Oral English 1: Lesson 12

1/12/2016

Hi everyone,

We finished our last group of debates, so we have now done with all the requirements of our course. In next week's lesson, we'll have a fun lesson about using slang in English.

Speed Discussion Vocabulary:
Coming-of-Age Day
catch the flu / catch a cold
New Year's resolution

Debate Feedback:
I noticed in your debates last week and this week that there are two types of pairs: those students who are very well prepared and those who didn't prepare enough for their debates.

When you have presentations in Oral English 2 next year, it's important to speak loudly. This shows that you are confident in your opinion. Also, you need to make eye contact with both the audience and your group. You have to practice both the content of your presentation, and how you will present (e.g. body language and voice inflection). If you don't practice your content enough before the lesson, it will be difficult to focus on your body language because you need to use your notes too often.

Homework:

Blog Post #10

Blog Question #10:

In today's speed discussion, we learned the expression "New Year's resolution."

What are two resolutions that you have this year? Why do you have them?

* Write 12-15 sentences.
* Use capital letters, punctuation and spelling correctly.
* Submit by Monday, January 18 by 6:00pm.

25 Comments

OE1-kumi

1/13/2016 05:04:47 pm

1/13/2016 17:02:02

My New Year's resolution is study hard. For example English, French, Psycholoy and education system etc. Because I want to get great record. Also, I want to participation education support. Because my dream is teacher. I will participation this support this year. I was apply one project. this project is my first participation project. Moreover I hope get teachers' skill. For example speaking skill, teaching skill etc. This year will become very busy. But so my best. I wish I could attainmeny my New Year's resolution.

OE1-Nanami

1/14/2016 07:08:50 pm

My New Year's resolutions of the first one,To improve the instruments.I'm playing the saxophone in the big band. And, I was selected as regular member of the big band last year.There are a lot of good players in the regular members. So,I want to be a good player this year.To that end, I have to practice a lot.New Year's resolutions of Another,I want to be a good cook.I until last fall, had bought lunch at school.However, I was no longer able to buy.The reason is that,Because my money has run out.I can't be part time job because my club activity is busy.For this reason, I have to make my lunch everyday.I want to practice this year cuisine.In order to eat a delicious lunch.I want to work hard in order to achieve these two goals.

OE1-Tomoki

1/15/2016 03:49:51 am

An aim of my New Year is to acquire command of English. Through this class, the body got ability to hear English mainly. However, it is not precocious despite perfection to answer for what I was asked about by it well. So I do not think that I completely get communication. In addition, it is the present conditions that I cannot say smoothly that I give one's opinion in English. I want to speak English almost as same as it smoothly to talk in Japanese. So another aim is to do English in everyday life closer. For example, I watch an overseas movie by an English sound and am that foreign countries listen to the radio. Ability to hear English more by doing so it thinks the body to be provided. In addition, not only I hear it, but also must acquire the power to talk about. To that end, it is basic, but must be conscious for the pronunciation of the English word more. In the case of debate, it has a word not to understand pronunciation. I want to improve such a basic point.

OE1-Emiri

1/15/2016 04:35:14 pm

My New Year’s resolution is what I can’t run away from myself. One of them is to study English. I am not good at speaking and writing English, so I take of a lot of time when it is to do something that English is involved. I had run away from the fact which study English because of it. However, I felt the need and important of English keenly. Therefore through remembering words and reading the English sentence, and I want to do my best. I also want to be confident in English than now. The second is to diet. I like to eat, and thus eat well to relieve stress. I got far little by little because of that. Next year is also coming -of - age ceremony. I want to lean by the time, but I am so sweet to myself, and it can’t be put up easily. I strive to become strictly to myself and stronger. This two things are my resolutions.

OE-1 Hitomi

1/15/2016 08:45:29 pm

My New Year's resolutions are to keep myself healthy and to increase my cooking repertoire.
First, it is important to maintain health because you can't do anything without being healthy. My mother and my sister had norovirus on New Year's Eve. I and my father nursed them desperately. They looked like very tough, so I decided to keep myself healthy next year.
Second, I have been living a single life for 4 years in Tokyo. I must cook for me because I don't live with my mother. I like eating,but I dislike cooking. So, in this year, I want to try to cook and increase my cooking repertoire. I think it connects with being healthy. I also want to cook for my boyfriend and my friends.
I wish to achieve my New Year's resolutions.

OE1-Yuki

1/17/2016 05:22:14 am

My New Year's resolutions are to clean and study. I had the time when I'm sleeping during class for 1 year. Because of the long commute time, fatigue had accumulated. However, I move to Tokyo from April, so you'd be able to make the time. So I'd like to challenge various things as well as a class. In particular, I'd like to learn about English and a future dream. Second, because I don't like cleaning for the hopes which clean a room. The room is very dirty. For example clothes are scattered about a floor. I'd like to cure such myself. If I live alone, I have to do various things by myself. I'd like to keep a clean room and would like to be able to clean now. So I'd like to persevere in study and cleaning. Both of 2 would be one step which makes myself grow.

OE1-Takayuki

1/17/2016 05:36:37 am

One of my new year’s resolution is becoming independent. I am going to live alone from this spring. So I have to learn how to do houseworks. Now I increase cooking opportunities but I am not good at cooking. However I will have to do not only cooking and also cleaning, washing and so on. There is a lot of things to do. I want to do my best so I am going to ask the keys of houseworks to my mother. Second is to enjoy college days more. Last year, I was not able to have my time because I had three part-time jobs. I have a lot of things which I want to do. For example, driving, watching the professional baseball game more and going to circle activity. I know studying is the most important thing but my department becomes busier next year. Therefore I want to enjoy everything while I have a chance in this year.

OE1-Ellena Sa

1/17/2016 06:29:16 pm

I have two resolutions. First, I keep my health. For example, I live a regular life. This is because, It is hard to get up on the next day if I went to bed late. Furthermore, I am sleepy all day and cannot concentrate on things. In other words I cause a vicious circle. Then I want to keep health. Second, I want to level up my skating skills. I've figure skating for a long time. So, I want to become better than last year. In conclusion, I want to carry out one's word. I spend day by day with a sense of purpose.

OE1-kotone

1/17/2016 09:11:03 pm

I have two goals in 2016. The first one is to challenge new things. Nothing will begin if you don't try! I would like to challenge everything. Furthermore, I think it is important to find a goal and work hard to accomplish it. The second one is to live a healthy lifestyle. I always go back home too late to sleep a lot because I do part time job and practice. However, I think sleep is important for human, so I want to sleep enough even if I am so busy. In addition to this, I also want to be careful about my every diet. This is why I want to be a person can have the responsibility for whatever I do. Thus, in order to achieve my goal, I am going to do small thing such as management of my diet.

OE1-Yu

1/17/2016 09:22:03 pm

I am going to write about my New Year's resolutions. First, I want to clean keep my room. I frequently clean a room. However I can't keep that easily. If I can keep my room cleanly, also clean my feelings. And I can start immediately on what to do. Second, I'd like to have a plenty of leeway and work on homework. It'll be always the very limit, so I'm impatient. When making it early, I can think well. And above all, I can also spend later easily. These are basis, but I have loosened after it'll be a college student. So I'd like to have a new appreciation accurately.

OE1-Elena Se

1/17/2016 10:27:19 pm

My New Year's resolutions are studying more hard and exercising every day.I studied a little at the last year.I spent every day to like it.For example, I went lunch or dinner with my friend, I went for my dog walking, and so on.I enjoyed very much at the last year, so in this year I will study hard.I will study Italian, English, Psychology, Food science.I will improve my those skill.Next resolution is exercising every day. I exercise a lot at age of high school.For example, I belonged to soft tennis club and team of gymnastic.Those finished at the way up to high school.I did not exercised a lot last year, so my body put on fat.I will to go a gym and swimming regularly.In conclusion, I will do my best to do its.

OE1-Yui

1/17/2016 10:44:36 pm

My first New Year's resolution is to always study hard. I was often late to classes in last year and I always slept in classes.Also, I didn't always study.As a result, I was often so cornered the day before the test.I had to study up all night.Therefore, I'll always study and get a better grade.
Next, my second New Year's resolution is to try on anything.I want to do various things and enjoy my university life.Also, I haven't decided my dream yet.I'm going to challenge to do anything for my future.I hope I can find my dream somehow in this year.
I will try to do my best to achieve these resolutions this year.

OE1-Misato

1/17/2016 10:49:11 pm

I have two New Year's resolutions.
First, I want to raise the level of English skill. It is because I felt that I racked English skill to speak it fluently.I didn't speak it and I only read and wrote it when I was a high school student. So, I think I'm better than then. But I feel I don't have enough English skill to make myself understood.
Second, I want to study Japanese traditional culture. I started to learn how to wear kimono last year. Now, I sometimes wear it and go out. I like kimono and I want to wear it more many young people. I learned history of kimono and I found wonderfulness of Japanese tradition. And I'm interested in it.
I want this year to be a good year and I liveafull life.

OE-1 Natsumi

1/17/2016 11:40:26 pm

My resolutions of 2016 are to learn something new everyday and to do it consistently, despite knowing most people give up on resolutions within weeks of setting them. This is because I know that whether I take a course or study by myself, I am sure that I will find education to be one of the easiest, most motivating New Year's resolutions to keep. When I entered University, I felt like my soul telling me that I reached something perfect. Then I gradually forgot to pursue my real goal. I completely forgot that entering University is just the step that I can find and study what I really want to do in my future. The moment I finally realized that passionate was my second summer of University. My mother led me to the right place again and I could see myself from every aspect. Four months have passed then, I organized my resolutions well. And that is as I said, Learning something new everyday and do it consistently. It means that I want to be passionate about education and my future. I almost know what my study is so I have no choice but to try my best. And most important point is that I won't be lazy again.

OE1-Taku

1/17/2016 11:49:52 pm

I have two New Year’s resolution. First, I want to study more honestly than last year. I learned my circle was busier with the last term. So, I will make my time schedule, I’m planning to take many classes in the first term. I will reduce absence this year and want to go for many classes. The student of psychology subject must go to school at the age of a second grader on Saturday. So I will have to study more hard.
Second, I want to play Double Dutch better. My post is one of the team leader in same grade. So, I must be better Double Dutch player. I’m not good at make performance. However, I have to make more number of performance with my younger student.
So, the ambition of my new year is literary and military arts.

Haruna.k

1/18/2016 12:16:26 am

I have 2reaolution this year. I do not like carrot, green peas,tomato juice, and milk. First resolution is to get rid of dislikes about food. This is because I often fall sick and skin roughness is caused. I know these food are very nutritious ingredients. However I do not eat those . I think that I will get more health if I come to be able to eat these. Moreover I think that it is shameful that when I become an adult, I have hateful foods. If I have children , I want to teach importance of the every food .
Second resolution is to diet. This is because I have gained weight very much than time of the high school student. I can not wear clothes at that time now. I want to wear these clothes. So I'm going to exercise to let diet succeed.

OE1 Haruna.I

1/18/2016 12:21:59 am

One of My new year's resolution is to improve English conversation.I like taking the communication in English.Furthermore, I use English well when even a parttimer talks with a foreigner.However, I do not often come well.Therefore I improve English conversation and want to become able to take the communication in English well.
It is that the cover nail becomes the dish left side of the stage.She treated me to a delicious Italian full-course meal the other day when I went out to the house of the friend to play.I was impressed very much, and oneself wanted to become the dish left side of the stage then, too.It becomes the dish left side of the stage and wishes that I want to become a good bride.

OE1-Haruna.T

1/18/2016 12:23:49 am

My first New Year's resolution is studying hard. Because, I want to be a teacher. So I have to study hard. Also, I could not study hard last year. I'd like to regret that and turn over a new leaf this year. For example, I'm not good English. So I'm going to study every day. My second New Year's resolution is saving money. Because, I spend money lavishly last year. So I can't go to take a driver's license. I have to save money this year. I persevere in these two this year.

OE-1 Satomi

1/18/2016 12:40:08 am

I have two New year's resolution. First, l live a having good life rhythm. For example, it is early to bed and early to rise and is the eating habit. Besides, I exercise, and there is other a lot of means! I perform these hard and want to live a healthy life. This is because the healthy life leads to the substantial private life. The second is to progress a hobby. I play the contrabass since a high school student. I practice a contrabass in both jazz and orchestra now. I love to play it! However, I decrease at an opportunity to play it if I become a member of society. So, in now that is a university student, I do hard one's thing which I want to do.

OE1-Sakiho

1/18/2016 12:46:40 am

I would like to make this year happy. Not only happy but also growth of myself is my hope of this year. In order to make such year, l think l need to make an effort .
First my resolution is to grow of thinking.
I want to be because I became an adult, able to calmly determined to review their thoughts until now.
For example, even if unpleasant, to stop to think on their own center. It often observed around. We have a responsibility to speak.
Second resolution is to work hard a part-time job. My part-time job is what goes out to the efforts of their own results.
Because to teach exercise is the main, we work hard exercise. And we want to improve the content to convey to our customers. I want to also have responsibility to have a job.

OE1-Minori.N

1/18/2016 12:48:30 am

The first of the resolution of my New Year is rearranging order of the rooms.This is because a room was very messy last year.Because of the class and the club activities of the university, I did not have time to tidy.The reform of the house begins in February of this year.Therefore I must fill the corrugated cardboard with all the things of the room.It seems to become the hard labor very much.I want to always make the beautiful room with effort little by little.The second of the resolution is to get thinner.In Christmas of the last year and New Year holidays of this year, I ate too much a very delicious thing.I gained weight very much.However, in February and April, I have the photography of the coming-of-age ceremony.Because it is a thing left for life, I get thinner and want to take it.

OE1-Yukari

1/18/2016 12:53:41 am

My two resolutions are to save money, and to get high score in final exam.I wasted much money in my university life.I wasted them to buy clothes, foods, and so on.Moreover, I had many chances to do sightseeing with my friend.She and I did sightseeing tourist spots such as Asakusa, Ueno.There were many souvenirs in those places.So, I spent my money to buy them to my circle members.I spent too much money to buy something.I think I must save to use money.I have another resolution.It is to get high score inffinal exam.I got bad score in my first exam, so I feel so sad.So, I want to get good score, and I want to feel so happy.

OE1-Komugi

1/18/2016 12:54:47 am

My New Year's resolution is keeping early hours. I'm not good at doing it. I understand that I should go to bed early, but I couldn't help staying up late. Also, I don't do anything, so waste a lot of time. I always get up late, therefore I'm often late for school. I want to be able to manage my health by myself this year. Another New Year's resolution is taking a qualification. For example, shorthand, bookkeeping, The Kanji Test, and so on. The reason is that I neglected my life. I should live seriously. Other reason is that I have been interested in them. When I wanted to preserve lesson, I think about shorthand. I do my best at the resolutions.

OE1-Aya

1/18/2016 12:55:16 am

One of my new year's resolution is keeping myself healty. Because I caught a lot of colds last year. And I trouble many people. So I decide to keep regular hours.And I when I am tired, I take a rest. Next my resolution is to try something. One of the thing which I want to do is the volunteers. Because I think the volunteers will be very good experience for me. So I want to join the volunteers club. And I want to contribute to a lot of people. Another thing which I want to try is to study about education by myself. Spring vacation is very long. So I want to read a lot of books about education.

OE1-Hiroki

1/18/2016 01:27:39 am

I have New Year's resolution two.
The first is study.
Because I am weak in English, I want to study it mainly on English.
Because English has an opportunity to spend in everyday life most, it is study important most.
I work part-time.
Many foreign visitors visit the part-time job.
Therefore it is awkward that I do not do English conversation well.
In addition, English conversational ability is very important even for job hunting.
Thus, I want to study the English conversation.
The second is to keep early to bed and early to rise in mind.
My recent life rhythm collapses.
This is not healthy.
The health is the most important in life.
Thus, I want to keep early to bed and early to rise in mind.

Oral English 1: Lesson 12

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