Posts

Showing posts from August, 2022

【Final impression】

The precious summer in YSS                It was my first time studying abroad. I had a lot of anxiety. Will my English be understood? Will I make friends? Will anyone try to listen to my poor English? But I learned so much that I could forget those fears. And also I feel I could change myself.  Poster session was the first time speaking in front of an audience except for a presentation. But it was not a nervous one. Because everyone who came to me was so smiling and showed a willingness to listen although my English was so terrible and sometimes I got lost in words. As Mia said before, our class in Japan has some returnees and I always feel pressure from them to speak with correct grammar. However, here it was different. Most of the people I met here tried their best to listen to my poor English, and if they can’t understand, they would listen back to me. At a glance, it seems to be like just a conversation, but for me, it was a great thing and that moment will never be erased from my