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2012年12月12日水曜日

2-03b: Revised Essay


Hello everyone! This time, I’m going to introduce everybody about Julia Roberts. Do you know her? Have you heard her name? Surely, you know her because you study “Notting Hill” in the listening class. Her real name is Julia Fiona Roberts, and her age is 45. She has worked long time. Her birthplace is United States. The height is 175 centimeter. She appears a lot of movies and she is a very famous actress. “Mirror Mirror” is a movie quite recently and she appeared the part of a bad witch in it. Did you see it in the theater? I wait for DVD of “Mirror Mirror”, I want to see it quickly. This time, I’m going to introduce everybody about three movies, family, and awards and other movies and scandal on herself.

At the first, I introduce “Valentine’s Day”. Have you seen it? The movie was shown in 2010, and love story. The movie director is Garry Marshall. She appeared the part of a soldier on the American armed forces, and her official name was Kate. Co-stars are Ann Hathaway, Taylor Swift, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, and Bradly Cooper, etc. The movie drew Valentine’s Day of each ten couples who live in Los Angeles. And it is collection of short stories. I saw the movie. Each short stories were very interesting and moving, I was moved to tears. I thought that the movie was a very heart-warming movie after I saw. I recommend the movie “Valentine’s Day” to everybody.And this director “Garry Marshall” is a wonderful director in the world. He has ever invented lots of hit movies. For example, “Runaway Bride”, “The Princess Diaries”, “Raising Helen”, and “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement”, etc. He invented masterpieces of love movies and he is genius. “The Princess Diaries” is my favorite movie, too. I want to see the movies, I only heard the director was “Garry Marshall”. I am looking forward to seeing the movies which he will invent in the future.


Next, I introduce about “Pretty Woman”. Have you seen it? This movie is my favorite movie because it is very interesting and pretty story. Maybe, Girls like this movie. She played in a call girl at this movie. The name is vivian ward, and she played in a poor woman. She was poor woman at first, but she meet one man. After she met him, she changed her life. He is too rich man and he likes her on the movie. She fall in love him and the end is happy end. This movie is love story. This movie is called cinderella story by everyone. This movie has dream for girls. Her partner’s actor is Richard Gere. He is too cool, so he is much the role. And director is Garry Marshall. He is nice director. So This movie is very good for everyone. in this movie, she is so cute and sexy. If you are free, why don’t you watching this movie?

Third, I introduce Notting Hill. You know or have you ever watched the movie? Notting Hill is a Love story which happens between a divorced man in the UK and an actress tremendously popular among people. The role of Julia Roberts is Anna: she is an actress. In fact, Julia Roberts is also a real actress today. So we think her performance is like herself. She was thinking about the suffering as an actress while playing the role of Anna when she made the film with others. For instance, if she wanted to get along with other people equally, they would not have treated her as a human equal with others because she is a tremendously popular actress. Surely, she experienced the suffering on real life. I seemed to see her role of Anna performance is simply and cheerful personality. I think there are many things we can sympathize on this movie. For instance, the feeling of love which we can’t get along with him well,  So please watch this movie, if you didn’t watch it yet.

I introduce about Julia Roberts’ family. Her family is a husband and the twins of boy and girl and a boy. She got married once in 1993, but it was divorced in 1995. And she got married again to a movie cameraman in 2002.

She had scandals on herself. She was acquainted with a lot of actors. She was engaged with Kiefer Sutherland, but she didn’t marry with him. After that, she went to trip with Jason Patric. He is closed Kiefer Sutherland. In 1993, She married with Lyle Lovett, but she discover in 1995. And she has an affair with Daniel Moder and she married him in 2002.

And I introduce that many awards which she was awarded a prize. She was awarded a prize Golden Globe Award of the Best Supporting Actress on “Steel Magnolias” which was shown in 1989. And she was awarded a prize Golden Globe Award for Best Actress-Motion Picture Musical or Comedy on “Pretty Woman”. She became the candidate the Academy Award on “Steel Magnolias” and she was nominated for the Academy Award on “Pretty Woman”. She was awarded a prize Academy Award for Best Actress on “Elin Brockovich” which was sown in 2000.

Or I introduce that other on her movies. It is “Larry Crowne” Her role is a lazy teacher of speaking at Community College. A man; Larry Crowne who was dismissed from a Supermarket enters there to reemploy other work. They met together and birth a comedy drama. If you watch it, you can see her different performance as an actress in comparison with some movie which we wrote as above.

That is why; Julia Roberts has a great power and depth of her performance. She has a great ability as an actress. As the evidence, she gained many prizes and she has been as a famous actress from her childhood to now; she is 45 years old. Isn’t it great? So we recommend you to watch the movie played her. Thank you for reading.

References
Karz, Mike, & Rice, Allan, Wayne, (Producers) & Marshall, Garry, (Director).b (2010). Valentine’s Day. United States: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.

Milchan, Arnon, & Reuther, Steven, (Producers) & Marshall, Garry, (Director). (1990). Pretty Woman. United States: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.

Kenworthy, Duncan, (Producer) & Michell, Roger, (Director). (1999). Notting Hill. United Kingdom: Universal Pictures.

[1058 words]

2012年12月7日金曜日

Essay 2-03a: Joint Movie Review about Julia Roberts



Hello everyone! This time, I’m going to introduce everybody about Julia Roberts. Do you know her? Have you heard her name? Surely, you know her because you study “Notting Hill” in the listening class. Her real name is Julia Fiona Roberts, and her age is 45. She has worked long time. Her birthplace is United States. The height is 175 centimeter. She appears a lot of movies and she is a very famous actress. “Mirror Mirror” is a movie quite recently and she appeared the part of a bad witch in it. Did you see it in the theater? I wait for DVD of “Mirror Mirror”, I want to see it quickly. This time, I’m going to introduce everybody about three movies, family, and awards and other movies and scandal on herself.

At the first, I introduce “Valentine’s Day”. Have you seen it? The movie was shown in 2010, and love story. The movie director is Garry Marshall. She appeared the part of a soldier on the American armed forces, and her official name was Kate. Co-stars are Ann Hathaway, Taylor Swift, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, and Bradly Cooper, etc. The movie drew Valentine’s Day of each ten couples who live in Los Angeles. And it is collection of short stories. I saw the movie. Each short stories were very interesting and moving, I was moved to tears. I thought that the movie was a very heart-warming movie after I saw. I recommend the movie “Valentine’s Day” to everybody.

Next, I introduce about “Pretty Woman”. Have you seen it? This movie is my favorite movie because it is very interesting and pretty story. Maybe, Girls like this movie. She played in a call girl at this movie. The name is vivian ward, and she played in a poor woman. She was poor woman at first, but she meet one man. After she met him, she changed her life. He is too rich man and he likes her on the movie. She fall in love him and the end is happy end. This movie is love story. This movie is called cinderella story by everyone. This movie has dream for girls. Her partner’s actor is Richard Gere. He is too cool, so he is much the role. And director is Garry Marshall. He is nice director. So This movie is very good for everyone. in this movie, she is so cute and sexy. If you are free, why don’t you watching this movie?

Third, I introduce Notting Hill. You know or have you ever watched the movie? Notting Hill is a Love story which happens between a divorced man in the UK and an actress tremendously popular among people. The role of Julia Roberts is Anna: she is an actress. In fact, Julia Roberts is also a real actress today. So we think her performance is like herself. She was thinking about the suffering as an actress while playing the role of Anna when she made the film with others. For instance, if she wanted to get along with other people equally, they would not have treated her as a human equal with others because she is a tremendously popular actress. Surely, she experienced the suffering on real life. I seemed to see her role of Anna performance is simply and cheerful personality. I think there are many things we can sympathize on this movie. For instance, the feeling of love which we can’t get along with him well,  So please watch this movie, if you didn’t watch it yet.

I introduce about Julia Roberts’ family. Her family is a husband and the twins of boy and girl and a boy. She got married once in 1993, but it was divorced in 1995. And she got married again to a movie cameraman in 2002.

She had scandals on herself. She was acquainted with a lot of actors. She was engaged with Kiefer Sutherland, but she didn’t marry with him. After that, she went to trip with Jason Patric. He is closed Kiefer Sutherland. In 1993, She married with Lyle Lovett, but she discover in 1995. And she has an affair with Daniel Moder and she married him in 2002.

And I introduce that many awards which she was awarded a prize. She was awarded a prize Golden Globe Award of the Best Supporting Actress on “Steel Magnolias” which was shown in 1989. And she was awarded a prize Golden Globe Award for Best Actress-Motion Picture Musical or Comedy on “Pretty Woman”. She became the candidate the Academy Award on “Steel Magnolias” and she was nominated for the Academy Award on “Pretty Woman”. She was awarded a prize Academy Award for Best Actress on “Elin Brockovich” which was sown in 2000.

Or I introduce that other on her movies. It is “Larry Crowne” Her role is a lazy teacher of speaking at Community College. A man; Larry Crowne who was dismissed from a Supermarket enters there to reemploy other work. They met together and birth a comedy drama. If you watch it, you can see her different performance as an actress in comparison with some movie which we wrote as above.

That is why; Julia Roberts has a great power and depth of her performance. She has a great ability as an actress. As the evidence, she gained many prizes and she has been as a famous actress from her childhood to now; she is 45 years old. Isn’t it great? So we recommend you to watch the movie played her. Thank you for reading.


[920 words]

2012年11月26日月曜日

Draft Essay 2-02b: My favorite place


I’m going to introduce you about my favorite place. My favorite place is my home. There are three particularly favorite rooms in there. One is my room. Two is the living room. Three is the bath room. I’m going to introduce you about three rooms.

The beginning, I introduce you about my home. It’s in the southern part of KUMAMOTO City and the country. A rural landscape spread out as far as the eye can see. People of the area where I live are very gentle and heart-warming. And I like a peculiar to smell of my home. I can breathe a sigh of relief when I get back to there from the university and the part-time job.

First, I’m going to introduce you about my room in my home. My room is about six mat room and places bed, desk, closet and dressing table. There isn’t television. Furniture is few. I don’t know why, but I feel that things are much and my room is mixed up together. Furniture is few but small articles are many in my room. But it’s a point of that I can breathe a sigh of relief. And I introduce you about my favorite furniture. It’s my bed. My bed is particular because it’s low repulsion bed. It’s very comfortable bed as I’m able to soon fall asleep and have good sleep.

Second, I’m going to introduce you about the living room. There are of the living room is more than three times the area of my room. And the living room is the place where my family gets together. Everybody stay in there when we eat dinner and watch TV. The living room is a symbol of the pleasure of a happy home. And there is a lot of furniture. There are television, two tables, sofa, dressing table, computer and many photos of my family in the living room. When it’s fall and winter, a table changes to a kotatsu; covered table with a heat source underneath. And an ordinary carpet changes to an electrical hot carpet and a gas fan heater appears on the living room. And we eat oranges and one-pot dish cooked on the kotatsu together. Sometimes, my mother and sister sleep in kotatsu because it and the electrical hot carpet are very hot and comfortable.

Third, I’m going to introduce you about the bath room. I like there because I love taking a bath. I take in the bath tub more twenty minutes every day. I disliked taking in there until I was an elementary schoolchild. I don’t know why, but I gradually liked taking in there. Now, I’m in the bath room about one time every day and I recover from the fatigue of my journey. It’s very relax time for me. And I do facial massage every day while I take in the bath. It’s also very relax time.

Considering the circumstances mentioned above, my favorite place is my home. Sometimes, I think that I want to live by myself after I graduate from this university. Because my hometown is very country and my family is very faultfinding. But I realized happiness that my family and hometown is very pleasant place for me. The whole my home is my favorite place.

[544 words]

2012年11月8日木曜日

Draft Essays 2-02a: My favorite place


Hello! Everyone! This time, I’m going to introduce you about that the most my favorite place. It is my home. It’s in the southern part of Kumamoto City and the country. A rural landscape spread out as far as the eye can see. People of my hometown are very gentle and heartwarming. And I like a peculiar to smell of my home. I can breathe a sigh of relief when I go back to there from the university and the part-time job. I’m going to introduce you about three rooms where among of my home, I can breathe a sigh of relief.

At the first, I introduce you about my room. It’s about a six-mat and there are bed, desk and closet in my room. Furniture is few. I don’t know why, but I feel that things are much and my room is mixed up together. But it’s a point of that I’m able to breathe a sigh of relief. There are two windows in my room. So, it’s very cold when it’s winter and it’s very hot when it’s summer. So, it became gradually cold now. And sunlight from the windows is very strong. But I can wake up with the morning sun when sunlight enters throw the window. And I can breathe a sigh of relief and happy when I go to bed. Because I changed a before ordinary bedding to a new low repulsion bedding recently. It’s very comfortable. And I like a peculiar to smell of my room. I can be composed so I mostly stay in my room when I stay in my home.

At the second, I introduce you about the bath room. I like there because I love taking a bath. I take in a bath tub more twenty minutes every day. I disliked taking in there when I was a child. I don’t know why, but I gradually liked taking in there. Now I’m in the bath room about an hour every day and I recover from the fatigue of my journey. It’s very relax time for me. And I do facial massage every day while I take in a bath tub. It’s also very relax time. That’s why the bath room is a one of my favorite rooms.

Lastly at the third, I introduce you about the living room. There is the place where my family gets together. Everybody stay in there when we eat dinner and watch TV. There are TV, tables, sofa and snacks in the living room. When it’s fall and winter a table changes to a kotatsu; covered table with a heat source underneath. And an ordinary carpet changes to an electrical hot carpet and a gas fan heater appears on the living room when it’s winter. That’s why my family tends to gather in there than usual. And we eat oranges and one-pot dish cooked at a kotatsu together. When it’s winter, my mother and sister often sleep while they enter in a kotatsu. I appreciate it’s very pleasant but it often makes people caught colds. But the living room is surely the favorite room for my family, too. And I love an atmosphere in there when it’s winter. I feel like heartwarming and breathe a sigh of relief because there are a kotatsu, a hot carpet and oranges on a kotatsu and everybody encircle around a kotatsu. That’s why the living room is a one of my favorite rooms.

I have any other favorite rooms in my home, such as the kitchen, the garden, the toilets and a Japanese-style room. Sometimes I would like to think that leave out from my home and Kumamoto Prefecture. And I would like to think that live by myself in unknown place. But I love my home and Kumamoto prefecture after all because I’m able to breathe a sigh of relief. After all, the most my favorite place is my home.

[652 words]

2012年7月18日水曜日

Essays 1-03b: Language Learning Story


I’m going to tell you about my language learning story. I learned Japanese and English and German from a lot of opportunities and people.


First of all, I’m going to tell you when I was in childhood. When I was in early years, I learned mother tongue from my parents. I heard from them what I was very late that speaking mother tongue. When I was in the nursery years, I learned from my teachers and friends. I didn’t speak so much because I was very reserved. But I just rattled on my family and relatives. I often cut the nursery school and I went to the house of my grand parents. So, I just rattled on my grand parents and uncle and aunt and cousin. I learned elemental Japanese from my family and relatives.

When I was in the elementary school, I learned fundamental Japanese. For example, hiragana, katakana, Chinese characters and calligraphy. And I learned Roman letters and took communication with on ALT teacher and my friends. In the elementary school, I took test of Chinese characters called “Chinese characters meet” every year. Therefore I cultivated my powers of Chinese characters.

When I was in the junior high school, I learned Japanese more detail. I learned modern Japanese and classic Japanese. And sometimes I learned calligraphy. And I learned reading, writing and communication in English. Suddenly, study of junior high school got difficult. Especially, I was remembered the textbook of English as memory work. But it was pleasant and worth doing for me. In addition, when I took the first test, I learned English from my sister. If I didn’t learned English from her, I couldn’t be good at and like English. Consequently, I began to like it. My strongest school subjects were English and sociology in my junior school days.

When I was in my high school, study was by far more difficult than junior high school. Especially, classic Japanese began to more difficult. When I was in the first grade, I hate it and Chinese classics. I took small tests of them in a class every day and sometimes studied after school as I didn’t passed them. And I learned reading, writing, speaking and listening in English. I was very weak in listening. I couldn’t follow English what a person says. I remembered vocabulary as hard as I could. Consequently, I could begin to read long sentences in practice exams.

And now I am in the university. I’m learning reading, writing, speaking, listening and grammar in English. It’s very hard and difficult for me. And there are a lot of homework. When I was in the first grade, I learned writing and pronounciation in German. German was very hard for me. But now I feel that English is more difficult than German. I have been weaken of listening. I can’t follow English what a person says. But I like speaking.


Lastly, I want to study English more. I don’t have a plan that study abroad because I dont think that I want to it now. I want to speak English more and fluently. First of all, I have to get power of listening and writing and get better points of TOEIC. And I would like to work a job that is connected with English after I graduate.
 And I would like to get a job out Kumamoto prefecture.

[564 words]

2012年7月8日日曜日

Essay 1-03a: language Learning Story


I’m going to tell you about my language learning history. I learned various languages from a lot of opportunities.


First of all, I’m going to tell you when I was in childhood. When I was in early years, I learned mother tongue from my parents. I heard from them I was very late that speaking the tongue.When I was in the nursery years, I learned from my teachers and friends. I didn’t speak so much because I was very reserved. But I just rattled on my family and relatives. I often cut the nursery school and I went to the house of my grand parents. So, I just rattled on my grand parents and uncle and aunt and cousin. I learned Japanese from my family and relatives.

When I was in the elementary school, I learned fundamental Japanese. For example, hiragana, katakana , Chinese characters and calligraphy. And I learned Roman letters and took communication with on ALT teacher. In the elementary school, I took test of Chinese characters called “Chinese characters meet” every year. Therefore I cultivated my powers of Chinese characters.

When I was in the junior high school, I learned Japanese more detail. I learned modern Japanese and classic Japanese. And sometimes I learned calligraphy. And I learned reading, writing and communication in English. Suddenly, study of junior high school got difficult. Especially, I was remembered the textbook of English as memory work. But it was pleasant and worth doing for me. In addition, when I took the first test, I learned English from my sister. If I didn’t learned English from her, I couldn’t like English. Consequently, I began to like it. My strongest school subjects were English and sociology in my junior school days.

When I was in my high school, study was by far more difficult than junior high school. Especially, classic Japanese began to more difficult. When I was in the first grade, I hate it and Chinese classics. I took small tests of them in a class every day and sometimes studied after school as I didn’t passed them. And I learned reading, writing, speaking and listening in English. I was very weak in listening. I couldn’t follow English what a person says. I remembered vocabulary as hard as I could. Consequently, I could begin to read long sentences in practice exams.

And now I am in the university. I’m learning reading, writing, speaking, listening and grammar in English. It’s very hard and difficult for me. And there are a lot of homeworks. When I was in the first grade, I learned writing and pronounciation in German. German was very hard for me. But now I feel that English is more difficult than German. I have been weaken of listening. I can’t follow English what a person says. But I like speaking.


Lastly, I want to like English more. I don’t have a plan that study abroad. First of all, I want to get power of listening and get better points of TOEIC. And I would like to work a job that is connected with English.


[514 words]

2012年5月23日水曜日

Essays 1-2b: University Life

Hello everyone (^O^)! How are you? This time, I’m going to introduce about Kumammoto Gakuen University. KGU has a lot of convenient and comfortable places in the university. So, I’m going to introduce comfortable places to exchange students are able to spend happy campus life in there.

First, I’m going to introduce about library. KGU’s library is very very very comfortable. I always go to there to do my homework. There are many books and computers. You can see a lot of movies in AV corner. And you can read foreign newspapers and magazines. There are various foreign books. When you want to study or read books or do your homework alone, you should come to there! You will be able to concentrate and live a full time in there. By the way, you might be able to work there as a part-time job. I saw a notice of advertisement for part-time help to our student. First of all, please go to KGU’s library.

Second, I’m going to introduce about bakery. KGU’s bakery’s breads are very very evry delicious. There are about twenty seats. There are a lot of students and teachers and general people and child attending kindergarten at noon. So, we have to come to there a little earlier than usual. Or else, popular breads are often sellout and we can’t plop down into seats. I’m going to introduce my recommendation’s breads. They are “Chicken Nanban Bread” and “Mentai Egg Bread” and “Cocoa Roll”, “Blueberry Cheese Pie”.

Third, I’m going to introduce about KGU’s students’ dining hall. There is very broad. But there are a lot of students and teachers at noon. My recommendation’s menus are “Bibinaba Don” and “Meat Udon” and “curry and rice”,”Tyanpon”. And, all menus are very cheap. Price is about three hundred yen. Foreign people can eat various foods what you aren’t able to eat in foreign countries. First of all, please go to and eat at KGU’s students’ dining hall.

Lastly, I’m going to in traduce about English Lounge. A lot of exchange students and KGU’s students come together in there. To tell the truth, I have never been to there. But I want to go to there and chat with foreign people sometime. Sometimes, various parties are held in there. For example, Halloween Party, Christmas Party and so on. And, everyone play games and chat and eat snacks. Various nation’s cultural exchanges can enjoy in there. English Lounge is surely funny place. Please go to and enjoy in there. You will be able to spend a full time.

Above-mentioned introduction, KGU has a lot of convenient and funny places. If you make good use of various institutions, you will be surely able to spend funny campus life in there. And you can make a lot of friends without barrier among foreign countries. I want exchange students to make good use of above-mentioned institutions. I would be very happy to be useful for you. Please enjoy your campus life in KGU. Thank you for reading my blog.

2012年5月8日火曜日

Essay1-02a:University Life

Hello everyone!!! How are you? This time, I’m going to introduce Kumamoto Gakuen University. KGU has a lot of convenient and comfortable university. So, I’m going to introduce comfortable place to exchange students spend happy campus life in there.

First, I’m going to introduce about library. KGU’s library is very very very comfortable. I always go to there to do my homework. There are many books and computers. You can see a lot of movies in AV corner. And you can read foreign newspapers and magazines. There are various foreign books. When you want to study or read books or do your homework alone, you should come to there! You can absolutely concentrate and live a full time in there. By the way, you are able to work there as a part-time job. I saw a notice of advertisement for part-time help to our student. First of all, please go to KGU’s library.

Next, I’m going to introduce about bakery. KGU’s bakery’s breads are very very very delicious. There are about twenty seats. There are a lot of students and teachers and general people and child attending kindergarten at noon. So, we have to come to there a little earlier than usual. Or else, popular breads are often sellout and we can’t plop down into seats. I’m going to introduce my recommendation’s breads. They are “Chichen Nanban Breads” and “Mentai Egg Bread” and “Cocoa Roll”, “Blueberry Cheese Pie”.

Lastly, I’m going to introduce about KGU’s students’ dining hall. There is very broad. But there has a lot of students and teachers at noon. My recommendation’s menus are “Bibinaba Don” and “Meat Udon” and “curry and rice”, “Tyanpon”. And, all menus are very cheap. Price is about three hundred yen. Exchange students can eat various foods what you aren’t able to eat in foreign countries. First of all, please go to and eat at KGU’s students’ dining hall.

KGU has a lot of comfortable and pleasant places. There is a room for exchange students. Exchange students can talk and play with another foreigner and KGU’s students. And, please enjoy your campus life in there. Thank you.

2012年4月25日水曜日

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2012年4月18日水曜日

Revised Placement Essay for WritingⅢ

    Hello! My name is Hinako. Please call me"Hinako". I'm going to introduce myself. I'm nineteen year"s

old. We're a family if four, my father, my mother, my older sister and me. My older sister is six years older

than me but she is shorter than me. And, she often looks youger than me.

   Next, I'm belong to the photo club in my university. We enjoy ourself once a week. And we get along well,

we see each other in the student's dining hall almost every day. My university has many events. What is

particulary big event is a  school festival. Every club opens a store. Everybody cooperates and enjoys and

cements their friendships. Some other place, our club has many evnts once a month. I'm enjoying my campus

life very much.

   Next, I belonged to a Japanese archery club in high school. Japanese archery looks like archery but  bow

is made of wood. I can play Japanese archery but I haven't ever played western archery. What sport  do you

play? Have you ever played archery? And, have you ever visited Japan? I haven't ever visited foreign

countries. I have butterflies in my stomach. I'm looking forward to meeting you.

countries.