国際関係 １年

I really enjoyed your great and enjoyable lecture today. Since I am a non-native speaker of English, I am always worried about my pronunciation and grammar. However, your talk taught me a lot. I found that I can't speak English or another language, until I become confident. How great it would be if I take great advantage of my mistakes. It doesn't matter how long I study English. The important thing is whether you study English every day, even for a little time. So I'll continue to watch TED talks. Also, I'll try to think in English as much as possible!

フランス１年

Through the lecture, I got an impression of Mr. Otchia as being hard-working, positive, and a person who enjoys challenges. I think that he himself is a very good example for us language learners as to how to enhance our language skills. What I noticed is that he frequently used the phrase, "It's possible." This phrase will give power to us to work on new things. It's possible for us to master the language!

英米 １年

I respect Mr. Otchia for his eagerness to study foreign languages. I learned from him that we can learn some foreign language if we have strong motivation. In his case, he wanted to become a basketball player, but for me, I don't have a reason like this. So, I thought I have to find something that encourages me to study English first. By hearing his speech, I thought I want to speak English more and that hesitating is needless for me. I decided to believe in my potential and to try to change my way of studying English, and to follow Mr. Otchia.

英米 ２年

When I heard that Mr. Otchia could speak six different languages, I was very surprised. Now, I'm learning English and German, but I can't speak them well enough. I have many difficulties in speaking, reading and listening to them. I also think learning languages is very difficult. However, he said that every language is easy to learn if we follow some rules and try to do our best. I will try to remember what he said and I will try to continue to learn languages. I also tend to set up hard and strict rules when I start studying something. Thanks to today's lecture, I understood this was not good and that it was easy for me to give up, so I will try to set up simple rules which will make it easy to continue to study.

英米　１年

Thank you for your lecture today. Recently I’ve been wondering why I can’t speak English well in spite of learning English for a long time. I thought I wasn’t good at learning or speaking English. But Mr. Otchia said “Everyone can master English” in the lecture. I realized that I can make more effort to study English and that I have to continue to study every day to master it. I was really impressed by “Learning English is a sport.” I don’t like to just sit on the chair, but rather I like to exercise! So, I want to study English like I am playing volleyball!

看護　１年

Listening to the presentation, I thought that the tip for learning a language effectively is to enjoy the process of learning. When I study, I sit down at my desk, open my textbook and try to memorize the vocabulary and the grammar. Studying meant effort and hard work for me, so I often lost my motivation and gave up. Next time I study a language, I want to make sure that I don't make things too hard for myself and enjoy using apps and speaking out loud to myself, so that I can continue for a long time.

フランス　２年

Today, I felt my lack of studying languages even though I'm in the school of Foreign languages studies. When I was in high school, I just did reading, reading and more reading for the entrance exam. However, now, I have many opportunities to speak to native speakers and I have much more free time than a few years ago. So, I must make optimal use of my environment. Mr. Otchia said, "Regular study is important, and whether you can master a language or not depends on you". Everything depends on me! I thought. I'll try not to waste my time.

英米　１年

I love using my smartphone, so I was encouraged so much because I was told it’s a good way to study English. I spend more than 4 hours on trains a day, so I think it’s an efficient way to study when I’m on trains. This year, I started to study Portuguese, and I want to improve both my English and my Portuguese. I will study them on trains by smartphone.

英米　４年

I agree with his idea for learning English. In my case, sometimes it's difficult for me to keep motivation to learn English. But by setting up a goal, I can continue learning. And in his speech, "Leaning English is like playing sport: 1. Practice: What you study everyday… 2. Match: English class, conversation with friends." That is a good use of English class time in University.

英米　２年

I have heard about how to master foreign languages effectively since I started studying English so long ago, but he is the most successful person who has a firm faith to keep learning and practices his own advice, I think. What I really felt from this lecture are two things: firstly, keeping motivation and secondly, thinking in the target language. I tend to use an English-Japanese dictionary because of the easiness of use. But if I need to level up my English skill, I have to use an English-English dictionary much more. It was a very exciting and motivating speech!