Country:Japan
Name:Makiko
Hobbies:watching movies, doing mixi and myspace
Likes:studying English and Chinese, drinking, traveling
Academic areas I'm interested in:Second Language Acquisition, World Englishes, L2 Writing, The Jazz Age
Country:Japan
Name:Kamisan
Hobbies:Reading books, do internet, leaning languages
I'm learning English for becoming an English teacher of an elementary school from this month so I'm taking the course of J-SHIN at the English conversation school.
My New Year's Resolution is got the certificate of J-SHIN program at the end of this year. It means to become an English teacher of an elementary school.
Country: USA
Name: Steve
Hobby: Reading, music, movies, learning languages, meeting people
I could learn Japanese thanks to the help of my Japanese-speaking friends. So...I want to return the favor and help people studying my mother language. :)
Country: USA
Name: Steven
Hobby: Reading, Culture, Photography, Music (country, Classical, 80s, Jpop), Reality TV + LOST, Movies (+Japanese Horror), and travel (+ going for a long leisurely drive).
My Japanese is slowly getting better. Just let me know if I can help you out with your English language pursuit.
Country: Japan
Name: Aiko
Hobby: Travelling, Music, Driving, Looking after my
children and hanging around with my friends with my kids!
I've lived in the UK for a last few years, but came back to Japan in December.
Since then my English's been getting poorer and poorer and I've been losing my confident...
So I hope I can brush up my English!
Country: USA
Name: Ian Derrick, 中村夢路, Einn (depends on what you want to call me ^_~)
Hobby: Teaching (its a job and a hobby ^_^)
My name is Ian Derrick, or you can call me by my Japanese name 中村夢路. I am American, if you are wondering. I had always wanted a Japanese name since i was little, so my friend Naoko helped me pick a name ^^
I have a nickname, "Einn" (Pronounced like "bean" without the "b"), which is a result from a friend's pronunciation of Ian. Therefore, it is commonly reserved for use by them. I am twenty years young, twenty-one in South Korea (hardy har har ^_^).
I am an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher with two years of experience in the teaching field. Teaching is in my blood, it seems. As a part time job, I am a newspaper journalist and sports editor currently living in the US until August, when I leave for Japan. I will also be in South Korea for quite a while following Japan.
I am graduating with my four year B.A. degree in Liberal Arts with only one quarter of study. Not an easy thing to pull off, particularly since less then ten people a year manage to do this. :P
I wish to gather multitudes of friends on MIXI, no matter their ethnicities. If you ever need help with English, that is my profession. Therefore, I will help anyone who beckons with all of my abilities.
Country: Japan
Name: Water
Hobby: watching movies and foot ball games on TV and so
on
I am grad to find this community. Recently I don't have
any opportunity to speak English or to write sentences
in English. So I want to make friends with people here
and communicate with each other in English.
I'm glad to find this community, because I love debating. Now is my halfway to master English, so if you cannot understand my words, excuse me and point out my mistake, please.