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How I got “A” grades
at a university in the US,
even though I am not a
native English speaker
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Sally Kinoshita @ Try English LT! vol.1
at IT ϓϩύʔτφʔζ 2019/6/27
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Agenda
• Introducing myself
• What I did to get high evaluation
• My point of view
• Messages through my experience
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Introducing myself
• Sally (@Sally_42)
• From Osaka
• Web developer (PHP, Laravel, GraphQL…)
• Exchange student at UNCC in the US
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In my studying life
in the US…
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I got many “A” grades!!
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How could that happen?
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What I did to get high evaluation
• Found the best theme that I could handle well
and that was meaningful for me.
• Studied it hard in English and also in
Japanese to research it wider and deeper.
• Got many feedbacks before submitting a
paper or making a presentation to check and
correct my English.
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Finally, professors and
classmates considered me
contributing the class well!
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What I learned from the
experience is …
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CONTENTS are much more
important than using
English correctly or fluently!
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For engineers…
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Messages from me
• Don’t too much focus on “perfect" English.
• CONTENTS are more important than fluency.
• You already have something worth telling!
• First, focus on brushing up your own
CONTENTS and then tell it using English.
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CONTENTS, in other words,
What you say, what you do
is much more important
than English.
English is just a tool
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Thank you for listening!