2009年1月21日水曜日

Be ready, awake, and motivated-usually
Choose fun or interesting activities that are a little difficult (not too easy or way to diffucult)-always
Preview the title or any picture to focus-seldome
Try to listen or read once & then test yourself-usually
-Listen or read many times to focus on any new language-seldome
Focus only on common, useful words-usually
Review often (especially vocabulary)-usually

-Have you made progress to reach your goals this year?
I might have made progress a little bit.

-Have your long-term goals for the future changed?
No,I'm not going to change my long-term goals and I'm trying to achieve this goals for the future.

-How often do you plan to study on your own during vacation? During school time (next school year)?
In my hope I want to study English every day as I can as possible.

-What are you going to study? NetAcademy/Web sites (Ferris Lab) /Books
I'm going to study blackboard academic suit which I can do at my house.

-What skills are you going to study?
Reading,Listening,and vocablary

2009年1月7日水曜日

Skill:Listening

Site:ELLO

Level (if any):

Topic:Chinese New Year

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):Chinese celebrate new year just same as western people. But a day that they celebrate changes each year. And they have special dinner
. There are 7 kind of dishes in table because 7 is lucky number. Also they get money from their elders not present. They spend money to buy gifts such as clothes and shoes or save money.

Key language points to review (words or rules):
flexible calender:the day can change each year. It's not same day yach year.
special arrangement:you do something different for that one occasion like you put decorations on table or eat special food or everybody have to sit on certain spots.
put away:save
for rainy days:to save and keep for tinme when you really need
make a lot of sense:good idea
portion:part of something

Lesson Rating:(・u・)

Comments: ( good level / a little bit difficult idioms)

Self-evaluation: * * *

Study time: 70 minutes

Comments: (studied hard / thought about my goals / thought about my progress)


Skill:Reading

Site:Net academy

Level (if any): * * * * *

Topic:

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):

Key language points to review (words or rules):

Lesson Rating: :( :/ :I :)

Comments: (too easy / difficult / good level / interesting / boring / (not) effective)

2008年12月17日水曜日

12/17/2008

Skill:listening

Site:Lexica

Level (if any):

Topic:Sharron's thought on christmas

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):The christmas is coming around the corner. Sharron loves christmas becoause of spending time with her family and company. Her family and she spend on Christmas day lazy like eating nice meal and just watching traditional British TV like Queen's speech at 3 o'clock.
Next day of christmas is called Boxing day. On that day they spend busier and more active. There are a lot of sport activities in her hometown. For example,they have Boxing Day swim which is held in winter's cold sea for charity. Sharron thinks it's fun event. She spends good time on both of christmas and boxing day.

Key language points to review (words or rules):
nuisance :annoying,not pleasant
build up:the time before an important event,when people are preparing for it
trimming:things around the main meal
stuffing:a mixture of finely chopped food,such as bread,onions and herbs,placed inside a chicken etc.
crumb:very small piece of food
crisp:hard and dry
clue:a fact or a piece of evidence that helps you discover the answer to a problem
unheard of:very unusual,rare,uncommon

Lesson Rating: (^ u ^)

Comments: (a little bit difficult to listen / interesting / )

Self-evaluation: * * * * *

Study time: 60minutes

Comments: (studied hard / concentrated / /thought about my goals / thought about my progress)

2008年12月3日水曜日

1. Take a look at the goals you wrote at the beginning of the summer. Have they changed? If so, how? Why?
No, I haven't changed.

2. Do you think you are making progress this semester? How? If not, why?
I want to think I made progrss. But I was shocked about score of TOEIC test which I took last week. It was terrible. I think it shows I'm not enough to study by myself.

3. Overall, what grade would you give yourself so far? (Are you studying enough? Are you studying smartly?)

12/03/2008

Skill: Listening

Site:Net academy

Level (if any):

Topic:To lose weight,diet

Main point and/or Your Score (if any): A man is trying to lose his weight. He doesn't eat anything during his work. But finally he goes to fast food shop and asked a 3 burgers, french fry of L size and diet coke. This is not good way to lose weight. If you want to diet and control your weight,eating regularly but not too much is the best.


Key language points to review (words or rules):
eating binge:to eat or drink too much,especially without being able to control yourself.
tention:the feeling of anxiety and stress that makes it impossible to relax
peak:the point when somebody or something is best

Lesson Rating:(・u・)

Comments:not so difficult,
I want to lose my weight too. I think every girls in japan worry about their weight and their body. But we have to be careful about unreasonable diet.

Self-evaluation: * * *

Study time: 70 minutes

Comments: ( concentrated / thought about my goals / thought about my progress/studied hard)

2008年11月25日火曜日

High school prom

Skill: Listening

Site: ELLO,Lexica

Level (if any): ADV

Topic:High school Prom

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):This is about high school prom in USA. Prom is dance party which is held in spring a month before school ends. Girls become crazy about it but some boy feel pressure about this. Everyone dress up for prom like taxede and nice dresses. Prom is one for junior & senior, especially senior. Younger students(freshman and sophomore) can't go to the prom but if bigger student ask younger student to go with,youger also can go.

Key language points to review (words or rules):
prom:a formal dance,especially one that is held at a high school
senior:the last year in high school
jnior:a student in the year at high school or college
sophomore:a student in the 10th grade

Lesson Rating:(・u・)

Comments:not so difficultlevel. I hope Japanese school would have prom. It seems so exiciting event.

Self-evaluation: * *

Study time:30 minutes

Comments: ( concentrated / thought about my goals / thought about my progress)

2008年11月12日水曜日

11/11/2008

Skill:Listening

Site:Soutparkstudiod.com

Level (if any): N

ListeniTopic:American President Election

Lesson Rating:(^▼^)

Comments: (so interesting & funny )

Self-evaluation: * * * * *

Study time: 45minutes

Comments: (watched hard / concentrated / )