Hibiya sensei&about my circle recently

We had Hibiya Sensei's lecture this week, and I really enjoyed it!!
Her character was quite different from what I had expected. She was cheerful, like to say jokes, and bright. The lesson I really learned from her speech was that to be cheerful, and humorous. If you can, I definitely think that it is possible to communicate better.
Now, being able to speak English is not enough.

In my club circle we had a camp for a week. Our club is consisted by Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. We mainly speak English when we communicate, but many member except the Japanese members can speak either the two language which is not their mother tongue. They studied on their own and can speak well. The thing I realized is that being able to speak a third language is quite common in other countries. People in Europe can speak many languages, and many people can speak Spanish or French as their third language as well. Being able to speak many language will definitely improve your range what you can do.

Also, this will be apart from Hibiya Sensei's lecture, but I learned what it is important to communicate with someone different from your country through this camp. This is partly related to leadership in that it requires facial expression and how you speak.
The people I was became acquaintance were from Korea and China. They have somewhat similar customs to Japan, but different language. Also, there are political conflicts these days, so many people in our circle had to put those issues in mind when they interact.

Through the interaction, I learned that information, listening to others, and positive and kind of over-reacting facial expression (particularly in smiling) were important. I'll only talk about facial expression here. It is hard to understand them by English fully because they are not fully used to English. Although, through facial expression than usual, they can know how you actually feel, and sometimes, even just by smiling just solves everything.