Showing posts with label Essays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Essays. Show all posts

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.

(672 words, total: 7677 words)

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.

(621 words, total: 7005 words)

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.

(518 words, total: 6384 words)

2009/11/17

Essay 2-02b: Mickey Mouse

I love Disney characters very much. I especially like Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. I also like to go to Disneyland. I have been there twice. However I didn’t know about Mickey Mouse and Disneyland. So I looked three web sites in this time. One web site written about Mickey Mouse. This web site is easy for me to understand, so I chose this. The second web site written about Disneyland’s history. It is reason why that this web site’s article of Disney land history is detailed. Another web site, we can play Mickey Mouse games. The games are very fun. Now, I’m going to write about Mickey Mouse, history of Disneyland and the Mickey Mouse games on the third web site.

First, I’m going to write about Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse is the most famous of the Disney characters. He appeared in "Steamboat Willie" at the Colony Theatre in New York City for the first time. The day is November 18, 1928. Mickey went on to star in over 120 different cartoons since the day. Walt Disney voiced Mickey’s voice himself at first. Later, Mickey was voiced by Jim Macdonald and today Wayne Allwine provides Mickey's distinctive voice. In this way, we can know about history of Mickey Mouse in this web site.

Second, I’m going to write about Disneyland’s history. Walt Disney had a vision. It was a vision of a place where children and parents could have fun together. Although, World War put those plans on hold. He wants to build rivers, waterfalls, mountains and so on. So he need wide place. He called the Magic Kingdom "Disneyland". Construction for Disneyland began on July 21, 1954, a meager 12 months before the park was scheduled to open. Opening day was become an impressive day. By mid-afternoon over 28,000 ticket holders were storming the Magic Kingdom. Most of the tickets were counterfeit. Walt Disney was 53 when he dedicated Disneyland Park. I did not know these histories. And I was surprised that Walt Disney could not find the place that suit for Disneyland easily. Also, I think wonderful that Disneyland is still in growing up to famous amusement parks all over the world. Maybe, Walt Disney’s vision of a place where children and parents could have fun together still lives in Disneyland.

Finally, I’m going to write the Mickey Mouse games on this web site. At the game, we can enjoy to dress up Mickey Mouse, coloring and so on. So I think that some little children enjoy those games. Not only children but also everyone who like Mickey Mouse can enjoy the games.

In those web sites, I can enjoy free time. In addition, I can know a lot of things about Mickey Mouse and Disneyland. I think that Mickey mouse and Disney land have a lot of characteristic and history. Then, these websites are easy to understand for me. After I read them, I feel happy because I can get information what I want to know. If you want to know about Mickey mouse and Disneyland, please check those web sites.

(515 words, total: 5212 words)

2009/10/28

Essay 2-02a: Mickey Mouse

I love Disney characters very much. Especially I like Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. I also like to go to Disneyland. I have been there twice. However I did not to know about Mickey Mouse and Disneyland. So I watched some websites about these in this time.

One web site(http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characterstandard/mickey/mickey.html) written about Mickey Mouse is arguably the most famous of the Disney characters. Making his debut in "Steamboat Willie" at the Colony Theatre in New York City on November 18, 1928, Mickey went on to star in over 120 different cartoons. Originally, Mickey was voiced by Walt Disney himself. Later, those duties were assumed by Jim Macdonald and today Wayne Allwine provides Mickey's distinctive voice. In this way, we can know about history of Mickey Mouse's in this site.

Second web site(http://www.justdisney.com/disneyland/history.html) written about Disneyland’s history. Walt Disney had a vision. It was a vision of a place where children and parents could have fun together. Although, World War put those plans on hold. In 1953, he had the Stanford Research Institute conduct a survey for a 100-acre site, outside of Los Angeles. He needed space to build rivers, waterfalls, and mountains; he would have flying elephants and giant teacups; a fairy-tale castle, moon rockets, and a scenic railway; all inside a magic kingdom he called "Disneyland." Construction for Disneyland began on July 21, 1954, a meager 12 months before the park was scheduled to open. Opening day, was a day to remember. Six thousand invitations to the Grand Opening had been mailed. By mid-afternoon over 28,000 ticket holders were storming the Magic Kingdom. Most of the tickets were counterfeit. Walt Disney was 53 when he dedicated Disneyland Park. It was a memorable ceremony. I did not know these histories and I was surprised. I want to know more things about Disneyland.

Another web site (http://www.oyunlar1.com/search.php?ara=mickey%20mouse), we can play game. At the game, we can enjoy to dress up Mickey Mouse, coloring and so on. So I think that some little children enjoy those games. Not only children but also everyone who like Mickey Mouse can enjoy the games.

In those web sites, I can know a lot of things about Mickey Mouse and Disneyland. I think that Mickey mouse and Disney land have deep history. Then, these websites are easy to understand for me. After I read them, I feel happy, because I can get information what I want to know. If you want to know about Mickey mouse and Disneyland, please check in those web sites.

(420 words, total: 4131 words)

2009/10/21

Essay 2-01b My favorite place (revision)

I have a lot of favorite places. For example, my favorite places are my home, my grandmother’s home, parking at the park where I often go, amusement parks and hot springs. Those places make me happy and calm, so I like these places. However my most favorite place is another one. The place is the sea.

I was born in summer so I think that I like sea. I have liked sea very much since I was a child. I am going to write about my favorite sea now. I like the sea anywhere. My favorite spot is Sunset beach in Okinawa. There are blue sea, blue sky and beautiful landscape. I have been there and I love blue sea and sky of there. In summer, there is full of a lot of people because it is the beach where is popular among tourists. I recommend there to people who want to go sea in Okinawa.

What the most is floating with a float ring on the blue sea in summer. Then I enjoy to think various things and to watch the beautiful landscape. I can watch a lot of island, some ships and blue sky. I think that like this landscape is good. Blue sky makes my heart clear. I always cheer up at looking blue sky with white cloud and planes. Then the landscape to watch from the beach is different from landscape from on the sea. I am interesting it. Even if season is winter at the time, we can sit and think on the beach

Also I like sitting and thinking on the beach. A lot of living things, for example crabs, insects and birds, live on the beach. I like to watch them and I feel happy when I am watching it.

I like the tidal smell too. I am calm when I go to sea and smell the tidal smell.

I think that we can enjoy the sea in all seasons. The sea shows various expressions by season and time. Also the sea has power to calm me. I think that these are the good point of the sea. So my favorite place is sea.
(361 words, total: 3679 words)

2009/10/19

Essay 2-01a My favorite place

I have a lot of favorite places. For example, my favorite places are my home, my grandmother’s home, parking at the park where I often go, amusement parks and hot springs. Those places make me happy and calm, so I like there. However my best favorite place is another one. The place is sea. I have liked sea very much since I was a child. I was born in summer so I think that I like sea.

I am going to write about my favorite sea now. I like the sea anywhere. If I say daringly, my best favorite sea is Sunset beach in Okinawa. There are blue sea, blue sky and beautiful landscape. I have been to there before and I love there. In summer, there is full of a lot of people because it is the beach where is popular among tourists. I recommend there to people who want to go sea in Okinawa.

I like floating with float ring on the blue sea in summer. Then I enjoy to think various things and to watch the beautiful landscape. I can watch a lot of island, some ships and blue sky. I think that like this landscape is good. Blue sky makes my heart clear. I always cheer up at looking blue sky with white cloud and planes. I like the tidal smell too. I am calm when I go to sea and smell the tidal smell.

I wrote I like floating with float ring on the blue sea just now. However I also like sitting and thinking on the beach. A lot of living things, for example crabs, insects and birds, live on the beach. I like watch them and I feel happy when I am watching it. Then the landscape to watch from the beach is different from landscape from on the sea. I am interesting it. Even if season is winter at the time, we can sit and think on the beach.

I think that we can enjoy in the sea all season. The sea shows various expressions by season and time. Also the sea has power to calm us. I think that these are the good point of the sea. So my favorite place is sea.
(372 words, total: 3318 words)

2009/10/12

Draft essay: My favorite place

I have a lot of favorite places. For example, my favorite places are my home, my grandmother’s home, parking at the park where I often go, amusement parks and hot springs. Those places make me happy and calm, so I like there. However my best favorite place is another one. The place is sea. I have liked sea very much since I was a child. I was born in summer so I think I like sea.

I am going to write about my favorite sea now. I like floating with float ring on the blue sea in summer. Then I enjoy to think various things and to watch the beautiful landscape. I can watch a lot of island, some ships and blue sky. I think that like this landscape is good. Blue sky makes my heart clear. I always cheer up at looking blue sky with white cloud and planes. I like the tidal smell too. I am calm when I go to sea and smell the tidal smell.

I wrote I like floating with float ring on the blue sea just now. However I also like sitting and thinking on the beach. A lot of living things, for example crabs, insects and birds, live on the beach. I like watch them and I feel happy when I am watching it. Then the landscape to watch from the beach is different from landscape from on the sea. I am interesting it. Even if season is winter at the time, we can sitting and thinking on the beach.

I think that we can enjoy in the sea all season. The sea shows various expressions by season and time. Also the sea has power to calm us. I think that these are the good point of the sea. So my favorite place is sea.
(302 words, total 2793 words)

2009/07/12

Essay 1-03b Lilo and Stitch

When I watched a movie, ”Lilo and Stitch”, I learned two importance things. One is about family relationship. And the other is about cultural traditions. I think these are very important things for us.

First, I will write about family relationship. In this movie, Lilo lives with her older sister, because her parents died in a traffic accident. Only two live in a house but a public officer tries to separate them. The reason is Lilo's sister does not have power to bring Lilo up. Certainly, their life is hard, but they are good sisters. Lilo’s sister strives to live with Lilo, so I think that Lilo's sister has family affection. As Lilo tells Stitch “Ohana is Important and never left behind.” “Ohana means family.” Lilo thinks that Stitch is a member of her family and Stitch also thinks so too. I think they have family relationship with each other.

I live with my family, so I could not notice valuable of my family until now. When I watched this movie, I could notice it. In my real life, I have a brother. I think if my parents died like Lilo’s parents, I will be able to strive to live with my brother like Lilo’s sister. And my parents and I are often quarreling but I like my parents.

Recently, I think increasing murder case of some people killed by their family member in Japan. For example, parents killed by their children. It is very sad things. Why does people killed each other in the family? I think that if all people have family affection like Lilo and Stitch decrease like this murder case.

Next is cultural tradition. We have a lot of cultures in our life. In this movie, I learned about Hawaii's cultural tradition. Hawaii's culture is dancing hula, Hawaiian music, etc. I am interested in these. I think that Hawaiian is proud of Hawaiian cultures.

Although Almost Hawaiians are proud of their cultural tradition, I can not say that I am proud of Japanese culture. However, we have good culture in Japan. For example, there is Otemoyan dancing in the summer festival in Kumamoto. And ennka have been to sing for a long time. We can hardly see these cultural tradition any other country. So we have to treasure of our culture.

”Lilo and Stitch” teach a lot of important things. In this movie, even children can understand the family relationship and the cultural tradition. So a lot of people watch this movie all over the world. Both family affection and traditional cultures are very important to live. So we have to treasure them.

website of the movie : http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/liloandstitch2/

(437 words, total: 7958 words)

2009/07/06

Essay 1-02b University life

Most university students spend a good life. However, nobody has the same life. So I will write about university life from three perspectives. The perspectives are ways of coming to school, places to eating lunch, and majoring subjects. I thought these differences are large, so I decided to these perspectives.

First, I will write about the way students get to school. University students are coming university from every areas. I live near Hikarinomori. So I usually get to school by train and on foot. I get on a train at Hikarinomori station, and get off at Suizenji station. Then I walk to KGU from Suizenji station. Sometimes, I get to school by car. Many KGU students come by car, because they live far from KGU, and there are no stations in their towns. So, the only way for them to come. Most students who live near KGU come to school on foot or by bicycle. They may not be bind to time. Students who come to school by train and bus have to decide by time of arrival, so I envy whome.

Next, I write about places to lunch. Lunch also has the difference considerably each student. I usually bring a box lunch which my mother is made, but I sometimes eat lunch in the students’ cafeteria or the bakery. Many people eat lunch there, because it is cheap and delicious. Other people buy readied meals at the convenience store, because it is little cheaper. So I almost never eat it.

Finally, I write about majoring subject. KGU have many departments. For example, KGU have the department of economy and commercial science. And, they majoring each subject. I am majoring the English. I am belonging to the department of foreign language. I study English and about foreign countries every day, but I sometimes take same class with the department of East Asia. Students who are belonging to the department of East Asia are not majoring English. They study Chinese and Korean. Even going to the same university, students are studying different subjects.

Lots of students have a good life own university life. I think that university life is important for us, because we can experience a lot of thing. For example, we can make good friends, study field which is students want to study deeply. University life is different from other students as to how to enjoy. So I think we should enjoy our university life by each way.
(409 words, total: 7091 words)

2009/06/29

Essay 1-03a Lilo and Stitch


I watched a movie, ”Lilo and Stitch”. When I watched the movie, I learned a few importance things. One is about. And another is about traditional cultures. I think these are very important things for us to live.

First, I write about family relationship. In this movie, Lilo lives with only her older sister because her parents died in a traffic accident. They live in a house only two but a public officer try to separate them. The reason is Lilo's sister has not power to bring up Lilo. Certainly, their life is hard, but they are good sisters. Lilo’s sister strives to live with Lilo so I think that Lilo's sister has family affection. Then, Lilo tells Stitch “Ohana is Important and never left behind.” Ohana means family. Lilo thinks that Stitch is her family and Stitch also thinks so. I think they have family relationship each other.

In my real life, I have a brother. I think if my parents died like Lilo’s parents, I can not strive to live with my brother like Lilo’s sister. Then, my parents and I are often quarreling but I like my parents. I live with my family, so I could not notice valuable of my family until now. When I watched this movie, I could notice it. Recently, I think increasing murder case of some people killed by their family member in Japan. It is very sad things. I think that if all people have family affection like Lilo and Stitch decrease like this murder case.

Next is traditional culture. We have many cultures in our life. In this movie, I learned Hawaii's traditional culture. Hawaii's cultures are dancing hula, Hawaiian music and so on. These cultures are interested for me. I think that Hawaiian is proud of Hawaiian cultures.
Hawaiian is proud of Hawaiian cultures but I can not saying that I am proud of Japanese culture. However, I have good cultures in Japan. For example, we are dancing Otemoyan in summer festival in Kumamoto. Then, Ennka have been to sing for a long time. We almost can not see these cultures any other country. So, we have to treasure of our culture.

This movie taught us a lot of important things. In this movie, even child can understand its. So this movie is watched a lot of people all over the world. Both family affection and traditional cultures are very important to live. So we have to treasure its.
(410 words, total: 6344 words)

2009/06/16

Lilo and Stitch

I watched a movie, ”Lilo and Stitch”. It is Stitch and a Hawaiian girl, Lilo’s story. Stitch is an animal like an alien who made by doctor and ferocious. Lilo’s sister, Nani gives a dog to her, because Lilo is an unstable and doesn’t have friends. However, Lilo didn’t choose a dog, she choose Stitch.

I think that the movie show about valuable of family. I think that it is very important things for us to live. Liro lives with only her older sister because her parents died in a traffic accident. They live in a house only two but a public officer try to separate them. The reason is Liro's sister has not power to bring up Liro. Certainly, their life is hard, but they are good sisters. Lilo’s sister strives to live with Lilo so I think that Liro's sister has family affection.

Then, Lilo tells Stitch “Ohana is Important and never left behind.” Ohana means family. Lilo thinks that Stitch is her family and Stitch also thinks so. Stitch is only ferocious until then, but he can speaks language of human and declare that “Ohana is never left behind.” So I think that the movie show about valuable of family.

Recently, I think increasing murder case of some people killed by their family member in Japan. It is very sad things. I think that if all people have family affection like Lilo and Stitch decrease like this murder case.

I have four members in my family. We often quarrel but I like my family. I live with my family, so I could not notice valuable of my family until now. When I watched this movie, I could notice it. I think that I cherish my family. I wish everyone watch this movie and notice valuable of my family like me.
(303 words)

2009/06/11

Essay 1-01c Rewritten Placement Essay

Dear host family.

Hello. My name is Saki. I am 19 years old and I live in Kumamoto, Japan. I like shopping and playing volleyball very much. I played volleyball for six years. I also like watching baseball game. I belong to baseball club, so I watch baseball game once a week. It is very exciting!

I am a lively person. I am always active and smiling. My appearance is average. I have dark brown and curly hair. I have average height but people sometimes said to me "You look tall more!" I sad to hear it.

I have 4 members in my family, my father, my mother and a younger brother. We always talk anything each other. We are all good family.

I am a KGU student. I want to be a grand stuff or flight attendant, so I study English everyday. I like to study English. When I stay in New Zealand, I want to progress my speaking and listening skills.

I have a part-time job. I work at a Soba restaurant. Do you know Soba? It made of buckwheat and it is a famous noodle in Japan. It is so delicious, so I hope that you eat it once.

By the way, I have some questions. First, how many people in your family do you have?

Next, could you tell me about some famous places in your town? My prefecture, Kumamoto, has Kumamoto castle. It is a famous castle in Japan and so beautiful. Mt. Aso is also a famous place. It is an active volcano. I want to know about your town’s famous places. Finally, what Japanese food do you like? I like Takoyaki, Sushi and Soba. Have you ever eaten them? Please tell me.

I have hopes and fears of staying in New Zealand but I am looking forward to seeing you very much. I want to come early in August. Please give my kindest regards to your family.

Love, Saki

(326 words)

2009/05/31

Essay 1-02a University life

Almost university students spent a good university life. However, nobody is spending the same life. So I will write about the university life from three viewpoints. The viewpoints are way of coming to school, lunch and majoring subject. I thought these differences are large, so I decided these viewpoints.


First, I will write about the way of coming to school. University students are coming to their university from each area. I live in near Hikarinomori where is little far from KGU. So, I usually go to school by train and on foot. I get on a train at Hikarinomori station and get off at Suizenji station. Then, I walk to KGU from Suizenji station. Sometimes, I go to school by car. In KGU, many students go by car. Because the students live place where is far from KGU but there are no station in their town. So, the way is only in coming by car for them. And, almost students who live in near KGU come to school on foot or by bicycle. They may not be bound to time. Students who come to school by train and bus are decided by time of arrival so I envy them.


Second, I will write about lunch. I usually bring my box lunch which is made my mother. But I sometimes eat lunch in students’ cafeteria or bakery. Many people eat lunch in there, because it is cheap and delicious there. Other people buy ready meal at convenience store but it is little cheaper. So, I almost never eat it. Lunch also has the difference considerably each student.


Finally, I will write about majoring subject. I am majoring English. I study English and about foreign countries every day. I am belonging to the department of foreign language. So I sometimes take same class with the department of East Asia. But they do not majoring English. They study Chinese and Korean. KGU have many departments. For example, KGU have the department of economy and commercial science. And, they majoring each subject. Even if going to the same university, the students are majoring different subject.


According to these, a lot of students have a good time own university life. I think that university life is important for us. Because we can experience a lot of things, we should challenge a lot of things. But university life is different from other students as to how to enjoy. So I think we should enjoy our university life by each way.
(414 words)

2009/05/20

Essay 1-01b Rewriting Placement Essay

Dear host family.Hello. My name is Saki. I am 19 years old and I live in Kumamoto, Japan. I like shopping and playing volleyball very much. I played volleyball for six years. I also like watching baseball game. I belong to baseball club, so I watch baseball game once a week. It is very exciting!

I am a lively person. I am always active and smiling. My appearance is average. I have dark brown and curly hair. I have average height but people sometimes said to me "You look tall more!" I sad to hear it.

I have 4 members in my family, my father, my mother and a younger brother. We always talk anything each other. We are all good family.

I am a KGU student. I want to be a grand stuff or flight attendant, so I study English everyday. I like to study English. When I stay in New Zealand, I want to progress my speaking and listening skills.

I have a part-time job. I work at a Soba restaurant. Do you know Soba? It made of buckwheat and it is a famous noodle in Japan. It is so delicious, so I hope that you eat it once.

By the way, I have some questions. First, how many people in your family do you have? Next, could you tell me about some famous places in your town? MY prefecture, Kumamoto, has Kumamoto castle. It is a famous castle in Japan and so beautiful. Mt. Aso is also a famous place. It is an active volcano. I want to know about your town’s famous places. Finally, what Japanese food do you like? I like Takoyaki, Sushi and Soba. Have you ever eaten them? Please tell me.

I have hopes and fears of staying in New Zealand but I am looking forward to seeing you very much. I want to come early in August. Please give my kindest regards to your family.

Love, Saki
(326 words)

2009/05/14

Movie

I like watching movie. My favorite movie that I have watched before is “Happy Flight”. It is the story of airline. I want to be cabin attendant or grand staff, so the movie helped to me to know about the work at airport and plane. Also, heroine of the movie is cute and careless person. I want to cheer her, so I think that the movie is interesting.

In fact, I like watching movie in theater. However I have enough time to go to theater recently, so I want to go to theater. I have a lot of movie that I want to watch. For example, “Yomei1kagetunohanayome”, “GOEMON”, “Meitantei Konann ”. If I have enough time, I go to theater to watch movies. (123words)

2009/04/15

Essay 1-01a Writing Placement Essay

Dear host family.

Hello. My name is Saki. I am 19 years old and I live in Kumamoto, Japan. I like shopping and playing volleyball very much. I played volleyball for six years. I have 4 members in my family, my father, my mother and a younger brother. We are all good family.

I am a KGU student. I want to be a grand stuff or flight attendant so I study English everyday. I like to study English. When I stay in New Zealand, I want to speak English more.

I have a part-time job. I work at a Soba restaurant. Do you know Soba? It made of buckwheat and it is a famous noodle in Japan. I hope that you eat it once.

I am a lively person. I am always active and smiling. My appearance is average. I have dark brown hair. I am average height.

By the way, I have some questions. First, how many people in your family do you have? Next, could you tell me about some famous places in your town? MY prefecture, Kumamoto, has Kumamoto castle. It is a famous castle in Japan and so beautiful. Mt. Aso is also a famous place. It is an active volcano. I want to know about your town’s famous places. Finally, what Japanese food do you like? I like Takoyaki, Sushi and Soba. Have you ever eaten them? Please tell me.

I have hopes and fears of staying in New Zealand but I am looking forward to seeing you very much. I want to came early in August. Please give my kindest regards to your family.

Love, Saki
(272words)

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