Showing posts with label drafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drafts. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

1-03a: My Language Leaning Story and Plans

Since I was born, I got my Japanese skill. I can speak Japanese, because my parents taught me since I was a baby. I can speak Japanese, but I can not write Japanese words well.

When I was a elementary school student, I learned Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji and so on. Japanese has three words, so it is difficult to remember them.  I think that Kanji is the most difficult, because there are many words, and they have a lot of similar words. I learned how to write, how to read, and how to use. They uses other way. For example, Kotowaza and Yojijyukugo. Also,they have many kind, so it is hard to remember them.

When I was a junior high school student, I learned English for the first time. At first, I knew its alphabet, some words, and sentences . For example, "Hello", "Thank you", "See you", "Apple", "Strawberry", "banana", "love", and so on. They are very easy sentences and words. I had no known about English, so it was hard for me. In particular, grammar is the most difficult for me. I did not know that English word order. I could not distinguish which is verb, and which is adjunct. However, I studied English, I can understand construction of English. Gradually, I can read English sentences. Also, I learned its present form, the past form, future tense. It is very useful when I speak. I had liked English, when I was a junior high school student. As same as high school, I learned English words, sentences, and so on.

When I was a first year student in KGU, I took German. I studied two languages which were English and German. German's grammar is different with English and Japanese. Some substance , for example, newspaper, it has personal pronoun. German's all substance has each personal pronoun, so it is very hard to remember them. However, it is similar with English, how to read. Some kind of words changed how to read, but all that changed. To study German was difficult,but I could enjoy them, because I could know that I did not know.

Now, I learned English everyday. However, I can not speak, and I can not read English sentences very first. I want to improve them before I graduated to KGU. (381 words) 

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

My Start-up Labels


  • books, brainstorms, drafts, essay prep., essays, fiction, free-writing, graphics, links, media, movies, non-fiction, outlines, quickposts, reviews, revisions, typing, websites

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Essay 1-01a: Letter to My Host Family

Hi! My name is Mayu. I'm nineteen years old. I am a university student in Japan. I'm from Kumamoto. Have you ever been to Japan? I think that it is a very beautiful country. There are many placces to visit. I'm going to stay with you for six weeks this summer. I decidedto go to America ,because I want to learn about America. As well as English, habits, how you live there, culture, and so on. While I'm in America, I would like to go many places. Such as Walt Disney World, Grand canyon, Atatue of Liberty, Universal Studious Holly wood, Times Square and the White House. I have never been to America, so I want to go to as many places as possible. Please take me to places which you recommend. Next, I will tell you about food. Sorry, I don't like meat, so I can't eat it. However, I like vegetables very much. Also, I like carbonydrate. Such as rice, Chinese noodles, Japanese Udon, Japanese Soba ,and Spaghetti.

My hobbies are listening to music and going shopping. I often listen to the music of EXILE TRIBE. EXILE TRIBE are Japanese musicians. There are three groups, EXILE, 3Jsoul Btothers, and GENERATIONS. They are dance and vocal performance groups.They are very cool, and makes me very happy. Also I go their contact with mymother, my sister, and my friends every year. They are a very famous performance group in Japan. I want to recommend them to you.

Do you know any Japanese culture? I would like to introdue Japanese Shodo. Shodo has a long history. It has been for a long time in Japan. It uses a Fude(brush), Sumi(ink), and paper. Shodo looks cool and its style is very beautiful. I want to introduce you Japanese culture, and want to learn American culture. I am looking forward to seeing you this summer.