Explaining skills

Went to my Chinese language class this morning. The teacher didn't turn up, (second time this month that has happened) but not to worry I had a good chat with the other students using Japanese.

Rida san introduced the history of Japan on the blackboard, and then I had a go at introducing a breif history of the UK. Parts of my explanation were in Japanese, parts in English.

There are some grammatical structures that I need to get more used to using to make things easier to explain. I'm sure there are structures, such as the multiple uses of ように, that I know, but haven't yet mastered when and how to use properly. If I spend some time on them, my ability to explain in the language would improve a lot.