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I live in Rome. I can do language exchange for Japanese on Saturday and Sunday. If you are interested in it, please contact me.
Learning
English
Italian
Language Skills
JapaneseNative
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Lesson history
| Last month | Last 3 months | All time | |
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| Completed lessons | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Attendance rate | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Teacher reviews
Joshua DiPirro
English
Mar 20, 2014
Shinji, nice class! I hope it wasn't too easy! Keep working on your pronunciation and intonation. Remember to enunciate the important words in a sentence!
Paul Bustin
English
Mar 17, 2014
Excellent chat, you can speak English very naturally and to a good level. Keep practicing.
Activities
- I resumed studying English this year because I have opportunities to use it at work. Basically reading and writing skills are sufficient for my current job, but I may have meetings with associates from each country. My job is to do regulatory affairs in a medical device company such as preparing for EU submissions, providing documents required by authorities in each country and assessing regulatory impact when we want to change the manufacturing process or materials of existing products. Since I started to work in the medical device field this year and my previous job was irrelevant to regulatory affairs as well as medical devices, I do not have enough vocabulary for the conversation. Writing down what I do at work is a good practice to learn vocabulary.November 3, 202101
- I changed my job in January. I am an associate in charge of regulatory affairs at a medical device company. To be exact, I am not a regulatory affairs specialist. My office is in a factory and the specialists are in the headquarters. They register our products so that they can be sold in the market in each country. They need to communicate well with the staff at R&D department to get information for the registration, but RA specialists are not R&D experts and vice versa. My job is to be a bridge to assist their communication regarding product changes, submissions, international device registrations, and quality management systems. I have much things to learn because I have to understand both regulatory affairs and R&D. I will do my best.November 1, 202100
- Until last year, I was a research scientist for 10 years. My main job was to develop new diagnostics product and direct the factory department to manufacture our existing products. I was also consulted by our customers regarding how to use our products and interpret the results when they encountered unclear results. It was hard for me because my answer could affect the doctor's treatment strategy and lead to the patients' prognosis. That's why I tried to be the best person who knows our products, such as, how it works and how to troubleshoot. The experience to have an effort to be a specialist is valuable to me.October 31, 202100
- I came back to italki for the first time in five years! I used italki when I lived in Rome and worked in a laboratory at the University of Rome. I basically communicated with my colleagues in English instead of Italian, but after returning to Japan, I stopped studying English and completely forgot how to speak English. And now, I rebooted myself and decided to resume studying English again. First of all, I will keep writing sentences in English.October 28, 202131
- Which sentence is correct? I'd like to ask you which sentence shown as below you prefer. 1. It's very rare to see the cars in Japan that were made in Italy. 2. It's very rare to see the cars made in Italy in Japan. 3. In Japan, it's very rare to see the cars made in Italy. Thank you.February 21, 201670
- A Short Trip My wife visited Bolzano northern of Venice with her friend. The friend knew the town and long wanted to visit there, but I've never heard of the town. I heard that the people who live there basically speak German even it is in Italy. I searched the internet and found that long years ago, people from Bayern lived there, but in the early 20th century, the Italian government forced them to respect Italian custom. Nowadays, they have classes in Italian in school, but it is said that they talk with their family and friends in German. My wife said, "The town was beautiful! No people throw things away on the street like Italian people do!" I wish people in Rome could learn a lesson from the people in Bolzano...November 24, 201530
- I Love Oranges When I lived with my parents, there were a lot of oranges there because neighbors often gave them to us when they harvested them. In fact, not only oranges, they brought many kinds of fruits, so I could eat fruits anytime and as many as I wanted. My parents also used to eat oranges, but I was the biggest consumer. But now, only my parents live there. They sometimes say to me, "Since you aren't here, oranges are piling up!" When I was in Japan, they used to send a box that oranges were fully packed in. Since I'm abroad now, I can't receive it. I hope I see my parents and eat enough oranges in the end of this year.November 23, 201521
- Shipping Trouble I'm researching the mechanism of cancer development and the way of new promising treatment using human tumor cell lines. My professor ordered a new gastric tumor cell line to a company in the US last week. They shipped the frozen cell line covered with dry ice to our laboratory by Fedex. However, the Italian custom demanded us to submit some documents and pay the extra fee. Since my professor was afraid the sample would thaw and spoil, he asked them to put it in the freezer, at least keep it cool. Nevertheless, they ignored our demand. The sample hasn't arrived yet. I guess it's already melted and we couldn't recover it. This always happens to us when the Italian custom is involved...November 20, 201540
- The Terrorist Attack Recently, soldiers armed with guns are standing around ticket gates at subway stations in Rome. I guess they have been deployed since there was a terrorist attack in Paris. I heard the news saying the terrorist group is planning to attack in either London, Washington or Rome. I'm getting a little scared, I won't go to any crowded place to avoid troubles. I don't think the guard in Japanese towns become that strict like in the Europian countries. What's going on in Europe is not realistic for the Japanese people because it's geographically too far. Japan is too peace I think, it is a good thing, though. However, we should think more and solve this problem with other countries.November 19, 201540

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