Japanese English

     English is now the largest language in this world. And I think that Japan is one of the most important countries for America when I see how strong the relation between the two countries. For example, Japanese companies, which its HQ is in Japan, are extended abroad, and now more than 2,000 manufacturing plants are in America. And these days, more and more American people have come to Japan, the number of the visitors in 2012 reaching over 700,000. On the other hand, in Asia, Japan is the top developed country, so Japan needs to be the leader of the Asian countries internationally.
     Therefore, following the fact that I said above, English skills are required to us. And now many companies require higher English skills, so when we think about employment, we must think about our English skills. But in fact, Japan’s English level is the lowest in Asia. Most Japanese can’t use English properly although we had studied English about 6 years or more. I’m also one of these people. Then, why? I think the reason is caused by the wrong recognition about English study.
     The most important thing when we study English is not to depend on the “techniques” that says we can improve our skills so easily, to study only reading and translation, but to “input” so many English vocabularies, pronunciations, and sentences. Almost all of us don’t go through this process, so our English get to only useless level. Inputting them in the very hard way is the shortest way to learn English.
     This is not easy at all, but I want a lot of people,of course including me, to realize and carry it out, and improve English skills.

Written by H&K

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