Friday, October 12, 2007

Learning English on the Internet

I'm not going to introduce myself here. I already did that in class, and you can find out more about me from my website, e.g. the FAQs page. Instead I'm going to show you the kind of website you're supposed to find this week, and how to post information about them. You only have to find one website, but I thought I would post one for each of the four language skills.

KCRW was my favorite radio station when I went to UCLA. It was just the local, community college radio station, but they had some of the best music, and the widest variety, of any station. When they started an African music show I even got to go down to the station and share some of my albums with the DJs. Now I listen to them on the Internet, where they have turned into one of the biggest stations in Internet Radio. I especially enjoy their news and podcasts. The level of their English might be a little above yours, but you might like their music.

A source of easier English for listening might be the ESL podcast site.

You can read English just about anywhere on the Internet, and even many sites that aren't basically English usually have English pages for international visitors. The Japan Times website might be of interest to you, though, since they have lots of information about Japan in English.

Writing English is becoming more and more common on the Internet, since many blogs and news sites allow visitors to leave comments. Of course this blogsite is for you to practice writing, and you are free to start your own blog if you want, but such sites as Japan Today have room for many comments from visitors. Feel free to jump into the arguments and flame away!

There are lots more links about studying English, other languages and linguistics on my languages links page. Feel free to check it out any time.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Hello!

My name is Naomi FUSE. I'm from Towada city in Aomori.
I'm interesting philosophy and psychology, despite belong to agriculture and life science! BecauseI want to know and study various things in my life time. Where we come from, what we are, where we are going...
By the way, my hobby is drawing arts(indeed it's not well), composing trivial things(similar to before), and listening to music. Do you know "POLYSICS" or "BOOM BOOM SATELLITES"? If you like, please talk to me lightheartedly!
I want to make new friend through this class.
Thank you for reading!!

Introduce myself

My name is Kenta Suzuki. I'm from Tomakomai in Hokkaido. I belong to Electronic and Information System Engineering. I enjoy playing soccer three times a week with circle members. My favorite artistes are "Bump Of chicken", "Dragon Ash" and "Red hot chili peppers" etc. At home, I often play the guitar along these artiste's tune.
Thank you!

Introduce myself

Nice to meet you.
My name is Michi Kamiyama.please call me Michi.
I'm from Itayanagi in Aomori.
My birthday is October 17.I'm 18 years old.
My hobbies are cooking,reading,shopping and listening to music.
I'm majoring in science and technology.
I want to have a good time and make friends in this class.
thank you!

Hello!! 州^ё^)ノシ

My name is Keiko Kanuma.My birthday is July 22.I'm 19 years old.My blood type is A. My hometown is Morioka in Iwate-ken.
I love music.So my hobby is listening to music .I belong to ROCK OFFICE. It's band club.my part is drums.I enjoy practicing. Oh! In nextweek,Wendnesday, Thirsday, Friday,We have LIVE( ...but I don't play in stage). If you have free time, please come in Digakukaikan 3F !!
I enjoying school life. Nice to meet you.

Introduce myself

Nice to meet you.My name is Fujiwara Yasuharu.I'm from Yokote city in Akita.I belong to medical school.
My hobby is watching movie ,listening to music,reading comics and so on.
The best movie I've watched lately is "Nijiiro Rocket".It is amazing that this movie was produced by few high school students.If you find it ,please watch!
I like rock music ,especially sun41,ellegarden, 10-feet.
I want to have a wonderful time in this class. thank you!

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Nice to meet you, everyone!


Hello!
My name is Takefusa Tarusawa. Please call me "taru".
I'm from Hirosaki.
Hirosaki is known to beautiful cherry blossoms in spring and also lots of snow in winter.
Of course my favorite season is winter. Every year I look forward to coming winter because I can enjoy skiing in snow-covered mauntains.
In addition to skiing, I like to play billiards and darts.
In these days, I began bicycle rides. It's really fun! As I'm beginner, I know nothing about my bicycle...

I'm majoring in agriculture and life science. I'm very interested in biology, especially the structure of the DNA.
In the future, I want to engage in the researches of life science or medicine.
I belong to the iai club. Do you know "iai"?
If you have any interest in the iai, please talk to me. Of course in English!! :D
I hope that we enjoy learning English and we get along with one another.
Thanks!

introduce myself

Nice to meet you. I'm Yayoi Yamamoto. Please call me Yayoi.
I'm 18 years old. I'm from Odate in Akita. I live in odate now!! I come to school by train. It takes 40 minutes. I'm from Odate Homei highschool.
My hobbies are cooking,shopping,and listening to music. I like sushi. I dislike eggplant.
I'm major in English.
I want to be an English teacher.
I want to make friends in this English class.
Thank you!!

introduce myself

Nice to meet you. My name is Ryuichi Sasaki. I am from Hirosaki. I am 19 years old.
I belong to brass band club in this university and play the trumpet.
I like pasta and dislike natto.
My dream is becoming an English teacer in high school.
I want to enjoy my scgool life. Please feel free to talk to me!
Thank you for reading.