Hi everyone,
Can you believe that it's already been one month since we first started our course? Time flies! Literary Terms: During the first part of our lesson, we continues with literary terms. Remember that your book reports are due in two more weeks, so I hope you're almost finished reading your graded readers. Symbols: We continued with learning about literary terms. In today's lesson, we looked at symbols in literature. There is additional information about symbols in the "Reading-Literary Terms" section on the website. The file is called Symbols in Literature. Remember these points when analyzing symbols: a. a symbol usually occurs throughout your book b. a symbol can have one or many meanings Discussions: Before our discussions, we reviewed Conversational Style. As you know, English conversational style is very different from the Japanese one. During a discussion, you can "jump in" at any time to ask a question or to make a comment. You don't have to wait to be invited to speak during a discussion. For next week's discussions, remember these points:
Classroom Manners: Please show good manners so that our lesson is enjoyable for everyone. This means not using your phones during our lesson, speaking English, and being prepared for each lesson. Book Report #1 We need an extra lesson to prepare for our book reports, so I've change the deadline. The new submission date is Friday, May 22. Homework: 1. Discussion Preparation 2. Blog Post #4 3. Journal Topic #4: best friend experience 4. Finish reading your graded reader 5. Secret Garden literary terms (symbols, theme) Blog Question #4: FOR GROUP MEMBERS: Give yourself a score out of ten for your participation in today's group discussions. Why do you think you deserve this score? Give reasons and/or examples to support your answer. Example: In today's class, I would give myself a score of 8/10 for my participation. First of all, I asked my group leader when I didn't understand vocabulary. For example, I asked the group leader to tell me the meaning of "gun control" and "amendment." Second, I gave examples about Japan's gun control in the discussion. However, I didn't always make eye contact with all my group members, so this is something I need to improve next week. FOR GROUP LEADERS: Give yourself a score out of ten for your performance as a group leader. Why do you think you deserve this score? Give reasons and/or examples to support your answer. Example: In today's class, I was the group leader. I would give myself a score of 8.5/10 for my performance. First of all, I checked my group's understanding about 4 times during my summary. Also, I encouraged all my group members to participate. I asked them directly for their opinions and asked them to make comments the opinions of other group members. However, I forgot to do a pronunciation practice for my vocabulary, so I need to do this for my next discussion.
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Hashimoto Kota
5/5/2015 02:18:20 am
In last class, I was the group leader. I would give myself a score of 7/10 for my performance. The reason is that I could teach my group members pronunciation of new words 4-5times and check understanding during my summary. In addition,I asked all members for opinion and questions. Thanks to my group's participation, I think I could proceed without interruption. Before the discussion, I planed to speak loudly, however I had a sore throat, therefore I couldn't do it. I want to try next discussion with my best condition.
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IE3F-Kirara
5/5/2015 09:56:40 pm
I was the group leader in last class. I would give myself a score of 7/10 for my performance. There are some reasons for it. I did a pronunciation practice for my vocabulary and I could use these new words in my discussion. Also, I could check my group's understanding about 4 times during my summary. However, I couldn't make comments or questions on each members' opinions. In addition, I had a quiet voice, so I think that it was hard for members to hear my summary or opinion. Therefore, I pay attention to these points and want to make a better discussion next time.
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IE3F-Natsumi.H.
5/6/2015 01:08:31 am
I would give myself a score of 5/10 for my participation in the discussion, because there were a lot of things to improve. One of them is that I should have had questions and opinions while the leader told us about the article or his or her opinion. In this time, I tried come up with my questions or opinions after I asked by the leader. Therefore it took a little bit long time to remark. In addition, I felt it was difficult especially for Japanese not to wait to mention their opinions. However, since it is a necessary skill in English conversations, I would like to try to remark as quickly as possible, and improve my own discussion skills next time.
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IE3F Natsumi.S
5/6/2015 04:16:20 am
In last class, I would give myself a score of 6/10 for my participation. Because I could tell my opinion positively. I could jump in discussion. However, I could not communicate my feelings. For example, I didn't know a word "dialect". I wanted to explain my opinion and thinking. However, I couldn't explain word without "dialect". I should have replace easy words and I should have ask question for group leader. This week, I will be a group leader. I want to improve my discussion skills.
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Koyo Sato
5/6/2015 03:23:10 pm
In last class, I would give myself a score of 5/10 for my participation. I have two reasons for it. First, I couldn't follow up questions. I had many chance to ask questions, but I couldn't tell my opinions or question to group members in English. In next class, I will try to tell my thoughts exceedingly. Second, I used my dictionary many times. When there are words I don't know, I should ask group member to understand the meanings. I want to improve these problems next week.
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Misa
5/6/2015 05:23:23 pm
In the last class, I would give myself a score of 7/10. I could make good eye contact when we were talking. I was not good at speaking English but I tried to tell other discussion members what I thought. Especially, I answered the questions well. It was better if I could tell more clearly. I jumped in discussion a few times. I want to do more in the next discussion. What I could do the best is making good gestures. I want to be able to tell my feelings well and know others' ideas!
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IE3F Shiori Naito
5/6/2015 06:46:48 pm
In last class, I would give myself a score of 5/10 for my participation. I'm bad at communicating with someone, so I don't like talking. And I'm bad at speaking English. I only think this core class is training. But I'm intrersted in English and want to be like a native speaker in the future. For me, this core class is improving my English skill, I think. So, I try to talk to someone positively and I'll do my best for increaing my score for my presentation from now on, too.
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Sayaka Takizawa
5/6/2015 06:58:33 pm
In last class, I would give myself a score of 7/10 for my participation. That's because I enjoyed the discussion by the leaders very much. Thanked to their contents are enjoyable, I could think a lot about questions, and I could remark and ask to group members. Then, why 7? I think one point is that I sometimes couldn't spend all coins. Another is I couldn't explain what I want to convey well. This made me feel irritated. Last one is my lack of English skills. So, I want to ask a lot of questions, get my idea in shape quickly, and improve my English conversation skills next week!
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Maho Takagi
5/6/2015 07:18:27 pm
In today's class, I was the group leader. I would give myself a score of 6/10 for my performance. I have two reasons. First of all, I focused on reading my summary and opinion. I think that I should read this with seeing classmate's eye. Second, in the first performance, I forgot to say to everyone " Are you following me?". But next performance, I could say that, so I think that my performance is smoother than before.
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