バイリンガルになるまで

留学経験のない純ジャパがバイリンガルを目指すブログ。2019.11月~2020.1月まで転職活動をし、春から都内ベンチャーに入社予定。

2019-01-01から1年間の記事一覧

「英語が話せるとモテる」のは本当か?

これから話すことは完全に僕の主観であり、たぶんなんらかのエビデンスがあったりなかったりするんだろうけど、ほぼ間違いないと思う。 「英語が話せるとモテる」ことの実態と考察をしていきたいと思う。 今の英語力 自分の英語力には常に懐疑的だし4技能す…

【NETFLIX】Chrome拡張機能「Netflix 同時字幕で英語学習」が最強

こんにちは、Samです。 今回はNETFLIXを最大限に生かす英語学習法をシェアしたいと思います。 これは欲しかった機能! https://t.co/m8Z61hFeyC— さむ (@sambilingual) 2019年9月10日 まず控えめに言ってNETFLIXは最強の英語学習ツールである まず声を大にし…

TOEIC対策をほとんどせずに965点とった純ジャパの僕が、これまでの英語学習をシェアします

こんにちは! Samです。 僕は帰国子女でもないし、留学経験があるわけでもありません。(約2週間の語学研修程度です。) そんな純ジャパの僕が今回、ほとんど対策らしい対策をせずにTOEICで965点をとるに至った経緯をまとめたいと思います。 bebilingual.haten…

転職は婚活だ#1~教員がベンチャーに転職してみた~【転職を考えるようになった経緯】

はじめに この記事では、現在28歳で公的機関に勤め営業や企画・開発などのスキルが一切ない僕が「英語」という武器だけを使って転職するまでの道のりを綴っていきたいと思います。これから転職を考えている人や、英語学習を頑張っている人たちのモチベーショ…

転職と副業のかけ算を読んで

It feels weird because the title is kinda H.W. back in elementary school as a kid though. タイトルが夏休みの宿題みたいで変な感じですが。 A book I have been really interested in has lastly come out. The title is “Multiplication of job-chang…

クラブでの男と女の扱いの違い

I kinda like dancing in the club. When I come to like going to clubs goes back to the trip to Vietnam, Danan. I went to the local club “Golden Pine” with girls I picked up. 僕はクラブに行くのがわりと好きだ。僕がクラブが好きになったきっかけ…

勉強しているあいだは誰も笑わないんだよ

I got an aquaintance named Yo-chan, who is now 15 years old and was born in China and raised up there, and then moved to Japan just a year ago for some reason. She had been working so hard at school and got pretty high score in any exam. B…

英語学習は孤独な趣味?

When I study English, I sometimes feel it needs a lot of process to do by myself. For example you need to remember tons of vocabularies and it takes thousands of hours. In general you remember those words by yourself. 英語を勉強していると…

17歳で20ヶ国語を操るスゲー男の子の話から考えたこと

I found an interesting article the other day, which is about a boy who can speak as many as 20 languages. 先日、おもしろい記事を見つけた。20ヶ国語もの言語を操る青年についての話だ。 logmi.jp When he was introduced in NewYork Times, the head…

パパ活する女子大生たち【Girls with Sugar Daddy】

Nowadays, they say that the amount of money given by parents to students going to their college in like Tokyo has been decreasing. 最近、東京など首都圏に通う学生への親からの仕送りが年々減ってきているという調査結果があるらしい。 Tokyo unive…

TOEICを受ける意義【TOEIC coming in 2 weeks】

I have TOEIC test in 2 weeks as a lotta guys studying English do. I’m talking about why I take that kind of just “score qualification test ”. Until a few years ago, I hadn’t thought it was not useful for the purpose of speaking English flu…

おばあちゃんとの思い出【My grandma】

I got my grandma who have helped me all the time. She passed away but have been in my heart always really. She had been super into a religion which is one of Buddhism. She always went to temple and pray for family. Yes, she had been always…

Teachers【先生だったころに思ってたことのメモ】

Nominally I am a teacher. But I usually think I am not a teacher that people want me to be. They usually think a teacher must be a decent and polite man and they should be. 名目上は僕は教師だ。でも僕はいつも人々が求めているような教師ではな…

Mental training【本の紹介~幸せになるためのいちばんやさしいメンタルトレーニング】

I read a really interesting book recently which is kind of psychological one. It’s about the way of thinking based on ACT(Acceptance and commitment therapy)There’s a kind of psychological training in it. You can try it within 2 hours or …

How you stay attractive(いつでも女の子をデートに誘えること)

This weekend I went to Osaka and hang out on my own, just window shopping and stuff. And then at this store I was just looking at some bags and this clerk who is a girl talked to me and ask if I need any help. So I just started to talk wit…

The end of year 2018【今更だけど昨年のChillな年末の過ごし方。】

It was OK. At the year’s end, I would always go overseas especially go to places nearby a beach in Southern Asia because these holidays are the only chance to take long days off and I hate being cold in Japan, which makes me feel a bit dow…

Trip to Taiwan【台湾旅行ざっくりまとめ】

I went to Taiwan last week. This is my first time to visit there. Foods are amazing and people are nice. Taiwan had been colonized by Japan once but Japan gave them bunch of things like supply, infrastructures, education and so on.(I don’…

Keith【おもろいネイティブの友達】

I got a friend named Keith, who has been working in Japan as an ALT. He has experienced a bunch of weird Japanese customs and thoughts. Especially the middle aged guys are good one. キースという名前のネイティブ友達がいて、この人がめちゃく…

My 5 a.m. routine always messes up【5時起きの話】

I'm basically a night person. Recently I am trying to start a new habit which I wake up at 5 a.m. because I want to be more productive and mindful. 僕は元来夜型の人間だが、最近朝5時に起きる習慣を始めようとしている。ていうかやりたいと思い続…

Emoi【なんかエモい。新宿殺人未遂事件の話】

The other day, there was an incident where a pretty girl aged around 20 stabbed her boyfriend, this guy is a Japanese host in Shinjuku. She almost killed him. I'm not talking about this incident's cruel or crazy part. I'm talking about thi…

Teshima Museum【思い出の場所その3 豊島美術館】

Teshima musium. This place is so amazing that I added 3 places that moved me the most. 豊島美術館。この場所は本当に素晴らしいので、僕が行ったことのある場所の中でベスト3に入れたいと思う。 Teshima is an island located in Kagawa, which is eve…

Hoian【思い出の場所その2】

This is a place you can enjoy beautiful scenery of a street with some lights alongside a river and relaxing atmosphere. You can get there by a cab from Danan city. It takes around 40 min. I’ll tell you why this place is a memorable. ホイア…

Golden Pine【思い出の場所その1】

2 years ago at the end of that year, I went to Danan in Vietnam, which is developing district as a resort area in southern east Asia with my friend. When I travel somewhere with this guy, we don’t have any plan to do because we always deci…

2 types of regret【後悔には2種類ある】

I think there are 2 types of regret. One is against what you did. When you want to do something, you might sometimes worry about whether you actually do or not. And then you do it, but it might lead to regret. Like , “Fuck, I shouldn’t hav…

Learning Process of Japanese【日本語はチョー難しい】

For people who start to learn Japanese, Kanji is fuckin hard. There are 3 types of characters in Japan, which is so weird though. We mix them up using. If you learn Japanese, you have to learn like Hiragana first, and then may be Katakana,…

Master of None【おすすめの海外ドラマ「マスターオブゼロ」】

Master of none is the best drama I’ve ever watched. I watch it over and over again. The set-up is a kind of niche though. マスターオブゼロ(日本版タイトル)は今まで見た中で最高のドラマだ。好きすぎて何度も見た。設定がまたおもしろいんだな。 An…

For god's sake!【オーストラリアに行けるはずだったのに】

First thing first, I am supposed to go to Australia this summer on business trip. A month ago, my boss announced if you wanted to go to Australia, you would tell her as soon as possible. And I told I wanted to go and that seemed settle dow…

Do really learners need a dictionary?【英語の勉強に辞書は必要?】

I got to know the other day that in Japanese high schools the students are told to bring paper dictionaries and use them for learning English. 先日、日本の学校では英語の勉強のためにまだ辞書を使うように指導されていることを知った。 All the e…

English refugee【英語難民】

In Japan, I see a lot of people out there who are pretty good at understanding written English. 日本では英語に関してリーディングができる人が多い。 This nation’s English education starts at junior high school age. Most of it is reading text…

My sister was in trouble!【妹が救急車で運ばれた話】

I had this really surprising thing during GW. One day in the evening, this guy called me up and he was like “Are you the brother of 〇〇?” It’s my sister’s name. GWにびっくりすることがあった。ある日の夜、ひとりの男性が電話をかけてきていき…