Here is the agenda for today's class ...
1. Pass in Essay #5 - A Change In Me (Change Essay)
2. Give Kevin any old essays or comics that you have not turned in yet
3. Do the Conjunctions Worksheet in class
4. Do the Sentence Combining Worksheet in class
5. Blog about a current news topic, or click on the link below and blog on it
Yokohama Chinatown Parade Is Cancelled
If the news about Chinese-Japanese relations is too depressing, how about this article? It has no politics. It's about a species of ant that is enslaved by another species, and it rises up in rebellion against its masters. I'm not sure why it's here, but maybe you want to read it and comment?
Enslaved Ants Regularly Rise In Rebellion, Kill Their Slavers' Children
Some online tools for checking your sentences. These are useful! Get to know them!
alc.co.jp
tatoeba.org
translate.google.com
OneLook.com
www.just-the-word.com
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Welcome back!
Welcome back, everyone!
We will be starting our next essay, called "A Change in Me" or Change Essay for short. Here are links to some Change Essays from last year.
How My Attitude About Work Has Changed, by K I.
Also, on the same page as the link above, please read:
I Changed My Way of Thinking About Handicapped People, by S. K
Finally, below is an essay from 2010:
How I Changed my Way of Thinking about Our Neighbor, Korea by Swwie
Although I live in a country which is part of Asia, I used to believe I would not have opportunities to talk with Korean people. When I was young, I thought I might be able to talk to English speakers in the future because I had learned English in school. On the other hand, I had never learned any other languages besides Japanese and English. However, learning English gave me a lot of opportunities to talk with Korean people and changed my way of thinking about them. Now I know more about Korea, even though I live in Japan.
In 2009, I went to Canada to study English and had a lot of opportunities to meet students from all over the world. Of course, there were many people from Japan's neighboring country, South Korea. Before living in Canada, I had actually never talked to Korean people or been friends with them. But when school started, I soon made friends with some of the Korean students. We often chatted in English about the cultures of our countries, and we taught each other some words in our native language. Those times made me interested in Korea.
In 2010, I accidentally found a Korean TV drama, "Kun; Love in Palace," on a Japanese channel and it was really interesting to me. This is not a historical drama but a love comedy, so it is easy for me to understand Korean culture. Soon I began to like it. I gradually became interested in Korean TV dramas. They teach me about pop culture in Korea.
Now I am a person who likes Korea. This semester, I am taking a class about Korea and the culture of Korea. I hope I will be able to speak and write Korean a little through this class. I would also like to visit Korea in the near future.
People tend to dislike things they don't understand well. However, if we take a step to know other people's culture, we will hopefully like them and become interested in them as I am interested in Korea. Knowing about other cultures helps us keep a good relationship with foreigners.
We will be starting our next essay, called "A Change in Me" or Change Essay for short. Here are links to some Change Essays from last year.
How My Attitude About Work Has Changed, by K I.
Also, on the same page as the link above, please read:
I Changed My Way of Thinking About Handicapped People, by S. K
Finally, below is an essay from 2010:
How I Changed my Way of Thinking about Our Neighbor, Korea by Swwie
Although I live in a country which is part of Asia, I used to believe I would not have opportunities to talk with Korean people. When I was young, I thought I might be able to talk to English speakers in the future because I had learned English in school. On the other hand, I had never learned any other languages besides Japanese and English. However, learning English gave me a lot of opportunities to talk with Korean people and changed my way of thinking about them. Now I know more about Korea, even though I live in Japan.
In 2009, I went to Canada to study English and had a lot of opportunities to meet students from all over the world. Of course, there were many people from Japan's neighboring country, South Korea. Before living in Canada, I had actually never talked to Korean people or been friends with them. But when school started, I soon made friends with some of the Korean students. We often chatted in English about the cultures of our countries, and we taught each other some words in our native language. Those times made me interested in Korea.
In 2010, I accidentally found a Korean TV drama, "Kun; Love in Palace," on a Japanese channel and it was really interesting to me. This is not a historical drama but a love comedy, so it is easy for me to understand Korean culture. Soon I began to like it. I gradually became interested in Korean TV dramas. They teach me about pop culture in Korea.
Now I am a person who likes Korea. This semester, I am taking a class about Korea and the culture of Korea. I hope I will be able to speak and write Korean a little through this class. I would also like to visit Korea in the near future.
People tend to dislike things they don't understand well. However, if we take a step to know other people's culture, we will hopefully like them and become interested in them as I am interested in Korea. Knowing about other cultures helps us keep a good relationship with foreigners.
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