Essay 2-03b: Learning with Computers

Most KGU students are studying English and often use a computer. They have 4 classes to learn English. In those classes, they often have to use computer. Some people were not good at using a computer very much, but they got used to using a computer. Computer is a necassarily for collage students. I will show when they use a computer. I tell you what they do with computers. 

Mainly, computer help them English skill. Computer is very important and convenient for us. By using a computer, they can improve English skill. They want to improve my English skill more. They study hard with a computer.

First, they often use a computer in writing class. They have to write Blog. Blog contain book review and essays and so on. Also, They have to do typing homework. They write what they like. For example, "their favorite movie", "their favorite season" and "their favorite place" and so on. These are very difficult and hard, but those are good for our English skill. 

Second, They often use a computer in speaking class. They often give a presentation about food, county and so on. Then, they sometimes make PowerPoint and movie. Few people don't like make them. Them classmates sometimes teach how to make them. They help each other. They are very kind. They  enjoy watch and listen to them movie and presentation. They are very good. Some people want to make like them. They have to do their best. And, they  had to do EnglishCentral. A little people finished it in summer vacation. It was very hard. Speaking is very hard class, but they always enjoy. 

Third, They often use a computer in Listening class. They always listen to BBC news with computer in class. And They read aroud and dictation. These news topics are difficult for us but these are very important for us. They want to study more harder and understand. 

Finally, they often use a computer in reading class. They often read online newspapers. They study about world news and how to read newspaper. They sometimes have to make news quiz. It is very hard. They think we have to know world news, so it is important. 

In addition, They often use a computer in my home. For example, they do homework, watch movies and listen to music. Studying English is a part of them life. They want to use English their work in the future. What they do now is very useful. They have to do study very hard. 

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My favorite movies

 My favorite movies are Harry Potter and Disney series. Harry Potter is a fantasy. I have all stories’ DVD and books. I have watched all series a lot times. But I don’t get tired. I can enjoy watching many and many times. I love Emma Watson. She played Hermione Jean Granger. She is very clever, brave and beautiful. I am always excited while watching the movie. I love Disney very much. In particular, I like Mickey Mouse, Tangled and Toy Story. I was always laughed and moved. I watched them in Japanese before, but I want to watch again in English. I want to enjoy watching and learn English from movie. I don’t have enough time to watch movie, so I am very sad. I want to watch movie now!

 

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How I study during the vacation

I often listen to English music and have English lesson.

My favorite singer is Taylor Swift and Katy Perry. When I am driving a car, I listen to their song.

I talk with my English lesson’s teacher is Mark. We often talk about what I did last week. It is very fun. We like hot spring and yakiniku. We often exchange many information.  

In addition, I read a lot of books. I like reading books. I think I could use my time effectively. I want to study more next term.

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What class I will take next term

 I will take 3 classes net term.

 First, I will take advance training for intern in Canada. I will go Canada to study English and do homestay and intern. I will leave to Canada from Japan next year. I am looking forward to going Canada. I want to have a lot of experiences. So, I have study hard.

 Second, I will take P.E. and play badminton. When I was a junior high school and high school student, I was in a badminton club. I will play after a long time. I want to enjoy.

 Finally, I will take education of children’s English. This class is a most new class in KGU. We are first student who take this class. I am looking forward to taking it. I want to study hard and improve my English skills.

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Essay 1-03b: Language Learning Presentation

It is my language learning presentation. I will tell you my language learning story. I am learning Japanese and English. This presentation explains how I learn languages and what I learned. Please show it!

Thank you for watching my presentation. Do you have any questions? If you have any questions or opinions, please write comments. I'd really like to know what you think about language learning. 

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Outline of Essay 1-03a

Here is an outline from my essay about language learning:

• Essay 1-03a : My Language Learning Story

I'm going to adapt and use it to make a presentation about my language learning experience and plans.

Essay 1-03a : My Language Learning Story

Past: 10 years ago (& 5 years ago) 10 years ago when I was 9 years old. I had never learned English. I didn't know about English at all. 5 years ago when I was 14 years ago. I was a junior high school student. I had not studied English before I became a junior high school student. I started to study English and I became to be interested in English. I often sing English song and read short stories. I enjoyed studying English. • Present: Now Now, I am studying English at university. I have many classes about English. For instance, speaking, writing, listening and reading. In speaking class, I talk with my class members in English. I practice speaking skill with English central. I have to get a lot of points. It is very hard for me, but it's of use. In writing class, I have to write blogs and book reviews. I can improve writing skill and reading skill. In reading class, I learn about how to read newspapers in English, and study world's news. It is very interesting. In listening class, I hear world news. I can know about world's occasion. I am busy doing homework, but it useful for me to improve my English skills. I try to do many things to improve my English skills. For example, I will accept a boy as a host family next month, and I will go to Canada to study abroad, home stay and intern next year. I am looking forward to going to Canada. I want to see and do o lot of things. I have many chances, so I try a lot of things for my English skills. I enjoy studying English. • Future: 10 years from now (& 5 years from now) I want to be a flight attendant. English is essential for it. I want to board an airplane that flight in the world as a flight attendant. I want to communicate with many people all over the world, and tell good points of Japan. In the future, English will be more important in the world. I want to use English fluently. I want to go everywhere and know and see a lot of things. In addition, I want my children to study English as possible as early because I think and hear that it is a good learning about language earlier. I want to travel all over the world with my family in the future.


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My Language Skills

• Past : 10 years ago (& 5 years ago)

10 years ago when I was 9 years old.
I had never learned English. I didn't know about English at all.
5 years ago when I was 14 years ago. I was junior high school student. I started to study English and I became to be interested in English. I often sing English song and read short story. I enjoyed studying English.

• Present : Now 

Now, I study English in university. I am busy to do homework, but it useful for me to improve my English skills. I try to do many things to improve my English skills. For example, I will accept a boy as a host family next month, and I will go to Canada to study abroad, home stay and intern. I have many chances, so I try a lot of things for my English skills. I enjoy study English.

• Future : 10 years from now (& 5 years from now)

I want to be a fright attendant. English is essential for it. I want to communicate with many people all over the world, and tell good points of Japan. In the future, English will be more important in the world. I want to use English fluently. I want to go every where and know and see a lot of things.

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Essay 1-02b: University Life

We will write about university’s class, club activities, study abroad, and friend.

There are many students in KGU. They love KGU, because there are many good friends, experiences, events and interesting things. Most of them always feel happy.

First, there are many interesting classes about English. The student who study English at KGU have many things that they have to do as Homework. They are busy everyday, but they enjoy classes. They learn about reading, writing, speaking and listening. In addition, some students study U.S. history of literature, English literature outline and science of Japanese outline.

The students who is in English department are very interested in English and want to improve them English skill. English classes, reading, writing, speaking and listening, become tomorrow's provisions. In these classes, they use blog, newspaper, news videos, movies about history, powerwords and English central. It is very difficult for them to accomplish them, but they try them hard. They want to use English fluently.

Second, there are many club and it called circle. They  join the circle thet they are interesting. One of all circles is traveling abroad society. They who are in this cilcle go to Korea twice in a year and do many activities on every Wednesday. For example, they play sports, go to driving, eating dinner, do games, watch DVD's, take a hot spring bath and travel anywhere.

They enjoy them very much. They are looking forward to doing them every week.  

Futhermore, they went to Korea in this spring vacation. They enjoyed eating some foods and shopping clothes and cosmetics. They want to go there again.

Third, about study abroad. They who are a KGU student have many oppotunities to go study abroad. Some students will  go to Canada to study abroad, internship and home stay. They want to improve themself English skill and have many experiences. They want to learn about culture. They want to go and see many place. They are looking forward to going.

The girls of second year student are very fashionable. There are a lot of smart dresserｓ. They always wear fashionable clothes, and fashionable shoes.  They are always careful about their appearance. They buy some clothes at PALCO. It's one of a fashionable shop in Kumamoto. Sometimes, there is a sale time in PALCO, so they go there. They spend on them shopping about thirty thousand yen. They have a part time job, so they have much money. Because of it, they can buy a lot of clothes by themselves.　They study about fashion. Fashion is a very important for them. They like cool fashion, cute fashion, gorgeous fashion or simple fashion. Sometimes, they bought fashion magazines and study fashion by use them.

They like cafeteria too. Especially, they like a nostalgic cafeteria, so they search about nostalgic cafeterias. When they find it, they go there, and evaluate its taste. If there really take to it, they go again and again. Sometimes, they take care about their weight, but they can’t patience to eat and drink. They often go to French restaurant. They very like French, so they often go there to eat lunch.

They like cosmetics and big name brands. They are particular about their cosmetics. Some people like KATE. KATE is famous in Japan. They sometimes change their cosmetics maker, and they choose cosmetics which are suited them. Many second year students have big mane brands. COACH is the most popular maker among them. They have COACH’s wallet, COACH’s bag and COACH’s accessories. They are generally given it by their parents. Sometimes they are given by their boyfriend or their friends. They give a big name brands for their friends who are birthday. They get along with their friends.

The girls of second year student are enjoying their university life. Probably, they are more and more fashionable.

There are many chances, interesting things and friends in KGU. There are a lot of things that we have to do,  but they study hard to improve them English skills. They enjoy and feel happy everyday.  It is very important for them to learn in this university. They try much more things and they want to spend school life without repentance, so they have to study hard.

Content for this joint essay came from previous blog posts:
Matsuoka, Yuria. (2014.05.24).Essay 1-02a: University Life [Web log post]. http://yuriannu0107.blogspot.jp/2014/05/essay-1-02a-university-life.html



Yamashita, Maki. (2014.05.23). Essays 1-02a [Web log post]. http://fe13152.blogspot.jp/2014/05/essays-1-02a.html

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Essay 1-02a: University life

There are many students in KGU. They love KGU, because there are many good friends, experiences, events and interesting things. Most of them always feel happy. First, there are many interesting classes about English. The student who studies English at KGU have many things that they have to do as Homework. They are busy everyday, but they enjoy the classes. They learn about reading, writing, speaking and listening. In addition, some students study U.S. history of literature, English literature outline and science of Japanese outline. The students who are in the English department are very interested in English and want to improve their English skill. English classes, reading, writing, speaking and listening, become tomorrow's provisions. In these classes, they use blogs, newspaper, news videos, movies about history, power words and English central. It is very difficult for them to accomplish them, but they try them hard. They want to use English fluently. Second, there are many clubs and they called a circle. They join the circle that they are interesting. One of all circles is traveling abroad society. They who are in this circle go to Korea twice in a year and do many activities on every Wednesday. For example, they play sports, go to driving, eating dinner, do games, watch DVD's, take a hot spring bath and travel anywhere. They enjoy them very much. They look forward to doing them every week. Furthermore, they went to Korea in this spring vacation. They enjoyed eating some foods and shopping clothes and cosmetics. They want to go there again. Third, about study abroad. They who are a KGU student have many opportunities to go study abroad. Some students will go to Canada to study abroad, internship and home stay. They want to improve themselves English skill and have many experiences. They want to learn about the culture. They want to go and see many places. They are looking forward to going. There are many chances, interesting things and friends in KGU. They enjoy and feel happy everyday. They try many more things and they want to spend school life without repentance.

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University Life

I love KGU, because there are many good friends, experiences, events and interesting things. I always feel happy.

First, I will talk about my classes. I have many things that I have to do as Homework. I am busy everyday, but I enjoy classes. I learn about reading, writing, speaking and listening. In addition, I study U.S. history of literature, English literature outline and science of Japanese outline.

I am very interested in English and want to improve my English skill. English classes, reading, writing, speaking and listening, become tomorrow's provisions. In these classes, I use blog, newspaper, news videos, movies about history, powerwords and English central. It is very difficult for me to accomplish them, but I try them hard. I want to use English fluently.

Second, I will talk about my club activities. I join the traveling abroad society. We go to Korea twice in a year and do many activities on every Wednesday. For example, we play sports, go to driving, eating dinner, do games, watch DVD's, take a hot spring bath and travel anywhere.

I enjoy them very much. I am looking forward to doing them every week.  

Futhermore, I went to Korea in this spring vacation. I enjoyed eating some foods and shopping clothes and cosmetics. I want to go there again.

Third, I will talk about study abroad. I am going to go Canada to study abroad, internship and home stay. I want to improve my English skill and have many experiences. I decided to try it immediately. I want to learn about culture. I want to go and see many place. I am looking forward to going. First of all, I have to study English more.

I have many chances, interesting things and friends. I enjoy and feel happy everyday. I try much more things and I want to spend school life without repentance.

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My other classes

My favorite classes without writing are history of English literature and an outline of U.S. literature. Because in these class, we watch movies about history of England and U.S. I like watching movies and I can learn English and history, so I enjoy them every time.

 In addition, I enjoy speaking class and conversation with class mates. I can know them and become friendly, so I glad. I have many things to do. I am very busy but I try work hard every things.


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