This blog is based on a class of "World news B" in Osaka Shoin Women’s University .
Today’s lesson
1.
Open MSWord. Listen and write the vocabulary items I tell you. Use MSWord’s spellcheck function.
2.
Write the meanings of those words you don’t know.
3.
Which words do you like? Rank the words: the words you like best at the top of the list, the ones you like least at the bottom of the list.
4.
Copy the list to your blog.
Vocabulary test
1. freedom 自由
3. creative 創造的な
4. unique 独特な
7. integrity 正直
8. compromise 妥協
9. beauty 美
6. group 集団
2. power 力
5. individual 個人の
10. independent 独立した
5.
Did you forget your password? Don’t give up!
1. Click on “forgot your password?” link. Your Blogger ID is the email address you used to register.
2. Blogger will send you a new password to your email address.
3. If you can log in with this new password, please change your password as soon as possible.
4. Remember your password!
5. Remember your login ID (email address)!
6.
All your work for ONE World News class should be in ONE blog entry.
7.
Your blog entry title should be “World News B 2007 + date” e.g. “World News B 2007 October 19th.”
8.
Go to your blog and read any comments you may have. If you have comments, answer them.
9.
On your blog write your answer to this question: “Our World News Blogs are all completely public. What do you think about this? Do you prefer some privacy, or is it ok to be completely public?”
I prefer completely public because I want many people to see.
10.
Practice English vocabulary online for 15 minutes (e.g. try some of these sites: http://del.icio.us/sheffner/vocabulary%2Bworldnewsab
11.
What news would make you happy to read today? Write 3 imaginary headlines
1. E.g.
1. JR, Hankyu, Keihan, Hanshin, Kintetsu give free chocolate to all passengers
2. Government cancels all income tax
3. Government closes all schools
1. Everyone gets twice salary
2. Everybody travel free around the world
3. We can become a celebrity only a day
12.
Find a news article about your theme and write about it on your blog:
1. news article title,
2.URL,
3. summary of content: who is it about? What is is about? Where is it about? When is it about?
4. your comments:
1.
Beatles book draws fans
2.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/957178.stm
3.
The first Beatles book was sold in 2000 and many Japanese bought the book in Tokyo.
4.
1. why did you find it interesting?
Because the Beatles are very popular still Japan.
2. Is there any useful information? What?
Yes, there is. Because the article may attract the interest of people who does not know the Beatles.
3. Make one change in the news item. E.g. ” Yuzuki Unose was back home with her family today after a day in hospital. She was stabbed in the chest and stomach outside the front door of her house Tuesday evening”. http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200710180096.html
Fans in China were among the first to get their hands on copies of the book, followed by Europe and the UK.
2007年10月19日金曜日
2007年10月5日金曜日
"World news B 2007" October 12
This blog is based on a class of "World news B" in Osaka Shoin Women’s University .
Today’s lesson
1.
Read what you wrote for last week’s assignment
#1-6
2.
Make a new blog entry for today.
3.
In Microsoft Word, re-write those sentences, like this: “#1. I want my school to be/have/stop -ing… “
1. What do you like about your school?
The university has various facilities.
2. What do you not like about your school?
Lunchtime is too early.
3. What do you like about your hometown?
Food is delicious. For example, takoyaki and okonomiyaki.
4. What do you not like about your hometown?
There is much garbage.
5. What do you like about Japan and Japanese people?
Japan is a small country, but a developed nation. Everyone works very hard.
6. What do you not like about Japan and Japanese people?
A lot of earthquakes occur every year. There are many shy people.
7. Visit http://del.icio.us/sheffner/worldnewsab
and play with some of the links.
8. Write about what you did for #7 on your blog. What did you learn and study today? Which websites did you visit? Which one(s) did you like/dislike? Why? Any comments or questions?
The importance of learning vocabulary.
I visited here.
It is important to pay more attention to the world.
Click here.
9. Visit your classmates’ blogs. (Contact me if your blog is not on this list). Leave a comment if you want to.
I like this. It consists of very interesting contents!! I was very interested in this article.
10. What is your news theme for this month? Choose a news theme. Find 1 or 2 news items in English about your theme. Write about them on your blog.
My theme is American and British Music. I took up a group in America. I like their song voices. Please listen to a song. Maybe everyone knows it.
4.
Do the same for your hometown and for Japan and the Japanese people.
1. What do you like about your hometown?
Food is delicious. For example, takoyaki and okonomiyaki.
2. What do you not like about your hometown?
There is much garbage.
3. What do you like about Japan and Japanese people?
Japan is a small country, but a developed nation. Everyone works very hard.
4. What do you not like about Japan and Japanese people?
A lot of earthquakes occur every year. There are many shy people.
5.
Now use MS Word’s spellcheck and grammar check.
6.
Copy your sentences to your blog.
7.
Go to the Japan Times online and read the top 3 news stories and the top 3 National News stories, and the top 3 News Features.
8.
On your blog, answer these questions (in English if you can, in Japanese if not) for any 4 of the 9 news items:
1. What is the title and URL of the news item?
2. Is this news item interesting to you?
3. Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
4. Why?
5. Does this news item give you any useful information?
6. What is the useful information?
7. Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
8. How?
1.
1. What is the title and URL of the news item?
Japanese kidnapped by bandits in Iran
2. Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.
3. Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
A Japanese college student has been kidnapped.
4. Why?
Because, I am a Japanese college student, too.
5. Does this news item give you any useful information?
Yes, it does.
6. What is the useful information?
Iran is a place where peace and order is bad.
7. Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
Yes, I could.
8. How?
I can convey this article many people on the Internet like Reiji Yoshida.
2.
1. What is the title and URL of the news item?
Alleged suicide helper for hire held in slaying
2. Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.
3. Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
The operator of an Internet suicide site.
4. Why?
Because, he made this site that general people could not think.
5. Does this news item give you any useful information?
Yes, it does.
6. What is the useful information?
Cellular phones are very convenient, but it is dangerous to make mistakes use of cellular phones.
7. Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
Yes, I could.
8. How?
I beg a goverment to enact a law and to control strictly.
3.
1. What is the title and URL of the news item?
Yoko Ono peace tower shines on in Reykjavik
2. Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.
3. Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
A peace monument designed by artist Yoko Ono.
4. Why?
Because, I wanted to know what does she make this monument.
5. Does this news item give you any useful information?
Yes, it does.
6. What is the useful information?
It is feeling that wish for world peace strongly.
7. Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
Yes, I could.
8. How?
I and everybody think about world peace, I had many people do what they can.
4.
1. What is the title and URL of the news item?
Singles find community in 'social apartments'
2. Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.
3. Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
Resident Katsuyoshi Kuriya, 29.
4. Why?
Because, I thought her opinion was true.
5. Does this news item give you any useful information?
Yes, it does.
6. What is the useful information?
It is diversity of lifestyle.
7. Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
Yes, I could.
8. How?
First of all, I discuss this with their family.
9.
Find a news item that is connected with your chosen theme, and write about it on your blog (use MS Word’s spellcheck and grammar check first).
I was surprised this news!! That's really something, Madonna!! In Japan, it may occur rarely like this. I thought America has a big scale.
10.
Read some of your classmates’ blogs and leave a few comments.
Permalink Comments
I thought that many students were interested in this article.
Today’s lesson
1.
Read what you wrote for last week’s assignment
#1-6
2.
Make a new blog entry for today.
3.
In Microsoft Word, re-write those sentences, like this: “#1. I want my school to be/have/stop -ing… “
1. What do you like about your school?
The university has various facilities.
2. What do you not like about your school?
Lunchtime is too early.
3. What do you like about your hometown?
Food is delicious. For example, takoyaki and okonomiyaki.
4. What do you not like about your hometown?
There is much garbage.
5. What do you like about Japan and Japanese people?
Japan is a small country, but a developed nation. Everyone works very hard.
6. What do you not like about Japan and Japanese people?
A lot of earthquakes occur every year. There are many shy people.
7. Visit http://del.icio.us/sheffner/worldnewsab
and play with some of the links.
8. Write about what you did for #7 on your blog. What did you learn and study today? Which websites did you visit? Which one(s) did you like/dislike? Why? Any comments or questions?
The importance of learning vocabulary.
I visited here.
It is important to pay more attention to the world.
Click here.
9. Visit your classmates’ blogs. (Contact me if your blog is not on this list). Leave a comment if you want to.
I like this. It consists of very interesting contents!! I was very interested in this article.
10. What is your news theme for this month? Choose a news theme. Find 1 or 2 news items in English about your theme. Write about them on your blog.
My theme is American and British Music. I took up a group in America. I like their song voices. Please listen to a song. Maybe everyone knows it.
4.
Do the same for your hometown and for Japan and the Japanese people.
1. What do you like about your hometown?
Food is delicious. For example, takoyaki and okonomiyaki.
2. What do you not like about your hometown?
There is much garbage.
3. What do you like about Japan and Japanese people?
Japan is a small country, but a developed nation. Everyone works very hard.
4. What do you not like about Japan and Japanese people?
A lot of earthquakes occur every year. There are many shy people.
5.
Now use MS Word’s spellcheck and grammar check.
6.
Copy your sentences to your blog.
7.
Go to the Japan Times online and read the top 3 news stories and the top 3 National News stories, and the top 3 News Features.
8.
On your blog, answer these questions (in English if you can, in Japanese if not) for any 4 of the 9 news items:
1. What is the title and URL of the news item?
2. Is this news item interesting to you?
3. Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
4. Why?
5. Does this news item give you any useful information?
6. What is the useful information?
7. Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
8. How?
1.
1. What is the title and URL of the news item?
Japanese kidnapped by bandits in Iran
2. Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.
3. Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
A Japanese college student has been kidnapped.
4. Why?
Because, I am a Japanese college student, too.
5. Does this news item give you any useful information?
Yes, it does.
6. What is the useful information?
Iran is a place where peace and order is bad.
7. Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
Yes, I could.
8. How?
I can convey this article many people on the Internet like Reiji Yoshida.
2.
1. What is the title and URL of the news item?
Alleged suicide helper for hire held in slaying
2. Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.
3. Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
The operator of an Internet suicide site.
4. Why?
Because, he made this site that general people could not think.
5. Does this news item give you any useful information?
Yes, it does.
6. What is the useful information?
Cellular phones are very convenient, but it is dangerous to make mistakes use of cellular phones.
7. Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
Yes, I could.
8. How?
I beg a goverment to enact a law and to control strictly.
3.
1. What is the title and URL of the news item?
Yoko Ono peace tower shines on in Reykjavik
2. Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.
3. Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
A peace monument designed by artist Yoko Ono.
4. Why?
Because, I wanted to know what does she make this monument.
5. Does this news item give you any useful information?
Yes, it does.
6. What is the useful information?
It is feeling that wish for world peace strongly.
7. Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
Yes, I could.
8. How?
I and everybody think about world peace, I had many people do what they can.
4.
1. What is the title and URL of the news item?
Singles find community in 'social apartments'
2. Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.
3. Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
Resident Katsuyoshi Kuriya, 29.
4. Why?
Because, I thought her opinion was true.
5. Does this news item give you any useful information?
Yes, it does.
6. What is the useful information?
It is diversity of lifestyle.
7. Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
Yes, I could.
8. How?
First of all, I discuss this with their family.
9.
Find a news item that is connected with your chosen theme, and write about it on your blog (use MS Word’s spellcheck and grammar check first).
I was surprised this news!! That's really something, Madonna!! In Japan, it may occur rarely like this. I thought America has a big scale.
10.
Read some of your classmates’ blogs and leave a few comments.
Permalink Comments
I thought that many students were interested in this article.
2007年7月27日金曜日
2007年7月20日金曜日
Summer Vacation
1． 私は夏休みにギターを練習するつもりです♪私は音楽を聴くことが大好きで、実際に自分でも何か楽器を弾いてみたいと思ってギターにしました。 http://www.yairi.co.jp/home.html
私の好きなギターリストは、Janne Da Arc のYouです☆彼のテクニックはすごいです！！！http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janne_Da_Arc_(band)
(picture www.fmb.jp/sp/)
2. ①novels 9000words②Spoken English 7000words③Children's movie 6000words④News paper 8000words3． わたしはこの二つをを試しました。http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/differences.htm
http://www.manythings.org/japanese/jlpt/
最初の方は、アメリカ英語とイギリス英語のスペルの違いがとても勉強になりました。
次のほうは、レベル4をやってみてとても面白かったです。
2007年7月13日金曜日
July 13
「worldnews nc」さんのブログは、七夕の起源や国によっての七夕の認識の違いなどが書かれていた。画像がとてもかわいくてよかった。特に一番最初の画像が私は好き♪♪♪
http://naochanchiichan.blogspot.com/
「minton」さんのブログは、なぜ七夕の日に織姫と彦星が一年に一度しか会えないのか、七夕とは何なのかなどの七夕伝説についての話☆私は、七夕伝説がとても面白かったし、いろいろな星座の画像も見れたのでよかった(^▽^)
http://mintonton.blogspot.com/
http://naochanchiichan.blogspot.com/
「minton」さんのブログは、なぜ七夕の日に織姫と彦星が一年に一度しか会えないのか、七夕とは何なのかなどの七夕伝説についての話☆私は、七夕伝説がとても面白かったし、いろいろな星座の画像も見れたのでよかった(^▽^)
http://mintonton.blogspot.com/
１．(１)今の自分に必要な単語数 2114語
(２)http://www.lexxica.co.jp/vcheck/scr/scr0010.html
２．(１)Yahho!を良く使う。 http://www.yahoo.co.jp/
(２)RSSを知らなくて使ったことがない。
2007年7月6日金曜日
July 6
- entertainment
- the production: Pixar, the voices: Ian Holm and Peter O'Toole
- America
- July 2
- Ratatouille got no.1 in US chart for the first week that this movie is shown.
- I think that this movie is great hit because everybody can enjoy this work.
Tanabata Festival
Tanabata Festival is held on July 7 every years. It originally comes from China. At present, Japan and Korea are held, too.
Here we go!!!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata
What do you remind to hear about Tanabata?
In my personal view, I always remember her on the day of Tanabata because Tanabata is my friend's my birthday.
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