自己紹介。 初めまして。マーティンと申します。年齢は19歳です。日本の文化にとても興味があり、日本にいるからこそ出来る体験をなるべくやってみたいのです。趣味はスポーツをすることで、特にサッカー、テニス、バスケットや筋トレが好きです。でも、誰かと楽しく一緒にやれることなら、何でも好きなのです。座右の銘は「一期一会」です。一つ一つの出会いを大切にしていきたいと思います。だから、これからも日本で出会う人と出来るだけ仲良くなりたいのです！

メールの書き方 ただの受け取り確認メールですが、日本語でメールを書いたことないので、よく分かりません。 ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー ◯◯大学◯◯◯センター 御担当者様 メール拝受しました。 よろしくお願いいたします。 ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー これで大丈夫ですか？ 「よろしくお願いいたします」の代わりに「まずは、お礼申し上げます」の方がいいじゃないかと。 よろしくお願いします。

Is this sentence correct? "CERTIFIED COPY IN A SPECIAL CERTIFICATION PAPER No. xxxxxxxxx, WHICH ONE IS ATTACHED TO THIS COPY" Thank you in advance.

申請書についての学校記名の不明な点について アルゼンチンでは中高一貫校が一般的なのですが、申請書では中学校と高校はどこですかと聞かれたら、高校のところだけ書いて、特記事項で先ほど書いたように（アルゼンチンでは中高一貫校が一般的です）と書けばいいか、それとも違う書き方のほうがいいですか？

Formal Letter 2 Dear Sir/Madame, My name is John Luke and I will attend the "Customer Care" course in May. I am writing to you to express my interest in becoming the social events' organizer of the group. Could you provide me with more information about the role? Firstly, I would like to know the responsibilities that I will assume. Also, I have been wondering if there is a discount in the course's fee for the person who takes this position. I have been working as events' organizer for more than twenty-five years. Therefore, I believe that I fulfill all the requirements for the role. Moreover, I have an enormous enthusiasm to take part in this. Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. I am looking forward to your reply. Yours faithfully, John Luke

Formal Letter Dear Principal, My name is John Luke. I am writing to ask if there is a vacant place in your school because I am moving to Newhall with my family and I have a ten years old son. His name is Max. He is a really sympathetic and courteous boy. Last year, he received a special distinction for his high grades in mathematics and chemistry. However, I cannot say the same for geography and history. Clearly, he prefers exact sciences than social sciences, and that is one of the reasons because my wife and me decided to send our kid to your school, due to we know that Newhall School has won a lot of times the National Science Contest. Regarding to Max's interests, he have a plethora of hobbies. He specially loves sports. He has been plays football soccer since he was four years old so I think that he would be a fantastic incorporation for the school's team. In addition, recently, he has been taking guitar lessons. I wish you could accept him in you renowned school. Thank you in advance for your attention in this matter. Yours sincerely, John Luke

Traditional School VS Home Education Education is changing every day. Recently, we can note a big rise in parents that prefer teaching children at home instead of sending them to school. But, is this good for our kids? First of all, we must separate education in two. On the one hand we have the “specific knowledge”, it is the first thing that comes to our mind when we hear “school education”. I am talking about the knowledge in math, science, history, geography, etc. And on the other hand we have the “social education”. Therefore, when a kid goes to school, he is not just learning how to sum and divide; he is also learning how to interact with other people. It seems to me that traditional education is better because it gives you the possibility of develop your social skills. However, I believe that home education is more effective for improve the “specific knowledge”. But, what are saying the specialists about this? According to a study made by the University of Madrid in 2014, the 85 percent of people who receive home education go to the university to continue with their professional formation. However, just the 60 percent of “normal students” go to the university after finishing the secondary education. In addition, Jorge Gonzalez, professor of the university, said: “The students that haven`t gone school show a predisposition to take more initiative and be more creative than the other ones”. To conclude with, I feel that school education must learn from the good points of home education. We need a change and it is happening, twenty years ago no one would believe that schools without homework will exist. But if we take a look to the best schools in the word today, we can see that there a lot of “no homework” institutes in the list. Maybe these schools learned from the home education that we do not need nervous kids making homework and studying all the day; we want kids that enjoy study, kids that laugh with their friends as they discover new worlds together.

Letter 3 Dear Sir, My name is George Anderson and I am writing to you to resolve some questions that I have regarding the new energies’ seminar in France next week. Firstly, I have read that the event is going to end at night but, if it is possible, I need the exactly hour due to I do not know if I will have to pass the night there in Paris or I can reach the last train to London. Secondly, could you tell me specifically the themes that are going to be covered. I have special interest in the economic benefits that the government gives to companies for using alternative energies so I would be really glad if you talk about that. Finally, I have been wondering if is there any discount in the entrance fee for students since I am a university professor and some of my students are also interested in assist. Thank you in advance for your time. Yours sincerely, George

Letter Asking Information Dear George, I am writing to you because I want to organize a visit to the historical exhibition in your town with a group of classmates. We have to do a project about the events that occurred there, so this will help us a lot to get a good grade. I will be really grateful if you could provide me with the next information. First of all, I want to ask you if you know which is the best way to go there from Washington. I heard that the train is the fastest one but It cost the triple of a bus ticket. From your experience, is it really worth it? When you come to Washington, how do you come back to your city? Secondly, about the exhibition´s entrance fee, I would like to know if is there any discount for big groups as we are ten people. And thirdly, could you recommend us a hotel? We are planning to spend the night there. It will be better if is not so much expensive due to the majority of us do not have job. I am looking forward to meet you next week. Thank you very much for you time. Yours sincerely, Martín