Essay 2-01a: Language Learning Stories

I learned English at first when I was elementary school student. But, the time learning English sometimes had held. This class was speaking English, not writing English. Taking this class, I thought English is interesting. The word I committed to mind the first was “apple”. That time, I wouldn't study it more at home. Although I thought English is interesting, but I was not interested in it.

Graduating from elementary school, I started learning real English. But, the first English score was bad. I became to be weak English. I could commit to mind easy English words. But, I couldn't commit to mind English grammar. That time's test hardly had questions of English words. So, I could take the points of English words, and not take that of English grammar.

Next year, the then English teacher was transferred to other school; the new teacher came to school. The teacher was very very strict and terrible. But, the teacher was well teaching English. Almost students became better English score. Because we had to submit English note which studying English every day. The numbers of pages was different from English test. If English score was 40 or more, we had to write English 1 page. If that was 30 to 39, we had to write English 2 pages. If that was 29 or less, we had to write English 3 pages. But, some people who are able to write English perfectly didn’t have to submit English note. When I was 8th grade, I wrote English 2 pages. But, when I was 9th, I wrote English 1 page. So, my English score became better and better.

Graduating from junior high school, I entered a high school oriented toward preparation for university entrance examinations. Entrancing soon, I didn’t decide a university or a college I want to go. My high school was a high school oriented toward preparation for university entrance examinations, so English class had every day. English class has 2 classes, one is reading, the other is writing. My high school had a English class for entering university. This class was an optional subject, but more half students took this class for entrancing this class. So some days, I took 3 English classes a day.

When I was 11th grade, I decided a university I want to go because I wanted to learn English or other languages. But, the university I wanted to go was not KGU. I wanted to entering one university. One day when I was 12th grade, I went to this open campus day for prospective student. I heard about English class in this university, but I was not interested in this English classes. I wanted to be better English, and I wanted to learn other languages. KGU has not only English classes but also other languages classes. So, I decided entering KGU.

I passed the recommending, so I studied hard English for university. I studies not only English words but also English grammar. I wrote many English words and grammar in notebooks. I often went to book store. Until, I hardly went to reference book's corner. But, I went there, and I bought the English reference book. I studied using it at home. One day, I found a vocabulary notebook. It was not a normal vocabulary notebook, it was a specialist vocabulary notebook. These fields were environment, economy, education, and industry. I was very interested in this notebook. Buying this English vocabulary notebook, I could know about English words I hadn't known.

Entering KGU, I decided other languages I wanted learn as second language. It is French. I’m more interested in French. So, I thought I want to learn French. I thought French is more difficult than English. So, I studied harder French. The first spring term, I could get this credit. But, the score was so-so. The first Autumn term, I studied harder it than spring term. So, I could get the credit, and the rank was the best. The next spring term, I took next French. It was best, too. In English, it is separated into five parts. These are speaking, reading, writing, listening, and grammar. Grammar isn't in second term, but other English are more difficult than first term. Because these class have many homework. So, I will study them harder than first term to get these credits.