Essay 1-01a: Letter to My Host Family

Dear host family,


My name is Seina. I' m from Kumamoto in Japan, and I live in Kumamoto now. I am 18 years old and I
am a student at KGU. I am studying English in the University now. I don' t work now, but I worked in a restaurant before.

There are four in my family; father, mother, older sister and my. My older sister is 21 years old, and she goes to Shokei University. And I have two dogs. My two dogs' name are Koyuki and Koharu. They are so cute, and very interesting. My birthday is February, so I like winter and snow. How about you?

My favorite singers are Arashi and One Direction, and Taylor Swift. Arashi is a Japanese idol group, so they are very cool and they make me happy. Their concerts are very fun and exciting, so I always cry and shout in their concerts. I like western music, so I like One Direction and Taylor Swift. Their songs are so good, and their voices are so beautiful. I don' t have likes and dislikes, so I can eat everything. I like to eat, so I want to eat various foods. And I like sleeping, so I sleep about from 8 to 10 on the holidays. Please wake me up roughly. I don' t like sports, but I learned karate when I was an elementary school student and a junior high school student. The practice was so severe, but I could learn Japanese etiquette. And even though the practice was severe I enjoyed it very much, so I want to do karate again in the future. I want to be a Japanese teacher, because I like to get on with persons from another country. So I must study English hard, I want to learn English so much for you, so please talk to me about a lot of things.

I have some questions to you. First, are there any things that I must bring? I can going abroad for the first time, so I am very anxious. Will you teach me about where you live? Second, will you teach me about your family? I want to live in friendship. Please answer these question.

Thank you for reading my letter. I am happy that you understand more about me. I am looking forward to meeting you and your family. See you.

                                                                                                                From Seina.

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