Progress in My English?

See my first article in this blog.

I start an English diary

Wow, what a typical English-learner-just-tried-writing-an-English-diary article! I can really relate to starting with the weather anyway x-D And the flatness for describing what I did that day…

If you do not have any means for expressing something, you cannot come up with what to express. Right? I did not have the means to express things around me and within me, that is, enough vocabulary, patterns of sentence structure, or specific rules in English writing. Let alone writing hundreds of words. Resolution of emotions or scenes depends on how many means you have, right? I could only recognize my life so flatly and colorlessly due to my lack of writing skills.

But now I have been able to manage to express my feelings and events to some extent. I have been able to write a few hundred words. At least I now enjoy expressing everything in English, maybe much more than in Japanese. Isn’t it progress?

Do not misunderstand. Obviously, I do not want to say that my English is perfect. For you, a native English speaker, my writing will still sound awkward. Sounds like a typical English-learner-just-tried-writing-an-English-diary article. You may be aware that the same words and similar structures appear so many times in my articles. My word choice may be inappropriate, and my combinations of words may violate collocations. Tense always confuses me. Oh, and almost every sentence starts with “I” X-D But, again, see my first article in this blog. Apparently, I should not compare my writing to that of you, but must focus on my past self.

You may demand that I study English much harder so I do not further frustrate you with my poor English. But I will never study English. Well, I would say, stopping studying English made this progress. In other words, if I had kept studying English, I would still start with the weather, describe what I did so flatly, or even abandon this blog. Right? I believe that giving up studying changes me. Sounds like excuses? I believe that using English leads to progress, instead. Doesn’t it? After quitting studies, I have read so many English books, watched so many English videos, and written so many English essays at University. Consequently, I have exposed myself to any kind of English content without missing a single day.

I still struggle to write English. That is definitely true. But, isn’t it the most crucial that I enjoy, is it? At least this blog is my private garden, as I mentioned in the previous article. I do not expect someone to visit it regularly and appreciate my post. That is better. Oh, I have forgotten the important point. I absolutely expect someone to visit it regularly and appreciate my post. And I know who it is. It is me! ;-)