Help me with my speech, please!

[Imaginative]

I have to write a speech for my Japanese class, which I'm doing tomorrow! I have to pretend I'm presenting a speech to someone choosing people to go on a school trip to Japan, so it has to be about myself, some of my interests, but most of all, why I want to go to Japan. I need some suggestions though >.<
This is what I have so far, please tell me if I've made any mistakes, and what I can improve on:

Konnichiwa, watashi wa (name) to iimasu. Juu go sai desu. Haha to chichi to ani ga futari imasu.

Juu nen sei de (name of school) ni ikimasu. Eigo ga tokui desu kara, suki desu ga, yomu koto ga suki janakute, kaku koto ga suki desu.
Kodomo no toki kara, suugaku wa ichiban muzukashii no kamoku to omoimashita ga ima, rika wa suugaku yori muzukashii desu.
(I'm sure I got something wrong somewhere in that last sentence....)

Shumi wa Nihon no dorama ya anime wo miru koto desu. Tanoshikute, Nihon go ga motto jouzu ni narimasu kara, maishuu mimasu.

Moshi, Nihon ni itte, tomodachi to asondari, kaimono wo shitari, Nihon go wo naratte, sushi ya okonomiyaki wo tabetari shimasu. 2007 nen ni gakkou to Nihon he ikimashita. Osaka de okonomiyaki wo tabemashita. Totemo oishikatta kara, mata tabetaindesu.

I also don't know what to do for the conclusion.
Any help would be much appreciated!

[MMM]

End with よろしくお願いします。

[Imaginative]

Originally Posted by MMM

End with よろしくお願いします。

Thanks
I just have to ask though, does this actually make sense?
"Kodomo no toki kara, suugaku wa ichiban muzukashii no kamoku to omoimashita"

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Imaginative

Thanks
I just have to ask though, does this actually make sense?
"Kodomo no toki kara, suugaku wa ichiban muzukashii no kamoku to omoimashita"

I am not a native speaker, so I can't give you the best answer. That answer makes sense to me, even if it isn't perfect. I don't know if your teacher wants you to be soliciting corrections on the Internet, but I would say

小さい頃から数学が一番難しい科目と思っていました。

[er14434]

Konnichiwa, watashi wa (name) to iimasu. Juu go sai desu. watashi niha hubo to ani ga hutari imasu.

Juu nen sei de (name of school) ni itteimasu. Eigo ga tokui desu kara, suki desu ga, yomu koto ga suki janakute, kaku koto ga suki desu.
Kodomo no toki kara, suugaku wa ichiban muzukashii kamoku dato omoimashita ga ima, rika wa suugaku yori muzukashii to omoimasu.

Shumi wa Nihon no dorama ya anime wo miru koto desu. Tanoshikute, Nihon go ga motto jouzu ni narimasu kara, maishuu mimasu.

Moshi, Nihon ni iku koto ga dekitara, tomodachi to asondari, kaimono wo shitari, Nihon go wo naratte, sushi ya okonomiyaki wo tabetari shitaidesu. 2007 nen ni gakkou to Nihon he ikimashita. Osaka de okonomiyaki wo tabemashita. Totemo oishikatta kara, mata tabetai to omoimashita.

if i will speak, i say that. (same meaning
i think your Japanese is good!

[minminRW]

Native Japanese do not use Juu-nen-sei (10th grade) but Koukou-ichi-nen-sei (high school 1st grade).

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by minminRW

Native Japanese do not use Juu-nen-sei (10th grade) but Koukou-ichi-nen-sei (high school 1st grade).

It's tough to translate this into Japanese but use Japanese in a US cultural context, though, because 高校１年生 would mean 9th grader, not 10th grader, to someone who knows Japanese but not US culture. Our high school begins at Japan's 中３年.

Thus, I think US Japanese classes teach １〜１２年生 to avoid that problem.

Sort-of relatedly (but not really), 海外旅行 makes less sense in the US, because it's possible to travel abroad without crossing an ocean. I was taught pretty early on in my Japanese courses that I (a Texan) could use 海外旅行 to talk about my trip to Canada, even though I never cross an ocean.

In Japan, on the other hand, any travel abroad is 海外 since it's an island nation.

[minminRW]

＞Our high school begins at Japan's 中３年.
Oops, I did not know that. Thanks for your pointing out.

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by minminRW

＞Our high school begins at Japan's 中３年.
Oops, I did not know that. Thanks for your pointing out.

No problem. School structure in the US is administered by each state separately. For example, Texas sets standards for Texas, etc. There are a few federal standards, but not many I think.

So there are different ways school is structured. In Texas, I think typically school is structured
Kindergarten (optional first year of elementary school)
Grade 1–5 Elementary school
Grade 6–8 Junior High / Middle School
Grade 9–12 High School

I have heard of other places that do something like

K–5 Elementary
6–7 Middle School
8–9 Junior High
10–12 High School

However, I think the K–5 | 6–8 | 9–12 structure is nearly universal in the States.

There are also terms like primary education, secondary education, tertiary/higher/post-secondary education, where I think "primary" is usually elementary, secondary is the rest, and post-secondary/tertiary/higher is university/college. There are a lot of terms, but the most common is to say kindergarten, Xth grade up through 12th, then college (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior for both high school and college are terms we use).

There's also optional pre-K (pre-kindergarten). It's basically 幼稚園 I think.

Secondary education in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[minminRW]

Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

No problem. School structure in the US is administered by each state separately. For example, Texas sets standards for Texas, etc. There are a few federal standards, but not many I think.

So there are different ways school is structured. In Texas, I think typically school is structured
Kindergarten (optional first year of elementary school)
Grade 1–5 Elementary school
Grade 6–8 Junior High / Middle School
Grade 9–12 High School

I have heard of other places that do something like

K–5 Elementary
6–7 Middle School
8–9 Junior High
10–12 High School

However, I think the K–5 | 6–8 | 9–12 structure is nearly universal in the States.

There are also terms like primary education, secondary education, tertiary/higher/post-secondary education, where I think "primary" is usually elementary, secondary is the rest, and post-secondary/tertiary/higher is university/college. There are a lot of terms, but the most common is to say kindergarten, Xth grade up through 12th, then college (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior for both high school and college are terms we use).

There's also optional pre-K (pre-kindergarten). It's basically 幼稚園 I think.

Secondary education in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I see, appreciate specific explanation