>>66 "alljapaneseallthetime.com" guy's major doesn't have something to do with language, either if I
remember correctly. Typical Japanese people begin to study English when they enter junior high.
English is a mandatory subject so everybody studies it for at least 6 years
by the time they graduate from high school. Students who want to go to a good university
have to study very hard.
English taught at junior high and high school are mainly reading and
grammar so even students who go to good university can't speak English well.
You have to study Oral English and do listening practices on your own
if you want to get to communicate in English. In my case I read English websites to practice reading and I watch videos
on YouTube and news sites such as CNN. My English is improved very slowly
but that can't be helped.