My friend Chiaki

I am going to tell about my friend Chiaki. She is my friend. She and I are fiend for eight years. I saw her for the first time, It was junior high school entrance ceremony. Chiaki and I are very good friend, and went to same high school, same University. When she was a junior high school student, she was belong to brass band club. She played trumpet. She was a good trumpeter. She and I was same class. I  studied hard with her. It was good memory.
 After graduated junior high school, She and I were entered Daiich high school. This high school was a girl's high school, but at present became a coeducational high school. She and I were different class, but we were thick as thieves. After school, we often go shopping. It was very good time. Also, we studied at library. I studied hard with her to pass the university exam.
 Now, she and I go to Kumamoto Gakuen University. She is majoring International Economy. She is hard worker, and she will go study abroad to New Zealand. I was glad to decide can go study abroad. However, I feel sad, because I can't to see her for half a year. It is first time for me. I want to send her email everyday.

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Essay 2-03b: Learning with Computers

These days, people always use computer for work or study. They use computer for their homework and hobby. They take four classes to study English. In these class, They often have to use computer. Computer is very useful. Computer is very important in the KGU English classes.

First, they often use the computer in Writing class. In this class, they have to write blog on Blogger. They have to post book review, essay, typing, and free post. They write it about their favorites. For example, their favorite sports, sweets, song, season, car, and so on. It is a little difficult for them to write a lot of words in English. But , it is good for studying English. They want to write well more and more.

Second, they use the computer in Speaking class. They use it for presentation. We take presentation about aerial restaurant. They enjoyed to make it. They don't like to make it, because some students are not good at to use computer. But, my friends help me to make it. They enjoyed listening to my classmates presentation. It was very good! Also, they use computer for English Central. It is Speaking class's homework. They often do it in my home. It has a lot of movie. They can study English pronunciation. It is very good to study. They want to watch a lot of movie more!

Third, they use the computer in Reading class. They use it to watch online news paper. Also, they use RNN. It is online current English dictionary. It is very useful to read news paper. Some students can't understand well without current English dictionary. They have to study more.

Finally, they use computer at home. They use it for study and fun. They use to do their homework and listing to music or watching movie. Using computer, they can study english more. They want to use it well. They want to improve their English skill to use the computer.

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How I study during the vacation

During summer vacation, I often watched some movies in English. I watched Harry potter series, Amazing Spider-Man2, Frozen, and so on. I like to watch movies in English. In movie, people speak speedy and fluently. I can’t listen all that they said, but I can listen part of it. I want to understand contents of movie without Japanese subtitles. I want to watch more movies in English.

Also, my friend Tomoko who lives in Chicago came to my home. She has two children Tyshi and Lynca. I nursed them. I enjoyed their care. They speak Japanese and English. I think it is wonderful. They are naturally bilingual!

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What classes I will take next term

I will take many classes next term. I will take Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, and so on. My spring term's grade was not good enough. I should to study hard next term. I need more effort to create time for study. Moreover, I will take Japanese history, Western art history, Modern Japanese history, International society and Japan. I will take many classes about international thing. I want to understand deeply about all the countries of the world. 

I am not good at get up early. Last year, I overslept and was late getting to the class. I need to effort to get up early. 

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Essay 1-02b: University Life

There are a lot of interesting things at KGU; for example, classes, teachers, friends, club activities, facilities, and part-time jobs. Most KGU students like all of these things because these are extremely valuable and delightful! The students of KGU that entered last year as freshmen. And they were really nervous then. There are so many things to do at first. When they are freshmen, there are classes that are listening, reading, writing, speaking, and in addition to it, Spanish, the history of English, and so on!! These classes were very difficult, so some of the students couldn't get to earn these credits. It is really mournful, so they should go to class seriously and get to earn these credits absolutely. Now, they are second grade students and also enjoying university life at KGU. They want to study English more deeply. They study English everyday. Second year English classes more difficult than last year in English classes. They are trying hard to finish their homework. It is very important thing for students to finish their homework. It is difficult for them to spend time to study, because they have part-time job. For example, almost student has a part-time job after school. Usually, they work for four or five hours. It is hard for them to work after school. But they need to make money for clothes, lunch, play, and so on. This is why they have part-time job. What’s more, they might don’t want to repeat errors again. Therefore, they will do their best. However, there are too many assignments than the first year. They will be very busy for university homework. They don't like homework so much! They want to escape from homework. Also, Some students are not good at PC because they lack of sense of the machine. However, they are trying to do their homework because it is necessary to join the classes. It is very useful to improve their English writing skill, but It needs time to do. They sometimes couldn't do homework by deadline. They want more and more time. Homework is very important for university student to grow their English skill, so they should their homework hard better than now. They want to spend more time for study English, because they want to use English well. When they are the second grade students, they have to do English Central and get 40,000 points in the spring semester in speaking class. It is very hard to get those points because each video only gives about 100 points. It is not really quick enough. Also, students who take speaking class have to take surveys and tally that. And they make a poster and show it in front of other students. There is no time to make these things so they should put them to work as soon as possible. Also, they have to read an English newspaper in reading class and know the current news. It is not so hard to know current news in Japanese. However, The English newspapers are very difficult to read. They couldn't understand at first even what the headline says. However, there are some rules in its newspapers. Now, they can read these newspapers little by less than before. It is very easier to read than before. It makes them think this current news and figure out what happen all over the world. What's more, they have to write a lot of essays and book reviews every week. Also, there is Speed Typing homework and it is really valuable to write English faster. In addition, they have to manage to work on Google drive that they write. Managing these is really difficult. However, it is a good opportunity to come into connecting with English. They should make sure what they have to do and manage to their time. On the other hand, most of KGU students belong to clubs. KGU have many clubs. People who belonging to clubs are enjoy their club activity. For Example, there are traveling abroad society. This club travel twice a year. People whom this club members travel to Korea, Pusan. They go to Korea in the summer and spring vacation. They enjoyed shopping, sightseeing, and eating Korean food. Korea has many delicious foods.

Content for this joint essay came from previous blog posts:

Shioyama, Ai. (2014, 05 30). Essay 1-02a: University life [Web log post]. http://loovefish0113.blogspot.jp/2014/05/essay-1-02a-university-life.html

Inoue, Kurea. (2014, 05 22). Essay 1-02a: University Life [Web log post]. http://kurea93.blogspot.jp/2014/05/essay-1-02a-university-life.html

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Essay 1-02a: University life

Second year English department students are enjoying university life at KGU. They are very busy for study, part-time job, and club activity. They want to study English more deeply. They study English everyday. Second year English classes are more difficult than last year in English classes. 

They are trying hard to finish their homework. It is very important thing for students to finish their homework. It is difficult for them to spend time to study, because they have part-time job. For example, almost student has a part-time job after school. Usually, they work for four or five hours. It is hard for them to work after school. But they need to make money for clothes, lunch, play, and so on. This is why they have part-time job. People whom study at the KGU English department are very busy for university homework. They don't like homework so much! They want to escape from homework.

 Some students are not good at PC, because they lack of sense of the machine. But, they are trying to do their homework. The class of writing has many homework. They spend a lot of time for it. They sometimes couldn't homework by deadline. They want more and more time. Homework is very important for university student to grow English skill, so they should their homework hard better than now. They want to spend more time for study English, because they want to use English well. 

Most of KGU students belong to the club. KGU have many clubs. People who belonging to the club are enjoy their club activity. For Example, there are traveling abroad society. This club travel twice a year. People who this club members travel to Korea, Pusan. They go to Korea in the summer and spring vacation. They enjoyed shopping, sightseeing, and eating Korean food. Korea has many delicious foods. KGU students are enjoying their university life. They should keep balance study and play.

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How I study English

     When I study English at home, I watch movie in English and listen to English music. It is interesting for me to study English. Sometimes, I listen radio FEN, because I want to get ability of hearing. Also, I do my English homework, and go for English classes. Native English teachers teaches me a lot of interesting things. I enjoy studying English at school, and I talk with foreign students. I want to communicate with them more and more.

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