Friday, May 31, 2013

Essay 1-02b: Extended Uni. Life essay

This essay is about university life. Students get to school by various means, for example, by car, bicycle, bus, moped, train, or on foot. Some students take long time to get to school, but other students take short time to get to school. Students live in various areas in Kumamoto.

Students decide to set their goals for the future. Many students who study English maybe want to be good use of English to work because they study English every day. They have a skill of English. But they will need more high level skill for the future if they work. Generally speaking, it will be use of TOEIC score to work. Also, some students want to study abroad. It's hard to live in foreign country, but it's good experience. Some students want be a ground attendant in airport. Students whose mother is worked in airport as ground attendant of cabin attendant hankered for her. Some students want to become the teacher of the child English conversation class.

Students are majoring English, and students are usually attending school Monday to Friday. Some students don’t have class in Friday, but some students take classes to be a teacher, and they have more classes than usual. Some students take a Korean class. It's exciting! They take a lot of classes so they can study many things. Some students’ favorite class is speakingⅢ because students are able to have English conversations thanks to the class. Some students think that speaking skill is most important skill than other skills, for example, listening, reading, and writing.


Students became sophomore this year and they have more homework than last year. Students have a lot of homework every week. In writing class they have to post book reviews, dairy, essays and so on in my blog. Last year almost students took writing Ⅰ and Ⅱ, and they wrote journals and they became to be a nice writer. In speaking class students have to practice at English Central. At first they thought that it's hard for them, but these days they became to enjoy practice pronunciation. It's good for them to improve their pronunciation. They will do their best!

Some students’ favorite teacher is Mr. Tomei because he teaches kindly for all students. Also he is good at use computer so they respect him. There are many other teachers in this university. Especially students who study English are often meet native teachers in classes. They are more high tension than Japanese teachers. Maybe some students will be nervous when they first meet native teachers. Some students fear to fail. So they avoid taking conversations with them. But native teachers like questions from students. When they make a mistake to speak English, teachers say “no problem!” Maybe native teachers can understand and help them. All teachers of this university are very good teachers.

Some students had only some friends in university when they entered this university. However, they have many friends now. They always have lunch with their friends and it was a lot of fun. They really enjoy spending time with their friends while talking. There are many interesting friends around them. In school, they always be with friends and there are sometimes senior. They worried at first whether they can shake down in class. But, now they an academic discipline is so fun.

They spend their free time with friends. They usually watching DVDs and they saw DVDs of the library enough. They use a library and a bakery many times. Some students study to do their homework at library in their free time and other students are chatting with their friends.

This university has great facilities, for example, library, school cafeteria, e-campus center. There are many books in library. It is amazing, and there are about 840,000 books in there! Students usually use it to lend for book review of writing class's homework, and they use it to investigate for report. Students use school cafeteria when they eat lunch with their friends. It is large and rich of lunch menu. It is everyday crowd at many students. Some students use e-campus center when they want to use computer. There are new computers, so it is very useful.


Many students join in club. Club like big family! They really enjoying. They usually have activity in every Wednesday. They do anything. For example, do takoyaki and nabe party, drinking party, do sports, go to karaoke, and so on. They drinking party is so crazy.

Students have vacation in spring, summer and winter. They want to go travel with their family and their friends. Favorite places are Tokyo, Okinawa, Kyoto, Hawaii, America, and so on…
Some students like to travel. Almost students want to Tokyo Disney Resort this year because Tokyo Disney Land became 30th anniversary year, and it’s happiness year. Some students have never been there, and they want to go there this year.

Some students have part-time-jobs. They work at various places, for example, hot spring of near house, Japanese pub, and cram school. They are busy and tired on ordinary days because they have to go to school and they have to take a class. So some students work three times a week on only weekend. It is hard for them but they can earn money thanks to it. Also they can learn how to wait on customers. It is maybe useful when they get a job. They want to continue to working while they are students.

Some students are doing after school's activity. Some students go to English conversation school once a week in after school because they want to be to speak English well. They think that they don't have enough opportunity to speak English at university, only in speaking class. They want to grow up their English conversation skill for the future. And some students often do their homework in after school. Some students have part-time-jobs after school, and some students go shopping after school. Their after-school is too busy.


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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Week 9-My favorite movies

Today I would like to write about my favorite movies. The other day, I watched TOY STORY for the first time, maybe. It was so exciting. I became to love the movie very much. TOY STORY has 3 movies, and I watched all movies. These movies are very exciting, interesting, and fantastic I think. After watching these movies, I became to use all things carefully. So I thought that I want my children watch these movies. These days, my screen of iPhone is TOY STORY3's poster. When I turn my iPhone, the screen makes me happy. I thought that it's important to use all toys carefully. All toys have feelings. I really love these movies. If you haven’t watched these movies, I recommend you to watch.

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Week 8-Foreign countries


Today I would like to talk about foreign countries. I have been Korea several times, but I have never been to America and Europe. I really want to go to countries whose official language is English. My major is English, so I want to try someday. This year I’m going to go to Vietnam with my friend, Sakura. We go there to see our friend, Thu. She was an exchange student last year, and we spent good time with her. I think that there are many things we don’t know until we go to actual place, see by my eyes, listen to by my ears, and feel by my skin. For example Koreas’ paths are actually dirty. In Korea we receive many trials. I went there and knew these things for the first time. So I want to feel world by myself. It is one of my dreams. 

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BR 1-09: The Little Giraffe

"I'll make a magic drink for you." (Sims, 2007, p.13)

The Little Giraffe and his best friend Rhino are very, very hungry. What happens next changes their lives forever. This charming retelling of an African folktale has easy-to-read text and fun puzzles to try after the story.


Once, there was a little giraffe, and he was the first giraffe in the world.
He lived in East Africa...with his best friend, Rhino.
Every day, they looked for food, but there was no food anywhere.
So they went to see...the wise man.
"Come back tomorrow," said the wise man.
What happens to them tomorrow?
Anyway, did they visit the wise man!?

This story is retold by Lesley, Sims. This is in the Usborne First Reading series.
It's a level two book, so it is short story (about 23 pages) and easy to read.
This story is interesting, and I recommend you to read this book.

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Sims, Lesley. (2007). The Little Giraffe. London, England: Usborne.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Week 7-My other classes

I would like to write about my other classes. I have 17 classes including writing in a week. I take classes to be a junior high school and high school English teacher, and I have more classes than my friends. It's hard for me to take many classes in a week, but I do good work, because I don't have part time job now and I don't join cycle. So I have more time than my friends. When I was junior high school and high school student, I joined the brass band club and did study very hard. So this way to spend time is useful for me now. I appreciate what I was. This semester I have extracurricular class on Tuesday and Friday, and it is TOFEL course, I’ll do my best. I want to study abroad!!!!!
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BR 1-08: King Midas and the Gold

"I love gold." (Frith, 2008, p.10)

King Midas was a real king. He lived in Ancien Greece around 3,000 years ago. An old legend says he went to the river Pactolus to wash. This river is in modern day Turkey. People still say that the stones on the river bed sparkle with gold.

 

King Midas was very rich.
He was kind, too.
One day, he met an old man.
"I'm lost!"
Midas helped the man to find his house.
"My son is a god," said the old man.
"He can give you a wish."
What will King Midas ask?
What will happen to the bottle?

This story is retold by Alex, Frith. This is in the Usborne First Reading series.
It's a level 1 book, so it is short story (about 23 pages) and easy to read.
This story made me smile :))
I recommend you to read this book.

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Frith, Alex. (2008). King Midas and the Gold. London, England: Usborne.

Family trip

Hi, i'll write about my family trip last March. After graduating my high school, my family went to Oita. There are five people in my family, father, mother, I, younger sister and younger brother. We had a family trip for a long time and we went to African safari park, themepark(the name is KIJIMA) and Aquarium(the name is umitamago). We had scheduled to go to African safari park and KIJIMA, but the wind was so strong that we couldn't be out and we decided to go to umitamago. I'll talk about African safari park today. There are so many animals there, we can see them directly and give them their feed directly. Of course, we did! It was so exciting and we had really good time. I found that giraffe's tonge was so long, there were Top and bottom relations in animals' world and so on. I'll attach some pictures. If you would like to go there, click Here







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Extended outline on Uni Life








Sunday, May 19, 2013

May 19th

Today i took a TOFEL test at SAC*CES. My friend gave me chance of taking it, and i really appreciate her. I'll do my best in oreder to last chance for three weeks... After coming home, i watched "Slumdog Millionaire". It was so good. I cant express my feeling... please look at it!
 
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

English central

In speaking class we, 2nd year eibei students, have to get 30,000 points by the end of the term at English Central. Finally I've just gotten! Yahoo! :)) From now on, I practice for myself like my best friend, Michika.
 
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Week 6-How I study English

Today I would like to write about how I study English. Every day I study English in class at my university. I have speaking, reading, writing and listening classes. In addition, I study English to get TOFEL score over 450 points every day. First, I watch a American or western movie while listening to English. But, I watch scripts… These days I watch glee and Disney movies. After going home, I use English Central. Pronunciation is difficult, but I’ll do my best. And I take TOFEL cores this month. And I write to my blog almost every day, and I did typing homework as soon as possible. My ideal is speaking English more. I want to change myself because I really worry about talking to foreigners by English.

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BR 1-07: The Genie in the Bottle

"A genie!" (Dickins, 2009, p.13)

"The Genie in the Bottle" comes from a very old collection of stories known as The Arabian Nights. People say the stories were invented to entertain the King of Persia, by his clever and beautiful wife.


This is the story is about a fisherman, a bottle and a BIG bad genie.
Once upon a time, a fisherman went fishing.
He threw his nets again and again.
He caught slimy seaweed... shiny shells... and a smelly sock.
Then, he caught something else.
It wasn't a fish, it was an old bottle.
What will happen to the bottle?

This story is retold by Rosie Dickins. This is in the Usborne First Reading series.
It's a level 2 book, so it is short story (about 23 pages) and easy to read.
This story made me little sad... Lol
To tell the truth, i can't recommend...haha

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Dickins. Rosie. (2009). The Genie in the bottle. London, England: Usborne.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

3goods

These days, I think that It is popular at Twitter to write 3 good things that happened today. I began to write 3 goods. First, *my new iphone cover arrived. It's so cute :)) Second, *I watched TOY STORY for the first time, and it was so exciting 8-) Last, *I got a chance to take TOFEL test this Sunday. My friend gave me a chance. Thanks <3

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Like

I watched TOY STORY. It was so exciting, and I had really good time. :))

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My name is Ananda.

Hey guys. I have speaking class on Mon. Yesterday I had a presentation in the class. Let's see together from now on.
 
I'm Ananda from India. I'm 19-years old.
Please look at first slide. This strange words are Hindi language, and it's written "India" in Hindi. Hindi is official language of India, and English is official language too!
Please look at second slide. This is world map. I show you where is India. Do you know, don't you? Yeah, red circle shows you position of India in the world.
In slide 3, I show you national flag of India.
In slide 4, this picture is Indian food, and it is so delicious!
In slide 5, these beautiful women wear traditional dresses of India. It's called Surrey. Of course, Mother Teresa wore it!
In slide 6, I show you beautiful palace. It's Tag Mahal, and it's a world heritage. This is really really beautiful place. Let's go together someday! I'm looking forward to the day.
In slide 7, I show you a man who is swinging a bat. This sport is cricket, and it's popular in India. I think that it is similar to baseball.
In slide 8, I show you my brother. He is a professional sports player, and he plays Field hockey. His age is 16-years-old, but he is taller than me, of course.
In slide 9, I show you my parents. My father is oil magnate, and he is so rich. He always buys me anything what I want. I really appreciate him. My mother is actress, and she is so beautiful! My parents are always kind me and my brother.
In last slide, I and my partner appear. My partner is so cool, gentle and funny. I really love him<3

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Like

I came across this song today. i watched "glee 10", and this song is nice. like this slowly melody.



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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Week 5-Food/eating habits

I would like to write about my food/eating habits. To tell the truth, I sometimes don’t have breakfast because I oversleep... I have lunch with my friends every day. My mother always makes a lunch box for me, and it’s delicious. She is good at making lunch boxes. I have dinner with my family. My mother always makes dinner. I appreciate her. I always eat ice cream every day this times, I love ice cream very much. I like chocolate, too. I often eat chocolate between meals. It’s not good for my health, so I need to change my eating habits. I sometimes drink fizzy drinks. It’s delicious, but too drink is bad for my health, so I take care of my health. How are you? Please your food/eating habits someday.

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Essay 1-02a: University Life

I would like to talk about my university life today. First of all, I introduce my every day timetable. In fact I'm not good at getting up early. Before sleeping, in my bed I usually spend time with net surfing and think that I want to do more. Because of this foolish notion, sometimes i sleep late and oversleep. After waking up, i wash my face, change my clothes, have break fast, wash my tooth and make up.

I usually go to school by bus, and sometimes my father or mother send off  me to my university because my parents can go to work with going past the front of my university. Also, they sometimes pick me up at my university. I really appreciate them. I can go to school by bicycle but I'm scared small path near a Kokai bridge. It's under the construction now, and after completion, i might go to school by bicycle.

My major is English, and I have 17 classes in a week. I take classes to be a teacher, and I have more classes than my friends. I started to take a Korean class this year. Frankly, my cousin lives in Korea and my younger sister is studying abroad in there. When I five grade, I stayed there with a host family in 2 days and 1 night. The host mother is Japanese and she acted as an interpreter. Thanks to her, I could have a nice home stay. Next time I want to communicate with them without interpreter, and I began to take a Korean class. It's exciting!

I have dreams. First, it's to study abroad. I think that it's hard to live in other country, but it's good experience. I want to be a nice English speaker. I'm good at writing and reading because I had studied very hard when I was a high school student. however, i'm not good at listening. I can understand words while looking at scripts, but I can't understand without looking. I really regret not having challenged to improve my speaking and listening skills. So I want to study abroad and challenge to spend every day with real English, but I haven't decided where to go because I can't decide. All country are attractive for me. Second, it's to be engaged with children and English in the future. I want to be an English teacher now, but this dream might change.

To tell the truth, I had only some friends in university when I entered this university. However, I have many friends now. I always have lunch with my friends and it was a lot of fun. I really enjoy spending time with my friends while talking. There are many interesting friends around me. Also, everyone is cute I think. I'm not in cycle, but there are various relationships with various people. I appreciate the truth.

I became sophomore this year and I have many homework than last year. In writing class I have to post book reviews, dairy, essays and so on in my blog. I'm good at writing and it's fun. Last year I took writing Ⅰ and Ⅱ, and I wrote journals and I became to be a nice writer...just kidding. In speaking class I have to practice at English Central. At first I thought that it's hard for me, but these days I became to enjoy practice pronunciation. I'm not good a speaker, and it's good for me to improve my pronunciation. I'll do my best!

Lastly I write about my travel plans. I like to travel. If I were more rich. I would travel abroad. After I graduated from high school, I had a family trip to Oita and a trip with my best friend to HUIS TEN BOSCH. I write memories in my blog someday. I want to Tokyo Disney Resort this year because Tokyo Disney Land became 30th anniversary year, that is, happiness year. I have never been there, and I really really want to go there this year. I'm looking forward to the day!

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

BR 1-06: The Dragon and the Phoenix


"The pearl shone brighter than stars......brighter than the sun." (Sims, 2009, p.18)

This story is based on The Bright Pearl, a folktale from China.
In Chinese stories, dragons and Phoenix are often shown together.
Chinese dragons have lots of magical powers and can even fly without wings.


This is the story of Dragon Mountain, Phoenix Mountain and a shining lake.
It begins thousands of years ago, in China...
Long, long ago, a dragon lived beside a magic river.
Deep inside a dark forest that grew on the other side of the river lived a phoenix.
One day, they met on an island in the river.
A shiny pebble lay on the sand.
The dragon washed it in the river and the phoenix polished it with a feather.
And the pebble became a pearl.
They stayed on the island.. watching the pearl.
What will happen to the pearl?

This story is retold by Lesley Sims. This is in the Usborne First Reading series.
It's a level 2 book, so it is short story (about 25 pages) and easy to read.
This story is interesting. lol

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Sims, Lesley. (2007). The Dragon and the Phoenix. London, England: Usborne.


Uni. Life: Outline


Tuesday, May 7, 2013

University life

I would like to write about my university life. To tell the truth, I had only some friends in university when I entered this university. However, I have many friends now. I have lunch with my friends and it was a lot of fun. Thank you my friends<3

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BR 1-05: How Zebras Got Their Stripes

"Zebra wasn't scared." (Sims, 2009, p.18)

This story is based on an old folk tale from Namibia in Africa.



This story is about a greedy baboon, a pond, a giraffe, an elephant and the very first zebra.
Long ago, there was a greedy baboon and he lived by a pond.
He wanted the pond all to himself, and everyone was thirsty.
However, baboon didn't care.
Giraffe crept to the pond, but baboon roared and giraffe fled.
Elephant went to the pond, but baboon roared and elephant fled.
Zebra walked up and said...
What he said?
What will happen to baboon?

This story is retold by Lesley Sims. This is in the Usborne First Reading series.
It's a level 2 book, so it is short story (about 25 pages) and easy to read.
This story is interesting, and we can find that how zebras got their stripes and how baboons got their red bottoms. lol

Sims, Lesley. (2009). How Zebras Got Their Stripes. London, England: Usborne.

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Week 4-Golden Week plans

Today I would like to write about Golden Week plans. I’m going to Korea this Golden Week. First day, I have to get up early to go to Fukuoka international airport. Then I get a plan to Korea. That day is finished by transportation. Second day, I want to go various places and take a hot spring because Korea is country of beautiful I think. Third day, I want to go to eat Korean food. I don’t like hot food but I like Korean laver. I’m looking forward to! I go to with my mother, and we can’t speak Korean. I’m little nervous but if something happened, I would like to speak English to solve the problem. It is good for me.

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

sky

I took this photo this evening from a pedestrian bridge in front of KGU. Nice photo ne! Summer will come.

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Good bye April

Welcome May. I write my aim of May. This month, i have a extracurricular lecture, that is, measures for TOFEL on Tuesday and Friday. In addition, I want to do English central, write my blog, study English words on ALC and watch American or Western movies to improve my English skills. I'm more good at writing than speaking and listening, so i want to improve my speaking and listening skill. Plz talk to me English ne! I'll do my best!

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