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.
2009年1月21日水曜日
2009年1月7日水曜日
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)
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)
2008年12月17日水曜日
December 17th
Skill:
Level (if any): Level 3 Topic: mobile phone
Main point and/or Your Score (if any):
When someone talk on the train, it often bothers others. Because that's conversation is "open loop".
Key language points to review (words or rules):
nothing
(I did it last week)
Lesson Rating: :/
Comments: (easy / boring / (not) effective)
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Skill: Listening Site: English Trailers
Level (if any): Topic: Devil wears Prada
Main point and/or Your Score (if any):
Andry become a member of Runway's editor, but she can't adapt that atmosphere.
Key language points to review (words or rules):
skinny: very thin
crucial:extremely important, because everything else depends on it
Lesson Rating: :)
Comments: (good level / interesting / effective)
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Self-evaluation: * * * * *
Study time: about 60 minutes
Comments: (studied hard / concentrated / studied smartly/ reviewed / thought about my goals)
2008年12月3日水曜日
December 3rd
Skill: Reading Site: Net Academy 2
Level (if any): Level 3 Topic: mobilephone
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): 3/3
When someone talk on a cell phone on train, it often bother others. Because that conversation is "open loop".
Key language points to review (words or rules):
loop: a shape like a curve or a circle made by a line curving back toward itself, or a piece of wire, string etc.
invade: to enter a country, town , or area using military force, in order to take control of it
Lesson Rating: :/
Comments: (too easy/ not good level /not interesting / boring /not effective)
*Recently, I think Net Academy 2 is so boring.
But I don't know any site which I can learn Reading.*
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Skill: Listening Site: English, baby
Level (if any): N/A Topic: Beijing Olimpics
Main point and/or Your Score (if any):
English, baby staff who were in Beijing during Olimpics met many people and all people were so kind!!!
Key language points to review (words or rules):
Great Wall= Chinese Wall
atmosphere= the feeling that an event or place gives you
Lesson Rating: :)
Comments: (good level / interesting)
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Skill: Listening Site: BBC Lerning English
Level (if any): N/A Topic: Birmingham
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): 8/8 perfect**
A millenium ago in England, the government wanted to know how many people lived in an each place so they made the Domesday Book.
Key language points to review (words or rules):
census: an official count of all the people in a country = kind of survey
resource: sth. in a country and can be used to increase its wealth
thorough: including every possible detail
Lesson Rating: :)
Comments: (a little difficult / good level / interesting / effective)
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Do this once each study period:
Self-evaluation: * * * *
Study time: about 70 minutes
Comments: (studey hard/ reviewed / thought about my progress)
Level (if any): Level 3 Topic: mobilephone
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): 3/3
When someone talk on a cell phone on train, it often bother others. Because that conversation is "open loop".
Key language points to review (words or rules):
loop: a shape like a curve or a circle made by a line curving back toward itself, or a piece of wire, string etc.
invade: to enter a country, town , or area using military force, in order to take control of it
Lesson Rating: :/
Comments: (too easy/ not good level /not interesting / boring /not effective)
*Recently, I think Net Academy 2 is so boring.
But I don't know any site which I can learn Reading.*
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Skill: Listening Site: English, baby
Level (if any): N/A Topic: Beijing Olimpics
Main point and/or Your Score (if any):
English, baby staff who were in Beijing during Olimpics met many people and all people were so kind!!!
Key language points to review (words or rules):
Great Wall= Chinese Wall
atmosphere= the feeling that an event or place gives you
Lesson Rating: :)
Comments: (good level / interesting)
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Skill: Listening Site: BBC Lerning English
Level (if any): N/A Topic: Birmingham
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): 8/8 perfect**
A millenium ago in England, the government wanted to know how many people lived in an each place so they made the Domesday Book.
Key language points to review (words or rules):
census: an official count of all the people in a country = kind of survey
resource: sth. in a country and can be used to increase its wealth
thorough: including every possible detail
Lesson Rating: :)
Comments: (a little difficult / good level / interesting / effective)
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Do this once each study period:
Self-evaluation: * * * *
Study time: about 70 minutes
Comments: (studey hard/ reviewed / thought about my progress)
2008年11月19日水曜日
November 19th
Skill: Reading Site: Net Academy 2
Level (if any): Level 4 Topic: Flon and ozone hole
Main point and/or Your Score (if any):
Key language points to review (words or rules):
shield: something that protects a person or thing from harm or damage
noticeable: easy to notice
treaty: a formal agreement between two or more countries or governments, or the document of this agreement
Lesson Rating: :I
Comments: (not interesting / boring)
Skill: Listening Site: Southpark
Level (if any): N/A Topic: Visiting a village
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): A class visit a village, but muders come here and try to kill villagers.
Key language points to review (words or rules):
pioneer: one of the first people to do something that other people will later develop or continue to do.
negotiate: to discuss something in order to reach an agreement, especially in business or politics
Lesson Rating: :)
Comments: (good level / interesting / fun / too grotesque)
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Do this once each study period:
Self-evaluation: * * * *
Study time: 75 minutes
Comments: (studied hard /concentrated / studied smartly / thought about my goals)
Level (if any): Level 4 Topic: Flon and ozone hole
Main point and/or Your Score (if any):
Key language points to review (words or rules):
shield: something that protects a person or thing from harm or damage
noticeable: easy to notice
treaty: a formal agreement between two or more countries or governments, or the document of this agreement
Lesson Rating: :I
Comments: (not interesting / boring)
Skill: Listening Site: Southpark
Level (if any): N/A Topic: Visiting a village
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): A class visit a village, but muders come here and try to kill villagers.
Key language points to review (words or rules):
pioneer: one of the first people to do something that other people will later develop or continue to do.
negotiate: to discuss something in order to reach an agreement, especially in business or politics
Lesson Rating: :)
Comments: (good level / interesting / fun / too grotesque)
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Do this once each study period:
Self-evaluation: * * * *
Study time: 75 minutes
Comments: (studied hard /concentrated / studied smartly / thought about my goals)
2008年11月12日水曜日
November 12nd
Skill: Listening Site:South Park
Level (if any): N/A Topic: AIDS
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): Two boys get HIV and become fight with AIDS. Finally they and scientists find solution to cure HIV using bill.
Key language points to review (words or rules):
lethal: causing death, or able to cause death
ridiculous: silly or unreasonable
Lesson Rating: :) (^ω^)♪
Comments: very interesting/ effective
Self-evaluation: * * * * *
Study time: 50 minutes
Comments: (studied hard/ concentrated)
Level (if any): N/A Topic: AIDS
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): Two boys get HIV and become fight with AIDS. Finally they and scientists find solution to cure HIV using bill.
Key language points to review (words or rules):
lethal: causing death, or able to cause death
ridiculous: silly or unreasonable
Lesson Rating: :) (^ω^)♪
Comments: very interesting/ effective
Self-evaluation: * * * * *
Study time: 50 minutes
Comments: (studied hard/ concentrated)
2008年10月22日水曜日
Octorber 22nd
Skill: Site:Yahoo Odd news
Level (if any): N/A Topic: Lego
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): Children made 10 Lego dinosaur statues in Indiana.
Key language points to review (words or rules):
dino=dinosaur
apples=wonderful, great
Lesson Rating: :)
Comments: (good level /very interesting)
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Skill: Site: geobeats
Level (if any): N/A Topic: Fish and Chips
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): Fish and Chips is a traditional dish in England, and now this dish has a lot of variation.
Key language points to review (words or rules):
cod= a kind of fish
complement= someone or something that emphasizes the good qualities of another person or thing.
Lesson Rating: :)
Comments: (a little bit difficult/ interesting)
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Do this once each study period:
Self-evaluation: * * * * *
Study time: 40-50 minutes
Comments: (studied hard /studied intensively / reviewed )
*memo*
Today's 2 videos are very intersting for me!!!
Especially, Yahho Odd news has always fun movie.
Level (if any): N/A Topic: Lego
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): Children made 10 Lego dinosaur statues in Indiana.
Key language points to review (words or rules):
dino=dinosaur
apples=wonderful, great
Lesson Rating: :)
Comments: (good level /very interesting)
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Skill: Site: geobeats
Level (if any): N/A Topic: Fish and Chips
Main point and/or Your Score (if any): Fish and Chips is a traditional dish in England, and now this dish has a lot of variation.
Key language points to review (words or rules):
cod= a kind of fish
complement= someone or something that emphasizes the good qualities of another person or thing.
Lesson Rating: :)
Comments: (a little bit difficult/ interesting)
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Do this once each study period:
Self-evaluation: * * * * *
Study time: 40-50 minutes
Comments: (studied hard /studied intensively / reviewed )
*memo*
Today's 2 videos are very intersting for me!!!
Especially, Yahho Odd news has always fun movie.
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