Attitude and Gratitude

Last spring vacation, I went to New Zealand to study for a month and that was my first experience of study abroad. I think this trip was a very nice experience for me, and noticed many things between Japanese and foreigners.

The most things that I noticed was Japanese students were negative. There were a lot of students from many countries in the language school I had commuted to, and there were two kinds of students, Saudi Arabian students and Japanese students in my class. Saudi Arabian students were very positive for anything, and they didn’t worry about wrong things for English grammar and pronunciation. They were always speaking positively in the class. Opposite to Arabian students, Japanese students, including me, were mostly negative in class.

When I came back to Japan and took class, every student was negative in class. I tried to take class positively, but I thought my answer was wrong…I couldn’t. This is ordinary Japanese.

The other thing that I noticed was that foreigners often express gratitude. For example, they say thanks when they receive something or get off the bus than Japanese. At the house I stayed, my host family often said “thanks” for my host mother every time we took a meal. In my case of family, we never say thanks because we think it is a taken matter of course. However, expressing gratitude is important because it’s simple and reasonable behavior.

A positive attitude to communicate with many people who were from other countries is very important. My own idea or feeling can not be conveyed without expression or speech, so we should express positively when we are asked your idea or things that you noticed.

I think most foreigners are positive. To exchange deeply, we need a positive attitude. Therefore, the conversation will warm up. Let’s improve your positive attitude and widen the circle of our world!!