2012/01/23

14Week

In this class, I watched movie trailer on Youtube.
I have many movies want to watch.
Especially, I want to watch "the Twilight saga Breaking Dawn".
This movie's road show is February 25th.
I could't understand all information in trailer, but I could understand summary story.

2012/01/06

Week12

*Question1:Have you watched the movie?
  Question2:Would you like to watch the movie(again)?

  ・It's A Wonderful Life Fan Trailer
    Q1 no
    Q2 yes
 
  ・National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Trailer
    Q1 no
    Q2 yes

  ・The Nightmare Before Christmas
    Q1 yes
    Q2 yes

  ・Elf
    Q1 no
    Q2 yes

  ・Love Actually
    Q1 yes
    Q2 yes

*key words to learned:fatso(=beefy),elf(=dwarf),cracked(=batchy),lampoon(=irony),actually(=indeed)

2011/12/18

Week11

・Activity

Site:Englishpage.com - Conditional Tutorial (http://englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html)
Topic:Conditional Exercise
Key words learned: tutorial(=guidance book), irresponsible(⇔responsible),confident(=assured),doubt(=wonder),convince(=persuade)
Comments: This activity was difficult, but interesting for me!
Time spent doing activity:30min.

2011/12/11

Week10

・Activity one

Site:Word Engine(http://www.wordengine.jp/)
Your score (if any):learned 45words
Key words learned:assumption(=supposition),lad(=youth),amendment(=revision),mutual(=reciprocal),wee(=tiny)
Comments: It was so difficult because there ear a lot of words I don't know.
Time spent doing activity:25min.

2011/12/05

Week9

・Activity

Site:Voice of America(http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/)
Topic:At Thanksgiving, the Making of a National Feast (21 November 2011)

Summary:
On the fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving Day.The main dish is traditionally a turkey and side dishes include cranberries and sweet potatoes.Thanksgiving is a big event, but buying a traditional holiday meal can be a struggle for the poor. So charity groups often hold food drives to collect food for low-income families.

Key words learned:struggle(=writhe),declared(=barefaced),demand(=claim),individual(=personal),affair(=business)
Comments: It is so interesting topic! I can read smoothly.
Time spent doing activity:10min

2011/11/28

Week8

・Activity one

Site:Australia Network http://australianetwork.com/
Topic:Episode 30 -Toy Story-
Key words learned:by far,move on(=move along),mint(=new),ultimate(=highest,largest),rip(=tear)
Comments:It's interesting subject, but difficult to catch information
Time of video:about 5min.

2011/11/20

Week 7

・Activity one

Site:http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixers/T102-Dreamhouse.htm
Topic:Dream House (elllo)
Key words learned:airy(=drafty),spacious(=ample),strong on(=abound with),lively(=gingery),meditate(=consider)
Comments:interesting
Time:2min.52sec

・Activity two

Site:https://netacademy.ferris.ac.jp/anet2/
Topic:dojo Level1 1-23
Comment:easy