Post #6 Keep Learning English

Three months have flown away so quickly since I got here in Calgary. Unfortunately I have just 5 days left to stay in Calgary. I definitely keep learning English in Japan. R/W class was kind of hard for me because writing and reading takes me a long time, so finishing assignment following academic rules was not so easy. I need more practice to get used to. I’m really worried about my total score in this class because I really don’t want to get failed. Really.

At school in Japan, we mainly learn to read English from books. However speaking and listening are the most important parts of learning a language. In society, we have to help each other, work together, and live together. We need communication. I believe the skills are very important. I’ve learned this in such a perfect environment where there are lots of English speakers around me.

To keep studying English, I have to set goals for my studying, and always make sure where I am now. My goal is to be able to understand English more. I think the best criteria for it is to watch a movie and check how I understand it without Japanese scripts. As another way, there are lots of English speakers in Japan. I made friends in Canada. I can get in touch with them. Japan is never bad surroundings to study English.

I’m learning English as a second language, so it’s not as accurate as native English speakers. Sometimes there might be situations where I don’t know how to describe things, or can’t quite get what people say. But I don’t think that’s a problem. Continuing to communicate is very important. English skills get improved through relationships with other people. I never give up learning English because understanding English helps me see the world easily.

Post #5 Adapting to Culture

     Compared to Japan, almost everything in Canada is different. For example, when I first entered EDC, I was so excited for the sushi shop, Bento Sushi. But I was surprised at the price. $12 for one pack?! It was unbelievable because that was much more expensive than Japan. Prices of commodities are in sharp contrast to Japanese ones. My host father told me that Calgary was the fourth most expensive cities in Canada.
     My host family doesn’t cook lunch so I have to make my own every day, or take the leftovers from dinner. Yet I always get some food for lunch at university because I don’t like cooking. Hehe. I have challenged to cooking skills acquisition, but my dishes are chaotic. Although prices in Canada always give me a blow, I’m fitting in Canadian life style.

Post#4

     The one main quality a person must have in order to be successful in life is activeness. To achieve what you want or intend is the definition of success. To make it happen, you must not be reluctant, miss a beat, but keep pursuing.   People who gain success is always active. They try to make the most of opportunities, which could lead them to success.

Post#3 success

     I define success as to be in the condition where is no gap between ideal and reality. If I have a dream, purpose, goal, when I achieve it, I feel happy. That's a success. Sometimes it takes a long time, also lots of tries to gain success, however, the bigger dream is, the more exciting to challenge. For me, success is a balance among happiness, money, and relationships. 

Post#2-Vocabulary Development

     Hi, guys! The best way to develop vocabulary is to chat and text with native English-speakers. I'm in JCC club activity which Japanese students and UofC students can have a conversation. We make native Englush-speaker friends there. We text on the app, "LINE". That's very useful for communication. They use slang that we never learn at school, lots of ways of experessions, reactions, and contexts. That's very good for increasing vocabulary. So I recommend you to make English-speaker friends. You learn lots of English from them.

Post#1-Introduction

      Hi guys! I'm Ryota from Japan. It's almost 1 month since I got here in Canada. It's too fast! I study English in this program for 4 months. It's very short time so I want to make the most of my time while I'm learning English in Canada.

     I have been studied English in the US before, and this is my third time to study abroad. Calgary is very similar to some cities in the US, so I wasn't surprised anything but the weather. 

     In Japan I study law at university but I don't mean that I want to be a lawyer. I think I should switch the major. Haha. 

     I like jogging in my free time. I also like running on a treadmill. I was in T&F club activity in my high school days.