明天是"日本語能力試験"

Hello and long time no see.
Firstly, I want to say "thank you" to everyone who accepted and added me on italki. Thanks to you my language skills are getting better and I even passed some Chinese exams.

But now, what I want to say the most is that tomorrow is "日本語能力試験" . For those who will take it tomorrow, it must be an important day for you. I don't know how much I was able to teach you Japanese (maybe just a bit) on italki, Skype and QQ, but I know you studied very hard for it everyday. I think some of you might feel nervous now, but I hope that you will have the confidence to succeed!

加油 and ... 我支持你们！

ps I'm taking the test tmr too :)

Why I can't speak good English?

When I was ten, I started learning English in school. Why can't I speak very good English now? I think that's because I don't have a lot opportunities to use what I learn.

I speak Chinese all day long. I can read, speak and write a whole story in Chinese, but how can I learn to do the same thing in English? 

So I try to find a way to start learning English again. I joined "italki" which is a website for people to exchange knowledge about their mother tongues. Although I want to practice speaking in English, I also want to share about my travel experiences in Asia and Europe. I hope I will get to enjoy sharing what I know with you.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

I am learning English, because I want to live in this country.
My native language is Ukrainian, and I grew up in Ukraine.
I enjoy dancing, singing and reading books ^^

I do the same things every day

Recently, I stay at home every day. I want to study english well, so I memorise a great deal of words after breakfast, and then practice listening. The most important thing to me is speaking English well enough. But I'm upset now as I'm too scared to open my mouth and speak. And I want to get some advice about how to practise speaking English. 

Thanks！

I'm so unlucky

The number of students applying for a master degree in the UK has soared this year!
As a result, admission standards have become more strict :(

And I'm also worried about the impact brought about by the economic recession. It will be much harder to find internships in UK, especially for a foreign student like myself.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

I am learning the English language because I want to study abroad. My native language is Russian.

The Great Monkey

In China, we have four famous novels, and one of them has a great monkey. His name is Sun Wukong. He can change into seventy-two things, both living and non-living. He has a great spirit of resistance, and when he is faced with unreasonable demands, he has the courage to resist. l likes him when I was young, but I still like him now!

Hey, have you ever heard that it rains in winter?

A strange thing is happening here. I grew up in the north of China, and it always rains in summer and snows in winter. When I was a child, I would always make a snowman with my partners about this time many years ago. But winter began several days earlier this year, and it's still raining outside these days. What does it make you think about?