Intro KGU

Introduction to KGU

Mio, Hitomi, YuiS

We tell you about our classes, KGU has 12 departments; commercial science, business administration, hospitality management　economics　international economics　English language, east Asia, social welfare, child home welfare, welfare environment. And there are about 7000 students and many great professors in our university. We are English language students. The student of the English and American Section often uses the 4th, 11th, 12th and 14th pavilions. The class of first period starts at 9:00 am and there are five periods. The final class finishes at 5:50 pm; we have lunch time after second period. The teachers of the English and American Section have a lot of gentle people. We are English and American majors; there are many professors who help us to improve in learning languages. We often have to do assignments; professors correct all assignments each time. The number is too much but they always check those. We are happy to be supported by many people. Next, I tell you about credit. We have to get 124 credits; we can get 48 credits in a year. There are a compulsory subject and an optional subject, we are English and American major so we have to take these class “Reading”, “Speaking”, “Writing”, “Listening”. These compulsory classes are differ for each major.

KGU students are very fashionable, we think. Every student wears very pretty clothes and the girls are cute, and the boys are handsome. Sometimes, people say KGU students are “charai” because of their looks or their loud clothes. “charai” means frivolous. And in fact, we bet every student will experience something special, particularly romantic relationships. If you thought that KGU students are grim, that’s not true. We think every student has warm feelings in their hearts. And they are very kind to everyone, cheerful and honest. They are leading parts in this college. And our college's slogan is "renaissance of Kumamoto Gakuen University."

The classrooms of our university are very comfortable because they are very clean and the temperature is adjusted according to the season. We can concentrate on class. The rest rooms are also beautiful. The convenience of the library is very good. In addition to books, needless to say, there are magazines, newspapers, and DVDs, too. We go to watch DVD in our free time. The personal computer can be used in the library. We use the library in various respects. There is a room that can meet the international students. They are kind and interesting. We should go there when we want to study the foreign language. We can play together. It is possible to understand they feelings of those that have come to a foreign country.

Our university has a lot of convenient places. It is in the cafeteria that everyone gathers most. It is very wide and has many dishes. My favorite menu is katsurice. It is very delicious and reasonable. We also go there at the free time of the class. We talk with friends. The cafeteria is a hangout. It is a bakery that we most often go. The bakery of our university is very delicious. The kinds of the bread are very abundant and new bread is made one after another. We like sweet bread. There is a convenience store at our university, a Lawson. Because Lawson is open till late, it is very useful for the extracurricular activities students. Our university also has Maruzen, Green campus, the hair salon, the travel agency, and the camera shop. It is very full university. I was good at this university. We like our university very much.

We also introduce circles. One circle is the badminton club in KGU. This type is Physical circle. There are many circles in KGU. One of us belongs to Housou. And another belongs to Kadou. This is called “Union of Circle” It is very big and there are many kinds but their activities aresimilar. They have a day of their activity and they do something. Then, they have a drinking party or go driving and do thinks such as a sports festival.

We also introduce circles. One circle is the badminton club in KGU. This type is Physical circle. There are many circles in KGU. One of us belongs to Housou and another belongs to Kadou. This is called “Union of Circle” It is very big and there are many kinds but their activities are almost similar. They have a day of their activity and they do something. Then, they have a drinking party or go driving and do thinks such as a sports festival.

Badminton club is always practices during the week. We have 2holidays in the week, Wednesday and Sunday. The club has 24members and they like badminton very much and all of them who have experience to play badminton and they were a little famous when they were high school students because they were strong. Almost all the members are male. There are only 4 women so practice is very hard because the practice schedule is for men but women do same the schedule. We have three big competitions in a year. In April, we had an important one. We could come true our goal and we won the game. Last week, the club had a big competition to have the right to go the Inter College. Inter College is the biggest and highest level competition for university. Yui is an executive of my club and considers the atmosphere of the club. We hope this atmosphere will stay the same for long time.

Club has different jobs. Yui does office work, going to meetings every week on Tuesday with the captain and booking for expeditions. This is very tiring and hard work. We think that this job is the hardest in the club work.

There are many circles in KGU. All circles are same. But you should join some circle if you want to have a wonderful campus life.

How do you think about KGU? Our school is very nice so if you have a chance to come you should come and you can enjoy!

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BR1-13: Kings and Queens of Britain

I read a book. This book is interesting for me because I learn about history of English and Britain. I don’t like history of English but when I read the book, I found some words. Alfred the Great and Danes and William 1 for instance. I had heard these. They were great person and they are very famous. But I was interested in Queen Boudicca. Her husband was King but he died so she became Queen. However, Roman soldiers didn’t agree. She and her children hit so she was very angry and killed the soldiers. She said “I am going to be Queen of all Britain now” I think that she is very cool and has high pride. I want to see her!

Tim Vicary
Oxford University Press, 1997

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BR1-12: Diana

I know about Diana little. She is very kind and beautiful woman but it is just one part. Her life is very deep I learned from this book. She has four sister and brother. When she was a little girl, her parents divorced. I didn’t know this happen. She also divorced with Charles. He was a prince. Diana and Charles were good friends. Charles loved a girl called Camilla. I know her! Recently, Charles remarried Camilla. I was surprised! Charles and Diana married. I thought this is a reason for some bad things. Their life was not so happy. I think that Diana didn’t marry him, she didn’t die. Many people love her. I think that she is like Mother Teresa.

Tim Vicary
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998

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BR1-11: California

Have you ever been to California? I ever been there but I want to go there. I have heard San Francisco and Los Angeles and Hollywood and San Diego. These are very famous city and town. I think that Ichiro is in Los Angeles. Disney is in California. The book said “Americans call California ‘The Golden State’” first page showed picture. This is very beautiful picture.” American people once came”. I thought that it is like Kyoto in Japan. Kyoto has many beautiful buildings and beautiful place. When I graduate from KGU, I will go trip with my friends. I want to go California and I want to go many famous places!

John Escott
Oxford University Press, 2000

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Kyuuin

Good morning! Last Thursday, I went to Fukuoka for badminton competition with men’s team. I was only woman so I was alone and I worried about something. At 8p.m. we left Kumamoto for Fukuoka and we arrived at 10p.m. It drive was little funny but I thought that I don’t like night drive. It was the first day. Next morning, we went to a gym and played some game and we lost the game so our trip was finished but we couldn’t come back Kumamoto. I wanted to come back but we booked hotel for 2 days so we had to stay the hotel. In the night, we held drinking party in Izakaya. It was very exciting. I was very happy. I felt our team is wonderful! I like them but I felt little loneliness. After that, we backed hotel and slept. Next day, we went to gym for watching some game it was boring and tired very much. It done and we backed hotel. The day was special day because one member’s birthday! So we planned surprised birthday party for him. It was funny and interesting. It was successful! It was nice memory for us. After that we went to drinking party again. We were crazy but the night was last night of the trip. I had a wonderful time. I thought that I was only woman but I could stay with them. They are very nice!

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Last Saturday

Last Saturday, I had a gourmet day! I had three promises with my family and my friends of high school and my friends of badminton club. Why I had these promises? I didn’t know. But I was very looking forward these promises. I will talk about the day. In the morning, I went to practice until 2p.m. after that, I backed home and I went to shopping for some promises. First promise was with my family. It was a Giblets-nabe party. I wanted to eat giblets so I said that to my mother. It is not just giblets; it is famous giblets-nabe shop. It was very delicious. I was satisfaction. After the party, it was 9p.m. I went to second promises with my friends of high school. It was drinking party in the downtown. I hadn’t seen them after a long time but they didn’t little change. We were good friends group, when we were high student. We don’t change! We had wonderful time. I was very happy and laugh very much. After the second promise, I had to go my friend’s house because third promise was Gyouza and an octopus party. It was 24p.m. When I went to her house, there were six people and all most them were laying. They had eaten already. But some Gyouza were leftovers so I ate little and octopus rice. After I ate, I watched some DVD. These were very funny! I didn’t sleep so I sleep at 4a.m. I was very tired the day! But I was very fun and I thought that I ate too much!! But I could have wonderful time with my good people. But I don’t want to do one more.

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Beer Gardnen

　Good morning! On 29 June, 2011. I went to a Beer garden. This is my first time so I was very excited! I went there with my coworkers. I hadn’t seen them for a long time. I thought that they were little change before I met them but they were not. We enjoyed and talked about many topics. For instance, we talked about our work and someone’s romans. The beer garden was very nice! It like BBQ and there were many salaried workers. By the way, I have a comfort. It is new open our work place. Now I work in Kumamoto station. I worked in downtown before two months. I want to work in downtown. When I worked there, I enjoyed my work and I was fun because I could talk with my nice coworkers. But now I couldn’t talk with them and I don’t enjoy my work because there is boring for me. I hope new open is as soon as possible! After the beer garden party, we went to our downtown work place and we drunk and talked again. It was very funny. I want to do again. I love them.

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Last week

Last week, I went to Miyazaki for a week because I had a badminton competition there. When I arrived at Miyazaki I thought that there is country than Kumamoto. My friends and I went to the downtown. Street is very narrow and shops are small and few. But Miyazaki is famous of chicken Nanban and Hiyaziru and Zidori. Have you ever heard it? I was looking forward to eat these foods. I research with my friend who is from Miyazaki. He taught me a restaurant of chicken Nanban. This is very famous restaurant. We went to there and I ate it. It is big and heavy! But it is very delicious. Other day, I ate Hiyaziru. This is like a nekomanma. It is healthy and simple. I wanted to eat Zidori but it is very expensive for me so I couldn’t. By the way, the results of my badminton competition are not so good. I could find my bad things and I could learn. I have to practice hard! I will have a next competition in the summer. I want to win.

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About my blogging

I will write about my blogging. My blog is looks nice and I like blue color so when I login, I feel little happy and to be comfortable. My work of blog is good better than last year. Last year, I didn’t write essay and free-writ because I didn’t know about rule and what I should do. And I didn’t like writing blog but now, I like. When I have a free time, I want to write my blog about my recently happening. I want to get a credit for this semester and I want to enjoy this class and semester.

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Intro 20 years in the future

Hello, my name is Yui. I am 40 years old. I will introduce myself. I was a KGU student and I learned English. I don’t like English so much but I studied then. After I graduated from KGU, I didn’t decide on my job but I wanted to go foreign country then so I went over sea.

I went to Australia because my friend was there and I wanted to go there. I worked and learned English and made many friends. I was happy but I thought that I had to go back to Japan. I came back to Japan and I hunted for a job. Fortunately, I found a good job. It was like a creative job. I worked hard because I wanted to be a working woman. When I was little girl, I yearned to be a career woman because she is very cool and smart. It is an independent woman. I became one too.

When I was 27years old, I met a man who became my husband. He and I were married after two years ago from the day that we met. We lived in Kumamoto. It is a quiet and beautiful place. We have a house and garden. We have two children. They were very cute and small but now they are big and at a little rebellious stage. Sometimes we have arguments. It is terrible but I think that our family is a good family maybe. We have a dog and a cat. My children take care of they play together in near the park.

My hobby is holding party like a home party. It is not big. My parents liked it too so I became like them. When my family was on holiday, we held the party with my friends and my children’s friends in my house. In the summer, we enjoyed a barbecue in the yard and watching fireworks. We have a good time in holiday with many people.

My life is very good and I hope this happy life will be continuing forever.

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Worry

I will have a small badminton competition next month but I will not enter. I think that I enter the game but this is party game. Our party doesn’t have enough number so I couldn’t. Men team will enter but our grade nobody go. This is problem. Man captain will have lectures others same. I will not have a lecture. It means I have to go the game. I really don’t want to go because I am only woman and only three grades. I will worry everything. I hope I don’t need to go there.

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My Ideal

I will introduce my 20years in the future. Now, I am a KGU student and I don’t have a idea of my future because I don’t like think about my future. My motto is “Enjoy now!”
But I have a little dream.

First, I will be 40years old 20years ago. I want to be a working woman such like actress of Boss. Boss is Japanese drama. This is fun and the leading actress is very cool and beautiful. She has her policy. She is like a lone wolf but she has many companions. I want to be like her but I don’t have dream. I don’t know what I want to be. I have to think about my future.

Second, I am not interested in marriage now. But my friends and my parents said somebody will be marriage in the future. All most my friends said Want to be marriage as soon as possible. I can’t understand their words. Sometimes I said I will not be marriage! Other people said you will be marriage soon. I want to get children a little but not so much. If I will be marriage, I will get great partner. He is a handsome and very kind. I want him to get a good job and he can take exercise like others because I like exercise. I want to play some exercise with him.

Third, I want to have two children. I don’t like children a little because sometimes children are noisy but sometimes they are very cute and fun. I like cute and fun children. I hope my children are cute and fun. I want to play with my children in the park. For instance, I will play catch ball and play tag and something. I like outside so I want my children to be vitality but little smart too. I want them to be not so much smart because I don’t like an argumentative person.

I don’t know what will be happened in my future but I have to enjoy something. These are my beautiful ideal. If I want to be like this future, I have to do my best. Thanks for reading.

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Hot spring

I like Hot springs. This is very relaxing place for me. Last Thursday, I went to there with my friends after badminton practice. My body was very tired and don’t have moisture, I was very dry. The Hot spring is Ikkyu. This is a clean and new. But there is little distance for my house. My friends and I were very relaxing and had a good time there. Next day, I thought that my body is little light! I was happy and I could be better something. My favorite Hot spring is near my house. It is yurax. This is older than Ikkyu but I like. I have been there when I was a little. I have a stamp card of the yurax. I gather these. This is my pleasure.

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Friends

I will meet my friends tomorrow. I am looking forward to see their very much. They and I met, when we were junior high student. We were other school student but we played badminton so we came to be friend. We were same high school and belonged to badminton club. It is wonderful memories for me. If I could, I want to back high school with my friends. Last week, one of them and I went to a beauty parlor shop together and cut hair. We are very close. Tomorrow, we will go lunch or dinner and after that, we will go drive some places. I can do my best anything today because I will meet my friends tomorrow.

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Badminton

I had badminton practice yesterday. Recently, we got a new badminton coach for women. He was my coach, when I was junior high student for high student. I think that his looks is little fearful but he is kind not fearful. I like him. He came our practice yesterday and practiced together. His menu was very hard for me! But I did, when I was junior high student and high student. I thought that I came to old. I try to practice hard because I will have big competition next week. I want to win. I want to go the competition first because I looking forward to stay with my friends on a hotel and play the game.

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Party

Last Friday, I had a party for freshmen and held a grand victory celebration and had our manager’s wedding party. This was very fun but little formal party because I had to wear suit. I don’t like suit. It is not move easy. We went to hotel on the Friday and I presided. I was little nervous. After that, my friends and I drank and talked and we had to exchange greetings with our OB. It was very tired. It was first party. We had second party. There were no OB only students. It was better than first party. After that, Mie and I went my friend’s restaurant. It is very cool! I want you to go there. We had wonderful time there.

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Essay1-05: The Worst Day In My Life

I have to write about the worst day in my life but I can’t write because I don’t have one. I think that I have some bad days in my life　but the worst day is too difficult to write about. I will introduce two badly days in my life but I don’t want to tell about the worst day.

First, I have a dog. He is an old dog. When I was 7 years old, he had come to my house. I like him. One day, my friends came to my house to overnight. We talked each other and played some games, we enjoyed playing together in the night. Next morning, my friends wanted to take my dog for a walk so we went out with my dog. There are many dogs in around my house. Next door is bigger dog than my one. The biggest dog is in a house standing across from us. I think that they aren’t cute. They are too big and have a bad smell. Then, we wanted to go to the park but, we couldn’t because my dog was bit by the big dog on the way to the park. I was very shocked. My dog was bleeding and howling. I helped him and I took him to the animal hospital. I was in very low spirits. His injury was too bad and they had to operate on him. He was operated on and was hospitalized for several days. After that he recovered and came back my house. I was feeling relieved. But that day is my bad day in my life.

The second bad day was a traffic accident. I drove my friend’s motorcycle. This was the first time for me to drive a motorcycle. I couldn’t drive well but I wanted to ride out of curiosity. I bumped a car a little so I wasn’t injured. I was lucky but I had to pay money to repair the car but now, I drive my motorcycle very well.

I think that these were bad things then but now they are just memories. It is just a matter of time before our memory fade so I don’t mind if I meet with worst day in my life.

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Touhousinki

I like them. They are very cool and they have beautiful voice. My friedns love them but they broke up lately. I was very sad but my mind is not change.

My hometown Introduction

My hometown is Kumamoto. I love Kumamoto and I am going to introduce to my favorite hometown places.

First, I like Aso. This place is famous for Mt. Aso. It has a very big caldera and the size is world class! There are lots of green areas and a good breeze. During the holidays, my friends and I go there. We could go there in about one hour. I think that we are lucky because we drive for just one hour, we can see beautiful natural scenery and we can eat delicious foods. We always eat soft cream. This is very popular and the taste is very rich but it is little expensive. When we eat it with nice breeze, we feel happy.

Second, I am living in Honjo. This is in near the downtown. I think that it is too near so there are few children. When I was elementary student, I had only 15 classmates and in all, the students were about 100. All students are very close so we knew everyone’s full names. On the Weekend, I use to go school because I could play with someone there. There were many friends and they weren’t same age but we played together. Our friendship has been continuing. We went to a drink party with a BBQ and camping. We will go camp in this summer. It is our annual reunion. I think that if I didn’t go to Honjo elementary school, I couldn’t get good friends like them.

Third, I like the downtown area of Kumamoto. The downtown is very useful because I like shopping. There are many shops and many fashionable people. I think that people of Kumamoto are very fashionable and many people are cute and handsome. Last week, I saw a very handsome man in the stone market. I was very happy because I like both the stone market and handsome men. By the way, there is also in Kumamoto castle near the downtown. It is famous in Japan but I forgot what the inside of castle looks like. I want to go again.

I like my hometown and I want to find good other good places and I want to go there so if you know any places, please tell me!

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About my keitai

I introduce my keitai. I have had 5 keitai since I was junior high student. I am having tow keitai black and green. Why I have two keitai? One of them, it is for the exclusive use for call. Its company is Softbank. Softbank is cheap, when I talk with Softbank keitai. It was called “tadatomo”. It is very useful. Another keitai is Au. This is main keitai for me. I like green. Former my keitai is white I like it but I dropped it from my pocket when I was driving my motorcycle. It was smashed by many cars. I was surprised when I found it. I couldn’t see shape of the keitai so I never put keitai in my pocket.

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Using the computer

I use computer every day. There is a computer in my home but I don’t like the computer because its move is too slowly. It is old type computer maybe 2007. There are many new computers in our school its move is very fast but when the computer is starting, it takes a long time. I want to get new computer such like school computer and my computer is not mine. It was use our all family so I want to buy mine. But computer is expensive and I don’t know the detail about computer. If you know good shops and good information, please tell me!

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My Badminton Competition

I had a badminton competition last week. I like badminton but I would to quit badminton club because I had many troubles in human relations if I quit the club woman team couldn’t entry the competition we don’t have much person only six person. It is too few. But I would do. Then I talked captain about I quit, he didn’t stop me so I quitted! I was free! Then my younger crew stopped me and I thought much things but I like them so I decided to retune. Our team won in the competition I was glad and my older members were very happy. They retired in that time. I was little glad because their goal was fulfilled.

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BR1-10;Frog and Toad Are Friends

The letter is interesting story. They asked snail their letters. The snail walked very slowly very much but they waited for a long time. I think that this is good point of letter. In the present, we always use e-mail and call, we don’t write letter very often. When I went to MN I wrote a letter to my parents. My mother and I touch in e-mail so when my mother got my letter, she was very glad and surprised very much. I heard that I was very happy and I thought that letter is very good. Letter is slow than e-mail but it is good even if letter is slow.

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by Arnold Lobel [New York, N.Y.] : Harper & Row, c1970

BR1-09; ANIMALS IN DANGER

When I read the book, I thought that human power is too strong and human is too much greed because there are many animals in the world for a long time but human move there where no human lived before. After human lived there, almost animals died so they disappeared. People hunt animals and they sold their horns. We couldn’t see the disappeared animals for ever. I think that human couldn’t help and protect animals but we could have nothing to do with animals and we don’t have to destroy our environment in the world so animals can live. I hope that animals don’t die more.

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Andy Hopkins and Joc Potter Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008

BR1-08; Frog and Toad All year

I like these kinds story because I read this book, when I was elementary student. When I fount this book, I was very glad and I thought that I have read this! Frog and Toad is very close friends but I don’t know their age. Always I think Frog is older than Toad because Frog is very smart and he always take care Toad. This book has five stories. I like ICE CREAM the best. I feel very happy and they are very cute. Frog and Toad want to eat ice cream in hot day. Toad went ice cream shop and bought two ice creams for frog and his. But ice cream melted. Toad was puzzled and he was covered with ice cream. He looked like monster. It was very funny but little poor.

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Arnold Lobel New York, N.Y. Harper Collins, c1976

BR1-07;Scotland

I read a book about Scotland. I think that I read many books about geography but I don’t like geography so why I chose these books. Scotland is in Great Britain. I had thought Norway is same country it is not. Scotland is very beautiful country and there are many nature and animals and good friendly people. The people speak English. I learned about “Scotch” is not Scottish people, it is drink made in Scotland. I want to go there and visit the distillery because Scotland is famous for Whisky. I like whisky but it is too much strong. I want know how to make it.I read a book about Scotland. I think that I read many books about geography but I don’t like geography so why I chose these books. Scotland is in Great Britain. I had thought Norway is same country it is not. Scotland is very beautiful country and there are many nature and animals and good friendly people. The people speak English. I learned about “Scotch” is not Scottish people, it is drink made in Scotland. I want to go there and visit the distillery because Scotland is famous for Whisky. I like whisky but it is too much strong. I want know how to make it.

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Steve Flinders (1998) : Oxford University Press

BR1-06; The Frog Prince

When I was a little, my mother read me this book story. I read this book and I remember other story. It is Disney movie. Have you ever heard “shuleck”? This is very funny story. Shuleck is not handsome and he is a monster his skin color is green. I like his friend very much. The name is donkey. He is an ass. He is too much talk. They are always together but they don’t be close friends. They have some adventures. It is very funny. I like fiction story. I think that shuleck is the best fictions story because it is very popular and it has dream. If you have a chance please watch it!

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Mike Gordon (2007) London : Usborne

Wedding

Last Sunday, I went to wedding party. The party is of my part time job’s boss. I met him 2 years ago; I thought that he is very kind and too much gentle. When I had a trouble, I always asked him then he heard seriously and thought. I deeply appreciated his act. I love him. The wedding party was very good and happiness. I was very glad and I and my coworkers got ready to present to boss. We made a photo album. This is very hard because we didn’t have enough time. When we gave our boss the present, he looked like feel happy so we were very glad. I hope he and his wife will get good life and fine baby.

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My favorite movies

I don’t have my favorite movie but I like watching movies. When I was high school student, my friends and I got tickets of movie. The movie is “P.S I love you” have you ever heard it? We were about 10 numbers. Maybe we were very noisy then at the theater. But we had a good time and after the movie, we talked about the movie my friends said “I want to…” other friends said “I want to…” That was very funny view. I was very fun but I couldn’t remember content about the movie very well. I remember just it is romance movie and little mystery story.

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Foreign Countries

Last summer, I went to Minnesota for kaigaikensyu student. I couldn’t speak English well then but my host mother is very kind and her friends and her family too. I was very glad and impressed. I thought that I have to study more and more and I would to repay their faor kindness! And I would return there. I talk with my friends about trip foreign countries. We would to go Korea because Korea is cheap than any other country trip. My other friends went to Korea and they talked about their trip. They said same world. You should go Korea you can buy many cosmetics cheap and almost shop man could speak Japanese so you don’t mind. My friends and I are planning about our Korean trip now.

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Essay1-01: My Treasures

Yui　Sonoda
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I began to write my essay. It is about “My treasure”. I think that I don’t have a special treasure so this is very hard work. But I try to write! I have three treasures. These are very commonplace things.

My first treasure is my dog. It is named King and now he is maybe 13 years old. He is a very old dog. He always sleeps all day, every day. I am jealous because I would like to sleep like he. But I think that he is very boring too. I tell you about him. He came to my house, when I was 7 years old. I wanted a pet so I was very happy then. He was very smelly and too active. Some time after he arrived something happened and he ran away from the animal hospital. I didn’t find him for three days. I was very afraid that he had died. But after 3 days some kind person found him and took him to the animal hospital. He retuned. When I took a walk with him, he was bit by a big dog near my house. I was very surprised and confused. He bled then. This was not fun, it was very sad. He had an operation. He recovered. I think his life is very hard! But now he is fine so he has no problems.

My second treasure is a photo album. This is not just any photo album. My friends gave it to me on my 19th birthday. My friends and I went to a restaurant on my birthday. I didn’t know that my friends were ready to surprise me with a present. I was surprised and impressed! My friends became happy then. We were drinking and eating good food and having nice drinks with a cozy ambience. The day is my treasure so the photo album make me remember it and feel be happy.

My third treasure is easy. Maybe, you also have it! That’s friends! I think that I have many friends. They are very kind and very fun and are also my club members too! When after our practice, we go to lunch or play place. For example, in the summer we went to sea to swim and did BBQ at the house of club member. Sometimes, we have a drink party at someone’s home. The party is very fun. I would to do the party soon! At the holiday, we go to drive to Aso or the other places. I have a lot of good memories. I love my friends. They are my treasure!

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My other classes

This year, I became in the three grade student so I don’t have many classed. I started my new semester classes last week. I have class every day without Friday. I have to go school in the morning because I got first class. I like getting up early but I can’t do every time. Some time I over slept and I late my class. I don’t remember my class room because many class room is changed! In the morning I have to go 11building but I went to 4 building. I had three times such liked this in the week. I have to recognize my class room as possible as I can.

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How I study English

I think that how I study English? I don’t like study. I have a desk for study or working but it is very dirty and there are many pieces of luggage. I can’t see desk top. I have to clean but I think that I don’t use. But I would be good at English. Last summer, I went to MN. This is very good experience for me and I thought I should study more and more because I have to speak in English when I would talk with my host mother. I would talk more. But I returned to Japan, I don’t have to speak in English because there isn’t foreigner around me. I think if you would really study English, you should go to foreign countries.

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Eating hobbies

I like eating so when I have free time in my home, I look for food. I like snack but chocolate is the best for my taste. My friends stop eating too much chocolate to me. I love chocolate so I can’t and I wouldn’t stop eating chocolate! When I went to MN, my host mother named me “chocolateholic”. After dinner, we eat ice cream then my host mother asked me “which do you want to eat chocolate or vanilla?” I answered chocolate every time. I like the name! Today, Mr. Tomei tells us chocolate was discovered in monkey’s doo-doo. I was surprised! It is dirty but now, chocolate is safety for us so I never stop eating chocolate forever!

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Golden Week Plane

I am looking forward to coming my Golden Week. Last year, I was very busy and very tired because I had my practice of my club and my part time job. I went to school and my work place every day! I would go to trip this year. My parent will go to Tottori. They will see a sand hill in Tottori. They asked me “Will you come with us?” I would go with them. But I think that I have to go my practice and part time. My part time job is Izakaya. This is like a restaurant so I will be very busy at weekend and holiday! if I can, I would be free from every things.

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BR1-05: ENGLAND

Do you know about England? I learn about English history. English history is very old. English is from England. England is very old country and there were “Anglo-Saxons”. This is old folk. When I read this book, I think that I would go to England very much. There is many beautiful place and sports are very famous in England. For example, soccer and tennis are. Soccer has Manchester United. My friend love this team and he always talk about it. Tennis has Wimbledon. My parents like tennis so they watched Wimbledon games in the season. I like Mr. Bean. He is from England and also James Bond 007. He is very handsome! There are much nature but fashion is the most advanced! England is nice!!

[125 words]

John Escott (2001) ENGLAND : Oxford University Press

BR1-04: LONDON

London is old city. When I was high school student, I studied about world history. I liked this class and I was called “master of world history”. I read this book enjoying. How do you think about London first? I think that London subways. The subway is good if you want quick and easy way to get to different places. My idea is true! But a London bus is famous. Its color is always red and taxis are always black. I think that London is colorful town. Recently, I got a marry news of a Prince William and his new wife. He is handsome and she is very beautiful. I hope their life is happy and to be continued forever.

[120 words]

John Escott (1995) LONDON : Oxford University Press

BR1-03: FLIGHT

When I was little girl, I listened to song of Icarus. Then I thought about he is stupid and why his wings burned. I think that this song was made by God! And he doesn’t would man to fly but now many people can fly easy. I learned about history of flight from this book. Many people tried to fly but it is difficult and some people died. First man to fly is George Cayley. He made glider. Now glider is such like sports. The plane was made by the Wright brothers. They made many planes and tried many times. But in history, planes were used for war. This is very sad. The planes had many bombers and dropped and many people died. But I think that air plane is not bad!

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Michael Dean (1997) FLIGHT : Oxford University Press

BR1-02: TITANIC

Have you ever heard Titanic? When I was a child, I watched this movie. I thought this is not real all of story and sad story. But my idea is not true. Titanic was the best ship in over the world. The ship is very big and beautiful and too much rich. I would to get Titanic very much. I don’t know that ship is “she” in the book. How do you? Titanic doesn’t have plenty of lifeboats so many people died. In the movie, many people died. Leonardo di Caprio acted poor boy. I was very sad, when he is dying scene. Maybe, he dropped in the sea because he helped a woman. I think that Titanic is not just Romance movie.

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Tim Vicary (1999) TITANIC: Oxford University Press,

BR1-01: Washington D.C.

I read the book. This is about Washington D.C. Before I read this book, I knew about Washington D.C. a little. Washington D.C is capital of America. And this name is from George Washington. I learned The White House is in the city! The White House is very too big. I watched the oval office in television but I didn’t know that the oval office is in The White House. I heard about The White House’s a dreadful story. There is ghost! The ghost is President Abraham Lincoln! How do you think? I was interested in shopping building in Washington D.C. There are many good places for shopping. I want to go there and enjoying shopping. Last summer, I went to MN. There is American mall. This is the biggest maul in America! I had a good time at that time but the mall is too big so I was very tired! If I have a chance I want to go Washington D.C.


John Escott (2001). Washington D.C. : Oxford University Press

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Essay1; Dear My Host Family

Hello, my name is Yui. I’m a KGU student. This college is in Kumamoto. Do you know Kumamoto? Kumamoto is small than any other prefectures but there are many famous places! Kumamoto castle is one of the famous places. This was made by Kiyomasa Katou in 1601-1607. It is very big and beautiful so I proud of this castle. I want to teach you more details about this. Kumamoto Gakuen university is very big school but the school is not so big in area. There are many people and they are student and teacher and else. I like my school because I have many friends and good teachers. Would you teach me about you and your town?

I’m excited about staying with you. I am planning.

The first week, I would go to many places which you like. And places teach me American culture. For example, the eating habits of the Americans, a way of taking a bus or train and playing tips. I want to search American culture and English.

The next week I would go to many places which I want to go. I want to go baseball stadium and cheer for Matui and Ichiro. Have you ever heard them? They are very famous and great baseball player in Japan. If I went to New York, I would see the State of Liberty. Last year, I studied about the State of Liberty! So I want to see very much!

The third week I would go ice cream shop. I have heard that American ice cream is world’s best tasting ice cream!! So I’ll research this by eating. And I’ll rank them according to my taste! But I have to be careful my weight! I don’t be fat.

The fourth week I want to go some place by myself. And I will talk about my experiences on my travels to you and then I would to sit in a happy circle. I think that this time is very good for my learning English and American culture.

The fifth week I will take you my favorite shop which I found. If there are Japanese shops, I’ll take you there at any cost! Then I’ll introduce Japanese culture.

Last week I’ll make photo book. Photo book is my memory of our life. I think that I took many pictures in our life so I can use many pictures for my photo book. I want to make big photo book because I am greed and I don’t forget my memory in America.

This is my plan! I am looking forward to seeing you! See you later.

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My hobbies

I don't have a specific hobby so sometimes I was asked "What is your hobby?" I couldn't answer and every time I confused. I think that you have hobby, it is very nice. I want to find my hobby. I like makeing merry with my friends and I like trip and driving by car. I offen go some place with my friends on holiday. Last week, I didn't have my part time job so I called my friend and said "Let's go BBQ" I wanted to do BBQ watching cherry blossom in the park. The day, I was very happyand stuffed very much. I could enjoy and watch beautiful flower with my frineds.

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Music I like

My name is Yui Sonoda, I like music but recentury I don't listen to music because I don't have much time to listen to music. If I have much time, I want to listen to music which is my taste. Recentury, I started my new semester so I have to do many things and I have to fill many pepar. It is very ahrd for me. And I have club practice every day. I go to school in morning to night every day. My favorite artist is Shouta Shimizu. Last month, he rereuce his new album, it's name is color. I want to listen very much! My friends already have it! Shouta Shimizu is young man. He is 21 almost same generation to me. His voice is very good, I feel very relax and happy and fun. Last Takumasai, He came KGU! I was very glad to see him.

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First Class

This week I have Writing3 first class because I lost this credit last year. This is first time about to lose credit so I was very confused. But next semester Writng4 class, I got the credit. So I try to hard like that. I think that almost student is new 2grade student. I am little ashamed and little encouragingly because I know what I should do about this class. And I think some friends will be in the class. I want to earn this credit, so I have to listen to my teacher’s saying and do my homework every day. I’m looking forward to going the class little.

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Advice for my junior

Last year, I didn’t get the spring credit. I have three reasons. First, I belonged to Badminton club of university. Last spring, I went to some places for about one week. I went to Nagasaki and Fukuoka and I was absent from classes for one week. After I returned, I asked my friends what they did at the class. And I tried to do. But I didn’t understand what my friends said. Second, I didn’t read the syllabus so I didn’t know that we shouldn’t copy and paste from websites. When I returned to the class, my friends said I should write an essay. I didn’t know about the essay! What is an essay? I wrote a short document and I copied. Third, I didn’t write every week. I wrote book reviews and typing homework all at once. This was very hard work. Those are the reasons I lost my credit. But I learned from this experience. The next semester, I got a credit. Last summer, I went to America as Kaigaikenshu student. While staying in America, I wrote a diary every day. American life was fresh and new for me. I had many events every day so I could write a long diary. I uploaded the dairy to my blog. My blog reached the number of words which I had to write. I think that if you want to earn a Writing 3 credit, you should take some action. First, you should read the syllabus carefully. This is very important! If you don’t understand, you should ask your teacher or your friends. Second, you should not have let too much homework pile up. You should write every day or every week. Third, you should check your G-mail diligently! Much information was sent by g-mail. And g-mail has important information! Finally, the most important thing is that you should be absent from the class as little as you can. And you should listen to your teacher’s introductions carefully! I want to earn this credit so I try to do my best! If you have something you don’t understand, please tell me! I want to help you!

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2-02b; My learning language

My language learning experience, I learned English and German and Japanese so far. And now I study. Japanese is my mother tongue so I had to study Japanese in elementary school and junior high school and high school. It’s class was called Kokugo. All Japanese students have to study. English too. Some elementary school doesn’t have the class but almost elementary class has. And German is my choice. In university, I could choose one language from some language. For example, French and Spanish. I chose German.

First I’ll talk about my German learning experience. Why I chose German? I heard my older friends that German is easier than other language. And German grammar is similar to English grammar. So I decided. I went to the German class last year. The class is little difficult for me. But I have many friends in the class. My friends and I helped each other.

When I was absent the class, next week class I had to do the print of the absent class and I had to hand in the print. That is very terrible and I couldn’t understand what the print mean and show. Then I asked my friends. They helped me and tough the contents so I could understand and I can hand in my print to my teacher. German has many articles. For example, man article and woman article and neutral article. German verb have each nature so I have to remember that each verb fall under each article. This is very difficult and many! But I could take the credits of German. So I like German and the class. Sometime, my friends and I talk with in German.

Next I’ll talk my learning English experience. When I started study English in junior high school, I didn’t like study English very much because I couldn’t recollect English words but I tried recollecting that and I began go to the cram so I could understand English grammar and words. Then I came to like English little.

This summer, I went to Minnesota. This experience is great! I was most surprise that everything is big that Japanese! For example, goods are deal and ice cream box is big! A cake is too big! I thought that who eat this size! Who use!

I had many worries before went. But my host mother and American teachers and friends are very kind. I love them. When I couldn’t talk my host mother about my school day well, my host mother try understood hard and she tough me some words. So I could talk about my school day once more. Then I was happy very much.

I am thankful for all people teach me English and many things in America. I think that I have to study English more and more so I’ll go Minnesota again!

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2-03b; Univer Life

Hello everyone, I’ll talk about my university life and after 25 years. Now I am Kumamoto Gakuen University student and department is foreign language learning. When I high school student, I decided to go to this school. Then I didn’t want to go this school but I didn’t try to know the other school so I chose this school. But now I spend happy life in my university better than I thought.

I study mainly English. I have many classes in a week. Someday, I have first class in the day so I have to get up early. But in the winter, I can’t get up early because in the morning is very cold and I don’t want get out my huton. I was late for some first classes. A few teachers are very strictness but almost teacher is not. This year, I will try not to be late. I will try keeping early hours and I will eat good food. I want to be careful my health this year.

I can learn many things in my class. This summer, I had a wonderful time in MN. I have a Kaigaikenshu class so I could go there. I experienced American life there. My most good experience is communicated with my host mother and hot friends. I couldn’t speak English well but all people helped me. I was very impressed and I was happy.

I thought that this program is very good and I am as a really foreign language-learning student to go to the U.S. If I could go there again, I want to speak more and more. Now I change e-mail with my host mother!

After school, I practice badminton because I belong to badminton club in KGU. Why I join this club. The reason is that when I was elementary school student, my brother started play badminton and my brother influenced me. So I started play badminton. I have played badminton for 10 years.

I have practice five days in a week. I have played badminton since I was elementary student. In the practice, I don’t have to talk! This is very hard for me but this is rule. Sometime, I have competitions in a year. This year I have four big competitions. I didn’t win because I didn’t practice hard and I went to U.S. Next year, I’ll try to practice hard!

I have a part time job. I introduced my part time job place in Essay; My Favorite Place. I started this job last November so I have worked there for about a year. For this year I have had many occurrences. For example, my coworker had problem with the other coworker. My boss disappeared. These are one of the most. I thought that I resign many times but I continued! I was surprised for me.

I want to take long rest because I’m busy. I have to go school in the morning until evening, after school, I have to go practice despite Wednesday and Saturday and Sunday. But on Wednesday, I have to go my part time job after school. On Saturday, in the morning I have to go practice and evening I have to go my part time job. On Sunday, I can sleep long time in the morning but in the evening, I have to go my part time job!

After 25 years, if I get children, I want them to do what they want. I’ll advice them about you should think carefully what you need and what you want do. I hope University will be more digitally. For example, I can’t go my class because I over slept but I can learn about the class in my home using with my computer. I think that this is very convenience.

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New Year's resolutions

My New Year’s resolutions are three things. First I want to be slender style. So I have to do a diet. But I tried that every years.

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BR2-18;Extreme Sports

Before you can dive, you have to get a C-card. This card says that you can dive underwater with air on your back. That wasn’t difficult. I found an instructor. I started to dive. I got a C-card. (P. 15)

This passage is good news for me. I want dive underwater. I heard that dive is very difficult for general public because we need special license and hard practice. So I thought that I can’t dive. But this license story is in America. When I went to America last summer, I ride house. I was very happy and I have a wonderful time. But then we had to write a paper. The paper is license paper for riding house. We just wrote the paper and got the license. This is very easy! This spring vacation, I will go Okinawa with my friends. We will dive in beautiful underwater. I am looking forward to the vacation.

Book:
Dean, M. (2001). Extreme Sports. England: Longman.

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BR2-17; The Happy Prince

Today, the happy prince plays in the garden of Paradise and the little swallow sings by his side. The prince and the swallow are happy again. (P. 38)

This passage is happy for me. The happy prince was happy, when he lived in the Happy Place. He never cried. I read this and I thought he is not happy because he didn’t know about society. I maybe know about society than him. I think that I am happy much because I have many friends and I can live so I am happy. Sometimes I am not happy. I know much thing than him so I can experience. I don’t know what happy for us. But I should try all things. This story is very famous and this story say “You should be kind all person”




Book:
Wilde, O. (2000). The Happy Prince. England: NEW EDITIONS.

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BR2-16;New York

There are 17.000 or more restaurants, cafes, ‘fast food’ shops and food stands in New York, and there are more and more every day. You can eat in New York every night for fifty years and never visit the same café or restaurant twice! And you can find food from every country in the world. (P, 10)

I like this passage because I like eating. When I am home, I always eating every time.
In this year, Oshougatu, I always eating. Last night, I went my grandmother’s house. This is my annual. My family and my aunt and my cousin my grandmother are in the house. We ate dinner together. We ate carb hot pot. I was very happy. Last summer, I went U.S. there are many fast food shops. I thought that all fast food shops are same type but my host mother told me they have little difficult. I learned about food. I want to learn more in New York.

Book:
Escott, John. NEW YORK. ENgland: Oxford, 1995.

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BR2-14; Alice in wonderland

She found a bottle with a label saying Drink me. “That wasn’t here before,” thought Alice, checking it carefully. Since it wasn’t marking poison, she took a sip. It tasted so delicious (a mix of cherry-tart, custard, toffee, pineapple and hot buttered taste), that she had very soon finished it. (P, 11)

I know this story. When I was little, I watched this movie by Disney. I like this story because this is very cute and funny story for me and Alice is very cute. But I little forgot sentence. When I read this book, I remembered. But I didn’t know that the drink’s taste. I wanted to drink this drink. But I don’t like cherry. I like strawberry better than cherry and I don’t want to be short, I want to be tall. If you have a chance you should read this book.

Book:
Carroll, L. (2006). Alice in Wonderland. ENGLand: USBORNE

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