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Wonderful Classmates with Ron

I have spent a lot of time at MFWI and I am almost finished staying in America now. I think I had many good experiences. I went to Seattle, the East Coast, had home stay and ate delicious American food. I learned not only American culture, but also keeping motivation to study English. I think best of my terrible and terrific experiences are taking classes and meeting many good people at MFWI.
I joined section 17 and it is such a great class. However, I was really shocked the first day. There are 12 students and half of them are ACE class students. I knew 3 of  the ACE students, but they seemed to be a higher level compared to before.They speak English fluently and that scared me. I couldn't speak English during the classes. I was very sad and also felt miserable, so I cried at Commons with my Japanese classmates. They were almost in the same situation as me. I thought it was impossible to take those classes with ACE students for about 4 months. I talked with Goro and other American teachers to change the class, and then they calmed us down. Goro said to us " It is a meaning that you entered this class. I think you can do it. If you join ACE class students, both of you will be good influence for each other."I was cheered up and I decided to study with them.

I was worried about class because I couldn't speak on the first day. My bad foreboding proved true, and moreover, I had a lot of homework in all my classes. Reading class homework was the worst. The text book was too difficult for me and I read the articles using a dictionary all the time. I came to dislike English at this time and I really wanted to go back to Japan. After I came back to my dormitory, I cried again and my RA cheered me up and she helped my homework. She is so kind and she said to me" You can come to my room anytime if you need help." I was helped by her all the time. I tried to do homework and took it to the classes. I thought this is the first time that I did such a lot of homework.

The students in my classes are very kind and they always help me. I began to enjoy the classes after I studied here for a month. I sometimes could say my opinion while we were taking classes. I didn't say anything at all in Japan. I think it's a very big change for me to come here. Recently, I had a presentation about school uniforms for American high school students. At first, I was so nervous because I don't have confidence to speak English. We presented six times in front of the American students. They listened carefully and asked us many questions. After the presentation, I felt satisfied and I enjoyed the presentation. At lunch time, one of the American students said to us" The best presentation was about school uniforms." When I heard these words, I was really happy. I gained confidence for my presentation and classes.

I enjoy taking classes now. I feel I have became more active than before and I enjoy speaking English. I think this program gave me many opportunities not only to study English, but also to meet great people. I appreciate coming here. I think it has a good experience for me and I grow up at many kinds of angles.