My writing class progress and feelings

At first, I was not good at writing English on my blog, but I can write now thanks to this class. I had to write 8 thousands in spring semester and 10 thousands in fall semester. It was very hard to count words. However, I can count words easily using this page. This is very useful and helpful for me.

I think "Essay 1-02b: Let's have a good university life" is the best essay in 1st semester. I can corporate with my friend, Akino. It was very fun for me to write essay together. In addition, I couldn't write essay so long, but I could write long essay because I wrote it with Akino.

I think writing essay is very important thing because I could know how to write essay very briefly. I can write essay which is easy reading whoever read thanks to this class' essay. In addition, I couldn't corporate with friends before, but I can write essay with my friends now thanks to it. That is why essay is very useful and helpful.

I think "BR 1-09 The Little Match girl" is the best book review because I can enjoy reading this book the best. I have read this book in Japanese, so it was easy to write this book review, but I can write it briefly.

I don't like reading books before, but I can enjoy reading books now through book reviews. At first, I couldn't write book reviews anything. However, finally, I can write the book reviews in brief. It is very important for me to write it. I can read books faster than before. It is great progress.

I think "Essay 2-02a: Satoshi Tsumabuki" is the best essay because I could corporate writing essay too. I like writing essay with my friend, Akino. In addition, I like Tsumabuki Satoshi. I can so long essay because I like him. It was very fun to write it.

I think "BR 2-17: Go-kart Race " is the best book review because it was easy to read, so I can write review easily and briefly. In addition, I can write 2 paragraph in this book review, so I can write little longer than other book reviews. I can enjoy reading this book very much.

I'm not good at writing book reviews last semester, but I can write it easily through book reviews homework. In addition, I can learn how to make some paragraph, so It was very helpful. I think I want to read a lot of English books thanks to book reviews homework.

Through my writing class in both semesters, I can learn how to write English diary, essays, book reviews and other writing. It was very helpful for me. At first, I felt that writing English on my blog is very heavy things and I have trouble for writing it. I didn't like the homework of this class. For example, I didn't like typing homework, essay, book review and other homework. However, I can enjoy writing diary and essay because I used to write English on my blog every day. It is very great progress. I'm very glad to be able to write English easily. That is why even if I pass the class, I want to continue writing my blog in English because I believe that it will be special thing in the future.

 

 

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Essay 2-03b: Learning with computers

Recently, a lot of people use computers. People can do anything using computers. It is very useful. People who have their own notebook computers can use it anytime anywhere. People can research something, play CDs and DVDs, listen to music, and watch movies. That is why people who have their own computers can do a lot of things.

If people are university students, they have to do a lot of homework using computers. For example, people who major in English department have to do typing homework, English central, Book reviews, diary blogs, Essays writing, reports, News Quiz homework and other homework using computers. Typing homework, book reviews, diary blogs, and Essay writing are Writing class's homework. They have to use computers many times if we take Writing classes. 

In addition, they have to use computers in not only writing classes but also Reading, Listening and Speaking classes mainly. Reading homework is News Quiz homework. They have to research news through website. There are a lot of newspapers on the Internet website. The Japan Times and The Japan News are easily reading. That is why they have to do almost all homework using computers in English. Sometimes, they use microphone to check their announcement with English central and listening classes. There are a lot of homework using computers, so university students have to use computers to learn.

They have to learn not only English classes but also other subjects using computers. For example, they have to make presentations in inter-cultural communication class, Japanese class and other classes. They also submit some reports in Japanese in a lot of subjects. It is very hard.

Computers are very convenience. It has a lot of convenience tools. For example, there are Word applications, Recording tools, Playbacks, Excel and Internet Explorer on the computers. There is also Google. It is very useful too. Google have Drive, Blogger, Gmail, Presentation, Google map, Google searching tool, and other convenience tools. People can do anything using only Google tools.

There are not only good points but also bad points in learning with computers. First, if people don't have their own computers, they can't do homework in their house. It is unfair. However, there is the library in the university. There are also some libraries around Kumamoto city, so whoever goes the libraries can use computers for free. Next, there are a lot of people who are not good at typing keyboard fast. They have troubles more than people who are good at typing very fast because people who are good at typing keyboard fast can submit reports very fast, but other people submit very late. That is why it is necessary to be able to type keyboard fast. If people cannot type it fast, they have to practice typing hard.

Using computers is very good, it is very useful, but learning with computers is not only good but also bad. However, It is very good thing what people have their own computers. There are a lot of learning ways. Computer is one of them. There are a lot of convenience tools in the computers, so computers are unrivaled things to do anything.

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Essay 2-03a: Learning with computers

Recently, a lot of people use computers. People can do anything using computers. It is very useful. People can research something, play CDs and DVDs, listen to music, and watch movies. That is why people who have their own computers can do a lot of things.

If people are university students, they have to do a lot of homework using computers. For example, people who major in English department have to do typing homework, English central, Book reviews, diary blogs, Essays writing, reports, News Quiz homework and other homework using computers. Typing homework, book reviews, diary blogs, and Essay writing are Writing class's homework. They have to use computers many times if we take Writing classes. 

In addition, they have to not only writing classes but also Reading, Listening and Speaking classes mainly. Reading homework is News Quiz homework. They have to research news through website. There are a lot of newspaper on the Internet website. The Japan Times and The Japan News are easily reading. That is why they have to do almost all homework using computers in English. Sometimes, they use microphone to check their announcement with English central and listening classes. There are a lot of homework using computers, so university students have to use computers to learn.

Computers are very convenience. It has a lot of convenience tools. For example, there are Word applications, Recording tools, Playbacks, Excel and Internet Explorer on the computers. There is also Google. It is very useful too. Google have Drive, Blogger, Gmail, Presentation, Google map, Google searching tool, and other convenience tools. People can do anything using only Google tools.

There are not only good points but also bad points in learning with computers. If people don't have their own computers, they can't do homework in their house. In addition, there are a lot of people who are not good at typing keyboard.

Using computers is very good, it is very useful, but learning with computers is not only good but also bad. However, It is very good thing what people have their own computers.

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Outline Post for Essay 2-03a

Learning with computers

Homework

Typing homework

English central

Microphone

Listening classwork

Pronunciation

Book reviews

Diary blog

Essays writing

Reports

News Quiz homework

Japanese

English

Classes

Writing

Reading

Website

 

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News article

The Japan Times

The Japan News

Speaking

Listening

Challenges

Keyboarding

Searching

Yahoo

Google

Gmail

Drive

Google Blog

Presentation

Google map

Society

Information

 

Speaking class

I have speaking class every Monday. I like speaking class because I can enjoy this class. In addition, my speaking teacher is very kind. I like him. Speaking class start from 4:20 p.m. to 5:50 p.m., so I'm always tired, but I like it. Last Monday, speaking class has finished early, so we can do English central for long time. It is speaking class assignment. We have to get 30000 point from it. It is very hard for me to get it, but I will do my best. I got 20000 point now, so I was glad to it. Even if I get 30000 point, I will do English central to be able to speak English like native speakers.

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Typing homework

What classes I will take next term

I will take fourteen classes next term. It is almost same spring semester. I have taken Economics during spring semester, but I will not take next term because I'm not good at studying Economics. It is very hard for me to study it. On the other hand, I will take Introduction to child English education. I have not taken it during spring semester. I'm looking forward to taking this class because a lot of my friends also take it, and I'm interesting it very much. I had taken fourteen classes in spring semester, so it don't change. However, I will do my best more spring semester.

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Typing homework

Other classes

 

I have fourteen classes in spring semester, so I am very busy every week. However, I do my best every day. I like psychology. It is very fun. I can know what I don't know. In addition, I am persuaded psychology class's contents. I also like speaking classes because speaking other students in English is very interesting. I'm not good at speaking English, but I enjoy this class every week. There is speaking class from 4:20 to 5:50, so I am tired, but I like it.

Foreign country

 

I want to go to French someday. I want to eat French bread because my high school's homeroom teacher often said that French bread in French is very delicious. She said that the exterior is crisp, and the content is very soft. Since I heard it, I want to eat it very much. In addition, It is said that French's sweets are very delicious, so I want to eat not only French bread but also other French's sweets.

My favorite movies

My favorite movie is Frozen. It is Disney movie. I like Disney movies very much. I also like other Disney movies. For example, I like "Toy Story", "Lion king", "Arajin" and other Disney movie. There are a lot of Disney movies, but I like "Frozen" the best. This movie is fun. I was moved it. In addition, this movie's songs are very wonderful. There are some songs in Frozen. I like "Let it go". I like better English version than Japanese version. I want to be able to sing this song

Using computer

 

I'm going to write about using the computer. I don't like using the computer. I think that computer is very useful. I can send E-mails, and watch movies, listen music, look up anything. We need computer. However, I'm not good at using the computer. Using the computer makes me complexed. I want to be able to use the computer easily. I don't use the computer easily, so I can't do homework fast. I'm not good at typing. If I could type fast, I could finish my a lot of homework than now.

About my keitai

I'm going to write about my cell phone. I have two cell phones. One is iPhone. The other is smart phone. I have softbank's iPhone and Docomo's smart phone. I usually use iPhone. I don't use smart phone because I'm not good at using smart phone. It is difficult for me to use smart phone. On the other hand, it is very easy for me to use iPhone. I often play application game at free time. I always kill free time using keitai. Thanks to keitai, I can do a lot of things easily.

My dream

I'm going to write about my dream. I want to open popcorn shop because I love popcorn very much. I run popcorn shop. I want to open it in Kumamoto because I like Kumamoto, and I don't have to spend a lot of money if I open it in Kumamoto. I always eat popcorn whenever I watch movie at theater and home. I like salty popcorn. It is very good. I also like caramel popcorn. I want to invent various flavor popcorn. For example, I want to make chocolate, chocolate caramel, cheese, powdered green tea, garlic, curry, strawberry, vanilla, banana popcorn, and other flavors popcorn. Please come to my shop if I can open the shop.

Flower arrangement

I belong to flower arrangement club at KGU. I could make a lot of friends since I belonged to it. Usually, flower arrangement club's member hold club activities on Wednesday. We often hold pizza party, takoyaki party, and other parties. In addition, we hold BBQ, video viewing, hide and seek and other activities. We sometimes do flower arrangement. It is very fun. At first, I couldn't arrange flowers well, but teacher taught me in details about flower arrangement. Finally, I could arrange flowers well. It makes me very happy. These activities are very fun and interesting. I'm always looking forward to coming Wednesday.

About blogging

I'm going to write about blogging. At first, I don't like blogging because I'm not good at using the computer. I can't type words fast, so I couldn't enjoy blogging. In addition, I thought blogging is a waste of time.  However, I have to write blogs because writing assignment is blogging. It is hard for me to type words, but I did my best. Then I can type fast before, so I feel blogging is fun and very interesting. I want to be able to type fast more, and I want to enjoy the blogging.

About vacation plans

I'm going to write about vacation plans. I'm going to go to Osaka and Kyoto and Nara with my boyfriend during this summer vacation. I'm looking forward to going there very much. I want to go Universal Studio Japan in Osaka. I want to watch the parade and ride a lot of roller coaster there. In addition, I'm going to eat famous food in Osaka. I like Takoyaki, so I want to eat it very much. Then we are going to visit temples and shrines in Kyoto and Nara. I'm looking forward to it too. I want to eat Kyoto's native dishes. I can hardly wait for this summer vacation.

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Essay 1-02b: Let's have a good university life

I'm going to write about university life. There are a lot of things to write about KGU life. I will talk about six topics, Clubs, Takumasai, Bakery, Canteen, Library, Schedule, and Classes. A lot of students are going to KGU now. They enjoy their university life. They are having many interesting experience, for example, studying, friends, part- time jobs, and the other. There are a lot of clubs at KGU. For example, there are the lacrosse, the music, the calligraphy and other clubs. If the students at KGU belong to the flower arrangement club, everyday is fun. If they belong to any clubs, they can have a lot of friends since they belonged to it. New friends will help about a lot of things. For example, they give advises of homework, human relations, and the other. New friends will be happy in university life. Usually, flower arrangement club's member holds club activities on Wednesday. They often hold pizza party, takoyaki party, and other parties. In addition, they hold a BBQ, video viewing, hide and seek and other activities. These activities are very fun and interesting. They are always looking forward to coming Wednesday. Takumasai is also fun. Takumasai is like school festival. If the students at KGU don't belong to clubs, the students at KGU can't take part in Takumasai. Some of club's members serve an executive committee of Takumasai. It is very busy and tired, but they enjoyed it. In addition, they could watch the concert for free because they were executive committees of Takumasai. It was very lucky. The concert was very excited and wonderful! I'm going to write about KGU facilities. The university's bakery is very popular. The bakery's bread is so delicious, so students like them. If the students want to eat their favorite bread, they must go there earlier than other students. Otherwise, they can't eat their favorite food, because this bakery's bread are all sold out as soon as. The students have to fight in bakery to eat delicious breads, but they like this university's bakery. Also, canteen is very popular for students, too. The student's favorite menu is curry and rice and Udon. They are very good taste! As with the bakery, if they want to have lunch in the canteen, they should go in a hurry because the seats will be all taken by a lot of students. The students at KGU often go library to study. There are a lot of books in this library. They sometimes use computers there. There are also a lot of computers there, so it's available anytime. In addition, they often watch DVDs at AV corner. There are a lot of DVDs there, so they watch DVDs there when they are free. KGU library is very useful. Thanks to this library, they can finish my homework, and look into anything. I'm going to write about my university schedule. The almost students at KGU have to wake up early in the morning. They usually get up at 8a.m. It is very hard for them to get up early because they like sleeping very much. They usually spend hard morning, but some of English department's students at KGU get up 12p.m. on every Monday because they have classes from 2: 40p.m. It makes them very happy. In addition, there is speaking class on Monday. They like speaking class very much because they like speaking English. That's why, they like Monday schedule. The students at KGU have a lot of classes. For example, they have an American literary history, Western art history, and other classes. In American literature class, this class is on Friday. In this class, the students can know many popular writers in America. They can learn about Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and more. It is interesting for all students. The students can get a chance to meet popular books in the world. In this vacation, please read them! Thus, At KGU, the students are enjoying university life very well. They can meet a lot of people, for example, there are the other students, teachers, exchange students, and the other people at KGU, so they can experience various things there. They get a lot of skills, and they grow using these skills. All students love KGU!

Content for this joint essay came from previous blog posts: Nagawa, Akino. (2014, 5 23). Essay1-02a: University Life http://ukhow.blogspot.jp/2014/05/essay-1-02a-university-life.html

Umeda, Misaki. (2014, 5 21). Essay 1-02a: Life of the students at KGU http://lqvc.blogspot.jp/2014/05/essay-1-02a-university-life.html

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Essay 1-02a: Life of the students at KGU

I'm going to write about university life. There are a lot of clubs at KGU. For example, there are the lacrosse, the music, the calligraphy and other clubs. If the students at KGU belong to the flower arrangement club, everyday is fun. If they belong to any clubs, they can have a lot of friends since they belonged to it. It makes their very happy. Usually, flower arrangement club's member hold club activities on Wednesday. They often hold pizza party, takoyaki party, and other parties. In addition, they hold BBQ, video viewing, hide and seek and other activities. These activities are very fun and interesting. They are always looking forward to coming Wednesday. 

Takumasai is also fun. Takumasai is like school festival. If the students at KGU don't belong to clubs, the students at KGU can't take part in Takumasai. Some of club's members serve an executive committee of Takumasai. It is very busy and tired, but they enjoyed it. In addition, they could watch concert for free because they were executive committee of Takumasai. It was very lucky. The concert was very excited and wonderful!

Next, I'm going to write about KGU facilities. The students at KGU often go library to study. There are a lot of books in this library. They sometimes use computers there. There are also a lot of computers there, so it available anytime. In addition, they often watch DVD at AV corner. There are a lot of DVDs there, so they watch DVD there when they are free. KGU library is very useful. Thanks to this library, they can finish my homework, and look into anything.

Then I'm going to write about my university schedule. The almost students at KGU have to wake up early in the morning. They usually get up at 8a.m. It is very hard for their to get up early because they like sleeping very much. They usually spend hard morning, but some of English departments students at KGU get up 12p.m. on every Monday because they have classes from 2: 40p.m. It makes their very happy. In addition, there is speaking class on Monday. Their like speaking class very much because they like speaking English. That's why, they like Monday schedule.

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