Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Homework 2.


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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