Wednesday, 14 July 2010

Activity7

Q2 What other areas of business can you think of that operate solely or mostly in English?

I think other areas of business can you think of that operate solely or mostly in English is Company that does communications like cellular phone. Because, the character of the screen can be made English, and a recent cellular phone be talked over the foreign countries. So English is important for finding employment.

Q6: In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?

I think it is true that listening and singing to English songs help learners. I like 「Taylor Swift」 she is very very cute and beautiful voice. I listen to her song. Sing a song while listening songs will be able to memorize words clearly and overcome weak on English easily. So listening English help learners.

Activity 7

hi. I choose these question.

No.3 Why are the Chinese learning English - why isn't the rest of the world learning Chinese?

I think English is very important language. Because there are a lot of English speakers,and a lot of English company are rising, so ,in this world, English has a lot of chance to use.
But Chinese has only a few chance to use.

No.6 In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?

I heard that the listening to English song is effective way to learning English.Because Songs have a lot of words and good melody.

Q4 & Q10

4: How difficult would you find it to learn a language with a different alphabet and way of writing?


We always use Japanese. English is noun after the verb. In Japanese, they are the reverse. This is the one difficult point. The second point is that English has more word than Japanese. To learn second language takes a lot of time.


10: How helpful do you think Internet websites for learning English are? Which websites do you think are the most useful, and why?


I think using websites is very useful to learn English. We can know a lot of international news from websites. Also, we can read Japanese news in English. It’s very useful to learn English. ABC news (http://abcnews.go.com/) and CNN.com (http://edition.cnn.com/) are very useful to read news in English. We can read Japanese news in English from NHK WORLD English. (http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/index.html) This site has video and audio. It’s good point.

Activity7

Q. What did you find most interesting or surprising about the video?
In China, many people can't learn English enough. But they have to learn it. I think the Chinese have enthusiasm for learning English.


Q. How effective do you think it is to learn English in your car?
I think listening to music which is English word is good. The more time we listen to English, the better our English.

Activity7

Hi!!
I answered Q6 and Q10.

Q6: In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?
I think it is useful way to sing songs. It was easy. I enjoy singing “Hail Holy Queen” in Sister Act.

Q10: How helpful do you think Internet websites for learning English are? Which websites do you think are the most useful, and why?
I think that it is helpful for people to study English. If there is not website, people don’t know what happens in the world. The most useful website is YouTube. It is able to learn, listen, dance, sing, watch, and so on.

Activity7

Hello, everyone!
I chose the question that No.6 and No.7.

6.In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?
It is fun to listen, and to sing songs. So, I think that we can easily learn English.

7.Do you think cultural awareness and having an open mind is as important as Wei Wei Liu thinks it is?
Yes, I do.

Monday, 12 July 2010

Activity7

Hi,

Q4. How difficult would you find it to learn a language with a different alphabet and way of writing ?

I think so difficult to study at first. But, language is language. Some of them are similar to way of writing. Later, you'll be used to hearing/speaking. Maybe, you can learn alphabets while writing. So you shouldn't think language is difficult.

Q8. How effective do you think it is to learn English in your car ? Have you ever tried it ?

It is important to spend time effectually. But, I think it is difficult to write in your car, and to remember without writing. If you have much time, you should study at your desk. And I've never tried because I get carsick soon. So I don't recommend people getting carsick soon.

activity 7

Q3 Why are the Chinese learning English - why isn't the rest of the world learning Chinese?

A3-I think this question is simple, and difficult question. Maybe English is major language. So, they learning English.
 
Q6 In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?

A6-This question is difficult, because I don't know songs help English learning.
But I think songs help the keep motivation for learning. For example, when I learning the English in my home, I listening the English songs every time. (maybe only me...)
If you listen the English songs, it become training for English listening, and it can studying the differences of Japan and English culture...maybe. What do you think about this question?

Saturday, 10 July 2010

Activity 7 – Insights from China

Q3: Why are the Chinese learning English - why isn't the rest of the world learning in Chinese?

A3: I feel that Chinese people understand the importance of using English more than Japanese. In fact, my Chinese friend can speak English well. They know that the best way of telling their notion to foreign people is to use English. I think that Chinese is also one of the international language, but compared with English, it is a little difficult to acquire Chinese.



Q6: In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?

A6: It is true that listening to English songs help learners, but I think singing English songs is also helping learners. Singing songs while listening songs will be able to pronounce words clearly and overcome weak on English easily. I think it is the most important for English learners to find their own effective learning style.

Friday, 9 July 2010

Insights From China

Q2: What other areas of business can you think of that operate solely or mostly in English?
A2:I think people who is working at airports, stations, and hotels operate in English. Because their job are meeting foreigner at there.

Q6: In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?
A6:Listening to songs is so fun. So, learning English by listening to songs in English is not disgusting for people who don’t like study. We can listen to songs anytime and anywhere. If we always listen to songs, we can understand English without notice.

Thursday, 8 July 2010

Activity7

Q1: In what ways are the difficulties experienced by students in China similar to those in your country?

A1: I think that students are same in the world. The desire to be happy is common to all of us. Students want to study, play and become happy.

Q6: In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?

A1: Songs are interesting. Almost people love songs. We hum a tune to ourselves without meaning to. We memorize the word before I knew it. If you know the word, it is easy that the sentence which you know translate Japanese into English.

Activity7 - 6&10

6. In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?
A. I disagree with the idea.
English songs use much slang, so we can’t learn right words and grammar.
If we have learned English with songs, it would not use business.

10. How helpful do you think Internet websites for leaning English are? Which website do you think are the most useful, and why?
A. I think internet websites’ merit is able to use many kinds of media simultaneously.
It is difficult for other way (book, CD, DVD…etc).
My favorite website is News.com. It treats much news. I can learn latest news and English. It is very efficient!

Class RC
Name Mitsuyasu Uzawa

Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Insights From China

Hello!
I chose 3 and 6 questions.

3. Because English is needed companies in China. Information in business in China is accessed by English. So, Chinese are learning English.
Also, the reason the rest of the world isn’t learning Chinese is that Chinese isn’t a common language.

6. This is that learners learn their pronunciation and accent from songs in English. Learners very receive influences and impacts.

E3 Maiko Kabu

Activity7-3&4

Q3. Why are the Chinese learning English-why isn't the rest of the world learning Chinese?


A3. It is used as an official language in many parts of the world, and I think English to be better to use the word of one country internationally though Chinese is chiefly using Chinese. However, there is a possibility that the number of those who study Chinese increases according to the world scene in the future.

Q4. How difficult would you find it to learn a language with a different alphabet and way of writing?


A4. The acquisition of language becomes difficult as it approaches the adult though it is easy to acquire it if the language is learnt in early boyhood. I am read and written in Japanese now, and it is understood from the hardship of English-language acquisition.

Activity7: No6. No8.

6. In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?
I think listening to songs in English is good for learner's ability. If you listen to favorite songs in English, you want to sing it. Then, you research lyrics of that song, and you can speak English good pronunciation and fluently. Your English approach the native English.

8. How effective do you think it is to learn English in your car? Have you ever tried it?

First of all, we can listen to song in English. You can learn the English while you are driving car. I think if you listen the song some times speed, your English become better.

You get used to that, you can follow English conversation.

Activity7's Question

3. Q
Why are the Chinese learning English - why isn't the rest of world learning Chinese?

3.A
Because I think that the reason for the world economic power is that it is the United States now. China is still weak though the population is the best in the world, and economic development is also remarkable certainly compared with Europe and America such as the United States etc. A worldwide conference is still held in English. However, I think that Chinese is needed because of an increase in the population of China.



6.Q
In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?

6.A
I think that the study method of using an English song is good. Because there are a lot of comprehensible lyrics such as feelings and love in English song, English songs can understand.

Question number 10&13

Q10 How helpful do you think Internet websites for learning English are?
Which websites do you think are the most useful, and why?
I think helpful that Internet websites for learning English are “English club”
and “VoaNews.com”.
English club describes some topics for learning English. For example some advice
for TOEIC.
VoaNews.com describes many news on the world and all news describes English.
To read news is better for English skills.
I think which websites are the most useful “English club”.

Q13 What did you find most interesting about the video?
I surprised that they can speak English fluently. I think China emphasizes that
studying English. I have interest about china’s English education. I think china’s
English education is high level.

Activity7

3. Why are the Chinese learning English – why isn’t the rest of world learning Chinese?

I think it because English became the official language of major countries before China was developed like now.
So, world business need English avidity, and Chinese want it.
Most countries think English is more important than Chinese.

6. In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?

I don’t think it is not helpful.
Because, English songs don’t use difficult words, so we can learn only simple words.
If you want to use English for business, it is too bad.

Answering question of Activity 7

Hello everyone!

I think this film make me interested in how Chinese study English.

I think China is the most effective country now. So it is natural that Chinese begin studying English.

I will answer the question of Activity 7 Number 10 and 12.

Q10: How helpful do you think Internet websites for learning English are? Which websites do you think are the most useful, and why?

A10: I think it is helpful for people who really want to study English, and know what happened in the world now. I think the most useful website is ALC Academy2 because I can learn native speaker’s pronunciation.

Q12: What other questions do you think the film should have asked?

A12: If I can talk with Chinese who attended the film, I want to say the question “What is your benefit of learning English?” and “What field do you want to know through English? Such as academy, science and so on.”.

Class RC
Name Ryo Narikiyo

Activity 7

Hi.
I am Takumasa. I choose two questions.
What other questions do you think the film should have asked?

I want to say to them, “Do you like speaking English?”.

Do you think cultural awareness and having an open mind is as important as Wei Wei Liu thinks it is?

Yes, I do. It is very important.

Learning English II

"In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?"

As in my previous post, learning English (or any subjects, for that matter) is easier when it is fun. And what fun way to learn, is through music. Some may think that, words and phrases in songs are different with daily conversation. Although it might be true in some cases, but through songs, we tend to remember words better. Influence from really good English songs might also generate more interest to learn the language itself.

Through my personal experience, I used to like to sing songs while not knowing what the meaning was. As time goes and as my command of English is getting better,I try to listen back to those songs.It brings back memories as well as the satisfaction of finally knowing what I was singing all this time! :)

Activity 7 No.10 and No.14

Hello, I'm Ryo Matsumoto.
I chose two topic, no.10 and no.14.

No.10
Q. How helpful do you think Internet websites for learning English are? Which websites do you think are the most useful, and why?
A. I think all Internet websites which is written in English are useful. I like programming. So I see programming column page written in English. Other hobby is same. If you are interested in something, please try to see website which discuss about it in English.


No.14
Q. What tips and advice do you have for learners who work full-time?
A. I'm now university student. So I don't work full-time. but, I have few time to learn English. It is best way to learn English for me to with foreign friend in private time. I have Taiwanese friend who is medical school student and she is very intelligence. So she understands 3 language Chinese, Japanese, and English. We usually chat in English. Sometimes, I mistake English and she corrects it in Japanese. This is my way. Please make some foreign friends if you can!

No.1 and 8

No.1
I think that what we enter the university and graduate is difficult.
For example, I entered this university, but my first desire was failure.
And it is difficult for me to acquire unit.
So I study more to graduate this university.

No.8
Yes.
I think that what we learn, listen, and write English everyday is improved our English ability.
But I have not learned English in my car yet. I will try it after I get driver's license.

English in China

Hi,everyone.

I watched the video that interview of English in China.
And then, I looked activity7 questions.
I thought those questions are difficult for me,but I answer the questions that I can took my sharp ideas.

First,I choose Question 6.
That question is "In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?".

I think that learners should like a lot of English music through listening and listening.
It is important to have interest for knowing.

Second,I choose Question 10.
That question is "How helpful do you think Internet websites for learning English are? and Which websites do you think are the most useful,and why?".

I think websites are most useful contents to learn English, because there are a lot of texts,sounds and videos. And we can choose content that we are interested in for learnong English.
In other words, choosing contents make us motivate.
So,I think that the most useful websites exist one by one for learners.

Do you know so?

Activity 7 - Takashi Wada -

6.In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?

I think listening to songs in English helps learners. A good singer in the world, for exanple, The Beatles, The Carpenters and so on, sings a song very well and carefully. So their pronunciation are heplful for English learners.


10.How helpful do you think Internet websites for learning English are? Which websites do you think are the most useful, and why?

There are many English questions in the Internet websites. So we study English various kinds of English questions, and we grow our English skil more and more. My favorite website is ALC. ALC is nice for TOEIC study, because that site has reading questions and listening questions of various level.

Activity7 Discussion Question

Hi
I choose two question .

No3. Why are the Chinese learning English - why isn't the rest of the world learning Chinese .
No6.Do you think cultural awareness and having an open mind is as important as Wei Wei Liu thinks it is?

No.3 Ans : I think the first question’s reason are English became very important language and there are a lot of English speaker in the world. Also a few Chinese company are developing now , so there are not chance to speak Chinese. This is because the rest of the world learning Chinese .

No.6 Ans : Yes it is

Learning English I

I think the video was interesting because I can relate to it too. I'm not a native English speaker, and there are many ways that I used to learn the language (well, mostly what my teachers taught me back in school)

"In what ways are your English lessons similar to and different from those mentioned by the interviewees?"

Well, first of all, when I started learning English, me and my classmates were taught to focus on our vocabulary. Knowing many words helps us to go one step further - learning grammar, conversation, pronunciation etc. However, unlike what the interviewees experienced, we did not have many chances to practise speaking with many foreign people. But practising with each other helped us shake off our nervousness and in time, it became fun.

Activity 7

Hello everyone,

Q10. How helpful do you think Internet websites for learning English are?
Which websites do you think are the most useful, and why?

A10. Most of all the peaple have PC now, so we use Internet and see the websites. And everyone can learn English easily with those websites.
I don't know many those websites. But I think "EnglishClub.com" is very nice websites. Because it have a lot of information for learning English.



Q13. What did you find most interesting or surprising about the video?

A13. First, I was surprised at Chinese being learning English very hard for job. It seems difficult to work for good job without learning English. Then, I think that the learning English is very important over the world now. So we must learn English more hardly.

Activity 7 No.2,No.3

2 What other areas of business can you think of that operate solely or mostly in English?

These days, many areas of business need talking in English. Especially, trading company, information industry, work an interpreter, translator, and tour conductor need skill of speaking English very well.
Trader must bargain other traders in English. Interpreter and translator must have special skill of English and dialect. Tour conductor must talk with a lot of people and explain many things to them.
I think that very a lot of business need skill of speak English.

3 Why are the Chinese leaning English – why isn’t the rest of the world learning Chinese?

These days China is very developing in industry. China will be biggest country. Chinese must need to study English in order to develop Chinese company very well. So,
Chinese are learning English.
On the other hand, we don’t know Chinese. So, the rest of the world isn’t learning Chinese.

Insights from China Answer

Answer
3.
That is because there are many trading companies and multinational companiese in Shanghai and in these companiese, people speak English at all time. So, Chinese people have to learn English. And English is common language! But rest of the world they don't have to learn Chinese because Chinese don't use in these companiese.

8.
I think it is effectively when we practice pronunciation of English. Because when we practice pronunciation, listening fluent English is very good. I have never tried this but I want to try this to speak English fluently.

Activity 007 ~From Takamasa with Love~

10:How helpful do you think Internet websites for learning English are? Which web site do you think are the most useful, and why?

I want to study abroad in 3 grades, so I study English with listening English radio. I use the web site "VOAnews.com". In this site, "Words and Their Stories" corner is most useful and interesting. Various expressions in English is used and introduced. I can't understand all, but the speed of speaker is limited, so I can follow some words.
If you want to improve your skills of English, use this site, by all means!

12:What other questions do you think the film should have asked?

They use English very fluently, but there must be people who speak in English less fluently. How should we improve our English skills?

Insights From China

Hello,

Well, the semester is nearly over. I haven't been able to cover as much of the E3 contents as I wanted to.
I would have liked to do some PowerPoint presentations, but have not had enough time.
Next semester we will do the newsgroups/blogging again, and some presentations.

I need to ask you to write some more blogs before the end of this semester. The first topic is Insights From China, the short film we watched last week. Actually, I found the topic very interesting. I teach here in Japan and I am often told that university students don't want to study English, but they have to.

Well, maybe this is the case for some students. I think that it can be a very useful skill to have. The example of China, last week, demonstrates this.

For your blog topic, I would like to choose 2 discussion questions from Activity 7 and write a post. Please remember that this is part of the assessment, so two short sentences, for example, is not enough!!

I will also ask you to answer some questions about the newsgroup/blogging activity. Please take some time to answer the questions properly, as I want to make this activity better, and value your opinions.

Rob