Place: in my room
We talked about our study, and it took about twenty minutes.
Every time, when I talk with native speakers I tend to be passive listener. This time, I wanted to change and wanted to try to speak about myself to improve my skill. Overall, I did it, and he understood what I mean. When I talk with native speakers, I feel little bit timid. I think one of the strategies is that I have to know that I am not perfect English speaker, and just try to speak and to tell the thing that I want to convey him. I learnt from this conversation that I just try not to be shy and just talk, which can be good way to improve my English skill. I think this time our conversation flows well. Actually, before we talked, I had asked him that "what are the slangs which you guys usually use?". Then, we talked two days ago, but at the time, he used most of them in our conversation. That's why this why our conversation flew well. I think, in the class, teachers rarely use slangs and something like that, and students also don't use it. We need to know these words. Otherwise, I can't understand when we talk with native speakers. Because of this assessment, I relaise that I have to study more specific area.
What cultural aspects or cultural differences did you notice in the conversation?
When we talked, both of us were doing our homework. In Japan, when we talk, we normally stop working and look at speaker's face. Moreover, if people do not do so, the person is said to be rude person or something like that. However, in NZ, people talk with doing something which needs to do at the time. I don't mind the way, but I was surprised.
How did your conversation begin and how did it end?
We started with "hey how's it going your studying?"
We ended with "Okay, I need to concentrate on my stuff. See you later."
What were some of the vocabulary features you noticed in the conversation?
He said "I am now doing my project, you know it is fuckin' hard. So after i've done it, I'm gonna treat myself."
Actually, I could not understand the expression of "treat myself". I asked him, "what does it mean? I mean the gonna treat myself." He taught me it means I will buy present for me. I thought English is interesting because it has interesting phrase.
Did you use any specific strategies to help you overcome any language problems you had?
Yea, I did. This time, I just learnt some slangs and idioms which native speakers often use, and I just tried to tell my opinion without shyness.
Did you use any specific new vocabulary or chunks of vocabulary yourself in your conversation?
I tried to use the words which my room mates told me. I think using these words is the best way for non-English speakers to accustom with them.
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