Week 11

☆Activity one☆

Site:History.com

Topic:Shopping Mall Santas

My score:Question is nothing.

●Key words learned●
rejuvenate:(v)restore youth
advertise:(v)announce, make public
lure:(vt)tempt (n)fascination, decoy
peek:(vi)look into, peep (n)peep
solicit:(vt)entreat, implore, invite

Rating of the site:★★★

Comments:effective---(I like Christmas season because streets and shopping malls are filled with ornaments and lights of Christmas, especially Christmas tree is most beautiful!! I think Christmas makes us happy and Santa Claus gives us dream & hope. So I belive Santa Claus is in our heart.)

Time spent doing activity:60 minutes

Week 10

☆Activity one☆

Site:Net Academy2

Topic:(23)Future of Indian IT

My score:0/3

●Key words learned●
intensify:(v)strengthen, increase
initiative:(n)lead, guide
demand:(n)claim, request (v)require
endeavor:(n)effort, (v)make effort to do
crucial:(a)essencial, important
astonish:(vt)surprise, startle

Rating of the site:★☆☆

Comments:difficult---(I often hear Indian IT is developing. IT is famous in Japan now, so I want an interaction grows between Indian and Japan.)

Time spent doing activity:50 minutes

Week 9

☆Activity one☆

Site: BBC

Topic: Obama first day

My score:4/6

●Key words learned●
effort:(n)exertion
administration:(n)management
military:(n)army, force, troops
candidate:(n)applicant
collapse:(v)break down, be crushed
executive:(n)administartor, president (a)practically

Rating of the site:★★☆

Comments:difficult---(The story of politics is difficult for me, but I want to read such as the stories smoothly because I should know about foreign politics and the international economy.)

Time spent doing activity:45 minutes

Week 8

☆Activity one☆

Site:Buenos Aires Website

Topic:about Buenos Aires

My score:Question is nothing

●Key words learned●
element:(n)factor, component
extend:(vt)magnify (vi)spread
browse:(v)inspect, peruse (n)buds
sullen:(a)gloomy
subscribe:(v)join, apply for

Rating of the site:★★★

Comments:interesting---(Ms.Adriana's lesson was very interesting! I wanted to go to BUENOS AIRES. Especially, I was interested in "Argentine Tango"! Tango is not so familiar for me, but Passion & Costume & Mood & Rhythm of Tango is very attractive!
Also I thought that studying abroad(...not only studying abroad but also traveling abroad the world) was valuable for me because encounter might wait there, for instace Ms.Amanda and Ms.Adriana!!! If I have a chance, I want to travel abroad.
This lesson was great!!)

Time spent doing activity:60 minutes

Week 7

☆Activity one☆

Site:ELLLO

Topic:(37)England and Japan

My score:4/5

●Key words learned●
wise:(a)clever, intelligent, smart
certainly:(ad)surely, indeed (o)of course
renown:(a)famous
polite:(a)courteous, refined
drought:(n)a sunny
humid:(a)damp, moist, wet

Rating of the site:★★☆

Comments:difficult---(A sentence which I have to compare something with something is defficult for me. In this sentence, I was surprised at a sunny day in England was more than in Japan because I thought England was cloudy and mist town.)

Time spent doing activity:25 minutes

Week 6

☆Activity one☆

Site:ELLLO

Topic:(979)Pricey Places

My score:4/5

●Key words learned●
pricey:(a)expensive
deal:(vi)treat, handle (vt)give (n)transaction
stall:(n1)a stand (n2)an excuse
afford:(vt)have enough
scruffy:(a)untidy, loose
stuff(n)a thing, material (vt)fill (vi)eat one's fill

Rating of the site:★★★

Comments:good level---(Each person or each area is not same to their sense of values. But each area has a lot of things which is proud of, I think. For example Thailand food is famous all over the world and cheap, and food is sold at a cute stall in a street. So I think that we should make much of our original things.)

Time spent doing activity:15 minutes

Week 5

☆Activity one☆

Site:ELLLO

Topic:(975)Mexico City

My score:2/5

●Key words learned●
landscape:(n)scenery (vt)make beautiful
estate:(n)property,ground
structure:(n)composition (v)compose,make up
regard:(v)consider (n)respect
region:(n)a district,territory

Rating of the site:★★☆

Comments:difficult---(I could understand each words mostly, but the sentence was difficult for me. And person in Mexico City sometimes eat foods which is ancient times's foods for example Mayas or Aztecs time so I think inheriting tradition is nice things.)

Time spent doing activity:20 minutes

Week 4

☆Activity one☆

Site:ELLLO

Topic:(08)Super Small Super Store

My score:4/6

●Key words learned●
operate:(vi)move (vt)handle, manage
franchise:(n)monopoly
approximately:(a)rough (v)approach, bring...close to
grocery:(n)grocery store
initially:(ad)in the beginning
propell:(vt)promote
unprecedented:(a)record-breaking
stiff:(a)hard, tight (ad)greatly
significant:(a)serious, fair, remarkable

Rating of the site:★★★

Comments:interesting---(I like 7-Eleven too! I could realize 7-Eleven grew up from a small scale to a big and wide scale. Also I thought there were some challenges to succeed. I want to go 7-Elenen many times from now on, too.)

Time spent doing activity:40 minutes

Week 3

☆Activity one☆

Site:Net Academy2

Topic:(39)Prejudise to HIV in Japan

My score:3/3

●Key words learned●
sue:(v)accuse, charge
formely:(ad)once, before
decline:(v)refuse, reject (n)weakness
surgery:(n)operation
ignorance:(n)illiterate
pose:(v)cause, present a problem
refuse:(v)decline, excuse oneself

Rating of the site:★★★

Comments:difficult---(This sentense is useful because I can know about a way of looking at HIV in Japan. I thought that HIV was related with our life and we had to know about this issue.)

Time spent doing activity:45 minutes

Week 2

☆Activity one☆

Site: Net Academy2

Topic: (26)Greenhouse effest in England

My score: 2/3

●Key words learned●
resemble:(vt)look like, be like
celebrate:(vt)congratulate (vi)perform, hold a ceremony
exceed:(v)be over, excel, surpass
for quite some time:(n)long period
mention:(vt)refer to, explain (n)statement
seed:(n)source (vt)sowbe (vi)be realized
reputation:(n)fame,popularity

Rating of the site:★★☆

Comments:effective---(I could know about not only vocablary but also information of greenhouse effect in England. And I was surprise that greenhouse effect caused great change for our life.)

Time spent doing activity: 30 minutes

Week 1

☆Activity one☆

Site: http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/levels

Topic: vocabulary test-version A 1000 level

My score: 33/39(85%)

●Key words learned●
scene:(n)spot,sight
colour:(n)color
at least:(ad)just
ancient:(a)antique,out-fashioned (n)elderly man,senior citizen
remain:(vt)stay (n)leftovers

Rating of the site: ★★★

Comments:good level---(This test, I was easily deceived by a littele different of meaning. But I could get some information.)

Time spent doing activity:15 minutes