This is the second year of my high school; I have two more years to go

[Silverobama]

Hi.

I think it's perfectly natural for my student to say "This is the second year of my high school; I have two more years to go" when she is talking to people who she usually meets in some English clubs when these people ask her the question "Are you going to study abroad soon?". Many young people are studying abroad so it's not uncommon to hear such a question.

Is the italic sentence natural?

 

[5jj]

This is the second year of my high school; I have two more years to go.

This is a very strange response to the question:

Are you going to study abroad soon?

 

[emsr2d2]

I think it's perfectly natural for my student to say "This is the I'm in my second year of my high school; I have two more years to go" when she is talking to people who she usually meets in some English clubs when these people ask her the question asked "Are you going to study abroad soon?" No full stop here Many young people are studying study abroad so it's not uncommon to hear such a question.

Is the italic sentence natural?

With my corrections, it's a natural sentence. However, as 5jj said, it's a useless response to the actual question!

A: Are you going to study abroad soon?
B: I might do it in a couple of years but I have to finish high school first.

 

[jutfrank]

I think it's perfectly natural for my student to say "This is the second year of my high school ..."

I don't agree.

This is my second year of high school
I'm in my/the second year of high school

 

[PeterCW]

I don't agree.

This is my second year of high school
I'm in my/the second year of high school

Many native BrE speakers would say "at" rather than "of".

 

[SoothingDave]

"This is the second year of my high school" means that the school has only existed for a year or so.

 

[Tarheel]

"This is the second year of my high school" means that the school has only existed for a year or so.

And that it belongs to you.

 

[Tarheel]

I might say, "I'm a sophomore," but I don't know if she knows that word. (I might say that if I really was a sophomore. )

 

[emsr2d2]

I might say, "I'm a sophomore," but I don't know if she knows that word. (I might say that if I really was a sophomore. )

That would be OK if they knew they were addressing an AmE speaker. The term isn't used anywhere else.

 

[emsr2d2]

And that it belongs to you.

BrE often uses "my school/college" etc without it meaning possession.

My primary school had its own swimming pool.
We went to assembly every morning at 9am at my middle school.

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes, same here. "My school" means the school that one attends (or attended, in case of alumni).