Essay 2-02c: My Learning Languages

I have ever learned 3 languages from pre- school to university. They are Japanese, English and French. There were many troubles and efforts through learning. I liked learning until I was a junior high school student. Now, I tell you about these languages learning experience. I will tell you about my pre-school days, my elementary school days, my junior high school days and high school days.

I looked at a lot of things: toys, foods, stuffed animals...too many things anyway! I took and looked at what I was interested in a long time one after another, and I asked to pre-school nurse what it is. Pre-school nurse always answered what it is and how to use it kindly. I increased knowledge more and more. In pre-school, there was nothing I could, but learn what I was interested in.

Learning became in earnest in elementary school. I learned the Japanese cursive syllabary(hiragana), katakana and very simple Chinese character(kanji) when I was a lower grades student of elementary school. I wrote my name in the Japanese cursive syllabary many times first. Then I practiced to write the other the Japanese cursive syllabary. After learning the Japanese cursive syllabary, I learned katakana as I learned the Japanese cursive syllabary. I kept writing the Japanese cursive syllabary and katakana on note again and again. I mastered the Japanese cursive syllabaryand katakana and I started to learn very simple Chinese character next. I learned a lot of simple Chinese character which means big, river, dog and so on in English. I saw kanji first then, so I enjoyed learning Chinese character. I wrote many simple Chinese character on my note like same way and memorized them. I liked Japanese very much at this point.

Learning became more difficult in junior high school. I started to learn idioms, difficult Chinese character and archaisms in Japanese class. Idiom forms meaning by combining some Chinese character. I studied how to read and meaning of idiom, I liked to study idioms, so I always got perfect score on the test. As I was glad about it, I studied harder. I also studied difficult kanji. Learning Chinese character in junior high school was a quite different from Learening Chinese character in elementary school. The order to write Chinese character became complicated, but I still liked Chinese character very much at this point. Therefore, I studied harder and got perfect score on Chinese character test, too.

I started to learn archaism. I learned basic archaism in junior high school. It was still easy, so I could keep up learning archaism. Also, as studying archaism was first time for me, I was interested in it. I liked learning archaism in this time.

I started to study English. Before I studied English, I was worried that I could memorize English words, pronounce English and so on properly, but my anxiety changed quickly. I enjoyed studying English very much. I really liked English classes. I learned basic words, vocabulary, sentences and pronunciation and practiced listening. I could study English without pain because I liked English. I always got good scores.

Learning became very difficult for me from high school. Texts became only books that are used very difficult expressions. Since this point, it was trouble for me to learn. Everything was difficult for me in Japanese class: Idioms, Chinese character, archaisms,...everything! Even if I studied harder, I couldn't get good scores on Japanese tests. I came to hate Japanese.
Studying English was as difficult as Japanese, but I didn't come to hate English except for listening. I was poor at listening then. I usually got good score on English tests, but I couldn't get good score on listening tests. As I had enjoyed studying English I chose way of being able to learn English in University.

I hardly have Japanese learning, but I studied Japanese sentence expression. I practiced to write paper in the class. I didn't like the class because I'm not good at writing sentence. I did my best. I got the credit possibly. I am taking English writing, reading, listening, speaking and grammar concerned English. They make me fun and worried. I am very busy because I have what to do a lot, but I study hard now. Class I like the best of all the classes is Listening because I can watch some video in the class.

I also learned French as second language when I was in first grade. It was very difficult! The structure was similar to English but the other was different. French must change form of verb by subject. I had trouble with it very much. French is the most difficult language for me, so I don't like French. I went to Minnesota on this summer for homestay program. I could study English a little deeper there. Homestay program became my good learning language experience.

I thought that I had enjoyed studying until I was a junior high school student. I don't like Japanese now, but I like Japanese until I was a junior-high school student. I think that I liked not only Japanese but also other subjects. As I was glad to get good scores, I studied harder and I got good scores again. That time was the repetition. I don't enjoy studying now, because learning has become more and more difficult. I want to remember feeling of that time again. I like English the best of all my learning languages. I thought that I try to do my best by writing this essay.

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