Do Programmers Dream of English Sheep?

A Lightning talk about how I learned English.

Transcript

1. DO PROGRAMMERS DREAM OF ENGLISH SHEEP? @FUSHIROYAMA
2. ANDROID PROGRAMMER FUMIHIKO SHIROYAMA
3. AGENDA ▸My background ▸How I studied English ▸Why should programmers study English
4. MY BACKGROUND
5. MY BACKGROUND ▸Born and raised only in Japan ▸Have never studied abroad ▸My English teacher is Podcast
6. HOW I STUDIED ENGLISH?
8. PODCAST ▸Internet radio through iTunes ▸Various kinds of programs including Educational ones ▸Many of them are available for FREE
9. DON’T WASTE YOUR COMMUTING TIME!
10. MY RECOMMENDATIONS ▸elspod.com ▸BBC News ▸ABC News
11. MY RECOMMENDATIONS ▸elspod.com ▸BBC News ▸ABC News NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON ITUNES
12. MY RECOMMENDATIONS ▸elspod.com ▸BBC News ▸ABC News NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON ITUNES STILL AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE!
13. ESLPOD.COM ▸Short ▸Easy and slow ▸Difficult words are paraphrased in easy English ▸One or two difficult words, idioms
14. ESLPOD.COM ▸Short ▸Easy and slow ▸Difficult words are paraphrased in easy English ▸One or two difficult words, idioms NOT IN JAPANESE BUT IN ENGLISH
15. ESLPOD.COM ▸Short ▸Easy and slow ▸Difficult words are paraphrased in easy English ▸One or two difficult words, idioms MORE THAN THREE UNKNOWN WORDS WITHOUT DICTIONARY IS MEANINGLESS
16. BUT HOW TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK?
17. HOW TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ▸Talk to English speakers! ▸Shadowing
18. WHY SHOULD PROGRAMMERS STUDY ENGLISH?
20. WHAT PPAP TAUGHT US IS… ▸Make English contents and provide it on the Net may make you a star!
21. WHAT PPAP TAUGHT US IS… ▸Make English contents and provide it on the Net may make you a star! GITHUB!!
22. TAKE A CHANCE! ▸Japanese programmers are great! ▸English makes you outstanding! ▸Don’t hesitate to make mistakes! It’s ok for programmers to make slight grammatical errors!
23. THANK YOU! All illustrations are thanks to irastoya.com