My Language Learning History

Now, I'll talk about my history of learning foreign languages. I've learned three foreign languages.At first, when I was 5 years old, I began to learn English. I went to English conversation school for ten years. This experience is my precious thing for my history. Because of this beginning of learning English, I got to like English, and of course also now. But at first, I didn't begin to go to English conversation school of my own accord. In reality, my mother took me there and had me go there once a week. At the beginning, I went there without understood anything, because I was too small to understand all. But I got fun to touch English without my knowledge.

I entered elementary school. The English conversation school which I went to was on a small scale, but I gladly went to English conversation school as before. I liked English, my teachers and my friends. I couldn't regard English as my study.

When I was 13 years old, my two classmates and me took part in English recitation tournament. And we came off second best in the prefecture. Because of this, we couldn't enter that tournament during we were junior high school student, but I was so glad then. And I was best at English in 5 subjects, Japanese, math, science, social studies and English.

When I entered high school, I came up against a stone wall of English. It was my first experience. I didn't care about grammar of English till entering high school, so I couldn't keep up with an English class in high school. I didn't know even a gerund, an adverb and so on. I studied English hard. And then, I began to think that I want to be an English teacher. So, I decided to take universities which we can get an English teacher's certificate entrance exam.

Now, I go to KGU. But, to be frank with you, I wanted to go another university. But now, I'm really happy in this university, because I met so many great people. And also, I learned Korean and Germany when I was first grade. It was good experience, too. But actually, it was very difficult for me to learn Germany. I felt uneasy about credits of Germany. But I somehow took them. To tell the truth, I didn't like learning Germany, because Germany is very difficult! On the other hand, learning Korean was fun for me. I felt that Korean is similar to Japanese, so I could learn Korean happily. If I have my free time, I want to learn Korean much more. But now, I'm busy. My time is completely taken up with learning English I have on hand.

BR 1-06 Nate The Great Goes Undercover

I read one book. This series of this book I've read before. When I finished reading this book, I surprised at this ending.

A little detective tries to solve the problem. The problem is his friend, Oliver's garbage can. Oliver's garbage can is tipped over by someone. Oliver asked to find snatcher. The little detective, Nate the Great, asked some friends and waited the snatcher.

I couldn't expect the snatcher is who. I really enjoyed reading.

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Drama

Yesterday, my most favorite actor appeared a drama. He act bad high school student. He always smiles and he is so kind and pretty, but in this drama, he looks very scary. His ability as actor is very very special and fantastic I think!!

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Happy Birthday!!!

Today is Toru Hidaka's birthday! He is vocalist and guitarist of my favorite band, BEAT CRUSADERS. He is now 40 years old. He is adult and gentle man. I really love him!! Mr.Hidaka, please be healthy and keep going! I'll keep being fan of you forever!!:-)

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BR 1-05 Nate The Great and the STICKY CASE

This is little detective's story. His friend, Claude, lost his favorite stegosaurus stamp. the little detective looked for the stamp hard. He asked three friends about the stamp and thought and thought. Finally, he could find Claude's stamp. The keywords are stamp, rain and sticky!

I think this story has so many themes. For example friendship, mystery, adventure... and so on. I'm pleased with this book. I want to read the series of this book:-)

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"popdod"

Yesterday, I bought a new album "popdod". This album released by BEAT CRUSADERS. I've been listening to this album since yesterday. I listened to this one as sleeping, and also now I'm listening to their music!:-> This album is so great, special, cool, exciting, fantastic, marvelous... I can't describe its greatness!! And this album has 14 songs. They are "TIME FLIES, EVERYTHING GOES", "LEMON HEAD", "BECAUSE", "SHOOTING STAR", "GARDEN IN THE SHELL", "WORK IT OUT", "CHINESE JET SET", "OLGADIES", "LET'S GET BACK", "SOLDIERS IN MY SOUL", "SHOOT THE SKY", "WINTERLONG", "SUMMEREND" and "JIVE". Every song are so great and creative! But especially, I like "LEMON HEAD" and "CHINESE JET SET". They make me high and cheerful.

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BR 1-04 Frog and Toad Together

[A List]
One morning Toad sat in bed. He had many things to do on the day. He wrote them all down on a list. These are "Wake up, Eat lunch, Get Dressed, Go to Frog's House, Take walk with Frog, Eat lunch, Take nap, Play games with Frog, Eat Supper, Go To Sleep." He crossed one point out as he done it. He woke up, ate breakfast, and got dressed. So, he went out to Frog. He crossed "Go to Frog's House" out. Toad and Frog went out to take a walk. Toad crossed "Take walk with Frog" out. Just then, strong wind carried off Toad's list. Frog ran after the list, but Toad couldn't. Because "Running After" wasn't in his list. Frog ran after it desperately, but he couldn't catch it. Toad was disappointed. He didn't remember what else was on his list. They could only sat there. After a long time, Frog said "Toad, it's getting dark. We should be going to sleep now." As Toad heard it, he shouted "Go to sleep!" He remember that there is "Go To Sleep" on the last of his list. He wrote "Go to sleep" on the ground with a stick. And then, he crossed it out and said Toad "Now my day is all crossed out!" They went right to sleep.

[The Garden]
When Frog was in his garden, Toad came to Frog. Toad surprised with Frog's great garden. Frog told Toad "It is very nice, but it was hard work." But he thought that also he wants his own garden. So, Frog gave some flower seeds to Toad and said "Plant them in the ground, and soon you will have a garden." Toad ran home and planted the flower seeds. Toad talked to the seeds "Start growing." But the seeds didn't start to grow. Toad put his head close to the ground and said that loudly again and again. But nothing happened. As Frog heard Toad's loud voice, Frog came running up to Toad. And Frog admonished Toad "You're shouting too much. These poor seeds are afraid to grow. Leave them alone for a few days." After that, Toad did a lot for seeds. He read a long story, sang songs, read poems, played music. Everything was for seeds. But seeds still didn't start to grow. Toad cried and felt very tired. At last, he fell asleep. "Toad, Toad, wake up. Look at the garden!" Frog got Toad up. There were little green plants on Toad's garden. Toad said "You were right, Frog. It was very hard work."

[Cookies]
Toad baked some cookies. These were very delicious. So Toad bring them to Frog. Also Frog was very impressed at the deliciousness of the cookies. They began to eat them one after another. They knew that they have to stop eating, or they will soon be sick. But they couldn't. Frog said "We need will power." The power is what to stop eating. At last, Frog put the cookies in a box to stop eating. But toad said "We can open the box." Next, Frog tied some string around the box. But Toad said "We can cut the string and open the box." And next, Frog got a ladder and put the box up on a high shelf. But Toad said "We can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box." Finally, Frog took the box outside and shouted in a loud voice, "HEY BIRDS, HERE ARE COOKIES!" Birds picked up all the cookies and flew away. Toad felt sad because the cookies weren't there at all. But Toad said "We have lots and lots of will power. I'm going home now to bake a cake."

[Dragons and Giants]
Frog and Toad were reading a fairy tales together. They longed for the brave heroes in the stories. They went outside to make sure that they were brave, too. They came to a dark cave. A big snake came out of the cave. Frog and Toad jumped away. Toad was shaking, but he cried "I'm not afraid!" They climbed the mountain higher, and they heard a loud noise. So many large stones were rolling down the mountain. They jumped away. Frog was trembling, but shouted "I'm not afraid!" They came to the top of the mountain. A hawk fell over them. They jumped under a rock. They screamed "We're not afraid!" They ran past all the places where they went through and they reached Toad's house. They applauded the braveness of each other. But Frog was in the closet. And Toad stayed in the bed. They just feeling very brave together.

[The Dream]
Toad was asleep, and he was having a dream. He was on a stage with a costume. And then, Frog was sitting in the theater. "TOAD WILL NOW PLAY THE PIANO VERY WELL." said the strange voice. Toad play the piano perfectly. "Frog, can you play the piano like this?" Toad asked. Frog answered "No." It seemed to Toad that Frog looked even smaller. "TOAD WILL NOW WALK ON A HIGH WIRE, AND HE WILL NOT FALL DOWN." said the voice. Also Toad succeed. Toad asked "Frog, can you do tricks like this?" Frog said "No." He looked so small. "TOAD WILL NOW DANCE, AND HE WILL BE WONDERFUL." again the voice said. Toad danced on the stage, and asked Frog. But no one responded. Frog was so small, so Toad couldn't find him. Toad called Frog and cried. Toad looked about for Frog and called him again and again. "I'm right here." said Frog. He was standing near the Toad's bed. Toad asked "Frog, is that really you?" And added "I'm so glad that you came over." And then, they ate a breakfast. And after that, they spent a great day together.

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