Week 5

 1. I think the best way to learn is not only one. I think it depends on person. There are a lot of ways to learn best. For me, the best way is memorizing. I am good at memorizing. Since when I was young, every exam, I had memorized almost everything from text or note. However, this way is for me. For example, my friend is different. The good way for her is just studying. She often read book and study. As for learning language, I think it is different. The most important thing to study is speaking. Also, practice. Practice is most efficient way to study and improve my skill.

                                   

2. I think difference between strategy and skill is process and technic. Strategy is a plan of actions for achievement something. Strategy is the base of learning. We know how to process. On the other hand, skill is ability to do something. We know how to use effectively. I think that strategy is the first and skill is second. We can get some skills after we know strategies. I think these two things are similar but different. The similarity is that these two things are both important. Two things are important for studying. For example, when we study reading, strategy is how to read the context. Skill for reading is scanning, skimming and so on. If we understand strategy and skill, we will be god at reading.

 

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1) How to describe for Messenger
   - describe about messenger, sequenc

2) GO for comparing

Week ３

1.  New things that you learnt from any of your HELP classes is that in reading class, I did the reading circle. It is that I found an article that I want to and I made a vocabluary list, comprehenshion questions and discussion quesions. I realized that to make a hand out or questions are difficult. It also takes a long time. To prepare handout for someone is hard. Teachers always prepare handout for us, so I thanks for it.  In addition, I learned one more thing. It is that a difference between paraphrase and summary. Summary is that much shorter and only includes the main idea and important ideas. On the other hand, paraphrase is alost same meaning but we use other word. Paraphrase is little difficult because I have to change and find synonyms and write in own words but I can't change meaning of the original text. That's why it is difficult. Japanese have also like paraphrase. When we write some reports, we quote someone's idea. When we use someone's idea , we also have to write own words. I think it is difficult even Japanese. However this skill is very important, so I have to practice.



2.  New things that you learnt outside of HELP is about  body ontact.  I talked with Subin about body contact. She said to me that I thought Japanese  don't like skinship( body contact) but it was wrong. Since I came to Hawaii, I realized that Japasene girls especially Kwansei students like body contact than Korean. When I heard about this I laughed because  we like it and we often touch each other.But I think it depends on person, but  Kwansei girls really like body contact. One of this reasons is that some kwansei girls graduated from girls high school and I also graduated from gils high school. When I was a high school student, we often walk hand in hand in the school and sit on a friend's kees.  However it may doesn't matter if someone graduated from girls school because some kwansei people graduated from co-education school but they like skinship. I never care about skinship, but after I heared about our skinship, I often  think about it. Exactly, we like body contact and I think it may be little unusual. However I think Korean also like body contact. I think it is very interesting to know about this . I want to know about other countries.


3 When I creat GO, I  have five steps. First of all, I read all paragragh and understand about story. Because it is helpful to understand that what is the pattern of text ( Sequense, contrast, listing and so on)  Second , I think about main idea and what is compared. It helps better understanding. Third step is that  I find signal words because the signal words helps me to find important ideas. If we know signak word, next sentence will come in\mportant ideas. Fourth step is that underline. I always  underline of supporting ideas. Also, when I find a sntense that shows different or similarity, I underline. Finally, I start to creat GO.  I draw two circles or T chart. Actually I like to use T chart. Then I write main idea and important idea that are differences or similarities. I also use some signal . For example, →　or ＊. And then I write signal words. These are my steps to creat GO.

4, There are four questions.  First question is that even though GO is suggested as a technic to understand well , GO are questioned if GO are supported by specific empirical studies.  Second question is what type of GO  is the most effective?  Third question is that research with L2 students about GO is not enough. Finally is that most sresearches show students with  training for a short time.
GO helps to better understand about text and memory of text and structure.

Week 2

1. This week I learned Countable or Uncountable noun in TOEFL Grammar class. I have thought that baggage or luggage is uncountable noun because I thought I can count the number of bags. However these are uncountable noun. I didn’t know that. I used to say that for example: How many baggages can I take in an airplane? But now I know, so I won’t make a mistake as same. In contrast to, I also didn’t know that hurricane and storm is countable noun. I have thought that these are a kind of the phenomenon of temperature, so these are same as ice, snow, rain and so on. But this is wrong. Hurricane and storm is countable noun. These makes me confuse. Countable and uncountable noun are still hard for me but I have to know if a word is countable or uncountable because this skill is useful for TOEFL test or writing an essay. To learn English is so difficult and it takes a long time. However, to find new thing is fun and it makes me want to study more but there are so many things that I have to remember.

 

  

2. This Wednesday was Halloween. It’s my first time to spend time in abroad on Halloween. Every Halloween I didn’t do anything that special thing in Japan. I just cooked cake or cookies. One thing that I was surprised was that Halloween in Japan and in Hawaii is so different. First of all, there are a lot of costumes in a shop. When I go to shop where it is called Party City to buy my costume, there were so crowded and this shop had many costumes. I was surprised that variation of costume. But these made me excited. Also, there were not only children but also adults. In Japan adult don’t wear costume and they aren’t interested in Halloween. When I saw people who are adult and are looking for costume, I thought they are so cute. Second, on Halloween I went to Waikiki. There was crowded. There are many wired people. In Japan, most people don’t walk in the city with costume. I like Hawaii one because I feel we can enjoy together.  Japan and Hawaii was totally difference. I think it understands of intercultural. I was happy to have a good time with my friends in Hawaii.

 

3. This questiion is difficult because I never think about syrategies when I read japanese book or articles. However same as English. Japanese also has a lot of conjunctions. When I take a test of japanese, I pay attention to conjunction. These are key word to read.  I think there are many strategies to read, but now ideas don't comeup with..

 

 

4. No, but GO class is difficult for me and GO's homework too. However I think  GO class is very helpful and useful class for me, so I want to try to work hard as much as I can. Also, GO helps to understand  more, so I want to get this skill ! Now I  don't have  a question , but few weeks later , I will have a lot of questions, so please help me everyone !haha