Hi there
With uni and everything I haven't posted here in forever.
I'm back in France right now, heading back to Manchester on Monday for some exam fun, booh
but it should be alright.
I've started learning Japanese as part of my degree and I'm loving it. The course in Manchester is great. Very intense but everyone is really passionate about it -some people have dropped out already though, there is really a lot of work to keep up with. We're done with the first Genki book and its workbook, getting started on the second one next month. And our grammar book was written by one of our teachers
we do a lot of fun Japanese stuff too like Ghibli movie nights, bento lunches, football matches against the Korean and Chinese societies, etc..
It's hard to keep on studying Chinese as Japanese takes up so much time but I'm doing alright. I'm doing an advanced Chinese class as extra credits and it's good, we have to read newspapers in Chinese every week and stuff like that. I also try to watch movies in Chinese and I've joined the Chinese studies society. I also had to make a management presentation where my group was made of 4 Chinese exchange students and myself so I got to practise my mandarin a lot haha. Anyway, I'm still determined to get the HSK6 before I graduate
My English has obviously improved a lot -sooo much slang! And my accent got super weird as I imitate my friends without noticing so I say some words with a Geordie accent for example
I'm glad I get to speak French and Italian everyday as one of my neighbour is from my hometown in France and we're doing the same management and finance modules, and my favourite course mate is Italian
So yeah, I'm really happy I get to improve my languages everyday, going to Manchester was definitely a great choice!
I wish you guys a great year, especially languages-wise
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