One of my literacy experiences was in
Malaysia. I used to live in Malaysia for three years from twelve to fifteen
seeking for further squash improvement and study English. Studying English –
being able to speak fluently and write in Japan is very difficult because there
is literally no environment to speak in English unless you go to an
international school.
Going
abroad to study English was a right choice, which is probably intuitive to
students for the US, however, there are still not many people from Japan
studies in overseas. At first, I couldn’t even write small alphabet letters or
spell a simple word but I acquired basic English knowledge little by little as
time gone by and I realized myself being able to read and write simple
sentences after a month in a class.
As
time gone by, I learned to read more with my vocabularies and write longer
essays. My three years education in Malaysia gave me a lot of opportunities to
score full grades in my public high school in Japan, meet new people and get
along with them well during squash tours. Having the ability to read and write
English in Japan was a great advantage because I assume ninety nine percent of
Japanese students can’t.
This
experience led me to be here in University of Rochester by chance by being
recruited by an amazing coach last year, having the opportunity to meet
thousands of new people and studying under a brilliant educational system. If
it were not for my literacy experience in Malaysia, I wouldn’t be able to be
here or even read or write English.
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