Essay: 2-03a Useful Media

In these days, many people use computers. The things can do with computers are increasing. Now, I’m going to write about learning with computers. 

First, many professor uses computer in their classes. So students are required to have skills of using computer. In these days, even elementary school's curriculum has classwork of learning with computer. In this university, there is the class names "Introduction to data processing." This class also uses computer and it is about basic skills of learning with computer. In this class, students can learn how to use Word, Excel, and how to make graphs or chart. So basically, freshman take this class. This department has another classes using computer in the classes. For example, in Writing class, students uses computer every classes at computer room. They mainly write essays, typing posts, and book reviews in this classwork and homework. Blogging 10000 words in a semester is required. Listening class also uses computer in classes every classwork. They do dictation using of their own DVD. They also use microphone and check each pronunciation. And they also use microphone when do Speaking homework. EnglishCentral is useful Internet site and their homework is getting certain scores to use the site. When they speak to computer, the computer counts score of their pronunciation.  In Reading class, they sometimes use computer. All homework must be using Word, so when they do homework, they have to use computer.

Computer is convenient media. Almost of all students have their own computer. Working of computer is largely separated into two kinds. One is online work and another is offline work. When you can use Internet on your computer, it is under online. It needs Wi-Fi to connect Internet, but it is not all place have Wi-Fi. So that is not you can't use Internet anywhere. There is a limit to use online computer. So EnglishCentral is also has limit to place of using. But many applications can be used under offline. For example, you can use Word anywhere if there is not Wi-Fi. Computer is useful, but sometimes it doesn't work if you are not careful.

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Essay 2-02b: The most famous group in this country

I’m going to tell you about Exile. They have been so popular for more than a decade that any Japanese people should know them regardless of their interests. Now, Exile has eighteen members, but the number of members has changed many times with their four periods. I’ll compare three of them except the latest one that started this year.

Early years

In 2001, the history of Exile has started as six members. Atsushi and Shun joined to Exile as new vocals. Hiro, Matsu, Usa, and Makidai had already set up a dance group. The name of their first single is “Your eyes only ~Aimaina Bokuno Rinnkaku~.” Two years later, they released the second album called “Styles of Beyond” and won the first place of album chart for the first time. “Song for you” was so popular among those who loved Shun. In that year, they also appeared on Kohaku Utagassen, a famous TV program broadcasted in every December 31 for the first time and sang ‘Choo Choo Train’, cover of Zoo’s song. They tracked the song in front of Statue of Liberty in New York. The dance in the intro is so famous that many people should have copied it. The

next year, they launched the 15th single CD called “real world” and at last won the first place of single chart for the first time. The song was used　on the TV show of professional baseball league. In 2005, they released the best album, “Perfect Best” and it passed the one million mark. It’s consisted in two CDs and a DVD; most single songs are put in the first CD, other songs are put in the second one, and most promotion videos are put in the DVD. Though they were going so strong, Shun regrettably dropped out of the group because of his eye’s hurt and starting his solo work in 2006. They appeared on Music Station and sang a new song, ‘YES!’ and their first single song as the final stage.

Middle years

In 2006, Akira of Rather Unique joined Exile. He is a dancer, and succeeds in dance club those days. When Makidai and Matsu who are early member went to a club, they saw Akira by chance and they an act of speaking to Akira. Then, Akira became a member of Exile, and he flourish as an Exile’s dance performer. Also, this year, “Exile Vocal Battle Audition ~Asian Dream~” was took place in Nippon Budokan. This was an audition to decide an Exile’s main vocal. Ten thousand people joined this audition. Of cause, Takahiro who is Exile’s present vocal was joined it. The winner in this audition was Takahiro. His skill as a singer, character, looks, and style was evaluated. This year became an important year for Exile and a lot of fan. Then, middle years Exile started in 2006. In 2007, they released 23rd single that name is “Michi”. This is a graduate song, and very famous for students. It often uses a graduation ceremony in a lot of school. In addition, this song became a song which ranked top of new song. Same year, Exile took place a live which name is “Exile Evolution ~Summer Time Love~”. This was a first live with seven members, so a lot of people came this live. Okaxile was appearance this live for the first time. Takashi Okamura who is a comedian and belong to ninety nine. Ninety nine is a name of comedian group. He has a his own program which name is Mechaike. Mechaike is a famous variety TV program. “Exile Evolution ~Summer Time Love~”and Mechaile collaborate in this live, and made a Okaxile. Okaxile is continue from now on. December in 2007, Exile released 6th album which name is “Exile Love”. Also, this album got a top of ranking. In 2008, they hold a dome tour for the first time. This live was named “Exile Perfect Live 2008” This live triggered that Exile started a dome tour. In addition, this live was a last live with seven members. In 2008, they released 28th single “Ti Amo”. This is a love song, and became a famous song. “Ti Amo” got a the 50th record grand prix in Japan. This was a first time for Exile to get a record prize. In 2009, Exile had a own TV program which name was “Exile Generation”. This TV program was known among their fans. Exile’s middle year became a very important year.

Late years

In 2009, Kenchi, Keiji, Tetsuya, Nesmith, Shokichi, Naoto and Naoki joined to Exile from Second J Seoul Brothers. In this year, Exile got the second Japan Record Award for 30th single “Someday.” The same year, the Nation festival to celebrate His Majesty the Emperor enthronement of twenty years was held and they celebrated to offered the celebration music “Taiyou no Kuni.” In next year, they held the first stadium tour “Fantasy” and it mobilized about 1.1 million people. They got the third Japan Record Award for 35th single “I Wish For You” in this year. In 2011, they released 37th single “Rising Sun / Itsuka Kitto…” as the 10th anniversary memorial and reconstruction support song for Great East Japan Earthquake. In 2012, they released the album “Exile Japan/Solo” and it won the first of ranking. And this album made the first place consecutive for ten years. This record was the first for male group artist. And it got a top of ranking for three weeks straight, what’s more this record was also first for them. In 2013, “Exile Pride ~Konna Sekai wo Aisurutame~” was released and it recorded million sales for the first time for single. This song also got the Japan Record Award. The announcement that recruiting of new performer was published and the title was “Exile Performer Battle Audition.” They performed on the NHK year-end grand song festival this year and this stage was last stage for Hiro, the leader of Exile. He announced he had a plan to retire performer of Exile by this year on April. And this third period ended as Hiro retied performer.

They did five tour, released fourteen singles, and released five live DVDs in this third period. So fans have to earn much money to go to their concert and to buy their CDs and DVDs. What’s more Exile has many derived groups and many fans of Exile likes all the groups, so it’s very hard for fans to do all for them.

Reference

Exile Official Site [website]. (2014) Retrieved from http://exile.jp/index.php

Wikipedia [webpage]. (2014.11.25) Retrieved from http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXILE

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Essays 2-02a: EXILE

We’re going to tell you about Exile. They have been so popular for more than a decade that any Japanese people should know them regardless of their interests. They liberally have four periods, so we’ll compare three of them except the latest one that started this year.

early years

In 2001, Exile came into being. Atsushi and Shun joined it as new vocals. Hiro, Matsu, Usa and Makidai had already set up a dance group. The name of their first single CD is “Your eyes only ~曖昧なぼくの輪郭~”. Two years later, they released the second album called “Styles of Beyond” and won the first place of album chart for the first time. ‘Song for you’ was so popular among those who loved Shun. In that year, they also appeared on Kohaku Utagassen, a famous TV program broadcasted in every December 31 for the first time and sang ‘Choo Choo Train’, cover of Zoo’s song. They tracked the song in front of Statue of Liberty in New York. The dance in the intro is so famous that many people should have copied it. The next year, they launched the 15th single CD called “real world” and at last won the first place of single chart for the first time. The song was used　on the TV show of professional baseball league. In 2005, they released the best album, “Perfect Best” and it passed the one million mark. It’s consisted in two CDs and a DVD; most single songs are put in the first CD, other songs are put in the second one, and most promotion videos are put in the DVD. Though they were going so strong, Shun regrettably dropped out of the group because of his eye’s hurt and starting his solo work in 2006. They appeared on Music Station and sang a new song, ‘YES!’ and their first single song as the final stage.

Middle years

In 2006, Akira of RATHER UNIQUE joined Exile. He is a dancer, and succeeds in dance club those days. When Makidai and Matsu who are early member went to a club, they saw Akira by chance and they an act of speaking to Akira. Then, Akira became a member of Exile, and he flourish as an Exile’s dance performer. Also, this year, “EXILE VOCAL  BATTLE AUDITION~ASIAN DREAM~” was took place in Nippon Budokan. This was an audition to decide an Exile’s main vocal. Ten thousand people joined this audition. Of cause, Takahiro who is Exile’s present vocal was joined it. The winner in this audition was Takahiro. His skill as a singer, character, looks, and style was evaluated. This year became an important year for Exile and a lot of fan. Then, middle years Exile started in 2006. In 2007, they released 23rd single that name is “道”. This is a graduate song, and very famous for students. It often uses a graduation ceremony in a lot of school. In addition, this song became a song which ranked top of new song. Same year, Exile took place a live which name is “EXILE EVOLUTION 〜SUMMER TIME LOVE〜”. This was a first live with seven members, so a lot of people came this live. Okaxile was appearance this live for the first time. Takashi Okamura who is a comedian and belong to ninety nine. Ninety nine is a name of comedian group. He has a his own program which name is Mechaike. Mechaike is a famous variety TV program. “EXILE EVOLUTION 〜SUMMER TIME LOVE〜”and Mechaile collaborate in this live, and made a Okaxile. Okaxile is continue from now on. December in 2007, Exile released 6th album which name is “EXILE LOVE”. Also, this album got a top of ranking. In 2008, they hold a dome tour for the first time. This live was named “EXILE PERFECT LIVE 2008” This live triggered that Exile started a dome tour. In addition, this live was a last live with seven members. In 2008, they released 28th single “Ti Amo”. This is a love song, and became a famous song. “Ti Amo” got a the 50th record grand prix in Japan. This was a first time for Exile to get a record prize. In 2009, Exile had a own TV program which name was “EXILE GENERATION”. This TV program was known among their fans. Exile’s middle year became a very important year.

late years

In 2009, Kenchi, Keiji, Tetsuya, Nesmith, Shokichi, Naoto and Naoki joined to Exile from Second J Seoul Brothers. In this year, Exile got the second Japan Record Award for 30th single “Someday.” The same year, the Nation festival to celebrate His Majesty the Emperor enthronement of twenty years was held and they celebrated to offered the celebration music “太陽の国.” In next year, they held the first stadium tour “Fantasy” and it mobilized about 1.1 million people. They got the third Japan Record Award for 35th single “I Wish For You” in this year. In 2011, they released 37th single “Rising Sun/いつかきっと…” as the 10th anniversary memorial and reconstruction support song for Great East Japan Earthquake. In 2012, they released the album “Exile Japan/Solo” and it won the first of ranking. And this album made the first place consecutive for ten years. This record was the first for male group artist. And it got a top of ranking for three weeks straight, what’s more this record was also first for them. In 2013, “Exile Pride 〜こんな世界を愛するため〜” was released and it recorded million sales for the first time for single. This song also got the Japan Record Award. The announcement that recruiting of new performer was published and the title was “Exile Performer Battle Audition.” They performed on the NHK year-end grand song festival this year and this stage was last stage for Hiro, the leader of Exile. He announced he had a plan to retire performer of Exile by this year on April. And this third period ended as Hiro retied performer.

They did five tour, released fourteen singles, and released five live DVDs in this third period.

http://exile.jp/index.php

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXILE

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Essays 1-03a: Personal Language Learning Stories & Plans

I was born nineteen years ago, and I had started learning English sixteen years ago at K school. At first, I only remembered alphabet and its pronunciation. I liked pronunciation and I could write own name in English at that time. I also learned English in kindergarten. We learned vocabulary and simple conversation like “My name is ~.” Then, when I entered elementary school, there were also English classes. There was only once a week, though, we learned from a native English speaker. I started learning English conversation when I was ten years old. I learned only English grammar in K school, so I couldn’t speak English till then. And my teacher told my English pronunciation is not good like “r” and “l.” I practiced tongue twister everyday. My teacher also said to me to take the exams. I took fifth grade English test certification when I was ten years old. I took third grade English test certification till I graduated elementary school. And I quit K school.

When I entered junior high school, there were many students who are good at English, so I motivated and I thought I must try hard to study English. Then I took pre-second grade English test certification when I was thirteen years old. English became my favorite subject. When I was third grade, I started interested in K-POP, so I studied Korean little. I could write Korean alphabet.

After a year, I entered high school. English was my favorite subject in high school, too. I took the TOEIC twice when I was third grade. I also took second grade English test certification.

And now, I’m English department student. We are taking English classes every day and we have a lot of English homework. We always do speaking, reading, listening, and writing homework. I feel it is hard sometime though, I think they are making my English skill better. Actually, the score of TOEIC when I took first year grew about 200 points compare with a year ago. TOEFL also grew 60 points in one year. I also learned Spanish in the first year. We became able to so self-introduction. My Korean skill also grew. I can simple conversation and I understand simple Korean, and I can read, too. I never study Korean grammar. I learned from lyric of K-POP and Korean TV programs. I can travel Korea alone now.

I want to go abroad to grow my speaking skill and I want to speak English as fluently as native English speakers in the future. The near future, I want to pre-first grade English test certification and want to grow my TOEIC score over 800 till I graduate university.

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Essay 1-02a: The students having a lot of homework and friends who graduated from same high school

There are many students from G. High School and about 40 students in same grade, so they spend times in university together. For example, they eating lunch, study at library, and go to classes together. Though many of them were not friends since high school, so they became friend after they entered in KGU. Time didn't pass so much after they became friend though they are close. For example, they hang out together, watch movie, go to dinner, and so on. This is strange but they may feel they are the member.

Conversely, they have few friends who graduated from other high school because they are always together and they are same department. But one of them thinks that there is not necessity to have many friends. She thinks only really friends are needed. Because she wants to study and she doesn't want to waste times.

This year, English Department students have a lot of homework. They always do EnglishCentral at home. Their family may think strange because they always speaks to computer. That is speaking class' homework, but they also have listening, writing and reading class' homework, too. They must blogging, typing, listening, listening and write dictation every week. Compare with last year, they have more homework, but it is good for growing English skill. Actually, some students think their own English is getting better than last year. But there are some students who still not good at speaking. When they want to tell something in English though, they need little time for translate to English in their brain. They'll study more to improve this in university. They may want to try more study with their friends and teachers.

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• books, brainstorms, drafts, essay prep., essays, fiction, free-writing, graphics, links, media, movies, non-fiction, outlines, quickposts, reviews, revisions, typing, websites

Cherry blossom viewing

Last month, I went to cherry blossom viewing with my friend. We went to Mt. Dokkosan near my house. Before we went, we called in bakery to buy lunch. We bought sandwiches, bagel, and fruit juice.

After that, we went by my friend’s car. The weather was perfect! The sky was cleared blue, and no cloud was we could find. The cherry blossom was perfect, too! There were any buds, so it was full bloom! We enjoyed viewing blossoms, beautiful weather, fresh breeze, and taking each picture. I want to go to next year, too!

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Chappy

I’ll introduce my pet. I have a dog. The species is Chihuahua, and color is black and white. He will be twelve years old this year.

His name is Chappy. I named him. He was born when I was second grade in elementary school, and he was born in my grandparents’ house. Elle, his mother, was took care by my grandparents and she had Chappy. Sadly, after six years, she passed away by car accident. But Chappy is really cheerful and healthful, so we are happy. I really love Chappy expect when he bark. His barking sounds is very noisy. If he found another dogs, he barks as if he got crazy. But at ordinary times, he is so cute! Sometimes, we sleep together. I’ll sleep with Chappy tonight, too.

 

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