今,学期 の中になりました。それからいそがしくなりました。試験と発表があります。そしてたくさんの活動があるから自分の時間がありません。だいたいそれは大学生の生活と思います。
今日私の日本の留学について話したいと思います。二年前日本の大阪に留学しました。ホスト・フアミリーと住んでいて、羽衣学園と言う学校に出ていました。ホスト・フアミリーと学校の友達はとてもしんせつでした。みんあ、日本になれるのを手伝ってくれました。

たくさんの日本の観光を習って日本語を話しました。日本の食べ物はすごくおいしかったです。今まだ本当の日本の食べ物を食べたいと思います。：）

日本の一番楽しい事はカラオケだと思います。友達とよくカラオケに行きました。私の声はぜんぜんきれいじゃありませんがとても楽しかったです。
じゃまた次のポスト。

P.S. 私も花よりだんごが大好き！！！！

body language

This week, I want to write about body language.
When I lived in LA, I had American boyfriend. We had been together about 8 month. When I started to dating with him, I was kind of suprised. Because he uses body language when he talk. And, it was kind of funny for me. Because we don't really use body language in Japan.
I went to language school, so in the school, there was just international student. So he was the first American person that I talk a lot and share opinion. It was really nice for me to had American boyfriend. Because we had to talk to express our opinion, so I had to use many words as much as I knew. He gave me a hand with my home work, told me about American culture, teach me pronunciation. Like when I got ticket from police, it was really handy to had American boyfriend. ha ha
I learned a lot from him. So I think to have a boyfriend or girlfriend is the best way to learn another culture and language.
When I talk in English, I don't really use body language. Because I not used to using body language, and I'm shy person. But some of my friend use body language when they talk in English. ( I mean when they talk in Japanese, they don't use body language.) I respect them. Because body language is international language I think. Everyone can understand easily. I think personality is very important part of studying another language too. I studied English before I went to LA, so I knew some words and grammer. But one of my friend even didn't know any words and grammer. Only she knew was "My name is..." But she is funny and open-minded person. So she used body language a lot, and smiled a lot. So another international students who came from Korea, Taiwan etc.. were interested in her. She could not speak a lot, but she has friends more than me. I want to give her a big hand.

Have a great week!!!



Peace... Miho

コミュニケーション

実は、今日さまざまな国の身体言語について学んだのですが、
ずっと母国で暮らしてきた私にとっては驚きの連続でした。

例えば、私たちはよく頭を縦に振って同意、横に振って反対の意味を表すことがあるのですが、
ブルガリア、ギリシアの一部、ユーゴスラビア、トルコ、イラン、ベンガルなどではまったく反対の意味になってしまうそうです。
つまり縦に頭を振ったら反対、横に振ったら同意となるんだそうです。
もし、私がこのことを知らずにこれらの国に旅行にいったら、買いたくないものを買わされたり泊まりたくないところに泊まることになったり、とんでもないことになってしまいます。

そういうことを考えると、まだまだ身体言語について学んで知るべきことがたくさんあると思いました。
そこで、その第一歩として皆さんから知っている身体言語を教えてもらいたいです。
みんなのよく使う動作とその意味を教えてください。

Hello

Hi!!! My name is MIHO.
I study English in my university.
English is very difficult for me.
I study English since junior-high, but still I can't speak very well.
I lived in LA for one year. It was really nice experience!!
I just visited LA for 3 weeks on my Summer vacation.
I went to LA, Arizona, Redwood national park for camping.
It was sooooo much fun!!!!! I already miss LA a lot.
I love LA, so I'm thinking of live there someday.
I like traveling, clubing, drinking, shopping.
I like to having fun!!
I like music.
I like electro, trance, techno, 80's.
I really like American culture, so I wanna know a lot of them.
Anyway, nice to meeting you guys.
Peace.
Miho

What do you like the best ?

Hi everyone ,today I talk about the favorite thing.
My favorite one is someting which were made by hand,for example, my grandmother's handmade yukata,my mothere's handmade necklace and so on.
I cherish these things.

And then I like concert, too.
When I was a junior high school student,I was given a big hand from the audiences.
At that time, I was very happy.
Therefore, I came to like concert.

By the way, what do you ilke the best?

Hi everyone I'm Mari. I joined this blog today It's glad to meet you.
I learned about body language in morning class.
i was told from my Australian friend she was suprised when i pointed at my nose as i said "it's me" and i was talikng about my self.
In Australia and Canada, people poin at their chest.
Do you think is it strange Japanese people point at their nose?
I also learned many differences of body language between countries today.
it was interesting.
could you give me a hand with learning English and cultures ?

How do you do?

Hello everyone,my name is eriko.Nice to meet you.
My nickname is ejun because my favorite persons name is jun,please call me ejun.

I am in my second year of sugiyama university .
My hobby is watching TV doramas,listening to music and drawing pictures and so on.
My favorite TV dorama is "Hana yori Dango",do you know this one?
This dorama has a high popularity among young people in Japan.

By the way, what is your hobby?