Once upon a time, there was a little old man and a little old woman. They lived in a tiny house by a river. The old man wished to have some children. He thought only a teeny child could fit in the tiny house.
At that moment, a fairy flew by. She waved her wand and whispered some magic words. Soon afterwards, they had a teeny weeny boy. He was just one inch tall. He was called Issun boshi.
Many years later, it was time for Issy to leave home. His parents gave him three presents for his journey. He had a rice bowl for a boat and a pair of chopsticks for oars and a needle for a sword. Issy set off down the river.
At last, Issy reached the emperor’s palace. He was asked by an emperor to look after Princess Chi-Chi. From then on, Issy never left the princess’s side. When they came to a dark forest, there was a terrifying roar. It was a giant ogre. The giant ogre scooped up Issy and the Princess. Issy took his needle sword and prick the ogre’s tongue. The ogre spat out Issy and ran off.
A could of magical stars shot swept around Issy. He was as big as the princess. They got married and lived in a house next to the palace.
Ward, M. (2009). The Inch Prince. America: Usborne Publishing Ltd..
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Essay 2-02a: My Language Learning Experience
I’m going to tell you about my language experience from elementary school to university. I have learned Japanese, English, Spanish and Korean. When I was 7 years old, I leaned foreign language for the first time. Foreign language is difficult for me to understand. However, I like to learn foreign language.
I went to English conversation school for five years when I was an elementary school student. There was the English conversation school near my house. My teacher was Australian and there are about ten people there. We learned alphabet and English words there. We had Christmas party and it was the most interesting thing. Then, we played games in English. I only remember playing twister. I really enjoyed playing this game. I also had English class in elementary school. I studied English words and alphabet. I liked the class because English teacher gave us candy every time. Of course, I studied Japanese. I memorized a lot of Chinese characters. I had difficulty with them.
When I was a junior high school student, I studied Japanese classics for the first time. I was poor at Japanese classics. It was difficult for me to understand it. I also had English class and I learned English using text books for the first time. I studied self introduction in English, English idioms and words. I had to recite two or three whole pages of a text book. Then, I had to present it in front of the teacher.
When I was a high school student, I studied classical Chinese for the first time. I also studied Japanese classics. I don’t like Japanese classics, but I like classical Chinese because I could understand stories. I was memorized a lot of Japanese classics words by a teacher. I had a test in classic class every time. When I made two mistakes answer, I had to do my homework. I took three hours doing the homework. I also had some English classes. I had English words test and had to prepare for lessons in Reading class every time. I was busy, but I liked English classes the best.
I study English in KGU now. I have Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking class. I like the course contents. For example, I read English papers in Reading class, and I write blog in English in Writing class. I also have two Korean classes now. I have already memorized all Hangul alphabets. So, I can read Hangul. I like the Korean classes very much because it is so interesting. I want to become speak Korean. When I was first year in university, I studied Spanish. Thanks to the Spanish class, I could know about Spain and speak it a little.
I have learned various languages since I was born. I like English the best. So, I want to study English more and more. I also speak English with foreigner and want to speak fluent English. Thank you for reading my essay.
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I went to English conversation school for five years when I was an elementary school student. There was the English conversation school near my house. My teacher was Australian and there are about ten people there. We learned alphabet and English words there. We had Christmas party and it was the most interesting thing. Then, we played games in English. I only remember playing twister. I really enjoyed playing this game. I also had English class in elementary school. I studied English words and alphabet. I liked the class because English teacher gave us candy every time. Of course, I studied Japanese. I memorized a lot of Chinese characters. I had difficulty with them.
When I was a junior high school student, I studied Japanese classics for the first time. I was poor at Japanese classics. It was difficult for me to understand it. I also had English class and I learned English using text books for the first time. I studied self introduction in English, English idioms and words. I had to recite two or three whole pages of a text book. Then, I had to present it in front of the teacher.
When I was a high school student, I studied classical Chinese for the first time. I also studied Japanese classics. I don’t like Japanese classics, but I like classical Chinese because I could understand stories. I was memorized a lot of Japanese classics words by a teacher. I had a test in classic class every time. When I made two mistakes answer, I had to do my homework. I took three hours doing the homework. I also had some English classes. I had English words test and had to prepare for lessons in Reading class every time. I was busy, but I liked English classes the best.
I study English in KGU now. I have Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking class. I like the course contents. For example, I read English papers in Reading class, and I write blog in English in Writing class. I also have two Korean classes now. I have already memorized all Hangul alphabets. So, I can read Hangul. I like the Korean classes very much because it is so interesting. I want to become speak Korean. When I was first year in university, I studied Spanish. Thanks to the Spanish class, I could know about Spain and speak it a little.
I have learned various languages since I was born. I like English the best. So, I want to study English more and more. I also speak English with foreigner and want to speak fluent English. Thank you for reading my essay.
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Friday, October 22, 2010
My Favorite Shoes
My favorite shoes are spiked shoes. My spiked shoes are Mizuno and Moreria Ⅱ. I play soccer three or four times a week. I have used Moreria Ⅱsince I was 12 years old. It is made from kangaroo's leather and very light. I like it so much because it is easy for me to kick balls. A lot of professional soccer players also use it. However, it has a problem. It is expensive because it is over 10000 yen. I want it to cheaper.
I thank to it because it makes my feet save every time. Probably, I will use it until I stop soccer. If new and so cool spiked shoes are sold, I use Moreria Ⅱ. My Moreria Ⅱ lose points. So, I'd like to buy it.
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I thank to it because it makes my feet save every time. Probably, I will use it until I stop soccer. If new and so cool spiked shoes are sold, I use Moreria Ⅱ. My Moreria Ⅱ lose points. So, I'd like to buy it.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
My Favorie Class
My favorite class is Speaking because it is very interesting. We have five groups in speaking class. A teacher asks question to us. Then, we think the answer each group. I remember a question. It is the question about what is the only sure thing in life. We answered myself, family, money and so on. However, the answer was death. Nobody can answer. I like to think answer with my group.
Last time, we got papers. The papers were written a name, family, age and so on. Then, we asked about 20 people the name, family, age, and we found each family. I really enjoyed this game. I'd like to play this game again. Recently, Speaking class is very interesting.
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Last time, we got papers. The papers were written a name, family, age and so on. Then, we asked about 20 people the name, family, age, and we found each family. I really enjoyed this game. I'd like to play this game again. Recently, Speaking class is very interesting.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Outline: My language learning experience
My language learning experience
- Elementary school
- English
- English conversation
- Japanese
- Junior high school
- English
- Japanese
- High school
- English
- Japanese
- University
- English
- Speaking
- Writing
- Listening
- Reading
- go to Minnesota
- Spanish
- Korean
- have Korean friends
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My language learning experience
Here is my beautiful mindmap. It shows my language learning experience from elementary school to university.
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My language learning experience
I went to Minnesota this summer, and I learned English there. I studied English in the Bethel University. My teacher, Peggy told us about Minnesota and America. I was interested in American joke.
My host family also told me English. My host family especially told me everyday conversation. I watched Pokemon on TV with my host children. And I watched Disney movie in a park. They are all English and there is no caption, I could understand their stories. I was really enjoyed them.
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