My first English lesson was when I was 4 at Kindergarden.  Every Tuesday an English teacher came to our class and I remember it was my favourite day of the week! There was lots of singing and games.

20years ago, I was taught academic style English rather than speaking and listening.  So still even to this day ‘R’ sound and ‘L’ sound are still difficult to catch for me.

When we were house hunting a couple of years ago, we went viewing to one house. The owner was very kind and chatty.  But he started talking about ‘Roger’.  ‘Roger’ was staying here for a while, ‘Roger’s’ room was messy blah blah blah.  I had a big question mark why this guy is telling me all about Roger - this guy I had never met?  But I didn’t want to be rude so as soon as we stepped out his house I asked Lewis if he knew that ‘Roger’.

Well, Lewis started giggling and told me that the owner was not talking about Roger but a ‘Lodger’ who was living there.

Well, I learn from my mistake but I still can not pronounce R and L right…..

How do you study foreign language? If you don’t want to give up your gym time but also learn Japanese, here is an interesting solution I found on Youtube. One stone kills two birds…?