[Zgarbas]

When I was in the Japanese la guage course I realised that everyone there was a Japanese language major (at the highest level, at least). Most of them had received formal Japanese training for far longer than I had, and were far ahead of me in writing&listening... Writing made sense (and is still true), but with listening I realised that it was thanks to their getting specific training for that kind of listening exercises. In everyday conversation we were back to being on the same level I wasn't that far behind on Japanese, I was far behind on the specific skills that you needed in the classroom, and that's ok (sans writing; that's a really embarassing and real problem).

Basically, keep in mind that you all have different backgrounds and motivations and experience and teachers. There might be some things that your classmates think *you* excel at. This is easier said than done, but try to put less pressure on yourself; so long as you're working hard, then you're doing enough. せっかく留学 can be a very tiring mentality to live with.