Izumikg’s Weblog

I have taken this writing class because I want to improve my English skills for my carrer goal of teaching English at high school.
Today English is spoken all over the world and has become more and more important. Thus the ability to communicate in English will make our lives better.
When I was a high school student, English was not my favorite subject. All we did in class were translation and writing. In addition, I had to memorize a lot of words and it was a bit difficult for me. Naturally I could not enjoy studying English. However, one experience last year changed my attitude toward English. It was a seminar I joined and I went to Indonesia to meet the students there. During the seminar, both Japanese and Indonesian students had to commnicate in English.
At first I was really nervous about speaking English, but it was not long before I found using the language was a lot of fun. After the seminar, my perspective of English has changed drastically.
It used to be just a subject of study, but I have realized that it is a living language as a tool of communication in a real world.
Limited proficiency as my English may have been, I could ask Indonesian students about many things to learn a lot of new things. I realized how important and wonderful it is to use English.
So if I become a teacher I want to tell of this experience of mine to my future students so that they too can realize how exciting it is to use English in international communication as well as how important it is to study cross cultures with other countries in the world.