Japan: Signs kindle interest in English

[Francis Hult]

Daily Yomiuri Online

 

MAKING ENGLISH WORK / Signs kindle interest in English

 

Living in an English-speaking environment is perhaps the best way to acquire proficiency in the language. But for Rieko Mukai, 37, president of King and Queen International Inc., a company that runs an Internet shop and clothing stores, her English improved more in Japan than in the time she spent in the United States. 

 

After graduating from a junior college in Fukuoka, Mukai studied English at Central Christian College in McPherson, Kan., for about a year. She did a homestay in the rural town for about a month before moving to a school dormitory. 

 

Although she could not speak much English at first, her English improved dramatically as she had to use the language in the dormitory. 

 

Full story:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/language/20071204TDY19004.htm

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