“Improvement of communication skills by talking with various people” I've been practicing my English writing.  Please correct me if I make any mistakes. Thank you :D  “Improvement of communication skills by talking with various people” I was not good at talking with a wide range of age groups. At the moment, I had the right opportunity to participate in a food distributing volunteer in Kumamoto with my Korean boss from the company where I took an internship. We had to start it from scratch because we were the only two in our team. The reason why I decided to take a part in the volunteer project was that I wanted to relate to emotional pain that Japanese people feel and have a chance to talk with a lot of people as an international student in Japan. I found that the use of raw vegetable was really strict, and I never gave up no matter how hard the situation was to convince to use them because I was the only one who can speak the language in my team.  We already all prepared the ingredients and volunteer participants and there were the only 5 days left up to the day. So, there was a chance not to get permitted within a limited time, but I thought I should try my best more than ever. I explained how to cook, how we carry around the ingredients to persuade the person in charge. I even practiced polite words in Japanese over and over before I make a phone call to him. As a result, my negotiation was successfully accepted.  I learned it is essential to take an easy way of speaking rather than the perfect words when it comes to communication. I changed my self to be a better person as I realize the importance of communication way through this experience.

“Making the environment where my team member can push up” “Making the environment where my team member can push up” During my freshmen year in college, English presentation was assigned all of a sudden, and I encouraged my team to do their best. I thought it was because as everyone grows up together, they can create a synergy effect as a team. My team happened to be in the first order, and all of my team members were procrastinating to start off because they felt a burden in English. I wanted to lead my team as an enthusiastic person in English. I asked each of the team members to carry out what they are good at by asking their name first to be close with. We were all bewildered because two people out of five did not prepare the assignment on the day of the presentation. I never gave up as long as I decided to be a leader in my team and I wanted to be recognized by the team. We ended up getting 90 points as I made clear what needed to be done and help other members from the points they feel difficult. As we overcame the issue together, our bond got stronger than before. I also feel rewarding as I got recognized in my team and I would like to make the full use of what I learned from this experience.

“Getting to understand others by knowing myself” “Getting to understand others by knowing myself” During studying abroad, I put most of my effort into the class called “Asian studies”. I consciously have been thinking it is necessary to have a deep understanding of the different perspectives as my dream is to work with people from all over the world. I especially was interested in the way how Asia is being seen by the Western world. Even if people from Asia do not know each other’s languages, it is relatively easier to figure out their intention by their facial expression than people having a different cultural background. I came to know what point in Asia that the locals feel interesting and have a stereotype as I have enough time to discuss with the local students in the class. Through the experience, I got to understand the way to read Western people’s behavior and habits almost at the end of the semester. It helped me to know myself first and understand others second. I would like to make the full use of this knowledge even when I work with people having different ways of seeing the world.

Please help me out:( It's been a long time since I've been practicing my writing in English.  It would be greatly appreciated if there is anyone helping me out to proofread my writings. Thank you!  Theme: What have you put the most of your effort into in your student days?  “Approaching theoretical study helped me enjoy my study abroad life”  During college, I put my efforts the most into the class called “intercultural communication”. Even though I did not have any problem to communicate in Japanese at all, I had a hard time to understand its cultures. To overcome this difficulty, I decided to approach a theoretical way to research intercultural study instead of going through everything in a real life without deep understanding cultural part of Japan. In the class, I was assigned a lot of time to discuss with other students what we think about Japanese cultures and people. The professor in the class said that “it shows that you guys are coming from the different countries as a majority of you guys feel uncomfortable and negative about Japanese cultures.” As we had time to share our own ideas about Japanese cultures and the opportunity to get interpreted by the professor, everything falls into place in my mind. I was able to have a better understanding of the Japanese cultures than before. As a result, I could enjoy my study abroad life in Japan way more than before as I made a lot of local friends.