Languages v(*’-^*)-☆
This is a more useful talent, at least I think its a talent. I know 4 languages, my mother's tongue, English is my most knowledgeable language, even before I could read(I learn to read very late, at the age of 9) I would still get an A for my English test. Now that I think about it, I think its only because I was still in primary school. The second language I learned was Mandarin, I was actually in Mandarin school during kindergarten and the first 3 years of primary school. Though I already knew how to speak it because I am a mix blood, I'm half Chinese. Me and my siblings went to Mandarin school just so we could read and write well.
My third language would be Malay, I transfer to a local school during my 4th year of primary(10 years old). Since Malay is our national language and it was a mandatory subject I had to learn it as well, my secondary school was also a Malay school and thus my Malay turned out to be fluent. Finally I also know Japanese, I was in love with Japanese culture for a very long time and after watching many animes and Dramas, I decided that I would learn the language. I first thought of going to a language centre, I studied there for about a year and got a certificate. Then I came across a test called "Japanese-Langue Proficiency Test" JLPT for short, wanting to test my level I took the test and realize that with my knowledge of the language I could not pass even the first level. Not wanting to fail I decided to study by myself and hopefully pass the test this time around.
Now thats all the language that I can read, write and speak, but there is one language that I can only understand when listening but can't read, write or speak. Well actually I rather not speak because I can't pronounce the words well and it ends up sounding like I'm offending the other half. This language is Tamil, a language that just like Chinese, is popular among the citizens. I'm a mix blood of an indian too, and my mother and grandmother can speak this language fluently, sadly the language died there for neither me nor my siblings took it up, we all can listen and understand though since my mother and grandmother also uses that language around the house. Basically in my house, we mix all the languages we know and just talk that way, so it is not strange for people staying over at my place to get very confused. Owh and those are actually some of my own language books.
My third language would be Malay, I transfer to a local school during my 4th year of primary(10 years old). Since Malay is our national language and it was a mandatory subject I had to learn it as well, my secondary school was also a Malay school and thus my Malay turned out to be fluent. Finally I also know Japanese, I was in love with Japanese culture for a very long time and after watching many animes and Dramas, I decided that I would learn the language. I first thought of going to a language centre, I studied there for about a year and got a certificate. Then I came across a test called "Japanese-Langue Proficiency Test" JLPT for short, wanting to test my level I took the test and realize that with my knowledge of the language I could not pass even the first level. Not wanting to fail I decided to study by myself and hopefully pass the test this time around.
Now thats all the language that I can read, write and speak, but there is one language that I can only understand when listening but can't read, write or speak. Well actually I rather not speak because I can't pronounce the words well and it ends up sounding like I'm offending the other half. This language is Tamil, a language that just like Chinese, is popular among the citizens. I'm a mix blood of an indian too, and my mother and grandmother can speak this language fluently, sadly the language died there for neither me nor my siblings took it up, we all can listen and understand though since my mother and grandmother also uses that language around the house. Basically in my house, we mix all the languages we know and just talk that way, so it is not strange for people staying over at my place to get very confused. Owh and those are actually some of my own language books.
Pictures
English camp certificate.I actually only went for the camp because I wanted to skip a few classes in school. Proved to be quite useful, although the course was not as entertaining as I hoped it would be.
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Story Writing competition
I did this a long time ago, I simply send an entry for the fun of it, and turns out I actually won and got a certificate out of it. Lesson learned: try everything never know what you will get.
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Basic Japanese Certificate
A course I took to learn a new language, it was actually pretty basic, since I did not get a passing grade in the JLPT test.
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TrophiesTwo trophies from a story telling contest and a public speaking contest. Others I cannot show because they contain my school informations.
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