Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Writing IV: Reflecting Pool 2 (§1A, only)

Reflecting Pool 2 (§1A, only)


Please post an individual response to item two, Facing Challenges (Writing IV 2009-10, slide 5), in a single comment on this post.

20 comments:

  1. I faced some challenges in this semester. For example, I faced the plural form and single form’s difference and grammar. At the grammar, I checked by computer. So I could understand what is different. However, I couldn’t understand plural or single form. At that time, I checked on the dictionary. Dictionary has some example sentences so I checked it. Then I heard that to use ALC’s system is so good to improve this problem. So I used it to improve my major challenge.

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  2. I did my best for all. For example, every classes, long essays, a lot of book reviews, posting to almost everyone in my class, and so on. Especially, I did my best to write long essays. This semester, I should write them long more than 1st semester. However I am not good at write long essay. I spent a lot of times to do them at home. It is the most major challenge in this semester.

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  3. I challenged that I read a lot of English books for book review, explain these books’ story easily than spring semester and acquired many words I did not know. When I was reading books, I did not understand the story because there were many words I didn’t know. And I did not know how I explain the story. So I wrote down these words I didn’t know and examined these words with dictionary and then I wrote again and again until I could memorize. And when I summarize story, first I wrote in Japanese and then I translated these Japanese sentences into English so I could explain easily than spring semester.

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  4. I challenged movie review and introduce my lives. Book review is easier than movie review I think. Because, movie is very long and not letters. To introduce movies, it is difficult. I would like audiences to see the movie, so I have to write interesting sentence. To introduce my lives is difficult too. Because of sentence became boring. I think to write interesting and unique sentence is very important however that is most difficult thing.

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  5. I wrote a lot of subject in essay, so I challenged to use a relative pronoun of a sentence. Then I wanted to paste a lot of media on my blog this semester, so I wrote movie review and pasted youtube which about a movie I watched and wrote movie review. I also wrote about my hometown, and pasted some links about my hometown. Many people can know about my hometown easily. I challenged to make my blog more interesting and improve my English skill this semester.

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  6. This semester, I wrote three topics essays. One of them, I wrote long essay. It was a little hard for me to write long essay because I am weak to write long stories. But it was good for me to practice to write long essays or reports. I think that writing skill is the essential in my life. I want to try to write long essays in English.

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  7. I endeavored that many people read my post easily. Therefore, I separated my post some paragraphs. I learned to read post easily for reader. And I also learned to ask for reader in my post. About it, reader thinking this thing so I thought that reader could enjoy to read post. For example, “Do you like animals?” “Can you play the mandolin?” and “Do you think about this movie?” If ask for reader, they respond about them.

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  8. Though, I don’t know what I am going to talk from now on is to do challenges, I will talk about writing this semester. I was poor at wrote on my blog periodically. So I tried to see my blog diligently and I checked my blog. I would like to turn easy to see about my blog, therefore I took a lot of pictures with my cell phone everyday. I did do my best about my blog than first semester.

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  9. The major challenge I’ve faced this semester is writing essays and book reviews with natural expressions. When I wrote my thoughts ideas and opinions in English, I used to think them in Japanese first then translated them into English, so the expressions I used were unnatural and didn’t make sense sometimes. I used example sentence look up function and tried to use natural expressions as mach as I can. Furthermore, I tried to use pronouns a lot and avoid repeating same wards.

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  10. Until writing last semester, I always use same vocabulary when I write posts. But I have tried to use new words that I have never known since in this semester. So I learned a lot of new words and could use them when I talk to foreigners. I confirmed that it makes us pleasantly to learn English.

    In addition, I would like to go abroad and study English overseas. One of my friends will go to Canada as an exchange student from this summer. Until it was decided, I was not interested in study abroad. But it became an opportunity of thinking about it. I am really thankful to her what she gave me the opportunity. So I study for exam of the selection of exchange students in this school now. TOEFL is really hard! And I think that it is more difficult than TOEIC. Then I will continue study for selection in next semester, and I want to become an exchange student. Through studying abroad, I want to get something to change my life.

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  11. This semester, I challenged to write as much words as possible on my own blog in order to make my blog more interesting. I wanted a lot of friends to visit my blog. When I had a free time, I faced computer and kept on blogging in university. I tried to take pictures to include posts.

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  12. I will face a lot of challenges this year because I am going to study in Canada from this September. Now I have anxiety and I think I will face difficulty of communication. There are two reasons. One of the reasons is lack of English skill and the other is because I am a shy girl. I have to depart from my family and Japanese friends. However, I will try hard in Canada to improve myself.

    In this semester, I faced writing difficulties. It was hard to express what I want to say and also I do not have enough knowledge of English words. I will try hard to get new knowledge about English.

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  13. My major challenges are writing long essays. I am not good at reading long essays and writing it. I wrote long essay three times this semester. Each essay was hard work but I thought very difficult is Learnig Languages of the essay. When I wrote it, I spend a lot of hours and I wrote many words.

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  14. I challenged many things on my blog. For example, I posted my photos and wrote my long essays. My blog looked nice when I posted my photos, and also I think people that visit my blog is able to enjoy reading my posts. Then I tried to write long essay than last semester. I wrote many long essays, so I think I had a good command of English.

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  15. I want to write about my idea.

    This semester, I was not able to post about Media. And then, I was not able to post a lot of interesting article. Therefore, I want to post more interesting blog and about media. And then, I want to continue to write blog. Then, I will post some blog about media, and interesting blog. Then, sometime I will post essay. When I write essay, I will try to use a little difficult words.

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  16. 2 In this semester, I had a major challenge. The challenge is to keep my motivation. I learned English at this University, but I didn’t study it in my house. I wanted to do it but I didn’t know how to learn and what I have to learn. So I tried some kinds of studying materials. For example, I studied through a magazine, its name is English Journal. When I bought the magazine, I could keep studying only a week. So, I thought that it is important for me to keep motivation for study. Then, I had heard the home stay program, so I make use of the program, and keep motivation.

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  17. I faced some challenged in this semester. For example, I tried to write as much words as possible. It is difficult for me because I could not write my opinion in English. Dictionary has some example sentences so I checked it. I used it, when I faced challenge.

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  18. I challenged two of things. One is using many pictures on my blog. I think that if there are many pictures on someone’s blog, I want to read the blog.
    Second is using simple words. I thought that if there are many difficult words on someone’s blog, I think that don’t want to read the blog. And I could continue these two things on my blog.

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  19. This semester is hard for me, because 15000 words are so tremendous. I tried to long writing per 1 blog. I couldn’t refresh constantly. This thing is my reflection. This class end today, but I try to write as English (for example like this blog) as possible in my future. In addition, I try to get time that I read many English sentences.

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  20. Challenge in My Own Writing.

    I tried writing blog as possible, and putting photos in my blog. I felt more I write it, more my English skill develops. It also helps my English to be practically. I thought audients are interested in my blog more by photos.

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