Studing Everything

All of us have interested in something, and then, we tend to desire a deeper understanding of it. Learning occurs in many ways, for example, going to school, reading books, watching television and so on. Richard Dyer, a professor of film studies, mentions “Anything that exists can be studied, and in these last years of the twentieth century it may well seem that virtually everything is” (Dyer, 3). According to this mention, we can study everything that exists, and in other words, we could learn from everything around us as well. I believe this thought might work on learning a foreign language.
In a movie named The Terminal, a man learns English by himself with things around him. At first, he cannot speak English well and even cannot understand it. When he knows about the situation of his country, he calls for help to anybody in the terminal. The only word he can say, however, is, “Please” (The Terminal). At that time, he must feel a sense of loneliness. I exactly know how he feels because when I came to America from Japan, all people around me spoke not Japanese but English. I got nervous and worried
whether I would do fine at such a foreign country or not. Since he needs to know English to get more information about his country, he begins to learn the language from anything in the terminal. This is how the man decides to learn English. We can get interested in something by accident and sometimes it transforms our lives into different things.
Second, when we want to learn something, it is important to think about how to learn. The man has some unique ways to learn English with thing around him. The first thing he does is watching television such as news program. He picks up words which he can understand and remember. The second thing is comparing a guide book which is written in his language with same one which is written in English. He compares two books and finds two foreign words which have same meanings. I think that way helps his understanding of English very clearly especially in vocabulary. As you can see, he can study a foreign language without going to school. He found out how he could learn English by himself, in other words, he realized how he could live in a terminal in a foreign country.
Third, I believe the man has a very important point on learning. That is seeking to use knowledge he learned. When he remembers a word, he tries to say it in conversation. We can get skills not only by memorizing, but also using. By using knowledge, we can know whether a way of use is right or not. In my case, I have studied English for about eight years at school. However, there are a lot of differences between what I learned in classes and what native speakers are using. So also on that point, his way to learn English, learning from things around him and using what he got, is the fastest way to get skills to understand English.
All in all, learning something means being interested in something. In addition, we can learn from anything if we really want to know that. However, the most important thing about learning is ambition to what we want to learn. It is good for us to remember studying at a desk is not the only way to learn something when we have interested in many things many times in the future. (593)