Essay 1-01a: Letter to a Host Family

          My name is Mina T. I live in Kumamoto, Japan. I look forward to seeing you very much. I am very thankful that you accept me as a homestay student. I’m very happy!

          Let me introduce my family. We are a family of four, my parents, my older brother, and me. We all wear eyeglasses, so we are often told by other people that we take after each other. I think so too! We have a very good relationship between our family members. We often go out together, go shopping, eat out and other things. We sometimes go on an outing. My mother likes to climb mountains, so we sometimes go mountain climbing. When I was a little girl, I didn’t like climbing but getting on in years I feel enjoy it, now I like climbing mountains too. Then, my mother and father like driving, so when we go on an outing, we usually use a car.

          Next, I would like to talk about myself. I am a KGU student. I am 19 years old. I like drawing illustrations and singing songs. I like drawing illustrations but don’t like painting because I am not good at painting. Then, I am not good at drawing realistic pictures. I draw comic illustrations. I sometimes use my personal computer to draw them but usually use pencil. It is so difficult for me to draw it by personal computer

           I like singing songs too so that I like going to karaoke. I have been to karaoke once or twice a month for a while. Now, I go to karaoke about per 3 times month, but I sing at home every day. Singing helps reduce stress! (but I rarely feel stress!)

           I want to know about you. Could you tell me about you? Your family, your hobby et cetera. Please give me reply!

           I look forward to reading your letter and seeing you.

Sincerely,

Mina.

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