My family♡

I love my family. I'll talk about my family. I have parents and two brothers.

My father is an elementary school teacher. He likes baseball, so he is a manager of his school baseball club. He enjoys it. He sometimes plays baseball with my brothers. His hobby is running and shopping. About 3 years ago, he began running for his health. He took part in the Kumamoto Castle Marathon. He could finish the race. I cheered for him with my mother. He wants to take part in the marathon race in this year again. He runs everyday. He also likes shopping. He loves clothes, because he worked at clothe shop when he was young. He often go shopping, and he takes to me. I like to go shopping with him. He sometimes buy me clothes. He is very kind to me.

My mother is an office worker. Her office is near my university. She is good at cooking and making sweets. I like her sweets very much! She is quiet considerate for my family. I want to help her more. She and I often go to eat lunch. We enjoy talking very much. This is very fun time. I talk my mother everything about me. We talk about many kinds of things. We enjoy shopping too.

I have two brothers. One is 17 years old. He is the third of high school student. His name is Kou. Another one is 15years old. He is the first of huh school student. His name is You. They are belong to baseball club. They have belonged to baseball club since elementary school. My family like baseball very much! My mother and I often go their baseball game. It is very fun!! They also apply themselves to their studies. They are good at study. I respect for my brother.

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Essay 1-01a Letter to My Host Family

Hello, I’m Ai. Please call me “Ai”. I’m nineteen years old. I go to KGU. I belong to English and American studies department. I like to learn English. When I was a high school student, I decided to major in English. I want to learn more deeply. I want to come to speak English well. Please tell me a lot of things.

My hobby is shopping, because I like fashion. I often go shopping with my friends or boyfriend, and look for clothes. I spend a lot of time to go shopping, going to cafes, or on a drive, on the weekend. If you come to Kumamoto, I’ll take you to my favorite café. I want to visit cafe in America too!! Please take me.

Also, I like to listening music. My favorite artists are “The Beatles”, “REDHOTCHILIPEPPERS”, and “Lady Gaga”. I have listened to this music since my childhood.

I’ll tell you about my family. I have my parents and two little brothers. My father is an elementary school teacher. He works at Onoue elementary school. His hobby is running. My mother is an office worker. My mother and I are very close. We always talk about love and so on. My brothers play baseball. I like baseball too. I want to go a stadium and watch major league game. Do you like baseball? If you like it, I want you to take me stadium.

Do you like Japanese food? I can cook Japanese dishes, so I want to cook for you! I have a lot of things that I want to do in America. I want to make foreign friends, because I think they will become my teachers of English and university life. I want to spend good school days, with friends.

This is my first visit to America. I’m worried about many things. I must get used to English spoken by native speakers. Please tell me about American culture and manners. I want to learn about American life style and culture. I am a little anxious, but I hope to spend a good time in America.

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