我叫聂筱涵，是beat365官方登录入口本科2018级外语专业的一名本科生。上学期，我作为学习日语的交换生，参加了日本京都立命馆大学的SKP交流项目。我很荣幸能有这个机会实现我的自初中以来的梦想，在我的梦想的学校和城市学习。

    自从我九月来到日本过去了四个月。在这宝贵的几个月里，我在学习和生活上都有了很大的进步。

    我生长在重庆，这是我的家乡，所以我周围的环境是我舒适的地方。我的朋友离开家乡到另一个城市或国家去深造，但是我的大学仍然在我没有机会体验的城市，当一个人即将接触和开始一个全新的生活是什么样子的。我的成长一直在父母和朋友的呵护下，从未走出熟悉的环境营地所造成的舒适圈。在日本学习是我高二以来的梦想，我已经习惯了在父母的保护下。因此，出国对我来说不仅是一个机会，也是一个挑战。

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    在我上初中的时候，我有严重的社交恐惧症，心理素质很差。我花了很长时间才在食堂买到食物。当我来到日本的时候，我也有这样的问题。我不敢用日语和别人交流，总是害怕出错。为了避免尴尬，他们绕了许多弯路。但是当我习惯了这里的生活后，我打开了我的思维，结交了来自世界各地的朋友。通过与来自不同文化背景的人的交流，我开阔了眼界，改变了很多对自己不熟悉的文化的刻板印象。最重要的是，我有机会重新审视自己的文化，以及把其他文化当作镜子的自己。如果我沉浸在我所知道的唯一一种氛围中，我永远也不会有这种感觉，这真的是SKP项目给我的宝贵经验。

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    在我来日本之前，我经常被困难所困。如果计划突然被打乱，我会崩溃的。在国外上大学没有呆在舒适区那么舒服，就像煮青蛙一样。每个星期，有很多事情要做除了学校的工作，使生活往往拥挤和令人窒息。我必须在很短的时间内处理好所有的事情，否则我就不能在最后期限前完成，这就提供了适当规划的能力。在这样一个压力很大的环境中，我也培养了按照计划做事的能力和抗压的心理状态。这是一个很大的增长。

    多亏了这个机会,我的日语比我在中国和身临其境的语言学习帮助很多,在学习的过程中,我认识和理解不仅语言的简单的翻译,但是当地人们的生活方式也联系他们的思维方式。当我在中国的时候，没有任何语言学习的氛围，我几乎没有机会练习我的口语，我写的也很少，所以我的口语、听力和写作能力没有得到很好的训练。在老师和同学的帮助下，我的日语进步很快。

    这次交流的机会非常宝贵，意义重大，是我一生中最难忘的经历。我真的很感谢能参加这个项目。我会想念我所得到的一切。非常感谢。

     I am NieXiaohan, an undergraduate majoring in English in school of foreign languages, Southwest University of Political Science and Law. Now I am participating in SKP exchange program at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, to learn Japanese as an exchange student. It is really my honor to have this chance to achieve my dream of studying in my dream school and city since I was a junior high school student.

     It has been about four months since I came to Japan in September. During the precious months, I have learned and grown a lot in both aspects of studying and living on my own.

     I grew up in Chongqing which is my hometown, thus the environment around me is where I get used comfortably. Friends of mine leave hometown for another city or country to study further more, yet my university is still in the city that I have no chance to experience what is like when one is going to touch and start a totally strange and new life. My growth has always been in the care of my parents and friends, and I have never stepped out of the comfort circle caused by the familiar environment camp. Studying in Japan is my dream since the second year of senior high school, I have been used to being under the protection of my parents. Therefore, going abroad is not only an opportunity but also a challenge for me.

     When I was in middle school, I had a serious social phobia, and my psychological quality was very poor. It takes a really long time for me to buy food in the canteen. When I came to Japan, I had such a problem as well. I dare not use Japanese to communicate with others, and always afraid of making mistakes. To avoid embarrassment, many detours were made. But after I got used to the life here, I opened my mind and made friends from all over the world. Through the communications with people from different cultural backgrounds, I widened my eyes and changed a lot of my thoughts of stereotypes on cultures that I’m not familiar with. The most important thing is that I got a chance to reconsider my own culture as well as myself by regarding other cultures as mirrors. This was the thing I could never feel if I drowned in the only one atmosphere that I know and it was really a precious experience SKP gave me.

     Before I came to Japan, I was often trapped by difficulties. Some sudden and unexpected disruption of the plan will make me totally collapse. Going to university in foreign countries is not as comfortable as staying the comfort zone which is just like boiling a frog. Every week, there are many things to do besides school work, making life often crowded and suffocating.  I have to handle all of the stuff in a short period of time or I can not make the dead line, which offers to own the ability of planning appropriately. In such a heavy-stressed environment, I have also developed the ability to do things according to the plan and the psychological state of pressure resistance. It was really a lot of growth.

     Thanks to this opportunity, my Japanese got much better than when I was in China and immersive language learning did help a lot. In the process of learning, I got to know and understand not only the simple translation of the language, but also the way of living of local people to have a deep touch with their way of thinking. When I was in China, there was no atmosphere of language studying at all, which meant that I barely had chances to practice my speaking and I wrote little, thus my ability of speaking, listening and writing did not get a good training. With the help of my teachers and classmates, my Japanese has made rapid progress.

     The opportunity of exchange is precious and significant, and it’s the most unforgettable experience of my life. I really appreciate to have participated in this program. I will miss all the things that I gained. Thank you so much.