

English Problem

I have a lot of problems in studying English.
For example,I can't express what I think and write sentences in English well.
Because I am lacking of vocabulary .
So I have to study vocabulary and practice writting sentences.

As Thai is my first language, therefore when I am going to speak in English my problem is I always take time to think in Thai first and then translate into English. This is the reason why my English is not fluently as much as I would like to be. One more thing is about the grammar. I think my grammar is quite poor and this causes my writing not so good as well.

assign ment at 6/2

I have contact with English on stady at the other　English class and listen to English music at my room.The English class is 3A.I like English punk rock music.I listen to the music every day.

Problem of study with English

I have studied English for my junior high school.But I can't read,write and speak well now.Sometime I can't understand this English lesson.I want to know what do I do to well my English.

I have a lot of problems with using English.
Especially, I have a small vocabulary.
So I cannot make up compact and clear sentences quickly.
That's why I have little opportunity to speak in class.

Listening.

I am not good at the listening.
So I often listen to favorite western-style music.
I love "Carpenters" because their performance is very nice.
Please listen to them!!

My problem with learning English

I can read English ,but I am poor at listining and writing.
So my English is not practical.

problem

A Problem of lerning English is speaking.
We can speak much less than read.
This is because we didn't lern speaking.
We only lerned reading and easy writing.

The problem of learning English in Japan

In high school in japan, we often study speaking English rather than writing it. That's because we Japanese are good at writing or reading , but we are not good at speaking and listening. Also, it is very different between japanese grammer and English grammer. For example, Jpanese structure is S O V ,S C V, and so on. On the other hand, English structure is S V O, S V C, S V O C・・・.So it is difficult for us to learn English a little.

Learning English

I think although we (including me, of course) , the Japanese,
are good at reading and writing English,
we aren't at speaking and listening it.
That's because the Japanese people traditionally translated
the documents of the West (Euroe and America)
and widened their knowledge.
There, they don't need the skills of speaking and listening and
we come to be afraid of making mistakes(grammer,pronunciation,etc).
So, now, we need to change the stale and passive traditions.
We have to study not only English but also Japanese itself.

I have a lot of problems with English.
Especially, my listening ability is very poor.
So, I cannot catch what they say in English well,
and I cannot answer them in English well.

My English problem is grammar and poor vocabulary. That’s why, I can’t write sentences but simple ones.Whenever I write sentences in English, I need to look up words and usage in a dictionary. So it takes much time...