It is my first time studying in the U.S. for two years, which causes me to be anxious about everything.
In addition, I have never changed my residence by myself because the last time was when changing it from my parent’s house, which my parents helped me a lot.
Therefore, I learned a lot through these processes.
Contents
Preparation
There are a lot of things before leaving Japan. I have never been to study abroad, so I am not sure what I need to do.
I tried to understand the outline several times, but finally, I could not realize them because the number of tasks had increased day by day. What I was able to do was to take dozens of tasks one by one though I blew them off several times.
Additionally, I was anxious about noticeable procedures like acquiring VISA; however, I forgot trivial tasks like shipping my furniture. I needed to rush to finish them.
I managed to do them finally, but I clearly remember I felt nervous during this preparation period.
Output
During summer school, I took online lessons and prepared; I listened to many English and studied the basics. Also, I wrote many things, including some papers, and made presentations.
I didn’t realize before that writing is beneficial to speaking because I worried about how I could lengthen my story.
My Japanese speaking style is concise and brief, but it may seem vague and insufficient for English speakers.
I reckon it may be one of the differences between Japanese and English. Japanese enjoy conversations, which means each person speaks shortly and asks brief questions. I need not talk about my story in detail because listeners ask me questions based on curiosity.
On the other hand, English speakers end the story by themselves. Many Japanese think English speakers speak a lot, but it is invalid. Japanese communication style per se is too unique.
Therefore, what I need to do is to speak complete stories by myself. When I write a long sentence repeatedly, I say longer sentences little by little.
Lastly, I realize that it takes time to improve my output skills. I need to get in touch with new words at least three times and try to use them. There are scores of situations to which I need to be accustomed.
Feedback
I tried to understand the outline before, but it was wrong and impossible. I must experience the process at least once to understand the entire system.
What I can do is do it one by one as early as possible. Hesitation discourages me; reading and acting as the instruction dictates encourages me.
