January 21st

YOUR STUDY HABITS

-Be ready, awake, and motivated・・・usually
-Choose fun or interesting activities that are a little difficult・・・usually
-Preview the title or any picture to focus・・・seldom
-Try to listen or read once & then test yourself・・・usually
-Listen or read many times to focus on any new language・・・usually
-Focus only on common, useful words・・・always
-Review often (especially vocabulary)・・・seldom


SETTING NEW GOALS

-Have you made progress to reach your goals this year?・・・No
-Have your long-term goals for the future changed?・・・No
-How often do you plan to study on your own during vacation? During school time (next school year)?・・・During vacation I plan to watch English movie at least 2 or 3.
-What are you going to study? NetAcademy/Web sites (Ferris Lab) /Books・・・Ferris lab and using movie (without Japanese subtitle)
-What skills are you going to study?・・・ Listening (Recently, I realize that my listening ability become decreasing.)

Remember you have until the end of January to continue your Independent Study Blog.

January 7th

Skill: Listening Site: English Trailers

Level (if any): N/A Topic: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Main point and/or Your Score (if any): 9/14
5 lucky kids visit Willy Wonka's amazing chocolate factory.

Key language points to review (words or rules):
freak: this is slang for an extremely unusual or eccentric person. It often has negative meaning.
to rehearse: to practise before performing it in front of an audience.
weird: strange, odd
to boogie: to party, to dance to pop or rock music


Lesson Rating: :)

Comments: (good level / interesting /effective/ good voca.)

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Skill: Listening Site: English Trailers

Level (if any): N/A Topic: Two Brothers

Main point and/or Your Score (if any): 7/9

Key language points to review (words or rules):
fierce: having a savage and violent nature; ferocious; Extremely severe or violent
mess: problem or difficult situation
motion picture: a film, a movie

Lesson Rating: :)

Comments: (little difficult to hear/ good level / interesting )

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Skill: Reading Site: Net Academy 2

Level (if any): 4 Topic: War and the biased jounalism

Main point and/or Your Score (if any): 3/3
The news which report war is sometimes not fair but bisased.

Key language points to review (words or rules):
biased: unfairly influenced by someone's opinion
zealous: extremely interested in and excited about something that you believe in very strongly
troop: soldiers, especially in organaized groups

Lesson Rating: :I

Comments: (a little difficult / good level)

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Do this once each study period:

Self-evaluation: * * * *

Study time: 70 minutes

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