How to Use Lang-8

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In this video I'll show you how to use Lang-8.

First, click on "Learn for Free!" Type your e-mail address here and click on "send." I recommend that you use an e-mail address that you can use on a personal computer. I think you should avoid using a mobile phone e-mail address unless you have a smart phone that lets you view ordinary web pages. Soon after you send your e-mail address, Lang-8 will send an e-mail to you. Open the e-mail and click on the address. If you cannot click on the address, copy it and then paste it into your internet browser. If you cannot read the Japanese in the e-mail from Lang-8, don't worry. Just copy the address you see and paste it into your browser.

Now you can type in your profile. If you want to, you can change the interface language here. The "nickname" is the name that people will see on the internet. It can be part of your real name or any name you choose. Please type your nickname in English letters, not Japanese. Choose the year you were born, your native language, your home country, your gender, and the language your are studying. If you are watching this video in Japan, choose Japan here and change the time zone to Tokyo. You can choose any combination of letters and numbers you like to make your password. Make a note of your password and be sure not to loose it. You can adjust your privacy settings here and then finish the registration process by clicking this button.

Now that you have a Lang-8 account, you can write something in English about yourself. Click on "write" and type a message. Please don't copy the expressions you see on the screen. Write your own unique message. In this class, it is very important that your message be open to all internet users.

After you have written your first message, send me the address of your Lang-8 page in an e-mail. First, click on your nickname. Then, copy the address in your browser. In a new e-mail, type my e-mail address in the "To" line, your own name (not the letters you see on this screen) in the subject line, and paste the address in the body of the e-mail. Then, click on "send."

Lang-8 is a site where people can help each other learn. If you want other people to help you, you should make friends by helping other people. To do this, click on "Lang-8"and then click on "Entries awaiting your corrections." I'll look at this one to see if I can help him. This "の" should not be here. "所在ない" seems a little strange here. I'll change that to 退屈をしていました。 Now, I'll type a personal message to him and then click this button. I see that I forgot to type the kanji for 退屈 so I'll click "correct"and fix my mistake.

If you correct the entries of people you meet on Lang-8, I'm sure that some of them will help you. After someone corrects something you have written be sure to thank the person and look at what they have written to see if you can help them.

Lang-8の課題

1月7日にこのブログで書いた課題は次のようになっています。

1. Write something on Lang-8
2. Correct someone's Japanese
3. Practice on EnglishCentral

Lang-8で日記を書いていますが、「Correct someone's Japanese」がまだの人が多いようです。添削をまだやっていない場合にはは次のように corrections made が 0 になります。

この数字が1以上になるようにしてください。

今日と最終回

今日は1445教室で授業をしました。次の予定をホワイトボードに書きました。

1. Write something on Lang-8
2. Correct someone's Japanese
3. Practice on EnglishCentral

時間が足りず、EnglishCentralまではできなかった人が多かったですが、次回（最終回）にその続きをしたいと思います。直接1445教室に行ってください。

今日の授業と課題

今日は海外研修について話した後に、図書館に行って「English Garden」で本を選んでもらいました。課題として、12月8日の夕方までに、英語で書いた短い感想文をLang-8に投稿してください。

Lang-8で私とまだフレンドの関係がない場合は、利用登録をした後に、「日記」をクリックしてから、

URLのアドレスをコピーして、メールで私に送ってください。

なお、授業でインターンシップとCIEEについて話しました。授業に見つけることができませんでしたが、授業が終わった後にこのヘージで、派遣国のリストを見つけました。

残念ながら、エジプトは載っていませんが、行く方法は他にもあるかも知れません。

「国際事情研修」の説明会

11/19（金）3時間目の「入門セミナーII」の時間に次年度「国際事情研修」の説明会があります。会場は1233教室となります。直接1233教室に行ってください。研修に参加する意志がなくとも、説明を聞いてみてほしいと思います。

EnglishCentral

First, join EnglishCentral.  Then, join my class.

課題について

先日の授業で、課題について次の指示を書きました。

Write your introduction on a piece of paper. Write in paragraphs. Bring it to class next week.

"Next week"と書いてしまいましたが、学園祭で10月29日が休みになり、提出日は11月5日になります。