#016 Books

Hi. 

     In this entry, I am going to write about books. When I am free, I usually read books. Actually, I have read more than 15 books for a month. Therefore, there are a lot of books in my room, but I don’t do away with them and sell them to the used book shops yet. In my opinion, we should buy the books we want to read and keep them. There are several reasons. 

     First, I can check the books we have already read whenever. When I see those books, I might remember the stories and writers’ opinions. If I don’t keep them, I will forget the stories, and even the fact I have read the books. That’s why we should keep our own books.

     Second, I can read the books again and again. In case of novels, I will read some of my favorite books when I am free. In addition, I will have to read the books again and again in case of critical and academic essay or something like that. Sometimes I would write notes on the books. If I keep these books, they will definitely help me write my paper.

     For these reasons, I am going to keep my books as long as possible even if my room become cramped due to too many books.

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#015 In Order to Wake up early

Hi, 

Today, I am going to write about ways to get up early. 

     As you know, to wake up early is very important for us because the behavior helps us to improve our own lives. There are three advantages.

     First advantage is that you are never late for classes even if you take 1st period. If you wake up at five, of course you have enough time to prepare for classes, and you can have breakfast slowly. Second advantage is that you have time to concentrate on reading books. That is because morning is definitely very silent. I am sure you cannot concentrate on reading books at night because of any kinds noise such as TV or something like that. At night, you are usually tired, so you definitely want to go to bed anyway. I think morning is the best time to read books and study something. Third advantage is that you can enjoy surfing the Internet. I think surfing the Internet at night is less enjoyable than in morning. The reason is that it is sometimes difficult for us to get a connection because of heavy traffic on the Internet. For these three reasons, Waking up early will give us happy lives!

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#014 Preparation for Discussion

Hi.

On this entry, I am going to write about my club activity. Actually, I am a member of the ESS, and I am going to participate in the discussion contest on December. In the contest, we are going to discuss educational issue in Japan. Needless to say, it is very hard for me to discuss even in Japanese, but we will discuss this topic in English, and the discussion will take about six hours. An older member of my club said to me,” educational issue is one of the most challenging topics to discuss, so I would research the topic very hard if I were you.” Actually, I have more knowledge of educational issues in Japan than the other students because I have took the teacher training course, but it is hard for the students who take a teacher training course. In fact, discussants have to make very clear solvency which we let Japanese government carry out. For example, if I choice declining academic abilities as an educational issue in Japan, I have to research it, and I have to make a really specific plan. I mean the problem has to be planned if Japanese government practices my plan.

The discussion contest gives us very hard works. We need not only our good English speaking skills, but also our critical and logical thinking skills.

That's all for today. Thank you very much. 

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#013 TOEIC Practice by Nintendo DS

     Last week, I forgot to post a blog. I’m very sorry, sir. I will never forget that again.

     Anyway, what I would like to write about is my tool for TOEIC. Actually, I recently use a game software. The title is “Nanami no Oshiete English DS: Mezase TOEIC Master”. It is really good for me to learn English and expand my English vocabulary continuously. As you may know, a lot of game makers such as Nintendo and Sega have produced some game softs for English learners. Actually, I bought one of them last year, but I have already stopped playing it because it is very boring for me. When I use it, I cannot see cute characters and cool monsters, and I cannot enjoy fiction such as Pokémon and Final Fantasy. I would like to have fun learning English. That’s why I had searched various game softs for English learners for about six months. Finally, I found an attractive one. That’s “Nanami no Oshiete English DS: Mezase TOEIC Master”. When I use it, I can learn English and enjoy the interesting story. In the story, the main character fosters a heroine’s ability of English by practicing TOEIC test. By the way, a heroine’s name is Nanami. After I foster a certain level of her ability, the plot develops. Thus, I have to practice many problems in order to be fascinated by the story. That’s why I practice TOEIC test every day.

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#012 School Festival

In this entry, I wrote about the school festival.

It was a memorable event for me. As you know, Almost all of clubs sell many kinds of foods or something on the festival. I belong to ESS(English Speaking Society), and my club sold fried potatoes and fried ice. You must know fried potatoes, but you don’t know fried ice, do you? It’s one of the most mysterious sweets. Now, I am going to explain how to make fried ice. We used ice cream puffs to fry. The size was suitable. Before we fried it, we topped with cereals for a variety of textures. After that, we fried it. It tastes very good, and many people bought them. So, I enjoyed a party with my club members after the festival. Of course, we didn’t have to pay for the party because my club made enough money for our party. Now, I’ll introduce a branch house which I will never forget. It is a shop by Ms. Masami Iwasaki’s seminar. They sold some kinds of meals. Actually, I had a cup of minestrone soup. That was very tasty. That’s why I will never forget this fantastic school festival. 

That’s all for today. Thank you very much.

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#011 Oversleeping

Actually, I overslept this morning. I woke up at eight twenty. But you know, I had to attend first period class, Writing4. Of course, it was very challenging for me to attend the class in time. Anyway, I washed my face, first of all. And then, I had breakfast quickly. I planned to eat a cup of cereal. However, my mother had already cooked usual meals for me. That's why I had to eat rice, miso soup, and some vegetables very quickly. It was my duty. It was very hard task for me, but I succeeded. And then, I changed my clothes, and I noticed! 
"I have not written my blog yet!"
But anyway, I had no other choice to go to school in order to attend the Writing class.
Usually, I go to school by bicycle. It usually takes about thirty minutes. But the time was already eight forty. The class would start at nine o'clock. So, my task was to go to school in twenty minutes.

After all, I achieved this hard task. I mean, I attended the Writing class in time! But It was really hard work for me. So, I will never oversleep. Oversleep does me absolutely no good.

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#010 13hours

Hi,

This is the first time for me to post an entry in this blog this semester. Actually, I was excused from this class last week because I visited St. Catharines, Ontario and I learned English on the Brock University. It was a very good opportunity for me to improve my English skill. The most memorable event was the flight for 13 hours. In fact, it takes approximately 13 hours to go to Toronto from Tokyo. Of course, it was the first time for me to take a long plane trip, so I felt a bit of confusion about what I would do during the flight. But, I fell asleep soon because I had been already tired. Anyway, I will never forget the long plane trip.

I had been in Canada for just three weeks. I thought it was very short trip for me to learn English. However, I wanted to return to Japan when I arrived at St. Catharines. I was worried about communicating with my host family in English. But my host mother was very kind of me, and she spoke to me slowly, so it was easy for me to communicate with her. That’s my summer vacation.

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