Assignment for November 25

Send the name of the best podcast that you found and a short explanation of why you like this podcast to me in an e-mail message.

Old assignments

Here is the assignment I gave on October 28th:

Pick a book to read. For next week, write a few sentences in English about the book.

Here is the assignment I gave on November 4th:

Look up at least one word that you don't understand in Longman. Then write the word, the phrase in which the word was used, and the appropriate definition from Longman.

The word that I asked you look up for the November 4th assignment should come from a book that you borrowed from the library.

Summer plans

Today I would like each of you to write the following about what you would like to do this summer:

• Two things you want to accomplish
• Two things you want to enjoy
• Two places you want to go

Then, in small groups, put all of the information together in an outline that you write on the blackboard. However, you may NOT use the categories of "Things to accomplish", "Things to enjoy", and "Places to go" to organize your outlines.

Career Planning

春学期に紹介したプリントに秋学期の予定が書いてありますので、このブログにも載せておきたいと思います。

イメージをクリックすれば、拡大されます。

Assignment for July 15

Read at least one message that has been posted on Kumamoto-i. If you like you can read a news article or another web page to which a link has been posted on Kumamoto-i. Use my "Tools" links to look up words that you do not know.

Finally, send me an e-mail that contains the following:

1. The address (URL) of the page that you read.
2. A word that you looked up.
3. The sentence in which you found that word.
4. The appropriate definition from the Longman Web Dictionary
5. An example sentence from the Longman Web Dictionary in which the word is used with the same meaning.

Make sure that your e-mail contains your name.

June 24, 2009

Hi!

From now on, I will use this blog as my "入門セミナー" page. Before I type a new assignment, I'd like to post the last assignment I gave you here. Here's what I wrote on June 24, 2009:

Hello everyone!

Today there are two types of sites (web pages) that I would like to introduce to you. The first is a mailing list. Please click here to look at a mailing list I started called Kumamoto-i. This might be a way for you to meet foreigners who are living in Kumamoto.

By the way, if you need to use a dictionary as you are reading any of the sites I am introducing to you today, please click here to find links to some dictionaries I recommend. This page also has links to sites that give you both audio and text that you can use to study English.