札幌の英会話カフェスタッフ Chit Chat Cafe からのメッセージ！

札幌出身でイギリスに6年留学しておりました。
大学では社会学と犯罪学を専攻しており、札幌に戻ってから自分が苦労して学んだ英語を使って、これから英語を学びたい方々のお手伝いをしたいと思いました。
英語は勉強していても使わないと英語力は伸びないと自身の経験で学び、英会話カフェを始めました。
お茶を飲みながら外国人スタッフと英会話を楽しみましょう♪

Hi! I’m Yukako and I’m from Sapporo. I lived in the U.K. for 6 years and studied sociology and criminology at a university in the east of England.  I look forward to using the English I learnt in the United Kingdom at Chit Chat Cafe!  Of course, I am Japanese, so if you have any problems or questions you can ask me in Japanese too!
I love travelling and meeting people from different countries. We hope this is a place you can practice your English with a relaxing atmosphere while having a cup of tea or coffee. If you want to improve your English, please come along and have a chat with our staff! We are really looking forward to seeing you all at our cafe! 

CCC初のカザフスタン人のAsselは北大生でもあります。札幌を第二の故郷と感じるほどここでの生活を楽しんでいます♪カザフスタンに興味のある方、是非フレンドリーな彼女に会いに来て下さいね！

Hi, I’m Assel. I’m from Kazakhstan. I came to Sapporo in April 2009, and since that time I’ve been studying at Hokkaido University. The first day I arrived in Sapporo I had déjà vu - something’s so familiar, some kind of feeling that I am just back from a long vacation… But now Sapporo indeed became my second home. I really enjoy my life here.

Before coming to Japan I’ve been to some countries. I love travelling, it gives me a great life experience as well as a lot of new friends. Through the time I’ve been abroad I understood the power of English - either it is just a short journey, or work/study in any foreign country, English just becomes an indispensable tool to communicate with people from another part of the world. 

My major is International affairs. I’ve been interested in foreign countries since I was a child. I’d like to know more about your country, and I’d be happy to tell you about Kazakhstan. Perhaps, for most of you I would be the first Kazakh you’ve ever met :-D

I am eager to talk with you, and I believe you have a lot of things to share with us and something to learn as well. Looking forward to seeing you at our café!

Hienはよく日本人にも間違われますが、実はドイツ出身です！北海道ではアウトドアスポーツを楽しみにしてます。とても笑顔が素敵なHienにチャットを楽しんでくださいね♪

Hi everyone, my name is Hien. I may not look like that but I am from Germany. Some of you might know the famous Bremen Musicians? That’s my hometown, Bremen. I came to Sapporo in September 2010 to study the Japanese language and since then I am often mistaken for a Japanese girl. My ancestors though are from Vietnam and China.

I love all kinds of outdoor activities and have recently started Snowboarding. In summer I will try rafting, mountain climbing and horse riding. Since Hokkaido offers a lot of outdoor opportunities it would be a pity not to try everything out, right? But I also love the Japanese comedy shows, especially those with Matumoto Hitoshi. Maybe you can tell me more about Hokkaido or Japan in general and I will tell you about my country, the people and the culture there. I hope to meet you soon at the ChitChatCafé.

ロシア出身のAnaは札幌に住んで3年の大学生です。とても笑顔がステキでお話好きなので、たくさんの方とコミュニケーションするのを楽しんでいます♪　皆さんとの会話をとっても楽しみにしてますよ！

Hello, everyone! My name is Anastasia and I’m originally from Sakhalin. It’s an island in the form of a fish, located in the Far East of Russia, famous for some oil and gas projects. 3 years ago I was transferred to a university in Hokkaido, so here I am. I’ve been living in Sapporo for 3 years and I’m still enjoying every day here. Thanks to my life in Japan, I learned how to break down cross-cultural communication barriers, so I can say I got a priceless life-experience.
 
I’m very passionate about life and I love everything that gives me new knowledge and experience. My dream is to visit each country in the world. 
 
Living in a foreign country made me understand how important  language is. An ability to speak a foreign language gives you so many chances to communicate with different people and makes your life amazing, so I hope you have the same thinking about that and I’m sure we have a lot of topics to discuss. Looking forward to chatting with you!
 

イタリア人のNicoはとっても陽気で、誰とでもフレンドリーに仲良くなっちゃいます！去年札幌で過ごした時に、札幌が大好きになってしまい今年4月に帰ってきて（?!）しまいました。たくさんの趣味の中でも写真を撮るのが大好きなので、現在プロになるため頑張っています。ぜひ札幌のいいところを色々教えてあげてくださいね♪

Hey Guys!

I'm Nicola, 23, I'm from Italy and I've been in Sapporo… well, just since this year's April!

Last year I came in Sapporo from April to June to study Japanese and I got the chance to hopelessly fall in love with this city, so… here I am back!

Communication is one of the key aspects of my personality and also the reason I started studying languages. I was lucky enough to be able to study English abroad since I was 6 years old, in high school I studied German for 5 years and... Now I'm currently studying Japanese everyday and I love this country's language, culture and people. I have many many interests, but there's one I'm really passionate about : photography. I take pictures on a daily basis and I would like to make it my future profession.

On the other side, I love music and I play the drums: I'm in fact currently the drummer of a band, here in Sapporo!

Hope to meet all of you soon in Chit Chat Cafè, let's have a great time speaking in English!

アメリカ、カンザス出身のBrettは今年4月に札幌に来たばかりです。皆さんとカフェでお話しできるのをとても楽しみにしてます♪
ぜひ日本の文化などについても教えてあげてくださいね！

Hello to everyone in the Chit Chat community.  It is with great pleasure that I write this and introduce myself to the people of the cafe.  I greatly look forward to meeting many of you and beginning conversations that I hope will inspire you and contribute to your interest in learning English.  I am from the United States.  I grew up in Kansas City and lived for five years in Portland, Oregon (sister city to Sapporo in the U.S.).   Most of my family still lives in Kansas, although I have one sister who lives in Chicago, Illinois.  I have lived in Sapporo since April of this year and am slowly learning the Japanese language.  My interests include music, food, culture, travel, the outdoors and cycling.  Please feel free to speak with me about anything.  I am very happy to share and exchange ideas and cultural customs with you and hope that you will teach me about Japanese culture, as well.  

札幌大学の交換留学生であるTerenはアメリカ出身の22歳です。
日本が大好きで、日本語を学んでもう9年になります。英語に自信がなかったら日本語で聞いてみてください！
日本の音楽もカラオケも大好きなので、皆さんのオススメのアーティストも教えてあげてくださいね。CCCで皆さんに会えるのを楽しみにしてます♪

Hello everyone my name is Teren Smith I'm 22 years old and I'm from Indianapolis, IN. USA.  I love Japan and I have been studying Japanese since my first year in high school and up until now it has been 9 years. This is my second time in Japan and I have been here since May of this year. 
My first time in Japan was May of last year and I fell in love with this country. I am currently an exchange student at Sapporo University and when I go back and graduate from my home university I want to live in Japan. I love Japanese music like Tatsuro Yamashita, Mariya Takeuchi,  Ketsumeishi and many others, and I love to sing their songs in karaoke. My main hobby is excising and I go about 4 or 5 times a week.  I am very excited to work at Chit Chat Cafe and I am very excited to meet all of you!

Karinaはカザフスタン出身で大学の博士課程で勉強中です。
旅行好きなので、彼女の旅した国についてもぜひ聞いてみてくださいね♪

Hello! My name is Karina and I came from Kazakhstan in September 2010 to continue my study here. As a biologist, I love to investigate the mysteries of nature. I like a backpacker`s style of life, travelling, and enjoying beautiful landscapes. Due to study, I have been to wonderful places in some countries with extremely flat steppes, hot deserts, mangroves and coral reefs, high mountains (really, they were very high), lakes and rivers. Everywhere I met friendly and kind people and it was so interesting to exchange experiences with them. Good communication is always a very important thing. I am fond of watching movies as well. While living in Japan, I would like to learn more about this fascinating country, its culture and language. Let`s have a nice and funny chat about everything in the world – life is so colorful!