Long Time No See/ TOEIC

I've been away from writing any article. I've been so busy that I couldn't do so. I was seeking a job. The job search was really tough on me. Well, fortunately, I got a job. I'm going to do trading business. I'll start to work since in April, 2009.

Now I have much time to write, so I'll try to keep doing so as much as possible.

As you know, the new year has started and now it's mid-February. I think I should do something good to me. First, I decided to take an English efficiency test, TOEIC. TOEIC stands for Test of English for International Communication. In Japan, it's considered as a test to evaluate how good examinees' business English is. Since I'm gonna do trading business, I should learn it.

I think TOEIC is not so difficult. I took a sham exam and I got well over 900 points (The maximum is 990). TOEIC is made up for 200 equestions and is divided into two parts: listening section and reading one. I prefer the latter because I'm not good at listening. Well, the speed of TOEIC English is slow, so I can catch it.

I know that the real English is not so slow as TOEIC one. So, I've started watching a TV series like Friends. Plus, I make it a rule to watch news programs such as CBS, CNN and ABC news. My favorit one is CNN student news because it's scripts are available on the site, which enables me to make sure whether I did understand the contents.

I'm surprised at how much time I spend on studying English! Well, I can't speak well, though.

Sometimes, I think why I can't speak well. One of the reasons must be because I'm not able to catch what speakers say. But, you know, you don't have to catch all the things to know what they want to tell me about. True, I understand most of the contents. It's from 70% to 90%. So, I guess a major reason is that I don't have things to talk about. This is what I have to overcome, I think.



Oh, it's time to sleep. It's about 2:00 AM here in Japan.

See you later : )