My Wonderful Visit

My Wonderful Visit

I went to Washington State University on September 28th. I really enjoyed visiting there.

First, I talked to 3 Chinese people who came to America to study abroad. I noticed their English was so good! We introduced ourselves to each other, and we talked about the way to learn English. It was an interesting thing for me to communicate with Chinese exchange students, because it was the first time for me to talk to Chinese. They said it was difficult for them to learn English, but they said to me that they always try to talk to not only American people, but also their Chinese friends in English. I was impressed and interested in their ideas about ways to learn English. I realized if I will to talk to everyone in English, my English skills will be going up. I recognized it is one great way to learn English. Sometimes, we were not able to communicate with each other clearly, but it made me more active to try to talk to them.

Then, we had a lunch with them, and they took their friend. They and we always tried to talk to each other about something in English. One of them who was a girl always tried to talk to us, and she was interested in Japan and our life in the U.S. I talked about these things, and it was very exciting for me to talk in English about our country with foreigners. She is an exchange student same as me, but she has a lot of different experiences from mine. She tried to take a test like TOEIC that is important in England society. I had never heard the name of the test, so I was interested in the test. She really wants to get good score of the test, so we were able to share the thinking about test, and I knew how she felt.

Finally, they took us to some places. We went to the library, and I saw a lot of books there. I found a book that was written in Kanji, and I could understand a little bit. I guessed the book was probably a Chinese one. I asked them, and they taught me about the book a little bit in English. Almost all of the letter of Chinese Kanji are similar to Japanese Kanji, but they are a little different, and it is more difficult than Japanese. However, I was happy to be able to read those Kanji, and I was able to understand the meaning of them. I think it was interesting for me to see a little different shapes of Kanji that have same meanings. I really enjoyed spending time at the library.

In conclusion, I was able to learn not only about information of the university or aspect of studying English, but also wonderful thoughts to study of exchange students from other countries. I can rarely to experience such a great things, so I recognized the visit was a really great opportunity for me to learn about something from foreign exchange students.