When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.
For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.
Fluency in English is something that I'm often not accused of.
Speaking fluent English - like doing long division or successfully rewiring a 220-volt electrical outlet - is not a skill you're born with. It's something you learn, occasionally even by opening some old dictionary.
The fact of the matter is that fewer people in Tokyo are able to do business in English than in many other big Asian cities, like Shanghai, Seoul or Bangkok.
Rapid acquisition of English should be the paramount goal of any immigrant language instruction program.
I barely speak English.
Now I speak English.
I want to have roles in English.
