We studied at ELTC (English Learning Teaching Centre) for three weeks. Although sometimes strike days affected some of our classes, we gained experience learning English with foreign students. There were students from China, South Korea, Turkey, and other universities of Japan in our class.

The main activity in the ELTC classes, is talking about the day's theme, for example, clothes, how to learn English, and going shopping. By talking with foreigners, we found that English pronunciation is different according to country of origin. As beginner level Japanese speakers of English, sometimes we pronounced words like Japanese, and we realized that foreigners were influenced by their own language's pronunciation. Especially, I thought Turkish English was easier than other countries' English for Japanese to understand. This difference was very interesting. I am not sure if other foreign students thought similarly.

However, there was a problem in class. We spoke a lot in Japanese!! Some classes had only one or two foreigners. The teacher tried to mix Japanese and non-Japanese, but we could make a group of only Japanese. I thought the class was like one in Japan though we were able to talk without feeling nervous. Including such feelings, everything was so new for us. We could not experience it in Japan. Thanks a lot for the kindness of all the staffs and teachers!