Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Essay 1-03b: Language Learning Presentation

I made a presentation about language learning. I wrote about my mother tongue, first language and second language. Enjoy it!

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I would like to make more efforts day by day, and I want to be a good English learner. I want to study these languages more.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

typing homework 15: 101

My vacation plan is not still decided, but I maybe go to Tokyo to see my friend. Then, I will work a part time. I have to work most of a day. Of course, I have some break, or I will be break down by my tire. I also want to study TOEIC. I could not do it so hard so far because I had been busy for part time but now I was given a few times called summer vacation. I should take the chance because I don't want to spend the times to work my part time only.

typing homework 14: 102

I posted a lot of blog, about 55 blogs, in the first semester. I often write about soccer. I have written 1360 words about it per a post. I might have a lot of mistakes so I want my English teachers to check whether I take mistakes or not. Otherwise, I think the blogs which I wrote have no means. I will post many blogs in the second semester. I wish I finished them during the summer vacation, but I will be busy for my part time job and studying TOEIC. However, I will try to finish assignments in the second semester.

typing homework 13: 95

Today, I will write about my part time job. It is crammer. Why I decided to work the part time is to grow up myself. At first, I greeted by loud voice. Thanks for it, I may be able to enjoy the part time. A start is very important. I teach primarily English and math to my students. I do it very hard and enjoy it. some students are difficult, but others are kind. I make friends with the teachers. The leader there think better for us, students teacher, is kind, interesting and sometimes stern.

typing homework 12: 96

Today, I want to write about World Cup in Brazil which is being holding now. This competition is very exciting because the top players all over the world take part in it and it is held only once 4 years. I was tired of waiting it for 4 years. So, at last, it was held. Japan and Spain which I supported lost in the group stage, but I satisfied with my best Spanish player scoring. I wanted him to score more. But it has not finished yet. I will support France and Switzerland in the tournament.

typing homework 11: 91

My keitai is smart phone. It is a kind of x-peria from docomo. It is very useful for me because the screen is bigger than the others. Recently, I dropped it on the ground. It has cracks. I was sad because I had used it importantly, but it was not broken. I thought it is made solidly. I often use functions in it. I frequently use Line and Internet. Recently, I talked with my friends about World Cup in Brazil with it. I often look up soccer information by Internet.

typing homework 10: 93

I often use the computer. I often look up soccer information because I love soccer. Of course, I can study English with it. I have a lot of assignments since I became a second grade in my University. I need it to do them. It is so difficult for me to do it because I can't use it well very much, but I have to use it to finish them. My computer English assignments are this typing, blog, and English Central. I finished English assignment, but the others are not finished yet.

typing homework 9: 91

My favorite movie is Doraemon. It is Japanese anime. Doraemon which is a robot coming from the future. A pocket of Doraemon has a lot of instruments. They are very useful. I like dokodemo door the best. It is very useful because if you opened the door, you could go wherever you want to. I also like bamboo copter. If you wore it on your top it, you could fly to wherever you want to go.Nobita who is the primary person is the weakest. Nobita asked Doraemon to help him.

typing homework 8: 84

I want to go to England and Spain the best because I want to see football games. Both of them have the greatest football league and My favorite soccer player play in England and he was born in Spain. Second I want to go to Brazil to see World Cup now, but I need much money to see it and I heard Brazil is dangerous. So I will see it at my home. I want to various countries. I am interested in many countries.

typing homework 7: 77

I have a TOEIC class. It is difficult because it is high level class. But It becomes practice of listening.  I have a Spanish class. I also have other Spanish class when I was a first grade student. I could enjoy the class at that time. I want to be able to speak Spanish very well because My favorite football player is Spanish. I have a lot of English classes. They are listening, reading, writing, and speaking.

typing homework 6: 72

First I study English with listening foreign music. Recently I often listen to it. I can't listen to English very well. Second, I learn English grammar with grammar book. I have used it since I was a high school student. But, I didn't use it very well when I was a high school student. Finally, I study English in KGU. I also have a TOEIC class. The class is difficult.

typing homework 5: 65

I usually have breakfast. I usually eat rice, miso soup, and so on. I always rice and miso soup because I am a Japanese person. I usually eat lunch at my University. I usually eat dinner at my home. It is richer than others. I usually eat sweets after I ate it. So I gained weight. I am going to go on a diet since today.

typing homework 4: 67

My golden week plans are sleeping and studying English. During golden week, My part time takes a break. So I am so free. I have nothing to do. I had better work a part time, But I will take a break very much and be ready for my high school life and my part time. I will study English, listening to foreign music. It become listening practice.

typing homework 3: 61

I have two hobbies. One is to watch soccer games. I Often watch soccer games since I was high school student's first grade. I was fascinated by soccer. Soccer is fantastic. If there is only a ball, we played it. The other is to listen to English. Recently I usually listen to foreign music. I'm crazy about Every Avenue.

typing homework 2: 45

I like foreign music. My one of the most favorite kinds of songs is rock. In recently, I often listen to foreign music. My recent favorite foreign musicians are Every Avenue, Michael Branch, and Chvrvhes. I listen to foreign music to pick up listening ability.

typing homework 1: 44

First classes and new school year started. I will study English more than now. I want to be a good English listener. It is difficult for me to listen to English. I don't know what English speakers say. I want to make sense.

typing homework E: 57

My favorite game is FIFA and Winning Eleven. Both of them are soccer game. I used to play them when I was high school student with my friends. It was to interesting for me to study very hard. It is bad and funny memory. In recently, I don't play them because I concentrate on studying English.

typing homework D: 67

My favorite food is curry rice. It smells good and tastes spicy. I like curry rice, but I can't tell about it a lot because I don't know about it very much. For example, about a lot of kinds of spice, but I don't know about it. I think curry rice is Japanese culture because other countries' people eat not rice but only curry. 

typing homework C: 72

My part time is a cramming school's teacher. I work very hard about three times a week for a lot of students. About ten fellows of my part time are very kind and think better about things and not only themselves but also other people. So they are very good people and I am happy. Because I enjoy this part time, I want to continue this part time since now, too.

typing homework B: 64

My favorite soccer player is Fernando Torres. He is Spanish soccer player. He belongs to Chelsea in England. I became to like him reading a soccer magazine about 4 years ago. He cannot flourish very much now because he was injured his leg about 4 years ago. His bad condition is also said extraordinary. But I will stay to support him because I like him.

typing homework A: 59

My family consists of my mother, my grandmother, my brother, my cat, and me. My mother is very kind. My grandmother is 70 years old. She is also kind and sometimes stern. I don't get along with my brother because he play games whole a day and doesn't study. I don't like such a brother.

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

BR 1-15: Robinson Crusoe: 116

I read " Robinson Crusoe ". I knew it was masterpiece, but I have never read it. So I tried to do it. In the past time There were a boy named Robinson Crusoe. I thought he was weak at first because he was a boy and he wasn't at all interested in school, or books. But, it changed. A boat was tossed around in the heaving sea and when he was run to an island be the wave, he had to think and do alone. I thought he was stronger and stronger since that time. He became to live a lone. I thought he was very strong at that time. I wanted to be like him.
reference
retold by Angela Wilkes ; adapted by Gill Harvey ; illustrated by Peter Dennis
London : Usborne, 2003


BR 1-14: POMPEII: 110

I read " POMPEII ". It was an Italian tragedy. I didn't know it. I was interested in it. The city named Pompeii existed in Italy near Mt. Vesuvius. It was a volcano. In the past time, it exploded. I was very sad because in spite of a lot of people ran as fast as they can, they could not finish running away. They were suffered from air with poison and were varied into volcano ash. I didn't know why they had to die in the circumstance such as the tragedy. I thought I had to remember this tragedy because I thought we had to tell it to our children.
reference


Karen Ball/illustrated by Emmanuel Cerisier. Usborne, 2006 (Usborne young reading:ser. 3. Usborne paperbacks).
Library 1F 837.7/U92


BR 1-13: Stories of Dinosaurs: 100

I read  "Stories of Dinosaurs". I was surprised that the dinosaurs can play wrestling and in the competition, the small one beat the big one at the final by making the most of the agility. The battle was exciting. Dino dinner was so unique because most of the menu in the restaurant in the dinosaurs' world its meat was included. Surprisingly, it seems to be included in the desserts. In the book, the egg appeared currently. Amazingly, a dinosaurs was born from it. I thought if they lived in the world currently, it would be scary. I liked this book.
reference
Russell Punter ; illustrated by Cynthia Decker
London : Usborne, 2006


Monday, July 7, 2014

BR 1-12: The Story of Chocolate: 117

I read '' The Story of Chocolate''. I love chocolate. So I was interested in the chocolate's history. As its name, it was the story of chocolate. I didn't know it. I knew that chocolate was secret and the people in central America once upon a time '' drunk'' at the first time. I was surprised at it. I thought the monkeys there were clever because they found it good. I didn't believe that, in the past time, it was very rich because now, I can eat it cheaply and easily. I thought Francis Fry which was an English chocolate maker was so clever because it invent the world's first chocolate bar. I love it.
reference
Katie Daynes ; illustrated by Adam Larkum
London : Usborne, 2004


BR 1-11: Alice in Wonderland: 109

I read '' Alice in Wonderland''. I thought If only the place such the book were in the world. I was surprised that all animals in this book speak language. I wanted to grow and shrink freely. Alice ate cake and drink, but I wondered what they taste. I wanted to eat and drink it. I was very interested in it because I like eating. I thought the book was thought better. I thought the author was wise. The book was unrealistic but actually it was realistic because the story was dream of Alice. So I wondered if it gave children dream or not. I really thought it was wonderful.
reference
[based on the story by] Lewis Carroll ; adapted by Lesley Sims ; illustrated by Mauro Evangelista
London : Usborne, 2006


BR 1-10: The Story of CARS: 111

I read ''CARS''. The book was the history of cars. I thought, in the past time, It was so difficult for a lot of people all over the world to carry so heavy loads. But, people thought the easy way. The genius was in the world. He was Leonardo da Vinci. Without him, the history would have not started. I thought he was fantastic. Cars have grown since that time. I thought, a lot of people had repeated uncountable efforts. I thought, they happened many accidents to make the best cars. If they had been in the world,It would be difficult for me to carry so heavy loads and myself.
reference
Katie Daynes ; illustrated by Adam Larkum
London : Usborne, 2005


Saturday, July 5, 2014

BR 1-09: Giants: 109

I read ''Giants''. They were enormous. I was afraid that they tried to eat people. If they were in the world, I would have already died. But, some of them are kind, so I wished all of them were kind. But I understood even if such the scare ones existed in the world, people could beat them because a boy in the book could beat them. But what I will not be able to beat them because I am cowardly. I want to be brave.I thought this book was very good. So I want to recommend this book to children especially because I want them to be brave.
reference
Christopher Rawson ; adapted by Gill Harvey ; illustrated by Stephen Cartwright
London : Usborne, 2002