Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is
Going to Japan has been a long time dream of mine. In middle school, I started teaching myself Japanese, albeit not very well, and in high school, I took formal Spanish classes. Eventually, I decided to become a foreign language teacher because I thought, what else can you do with a language major. Of course, now I know better.
In approximately three months, I will be going to Japan. I am a little scared to go. I do not think that I am academically prepared for the trip. My Japanese is not as good as it should be, so I plan to take these three months and use them to improve my Japanese language skills in order to be able to make the most of my study abroad experience. I do not want to be an English-speaking international student that gets away with speaking English most of the time and barely uses their Japanese language skills.
I have always thought that if I did not have so many other classes besides my language classes that I could really improve my foreign language skills. So, it is time to put my money, or rather my free time, where my mouth is…or something like that. I will be using this blog page as a place to chronicle my language growth over the next three months in preparation for my study abroad experience and I may write in either Spanish or Japanese in addition to English. I might continue this blog when I go to Japan as well or make a new one specifically for when I am in Japan; nothing is for certain right now. Welcome to my blog.
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