Hi everyone,
We had a busy second lesson today. I was glad to see almost everyone in class today! Speed Discussion: After speed discussion, you wrote down the new words from the activity. New words included (a) seasonal; (b) capital punishment/death penalty; (c) phubbing; (d) sports day; and (e) bi-racial. At the end of today's lesson, I collected your vocabulary notes. I'll return them next week with feedback on your notebook and homework. Opinion Structure and Expressions: We reviewed expressions to ask for and to give an opinion, and also expressions to agree and disagree with opinions. We also review opinion structure. When you give an opinion, you need to include these parts: a. opinion expression b. your opinion (=What do you think about something?) c. a reason d. examples (e.g. personal and media examples) Opinion Presentations: For the last part of our lesson, we went through the steps for preparing your opinion presentations. They are similar to your discussions, but you have to use a longer article and learn your information in detail before our lesson. For your presentation, you CANNOT use your worksheet. However, you can have one index card. One one side, you have have key words/phrases to help you remember your summary and opinion. On the other side, you can write down your four questions. I have uploaded the slide presentation from our lesson in the Discussion Skills Lesson Materials section of the website. Homework:
Blog Question #2: Choose one of the topics below. Give your opinion on the topic. Use an opinion giving expression, and give a reason and TWO examples to support your opinion. Remember to start your opinion with an opinion expressions (e.g. In my opinion, ... / As I see it, ...) your fall semester courses having a part-time job doing volunteer work following fashion trends * Write 12-15 sentences. * Use capital letters, punctuation and spelling correctly. * Submit by Monday, October 12 by 6:00pm.
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OE1-kumi
10/6/2015 07:03:59 pm
In my opinion,having part time job is bad idea.part time job is lost time and backlog stress.For example,we are university student.So we need job.Student regular is study.Also,if we need over time work that stress backlog so much.
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OE1-Tomoki
10/7/2015 11:36:00 pm
In my opinion, I think that the volunteer activity is very important. For example, the revival of the stricken area requires many crowds. The revival activity is because it is difficult only in local people. In addition, I can shorten time before reviving if there are many crowds. I think that it is what a local person expects most. In addition, it can get various opinions and thoughts that there are many people and thinks that it is a chance to push forward volunteer activity smoothly. When wrestle about one in many people; very big; think that help it. And I think that there is really a lot of knowing it through volunteer activity. This is because it thinks that the local present conditions or the thing that you should do now become clear except that it is taken up in TV. I think that the person sends it by having known the present conditions, and the truth is taught many people. There are few myself, experience of the volunteer activity. So I go to the place needing a volunteer in now when natural disaster does not die out and want to do volunteer activity.
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OE1-Ellena Sa
10/8/2015 05:24:35 pm
In my opinion, I think having a part time job is not a bad thing. This is because I can learn about social manner. Moreover importance of the money and so on. For example, I don't have part time job. However my friends are having it. When they want to something , they pay their money. Then they didn't bought by their parents. I'm already a university student, so I think I must be over some economical independence. Also, I heard on the news that severe duty is a problem. Then I heard that karoshi and suicide. It is caused by job. I think part time job is good. However I must choose and search for company. I want to have a part time job.
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OE1-Yuki
10/8/2015 10:25:43 pm
In my opinion, having a part-time job is good idea. This is because it can be learned to concerning with a person. A part-time job concerns a person somewhere. For example, a service trade treats a customer importantly. So workers are necessary breadth of vision to see the customer. In addition, we learn coordination. We are working hard towards the same goal and it is possible to feel a sense of accomplishment. In my case, there is a person persevering in my future dream to the same dream so that becomes exciting and educational. However, it isn't better to concentrate us in only a part-time job. Our most important work now is to learn at a university. We consider many things and so have to be living. The results, I think the big thing that we get.
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OE1-Minori.N
10/10/2015 05:04:10 am
In my opinion,I think having a part time job is good thing.This is because it makes a lot of profit for us.For example,If we work part time job hard,we can get some salary.Then we can buy any clothes,eat special lunch.Besides,we can go on a trip.Our college life need much money and a lot of time.Then,we need a part time job which we can enjoy and get good salary.Also, I listened to my friends that a part time job is good experience and learning in one 's life.We can learn social structure.We can make friends and widnes our point of view.Having part time job is necessary for university students.
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OE1-Emiri
10/11/2015 02:18:06 am
In my opinion, I think that following fashion trends is bad thing. Because fashion trends need a lot of money to buy clothes. For example, everybody wear fashionable fashion, I feel that I must also wear. It looks drifted away from other people, if I’m not wearing. In addition, there are four season in Japan. Whenever it comes season, I must buy new clothes. It takes a lot money. I suppose that we should wear our favorite clothes, also it may produce an interesting fashion. Besides, following fashion trends affect the stature of people. In my case, I am very short, so I have troubled many clothes that I do not suit. If long length’s cloths come into fashion, I can’t wear it. The reason is that it is too long for me. In this case, it is waste money that to buy unsuitable clothes to care fashionable. I think that will be people who like me.
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OE-1 Shunsuke
10/11/2015 03:00:50 am
In my opinion,having part time job is good idea.Because I can learn many things.I could understand the difficulty to earn money.More over I regarded communication as various people and learned the importance of human relations.I learned the importance of courtesy and the manner.It is apologizing if wrong or importance to keep time.I can feel the sense of accomplishment, too.For example,I work in a restaurant.When "thank you for the delicious meal" it is said, I am very glad after the check.I work for the sense of accomplishment.However, I must try not only the part time job but also club activities and studying hard.So,I think part time job is good idea.
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OE-1 Takayuki
10/11/2015 06:45:58 am
In my opinion, having a part time job is very important for us.
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OE1-Nanami
10/11/2015 07:44:20 am
In my opinion,having part time job is good thing.The reason is that,if we begin some part time job, we get a sense of responsibility and money.First,adults who are members of society must have senses of responsibility.Students can get it thanks to a part time job.Second,we can get some money by working part time.Besides,part time jobs can teach us importance of the money.I think students syould work some part time jobs.
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OE-1 Satomi
10/11/2015 08:01:51 am
In my opinion,I think that the part time job is not good.
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OE1-Sakiho
10/11/2015 10:48:02 am
In my opinion, having a part time job is important for us as an experience.
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OE-1 Haruna.I
10/11/2015 07:51:55 pm
In my opinion, I think having a part time job is very important thing.
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OE-1 Elena Se
10/11/2015 09:06:26 pm
In my opinion, having a part time job is a bad thing.This is because if we do part time job, we can not take our study time.A university is the place of study.We become tired from part time job and sleep in the class.In this way part time job centered life is not good.However, there are some exception too.For example, person having a house problem has to do a part time job.It is not bad thing.Furthermore it may be recognized a good thing.Each persons are having different problems.It is important that all the students have to max of study time.Now I do not have a part time job.When I would have to do it in the future, I will do my best not to disturb my studying time.
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OE-1 Hitomi
10/11/2015 10:10:04 pm
In my opinion, I think having a part time job is good idea. This is because you can experience in the real world.
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OE1-Hiroki
10/11/2015 10:54:00 pm
I think having a part time job is very important.
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OE-1 Takeshi
10/11/2015 11:12:28 pm
I think that having a part-time job is good.
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OE-1 Natsumi
10/11/2015 11:20:31 pm
In my opinion,I think following fashion trends is not so bad. The reason I can't swear to it is good or bad is that I think it is important how to iminate the trends. I will explain more about in detail. First, for instance, I have a friend whose thinking is always the same with others. Her attitude often make me irritated. That kind of a person who always care about just the trends seems to be a lazy person who do nothing and leave things to others or can't think and live on his own at the same time. That means that it is bad not having an original style because of that way to following trends. But there is also a nagative point not to use the trends as a reference. Even though you and your boyfriend told eachother to change their fashion because they look like old ,for example, just you changed your style and he was still the same, he probably will be labeled a selfish person. In short, a person who get his own way and belive it is an only right think can be said that he lacks cooperativeness by the people around him.To suw up, the point what I want to say is that deciding clothes in reference to the trends is an effective way so that we can know and find something new while keeping the originality. Also, it enable us to learn by trial and error!
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OE-1Taku
10/11/2015 11:26:02 pm
In my opinion, having a part time job is good idea.This is because we can learn many things. For example working place' s atmosphere, society rules and notice what need to learn.I don't have a part time job now.But I hope have a part time job.We have to be a part of society soon.so we need to know what is working.
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OE1-Misato
10/11/2015 11:35:05 pm
In my opinion, I think doing volunteer work is good for us. This is because volunteer works give us unusual experience.
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OE1-chikako
10/11/2015 11:51:17 pm
I do not work part-time now.One of the reasons is because there is not much time.I am very busy with five times of club activities and classes every day in a week.I get the money if I work hard and can get much experience.I have worked part-time before in a restaurant.It was very difficult to wait on customers with a smile, but was had a good experience.The part time job can build the new human relations.I was able to build the new friends and acquaintances with the person who worked together before.I begin a part-time job soon recently because there is little pocket money.
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OE1-Minori.H
10/12/2015 12:03:56 am
In my opinion, I think having a part-time job is very important for student of university, as us.
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OE1-Haruna.T
10/12/2015 12:05:46 am
In my opinion, I think having a part-time job is good experience in the life.This is because it is social experience.For example, if you work in the cafe, I can learn communication skill.Because working in the cafe is service trade. When you contact persons, you can grow up.In fact, I work in the cafe now.I was able to grow up because I contacted many people.I think it was very good.In addiction, I can earn money.The university student costs money.For example, to play with my friends, shopping and to eat lunch.From these things, I think having pare time job is good.Let's you try a part-time job.
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OE1-Yui
10/12/2015 12:58:27 am
In my opinion,I think that having a part time job is important for us.This is because you can learn many things from having part time jobs.For example, you can experience some difficulties of society.If you do service trade, your communication ability improves.I have a part time job at drugstore.I think I became able to take communication better after starting a part time job.Also, you can learn common sense and social manners.In addition, you can learn value of money by made money by yourself.As a result, you won't waste your money which you made by yourself.Things that you learn from part time jobs would be an integral knowledge and experience for your future life.In conclusion, having a part time job make grow up yourself. Therefore I think having a part time job is a good idea.
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OE1-Yu
10/12/2015 01:03:52 am
In my opinion, having a part-time job is important thing for us. I am going to write that two reasons. First, we can learn about sociality. To be concerned with orders, we learn diverse things. Then, we can make new friends. Second, we can take new skills. However it depends on a kind of job. I think cram school teacher's job is good for us. Because we learn about education now. So that experience help us. Having a part-time job gives us various experience and money. I think having a part-time job bring profit.
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OE1-Komugi
10/12/2015 01:11:10 am
In my opinion, having a part-time job is good experience for students especially of university. The reason is that we can learn society before become a member of society. For example, we can understand the nobility of labor. I have had a part-time job for the first time this summer vacation. That was short-term part time job, but I got enough money, hardships, and fulfillment. Even I felt them, people who go to side job every week may get more. On the other hand, the opinion that student should study without money-making is right. Recently, I'm looking for new part-time job. Even the work has not yet started, I'm busy because I have to write resumes, receive job interviews. However, I think students have to do things that they can only do now. Having part time job is so, too. University students should study many things.
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OE-1 Yushi
10/12/2015 01:18:46 am
In my opinion, I think having part-time job is good things.This is because working part-time has so many social merits.
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OE-1 karin
10/12/2015 01:31:38 am
I think the volunteer activities are important in my opinion. For example there is a country where I have little money. I don't have enough food in such country. Education isn't got. That isn't equal at all. I participated in the volunteer who carries on the fund-raising campaigns supported in such country. There are many in trouble people. The volunteer activities are wonderful. More people should participate. The volunteer activities are different from part time, and money isn't obtained. There is a person who doesn't like that, too. But I want you to notice. That it's more important than money.
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OE-1 karin
10/12/2015 01:34:53 am
In my opinion, the volunteer activities are important in my opinion. For example there is a country where I have little money. I don't have enough food in such country. Education isn't got. That isn't equal at all. I participated in the volunteer who carries on the fund-raising campaigns supported in such country. There are many in trouble people. The volunteer activities are wonderful. More people should participate. The volunteer activities are different from part time, and money isn't obtained. There is a person who doesn't like that, too. But I want you to notice. That it's more important than money.
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OE1-kotone
10/12/2015 01:55:54 am
In my opinion,having part time job is good idea.The society can study by doing the byte. In addition, money can be spent for me. It is fin swimming for me. The tool is expensive. Therefore, it is necessary to work part-time. However, time of the student life disappears when working part-time. It is necessary to study between students. Therefore, you should not work part-time of high school students. Moreover, death from overwork is given in member of society's problem.
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OE1-Aya
10/12/2015 01:57:30 am
In my opinion, I think having a part time job is very useful thing. Because it makes me grow. For example I am not good at using respective language when I talk.But I have to use respectful language when speaking to older people.So I can use respectful language.Furthermore, I can learn importance of the money. I did not spend money very much after I began ato have a part time job. Because I learn the importance of money. So I think having a part time job is very good thing. And I like my part time job. And I thank for it very much. I want to continue it.
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OE1-Yukari
10/12/2015 02:00:52 am
In my opinion, I think doing volunteer work is good things.This is because it can help many people which need to help.For example, when I was a high school student, I did volunteer activity for several times.That was picking up garbage.I looked for garbage while walking roads with my classmate.As soon as I found it, I picked up and I put in a vinyl bag.A vinyl bag was fulled with it when I finished picking up garbage.In addition to, roads was so cleaned.So, people which walks roads could walk without keeping out of garbage.Also, I watched the TV program about persons who does volunteer activity
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OE1-Ryota
10/18/2015 01:59:35 am
In my opinion,If I receve 100,000yen,I save this money. It is becouse,I want to prepare money for the future. For example,now I Iike English.And I want to study English more.So I want to go abroad.It is very expensive.And I want to have a girl friend.If I have a girl friend,I use a lot of money for a girl friend.I want to give a give friend presents.And I want to go anywhere with a girl friend.I can make her happy. so I need to save money.
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