2009/12/23

Four restaurants!!

I watched a restaurant video in YouTube. I will introduce about four restaurants.

First restaurant is Mario Brothers’ Pizza and Pasta. It is Italian restaurant and the menu is delicious. For example, Pasta likes an Italian mama’s taste. Then too large pizza; tomato, cheese and sausage pizza is 50 dollars. Lunch buffet is also smile price, only 10 dollars. In addition, the restaurant is very near by new street. It takes only three minutes on foot from new street. I like Pizza and Pasta, so I want to go the restaurant.

Second restaurant is Japanese restaurant, and it name is Miyazu. Sushi, Okonomiyaki, Yakiniku and Sukiyaki is famous menu in the restaurant. Japanese food is healthy and low calorie. And the restaurant stands in downtown, so we can go there easily. I think the restaurant please women, because most women like healthy menu.

Third restaurant’s name is Pico de Gallo and it is Mexican restaurant. This restaurant has 20 mexican foods, For example, handmade tortilla chips, shrimp tacos and fried ice cream. I have never eaten these before, so I want to eat it. Then there are International beer and wine and we can enjoy music and view. In a nice thing, there is a lot of parking near by street. Also it takes 20 minutes from outside of town to the restaurant.

Fourth restaurant is Chinese restaurant. It name is Mandarin Palace and takes 10 minutes by car. Mandarin ducks is one of the famous menu in the restaurant. Waiter’s costume is characteristic, so it is notable point. This restaurant is the richest restaurant of the four restaurants. I think that all of foods are very luxury for me, so I want to go this kind of restaurant once in my life.

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Disagree with the other group's idea

I discussed with a Manami, Chisako and Kana on December 14. Their group having an idea that KGU should improve student cafeteria because a lot of KGU students want to improve cafeteria. Also they thought to increase volumy menu; like a hamburger don and hamburger set for boy students. In addition, their idea is increasing healthy menu for girl students. For example, a fish set meal and Tofu hamburger set meal and so on. Then, they insisted that many students want KGU student cafeteria to low the price of menu because the popular menu's price is little expensive for student.

I thought KGU should improve student cafeteria and low the price of menu is good idea, but KGU doesn’t need increase volumy menu and healthy menu. I am always on diet, so I want to eat healthy menu. However I disagreed with their opinion. The reason, KGU students can buy salad in Lowson if they want to eat healthy menu. I think that volumy menu is also that. What is more, it cost a lot to increase menu. Then, we enjoy eating at school cafeteria of the present yet. I think that making car parking in KGU is important better than improve student cafeteria.

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2009/12/22

Our group's project in Speaking class

I’ll report you our interview about car parking in KGU. We asked 50 people of KGU students. We could hear various opinion to them.

In our survey, 6 of them come to KGU by car and a lot of people using buses, JR, motorcycle. About 100% people think that we should have parking at KGU. So, we ask them “Car parking, bike parking or bicycle parking, Which of these do you think we should have here? 39 people answered that we should car parking here. I want to come to KGU by car if these are car parking, 35 people of them said. I surprised this result.

Most people think new parking want near the building of 12, the building of 14 or the students’ hall. About 80% people of them like parking style. Then we think new building build for parking. And we don’t need wide space for parking.

We also ask about pay for using the parking. People who come to KGU by car now pay from about 6000 yen to 7000 yen now. However, most people’s ideal is from 5000 yen to 6000 yen and a lot of people want to pay monthly.

On December 14, we had a Major Discussion Presentation. We insisted that we need car parking in KGU. Few people come to KGU by car and a lot of people using various facilities for travel now. But, in our survey, over 95% of people want to come by car if KGU has parking. So, I think KGU needs car parking. Shiori and Yui agree with my opinion.

However, Kana disagreed with us because Kana think that KGU has no space for build car parking. Shiori said “Making plane parking needs a large space. I think a sky parking is suitable because it needs less space than plane parking.” Manami said “it is good idea but how much does it cost?” Yui answered “I guess it costs a huge sum of money. However KGU has a lot of money because we pay school fee. And we will pay some money when we use it.” Chisako asked me that “How much will user have to pay for sky parking?” I said “In our survey, many people will be able to pay among 5000 yen to 6000 yen. I think we should lay down parking charge under 6000 yen.”

Due to the survey and discussion, I double-check that KGU needs car parking and making the car parking is possible. I think it may be more comfortable our campus life.

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2009/12/16

Essay 2-03b: Lerning Language is my life

I have been studying foreign languages since I was an elementary school student. However I learned a language before that, when I was a child. The language is Japanese. Japanese is my mother tongue. I have learned it through our life. Now I’m majoring English at KGU because I think English is common language all over the world. I want to communicate with a lot of foreigner. In addition, I am interested in foreign language and country. So I have been studying English until now. I am going to write about my learning language history.

When I was an elementary school student, I started to study English. I took private lessons and studied English there once a week. I learned English through talking, games and songs. It was very interesting for me to learn English in those ways. In addition, I took part in an English camp that was organized by the private English school. I communicated with native English speakers and they understood my spoken English. Then I felt glad and exciting. It was my most impressive experience. Since then, I have enjoyed English and decided to study English more.

I also learn Japanese. At Japanese, I learn hiragana, katakana and kanji. My first learning of kanji is “一”. I especially like to learn kanji and it continued when I was a high school student. So I have second grade of examination of kanji.

Being a junior high school student, I started to study English in earnest. However I didn’t like to study grammar. I studied grammar very hard every day. As a result, I understood it. Once a week, I had an oral communication class that ALT taught us. ALT stands for Assistant Language Teacher. We learn English through some games and songs in the class. I was looking forward to taking the class every week. When I was a third grade, I took part in English recitation contest in Kumamoto. I practiced hard with my friends, my English teacher and the ALT, but other people speak more fluently than I and I felt depressed and thought I want to speak in English more after the contest. It was a good experience for me.

At the high school, I study English hard sake of enter college. I wanted to specialize in English and communication in college. I memorized words everyday for that purpose. I made word books myself and always carried it. It was effective in memorize a lot of words.

At KGU, I’m taking English classes, writing, reading, listening and speaking when I was a freshman. Those classes are useful for my English ability. In addition, I studied a second foreign language, German. I was interested in it because, German grammar resembles like English grammar. German is used mainly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and so on.

I couldn’t take German class this year, so I am studying only English now. I want to take German class next year. Now I’m studying English more deep. For example, I’m learning to how to read English newspapers, understand inter-cultural communications, read American literature. I can know English from various points of view. I really think that it was good to enter KGU.

In the future, I hope I can communicate with various foreign country people. Even now if I can speak more English fluently, I want to visit a lot of foreign countries and communicate with the local people. I especially want to visit America, Canada, Australia and so on. I visit to like that country and want to make a lot of friends. That is my goal in life.

Thus, I learned three languages. I remind my learning language history, I have continued with learning it when I was child. Languages are important to communicate with other people. If we don’t have language, we can’t talk, communicate, send e-mail and write letters. However, it is difficult for us to learn languages. I think that it is important to continue with learn language through our usually life.

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2009/12/14

Learning Language is my life

I have been studying foreign language since I was an elementary school student. However I learn language when I was a child. The language is Japanese. Japanese is my mother tongue. I learned it through my life. Now I am a Kumamoto Gakuen University student and majoring English. I think English is common language all over the world. I want to communicate with a lot of foreigner. In addition, I am interested in foreign language and country. So I have been studying English until now. I am going to write about my learning language history.

When I was an elementary school student, I started to study English. I took private lessons and studied English there once a week. I learned English through talking, some games, and sings. It was very interesting for me to learn English. In addition, I took part in English camp that was organized the private English school. I communicated with native English speaker and they understood my spoken English. Then I felt grad and exciting. It was my most impressive experience. Since then I like English and decided to study English more. Also I learn to Japanese. At Japanese, I learn hiragana, katakana and kanji. My first learning of kanji is “一”. I especially like to learn kanji and it continued when I was a high school student. So I have second grade of examination of kanji.

Being a junior high school student, I started to study English in earnest. However I didn’t like to study grammar. I studied grammar very hard every day. As a result, I understood it. Once a week, I have an oral communication class by ALT. We learn English through some games and songs in the class. I was looking forward to taking the class every week. When I was a third grade, I took part in English recitation contest in Kumamoto. I practiced hard with my friends, my English teacher and ALT. But other people speak more fluently than I, so I was depressed and thought I want to speak in English more after the contest. It was good experience for me. At the high school, I study English hard sake of enter college. I wanted to specialize in English and communication in college.

In KGU, I take some English classes, writing, reading, listening and speaking when I was a freshman. These classes are useful for my English ability. In addition, I studied second foreign language, German. German looks like English grammar, so I was interested in it. German is used mainly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium. I couldn’t take German class this year, so I am studying only English now. I want to take German class next year. And I want to challenge Korean and Chinese. Now I’m learning English more deep. For example, I’m learning to how to read English news paper, inter-cultural communication, American literature and so on. I can know English from various points of view. I really think that it was good to enter KGU.

In the future, I hope I can communicate with various foreign country people. Even now if I can speak more English fluently, I want to visit a lot of foreign countries and communicate with the local people. I especially want to visit America, Canada, Australia and so on. I visit to foreign country and want to make a lot of friends.

I think language is important to communicate with other people. If we don’t have language, we can’t talk, communicate, send e-mail and letters. However it is difficult for us to learn language. I think that it is important to continue learn language through our usually life. I want to study English more deeply and learn more foreign language.

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2009/12/01

Essay 2-03a: My Learning Language History

I have been studying foreign language since I was an elementary school student. However I learn language when I was a child. The language is Japanese. Japanese is my mother tongue. I learned it through my life. Now I am a Kumamoto Gakuen University student and majoring English. I like English and want to talk in English. So I have been studying English until now. I am going to write about my learning language history.

When I was an elementary school student, I took private lessons and studied English once a week. I learned English through some games, and sings. It was very interesting for me to learn English. In addition, I took part in English camp that was organized the private English school. I communicated with native English speaker and they understood my spoken English. It was grad and exciting for me. Since then I like English and decided to study English more. Also I learn to Japanese. At Japanese, I learn hiragana, katakana and kanji. I especially like to learn kanji and it continued when I was a high school student. So I have second grade of examination of kanji.

Being a junior high school student, I started to study English in earnest. However I didn’t like to study grammar. I studied grammar very hard every day. As a result, I understood it. Once a week, I have an oral communication class by ALT. We learn English through some games and songs in the class. I was looking forward to taking the class every week. When I was a third grade, I took part in English recitation contest in Kumamoto. I practiced hard with my friends, my English teacher and ALT. But other people speak more fluently than I, so I was depressed and thought I want to speak in English more after the contest. It was good experience for me. At the high school, I study English hard sake of enter college. I wanted to specialize in English and communication in college.

In KGU, I take some English classes, writing, reading, listening and speaking when I was a freshman. These classes are useful for my English ability. In addition, I studied second foreign language, German. German looks like Japanese grammar, so I was interested in it. However it is difficult for me to make a sentence. I couldn’t take Germany class this year. I want to take it next year. Now I’m learning English more deep. For example, I’m learning to how to read English news paper, inter-cultural communication, American literature and so on. I can know English from various points of view. I really think that it was good to enter KGU.

I think language is important to communicate with other people. If we don’t have language, we can’t talk, communicate, send e-mail and letters. However it is difficult for us to learn language. I think that it is important to continue learn language through our usually life. I want to study English more deeply and learn more foreign language. Finally I hope I can communicate with various foreign country people in the future.

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Learning Language History

■ Language
・English
-common language
   
-learn to English in conversation school
talking
play games
sing English songs

-learn to English in elementary school
play games
sing English songs
ALT

-learn to English in junior high school / high school
reading
speaking
listening
grammar
ALT
memorize English words
test
sing English songs

-learn to English in university
reading
speaking
listening
grammar
English history
American literature
inter-cultural communication and so on

・second foreign language
-Germany
-French
-Spanish
-Russian
-Chinese
-Korean

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Language Learning Stories

When I was an elementary student, I went to English school. It was exciting for me to talk to my teacher and friends in English. Since then, I like English.

At the junior high school, I study English and I took part in English recitation contest in Kumamoto. After the contest, I thought I want to speak in English more.

Having become a high school student, it is difficult for me to study English. I especially didn’t like grammar. However I study hard everyday.

Now, I am a student at Kumamoto Gakuen University and majoring English. I am taking writing, listening, reading and speaking class. In addition, I am learning English deepen knowledge. I want to improve my English ability and know English deepen knowledge more.
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