Essay 1-03b: Language Learning Presentaion

I'm going to tell you about my language learning process. The contents are Childhood experience, elementary school experience, development of learning English, junior high school experience, high school experience, now, future plans and what I should do now.




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BR 1-16: This is London (Prowse, 2006)

"London is the biggest city in Britain."

This book makes all the readers feel like going to London! Especially, I've been learning the British history and traveling overseas, so I could understand them easily and eagerly. I'd really like to go to see London Bridge, the River Themes, the London Eye, Big Ben, Oxford Street and some pubs. I'm going to Minnesota in a week or so, and I can't wait, though. I'd also like to visit London!

http://www.visitlondon.com

Reference

Prowse, Philip. (2006). This is London. Oxford, England; Macmillian Publishers.

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BR 1-15:Space Monsters (Ivaldi, 1999)

                                          "Oh nothing, mum. Just a dream!"

This is a girl's dreamy story, so there are some unrealistic scenes. It goes without saying that a space monster must not come from the window and the girl should be angry even if she is very kind because the monster eats most pieces of her furniture. However, she never gets angry and she helps look for the monster's parents. The ending is also unbelievable because the parents decide to stay with her so easily! What a weird story it is!

Reference

Ivaldi, Cristina. (1999). Space Monsters. Genoa, Italy. Canterbury, England; Black Cat Publishing.

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sweets

various kinds of vending machines

Outline of Essay 1-03a

Here is an outline from my essay about language learning:

• Essay 1-03a: My English Language Learning Story

I'm going to adapt and use it to make a presentation about my language learning experience and plans.

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BR 1-14: HIP HOP (Reilly, 2007)

'But , for people in places like the Bronx, hip hop is about more than just the music and the art.'

I really like American hip hop music, so I chose this book. I know both new and old songs of the topic, however, I learned the history, classifications and some influence that it had today, for the first time.

For a long time, African-American people had been discriminated mainly by Caucasians and there were a large number of the poor around the world. Those who lived in comfort had no way of knowing the poor's lives. I think therefore hip hop is trying to appeal for the world's fairness and peace through music and arts.

http://www.yapparihiphop.com

Reference

Reilly, Carmel. (2007). HIP HOP. Melbourne, Australia: Thomson Nelson.

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BR 1-13: It's not fair (Hunt, Brychta, 1993)

"It's not fair,"

This is the story of discrimination against women. A girl wanted to be a knight but she couldn't. She was cast a spell and the magic took her to King Arthur's castle. Though she asked him to let her become a knight, she couldn't .

King Arthur lived and there were many knights long time ago. It goes without saying that men have worked outside and women have kept their houses since many years before, and so only men could be knights. On the other hand, in our time, both men and women can get almost any jobs and they are treated more fairly than the past.

By the way, I think that processors' wisdom is marvelous and amazing because they found a round table so that everyone can join meetings. We can't realize how the round table works in a daily basis, though, people got a chance to discuss something fairly.

Reference

Hunt, Roderick. Brychta, Alex. (1993). It's Not Fair. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.

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Some signs you see as you drive a car or ride a bus

Views of beautiful nature in Kumamoto

BR 1-12: The Mad Teacher(Ivaldi, 2001)

'RAVING MAD!!!'

There is a bit boring teacher called Mr Robson. Many students sleep in his class because he speak and speak. He seems to be an English teacher. He is strange, for he repeats the same words and asks children to say and do absurd things. However, he looks stranger than usual that day because he does nothing but speak more! Then, one of them got an idea and she asks her tall friend to do that and the teacher becomes silent. Though he becomes normal, he is a bit boring and the students get sleepy again. That's why, they press the button again and they make the teacher mad again!

Though the story is too far from reality, it is reflected on some strange English teachers around us, I think, so I found it exciting to read the story.

Reference

Ivaldi, Cristina. (2001). The Mad Teacher. Genoa, Italy, Canterbury, England: Black Cat Publishing.

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