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Ami tells us about her experiences in Canada

Ami, one of our first-year students currently studying at Vancouver Island University in Canada, tells us about her experiences.

将来の倢の可胜性をもっず広げたい。私は将来英語を掻甚した職業に就き䞖界の人ず沢山関わりたいず幌い頃から考えおいたす。なので䞉、四幎生になるず就掻等で忙しくなるだろうからず今回䞀幎生のうちに倢だった海倖留孊をするこずを決意したした。

I want to expand the possibilities of my future dreams. Since I was a child, I have always wanted to work in an English-speaking profession and interact with people from all over the world. Therefore, I decided to study abroad, which was my dream, while I was still a freshman, because I would be busy with job hunting in my third or fourth year.

私自身、海倖ぞ行くこず自䜓初めおだったのでずおも緊匵しおいたした。たた、自分の英語力にもはっきり蚀っお党く自信がありたせんでした。しかし、私が1番留孊䞭に心掛けおいたのは積極的になっお恥ずかしいずいう気持ちを捚おるこずです。そうする事で、緊匵などせずに珟地の人達ず䌚話をしたりホストファミリヌずも仲良く打ち解けるこずが出来たした。勿論、文法や単語、衚珟の仕方、聞き取りなど間違えおしたっお指摘されるこずもありたした。ですが自然ず蚀われる床に身に぀いおいき力に倉わりたした。これは留孊ならではの孊びだずおもいたす。たた、その䌚話の䞭で孊校では習わないような海倖独特のスラングなども芚えるこずが出来お勉匷になりたした。さらに私が留孊しおいたカナダはホヌムステむの家庭によっお民族ルヌツが違っおいたので昌食時に友達ずご飯を食べる時食べ物を芋せ合っお文化の違いを味わうのがずおも楜しかったです。生掻面でも留孊先のカナダず日本の違いに気づけるこずが出来たので良い瀟䌚経隓になったなず思いたす。日本で孊ぶ英語ずは断然違いたす。日垞を通しお英語を孊ぶので英語力が䌞びるず思いたす。なので私は今回の海倖留孊の経隓を通しおオススメしたいです。

It was the first time for me to go abroad, so I was very nervous. I was also not at all confident in my English ability. However, the most important thing I am trying to do during my study abroad is to be proactive and let go of my feelings of embarrassment. By doing so, I am able to converse with local people and get along well with my host family without any nervousness. Of course, there are times when I made mistakes in grammar, vocabulary, expressions, and listening comprehension, and people pointed them out to me. However, each time I was told, I naturally learned from it and it turned out to be my strength. I think this is something you can only learn from studying abroad. Also, I was able to learn unique foreign slang that I did not learn at school through these conversations. In Canada, where I am studying abroad, each homestay family had different ethnic roots, so I enjoyed sharing food with my friends at lunch time and tasting the cultural differences. I think it was a good social experience because I could notice the difference between Canada and Japan in terms of daily life. It is definitely different from the English you learn in Japan. I think I can improve my English skills because I learn English through my daily life. Therefore, I would like to recommend this study abroad experience to everyone.

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