20年まえベラルーシで、日本語の勉強がきつかったです。まず、良い教師があまりいなかったのです。“何人いたの?”と聞かれたら,“一人だ”という答えです。もちろん、その良い先生は一人でみんなの学生たちを教える時間がたりませんでした。 第二に、学習教材がとても少なかったのです。インタネットが広範囲にわたらなくて、本のほうに頼らなければいけませんでした。その本は間違いが多くて、教える言葉も不自然なので、言語を学ぶことは意味がないという感じがさせられていました。

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