EL Competition 2025 – Encouragement-prize: English is a game, by Harada Hidenori

Haratan is a notebook that summarizes mistakes, named in imitation of a reference book called “Yumetan”. For example, I wrote down words or sentences that I got wrong in mock exams or regular tests, or words that appeared for the first time in textbooks. For me, Haratan is like a strategy book for the game of English, and I enjoyed playing the game when I was writing Haratan.

Haratan was helpful in various tests. In fact, the content written on Haratan was also used in the University Entrance common Test and the secondary examination of the Hirosaki University . It is no exaggeration to say that I was able to enter Hirosaki University thanks to Haratan.

After entering the university, I found it difficult to speak English after conversing with international students in the English Lounge.

English is still difficult.

From now on, I want to learn English that I can actually use rather than English for entrance exams.