Essays 2-01b: Revised Enjoyable Language Learning

I would like to talk about three languages what I have learned. They are Japanese and English and German. I am learning them now. I'm nineteen years old, and I'm a sophomore in a university. So I have learned them until now. They are so difficult for me, but they are very important to me. I am going to introduce three languages what I have learned in this essay.

First of all, I will talk about Japanese. Japanese is my mother tongue. I have learned Japanese since I was born. Now I'm nineteen years old, so I have learned Japanese for nineteen years. I was born in Japan, I have spent a time with Japanese so far. I always heard Japanese from many Japanese people. For example, my parents, my grandparents, my relatives and so on. I can understand Japanese, and I can speak Japanese and I can write Japanese little by little.

Needless to say, I can understand Japanese and speaking, writing, reading. Because I have learned Japanese so far, I think. I learned Japanese in the first time when I was a kindergartener. I started to learn about “Hiragana” and “Katakana”. It is so difficult for me, I remember that. I always practiced writing Hiragana and Katakana with my friend and my family. At home, my mother taught me how to write Hiragana and Katakana. Especially Katakana is difficult for me. Several word's form is similar. I have learned them so hard.

In addition, I have learned “Kanji” until now. When I was elementary school student, I learned Kanji in the first time. At a first time, I thought that Kanji is so difficult and complicated. I have learned many things of Kanji. For example, how to write Kanji, order to write Kanji, meaning of Kanji and so on. I have learned Kanji with my classmates at a elementary school. And I went to private supplementary school. I always learned about Kanji with my friends.

Also I have learned Kanji when I was a junior high school student. In that time, learning got to difficult more than before. However I got to like Kanji little by little, because learning about Kanji is so enjoyable for me. And “Kanji” has many attractive points. For example it is a process of establishment a Kanji. I have learned it by myself. It is not learned at a school. I researched about it by myself while reading a book or watching a TV. And then I wanted to learn about Kanji more and more. Kanji is so interesting for me.

When I was a high school student, I have learned about Kanji to pass a licensing examination of Kanji. It was so difficult for me. I can't understand it at first, and I have learned it hard. I have practiced questions of Kanji every day and every time. Especially I was not good at understand about four characters phrase. It is difficult for me. I have learned to make a Vocabulary notebook by myself. And I have read a lot of book while I learned about Kanji. So I get a second grade of Kanji official approval when I was high school student. Kanji, Japanese is so enjoyable for me. So I want to learn about them.

Second, I would like to talk about English. I have learned English since I was a elementary school student. It is so hard, so I didn't like English before. When I was elementary school student, I have studied English by teacher. I have just listened English, writing English. I have not studied English by myself. However I like a foreign music, so I have listened to a foreign music many times. I didn't understand contents of the music at first, but I wanted to understand it. So I researched it, and then I can understand it. I got to like English.

When I was high school student, I have learned English with my classmates. There are native speaker in my high school. I have listened pronunciation of native. I can't understand it, but I continued to listening English many times. I read an English book, and I watched an English movie or TV. I couldn't understand contents, but I have continued it until now. It is important, I think.

I am a university student now, and I am learning English with my friends. There are four skills in English. For example, it is Writing, Reading, Speaking and Listening. They are difficult for me. I can't understand English now, but I want to understand English someday. There is a lot of homework every day, it is so hard for me. For example, it is a Book review, Movie review, Write a blog, listening a pronunciation, making a presentation and so on. It is hard for me, but it is important for me. I want to do it more carefully.

Third, I would like to talk about German. When I was a freshman in a university, I learned about German in the first time. I have to get four required credits of German, but I can't get two credits last year. So I am learning German at a university this year. I have learned about German with my friends last year. It is difficult for me. Especially grammar is most difficult, it is complicated. German grammar does not similar to English. I have learned English so far, but I started to learn German from a foundation of German. I learned to read a textbook at my home every day, and I researched a word by my dictionary at home. It is difficult and complicated, but I had a good time.

In addition, I have learned German so hard. German is difficult, but it has a lot of fun. There are many interesting pronunciation. They are so difficult, but I was interesting for learning about them. German pronunciation is not resembles English, but German resembles English a little. For example, vocabulary. Vocabulary of German is similar vocabulary of English. When I learned about German vocabulary, I sometimes found same word to English. I can learn English while learning about German. German is difficult for me, but it is interesting for me too. I want to understand German very well, and I want to speak German. I want to learn about German more and more.

In this way, I have learned Japanese, English and German until now. They are so difficult for me. I have learned them so hard. However they are so interesting for me. Learning is boring and not interesting for me before, but I am enjoying to learn them now. I'm a sophomore in a university, so I'm studying them until now. I always tired learning them. However I want to enjoy learning languages. Also I want to go many foreign countries in a future. Especially I want to go Germany now. I want to learn about languages more and more.

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