I was absent from an English club yesterday because I had to prepare for my English class, submit a few reports to my company and do house chores etc. As I wrote before, I've been tied up with my work and so forth recently. It was true I was thirsty for having spare time to study English.
To satisfy my eagerness to brush up on my English skills, I took part in a free English conversation class this morning. Upon entering the room, I started to talk. lol Needless to say, I'm very talkative, so I couldn't stop talking. haha
There were 7 of us this time. It might look like too many people, but I enjoyed myself to my heart's content. ;D hehe
I took part in a free English conversation class this morning. Luckily, there were only 3 of us this time, so I enjoyed talking in English to my heart's content. (I admit I'm garrulous. lol)
Whenever I visit the class, a person makes me happy and rejuvenated. The person is the teacher's 4th daughter, who is a 10-month-old girl. She's always smiling. To my surprise, she never bothers us during the class. According to the mother: our teacher, her daughters, including the girl, never annoyed her when they were babies. ( On the other hand, when my son was a baby, I couldn't rest at all because he was so sensitive to sound. For example, when I closed a door, the closing sound made him bothered and scream....--; )
Anyway, she was playing peekaboo while we were talking. :D She's so amiable. XD
This morning, I attended a free English conversation class with my son in tow. (The class is that I regularly attend and is different from the lesson I visited yesterday.)
Luckily, there were 3 of us in total this time. One of them was a new member. According to her, she works at a city hall and doesn't have chance to use English. She'd been eager to speak in English so her English skills won't get rusty.
I really enjoyed myself more than usual although I'm not sure that's the reason I was able to speak smoothly without any trouble and I had time for practicing speaking in English 2 days in a row.
The class won't be held next week because the teacher is supposed to attend her daughter's entrance ceremony. In addition, for the week after next, my son will have morning classes at a kindergarten, so I'll be absent from the conversation class.
I'm looking forward to attending the class 2 weeks later. :D
This morning, I attended a free English conversation class with my son in tow as he's in the middle of a spring vacation.
Yesterday, I asked him to give me some time to study English. He said "Sure thing, mom. I want to meet her and say like this: Hello! Good morning!". A year ago, he was there when I attended the class. At the time, he used to demand things and bothered me. Needless to say, he wasn't interested in English at all. However, as he grows older, he seems to show an interest in English.
When we arrived there, I asked him a question. "What will you say when we enter the room?" He answered "Hello! Good morning!, right?" I doubted if he was able to say this, but I hoped he could. lol
When the teacher greeted us, he was able to say "good morning" although he was a little bit shy. He made a little headway. :D
During the time, he wasn't what he used to be. I saw his growth.
As for the class, luckily, there were 3 of us in total. ;D I had more chances to speak in English than usual. Last week, I was absent from the class because I attended a meeting for the kindergarten to which he's supposed to go. This time, I'd been worried whether I was able to express in English what I wanted to say. However, I did despite the worry. ;D Relatively, words and phrases what I wanted to say came out of my mouth smoothly.
I'm looking forward to the next class even though my son is supposed to go as well...
To be honest, I'd taken a trial test for a translator of English and Japanese. The other day, I surfed the Internet and a certain website caught my eye. It was a company which deals with the translation of English and Japanese.
They said " Do you want to became a translator or to make use of your English skills? What do you say to trying our trail for translation? We welcome novice and inexperienced people, not to mention experienced people."
Needless to say that I jumped at the chance and applied for the test. After screening by CV, they sent the following test to me.
It was about the condition of my computer such as operation system and the translation of English into Japanese. The content was on computer. The test was full of jargon, so I searched the unknown terms through the Internet, books and so on. It was tough for me to try, but I managed to translate.
Yesterday, I got the result.
Of course, I couldn't pass. haha ( I didn't expect to pass because I haven't the technical knowledge.)
To my surprise, the result also told about my English skills and hopes as a translator.
Talk about surprising! The result said " Your English skills are very high. You have enough English level to translate. However, you don't have enough the technical knowledge of translation, for example, we usually write "computer" as "コンピューター" in Japanese. But, as the term of translation says "コンピュータ". If you learn the bases to became a translator, we're sure your ambition will be able to come true! Good luck!"
I was so happy to read that and encouraged to keep at learning English. :D Someday, when I learn the bases and technical knowledge, I'll try it again.
