My freshman year
Jones
09/08/2012
Respond
In her book “My freshman year,” Rebekan Nathan writes, “I am a cultural anthropologist, and have spent most of my professional life living overseas in a remote village location, learning the language and customs of another culture.” The author’s opinion is when some people studying or traveling in some country which is use the different language, they will face the largest trouble is language. In other words, the language is the largest problem for students who are study in oversea even some tourists. Therefore, when students or tourists want to plan go to the foreign country, they have to study the new language for their plan.
In my experience that is learning a new language can be a difficult task for me. According to my memory, when I first time came to the United States, I can speak English, but just a little bit, for example: yes, no, thank you, and I am a Chinese student like that. When I prepared through the customhouse, I do not know what can I do in that time even I forgot how to say hello to the customhouse officer. Also the funniest point is when I passed smoothly the customhouse, I wanted to pee, but I do not knew how can I say the “restroom”, I just tried to ask an American, I said, “where is the WC?” Because in China, the public restroom we call that “WC”. And then, that guy said, “Excuse me?” I said that again, the guy still did not understand. Finally, I give up to asking, and hold it awhile, until I arrived to my aunt’s house, actually I had held it five hours. This is because I do not live in an English environment where we are forced to speak or write language. As far as I am concerned, I think the best way that learning the English or new language is through communicating with local people because they can expertly use the English language. I am sure that is very helpful, because this way is created now the Jones.
09/08/2012
Respond
In her book “My freshman year,” Rebekan Nathan writes, “I am a cultural anthropologist, and have spent most of my professional life living overseas in a remote village location, learning the language and customs of another culture.” The author’s opinion is when some people studying or traveling in some country which is use the different language, they will face the largest trouble is language. In other words, the language is the largest problem for students who are study in oversea even some tourists. Therefore, when students or tourists want to plan go to the foreign country, they have to study the new language for their plan.
In my experience that is learning a new language can be a difficult task for me. According to my memory, when I first time came to the United States, I can speak English, but just a little bit, for example: yes, no, thank you, and I am a Chinese student like that. When I prepared through the customhouse, I do not know what can I do in that time even I forgot how to say hello to the customhouse officer. Also the funniest point is when I passed smoothly the customhouse, I wanted to pee, but I do not knew how can I say the “restroom”, I just tried to ask an American, I said, “where is the WC?” Because in China, the public restroom we call that “WC”. And then, that guy said, “Excuse me?” I said that again, the guy still did not understand. Finally, I give up to asking, and hold it awhile, until I arrived to my aunt’s house, actually I had held it five hours. This is because I do not live in an English environment where we are forced to speak or write language. As far as I am concerned, I think the best way that learning the English or new language is through communicating with local people because they can expertly use the English language. I am sure that is very helpful, because this way is created now the Jones.