Falling Below Par Value （元本割れ）
Mar 15th 2010 23:05
In the last my post, I said there was a glass ceiling to jump up beyond 900 points of the TOEIC test. Probably it is a matter of my motivation. What for do I keep my grades up? What for do I learn English?
People in Japan start to learn English in junior high school due to the reasons for internationalization, communication with foreigner, and gathering worldwide information. I have invested a plenty of money and time in myself to learn English. So, how much can I expect ROI?
I don’t dislike taking an exam of English such as the TOEIC or EI-ken because it is a kind of video games to get high scores. On the other hand, I don’t have any plan to work overseas. Certainly I have had a meeting with English speakers and have joined some projects in the US, but I just had the opportunities a couple of times a year which is as same as the number of times playing golf. ^^; There is a fat chance to use English as leverage in my careers.
Why do you want to learn English? I have yet to find my answer except for “because it is there”.
Ciao.
People in Japan start to learn English in junior high school due to the reasons for internationalization, communication with foreigner, and gathering worldwide information. I have invested a plenty of money and time in myself to learn English. So, how much can I expect ROI?
I don’t dislike taking an exam of English such as the TOEIC or EI-ken because it is a kind of video games to get high scores. On the other hand, I don’t have any plan to work overseas. Certainly I have had a meeting with English speakers and have joined some projects in the US, but I just had the opportunities a couple of times a year which is as same as the number of times playing golf. ^^; There is a fat chance to use English as leverage in my careers.
Why do you want to learn English? I have yet to find my answer except for “because it is there”.
Ciao.
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Why do I keep my grades up?
Why do I learn English?
People in Japan start to learn English in junior high school due to the reasons for internationalization, communication with foreigners, and gathering worldwide information.
I have invested a plenty of money and time in myself to learn English.
I don’t dislike taking an exam of English such as the TOEIC or Eiken because it is a kind of video game to get high scores.
Certainly I have had a meeting with English speakers and have joined some projects in the US, but I just had the opportunities a couple of times a year, which is as same as the number of times I play golf.
Nice post!
Falling Below Par （元本割れ）
It probably is just the matter of my motivation.
People in Japan start to learn English in junior high school due to reasons of internationalization, communication with foreigners, and gathering worldwide information.
So, how much ROI can I expect?
I don’t dislike taking an exam of English such as the TOEIC or EI-ken because it is kind of like a video game where the objective is to get high scores.
On the other hand, I don’t have any plans to work overseas.
Certainly I have had meetings with English speakers and have joined some projects in the US, but I only have the opportunities a couple of times a year which is as same as the number of times that I've played golf.
^^; There is a fat chance to use English as leverage in my career.
Yeah, I don't know why I'm learning Japanese either. I wanted to when I was teenager, because all the latest games and anime were only available in Japanese. Now, most games are translated fairly quickly, and I don't watch anime anymore, and when I watch J-Dramas most of them are translated anyway.
Pretty much the only reason I'm studying it now is because I want to finish it instead of giving up. =)
In my last post, I said there was a glass ceiling to jump up beyond 900 points of the TOEIC test.
I'm studying Japanese because I think the language is interesting and I want to talk with more Japanese people and learn more about their culture. It's more interesting to me than the Latin based languages because it is so different from English.
Of course, free time is always limited, so you must decide for yourself how to best spend the time you have. Do that which makes you happy!!
Since your brain is active, you will be more mentally healthy later in life too~ ( thats just my opinion I think.. ^^ )
I think learning languages is a good hobby for keeping an open mind. You don't need any more reason than you already have. ^_^
What am I learning English for? (This is a wording that is not technically correct because of the sentence ending with the preposition "for," but people talk like this. Don't use it on your TOEIC, it's just an example. ^^)
I'd like to work in Japan for a while someday, just for the experience. But I wonder how long it's going to take to get to the point where I'd even be competent at what I'm doing well in English right now...
I think that enjoying the process is really important, especially if you don't have a pressing need for it. If you have fun learning it, then the ROI isn't as important.
Thank you all for your comments. Your messages really encourage me.
Ciao.
I think learning a language takes a bit of passion. Of course, we can all be practical and learn it because it'll be useful, but to really learn it, I think everyone needs to find their own reason. ^o^/
そうですね。みなさんそれぞれに外国語を学ぶ理由があるのですよね。うんうん ＾＾
そうですね。みなさんそれぞれに外国語を学ぶ理由があるのですよね。うんうん ＾＾