When I stay in an English society as a Japanese, I struggled in everything.
A few days ago, I failed to order an apple pie because a shopkeeper didn’t hear what I said. It is a tiny thing, but staying in a university, this kind of tiny things accumulate to the huge problems.
How can I stay in the US in a comfortable manner?
Difficult points
In some points, I feel difficulty in overcoming.
First, I cannot catch up with native’s response. They really speak and chat back and forth, so I have been tired of following their conversation.
In an academic field, they response swiftly. I can say the similar things in two seconds, but they already raised their hand and said something.
I was shocked for a while, but I am poor at response even in my native language. This is not my strength. Still, I need to continue struggling as much as possible.
In addition, natives are good at chatting. I forgot how to chat because I remembered that some bosses strictly taught me not to speak indirect topics. I just try to say something. However, it takes time.
Strong point
I find a strong point that I already have. That is the feelings of commitment. When I say or text something, I try to do what I said before as much as possible.
What should I do?
What I can and need to do is preparation. People who can speak English smoothly need not do assignment soon because they have good speed to write and speak.
Therefore, what I should do is only preparation. If I can predict many things that professors may ask, I can say something deep. And also, this is my original strength.
I tend to fear everything. However, after I mistook several things, I believe I will do at least some things.