Essay 2-03b: My Language History

We can learn a lot of languages in our life. The main reason of studying languages for me is to live a full life. Because I think talk with people who speak other language is able to know a lot of opinions. In addition, I can go through some experiences to go abroad. So I want to learn many languages which I am interested in. I have been interested in English till now. In addition, I started learn Spanish from when I enter this university. So I am studying three languages included in my mother tongue Japanese. First, I will talk about my future plan of my language.

My dream is to become a Japanese teacher overseas and I want to teach people there about Japanese culture, history, habits and so on. So, to my dream come true, I have to improve my English skill than now. For example, speaking, writing, and listening skills. And then, to improve my English skills, I want to talk with people who speak English as a mother tongue, of course, I think to talk with good English　speaker is also good for me. In addition, I am planning to go abroad and study some languages until I am a college student as an exchange student. That experience will be good experience for me. Next, I will write about my past history of language.

I started to learn English at the cram school when I was 12 years old. I began to study English from the beginning, for example, greetings and alphabet and so on. After I entered junior high school, I study English standard. My junior high school English teacher was great person. His teaching English was always easy to understand. I think that is the very reason which I love English even now.

In addition, I started to study Spanish when I entered KGU. We have to choose second language apart from English. I was really irresolute about my choice of the second language. Finally, I decided to learn Spanish because people who speak Spanish is the second most in the world. When I heard it, I was really surprised. So I think Spanish is the most useful language when I travel the foreign countries.

But learning Spanish has some troubles. For example, Spanish words have gender. That point is different between Spanish and English. So I was at a loss which learning that type language is first time for me. I think learning new language became good stimulus for me. However, I have been studying Spanish for 2 years, so I can understand the Spanish grammar a little now. My aim of study Spanish is to study more natural Spanish and travel to Spain.


Then, I am studying two languages now. In most of the classes, my teachers give us some homework every class. Of course I do it every time, but I do not study English and Spanish in the other time. So I need to study languages to improve my language skill out of the class. Through studying languages out of the class, I think my skill is improver than now. In my opinion, it is really good point to study languages. (532 words)

J.K. Rowlling's success story

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I picked up the websites that is about J.K. Rowlling because she is my favorite writer in the world. When I was 12 years old, I watched the movie of Harry Potter. Then I became her big fan. So I wanted to introduce her for you using this nice website.
She is great writer in the world? In my opinion, many people love her story. I will write about her achievements and story of her life.

There was a time when no one knew the name Harry Potter. He is main character of series of Harry Potter. The story of it is about the adventures of this amazing student in Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizard. It is read by many people over the world and translated in many languages. For example, Japanese, English, Thai, Russian, ancient Greek and. I think that it is really rare case to translate in ancient Greek, so it is loved many people.

J.K. Rowling was born in England in 1965. She had been wanted to be a writer from when she was a young. I think she wrote many stories at that time. After she graduated college, she worked many kinds of jobs. But she never gave up her dream which to become a writer. She was working with write some stories to dream some true. One day, she traveled by train to London, she got the idea for the boy wizard. While she was writing the story of Harry Potter, she was married twice and had two child, David Gordon　and Mackenzie Jean. We can understand her enthusiasm to writing from that episode. She continued writing, and finished the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher stone in 1997. Then it became an unexpected bestseller. Her life has changed one after another. She has become internationally famous person and according the other information now earns $40 million a year.

I want to be like her to dream come true. In addition, she is a person who I admire in my life. Because she may have been frustrated by many causes. For example, coming to a deadlock for writing, divorce and something. But she never gave up to dream come true. I really admire her about that point. (377 words)