Week 12

pledge : platform , badge  , vow


explicit : define , clear , precise


devastate : ruin , loot , ravage

exemption : subtraction , remission , discharge

division : department , section , partition


Christmas movie was fun!
But I didn't know most of them.

I watched love actually recently. There were many happiness scene. I was jealous them.

Week 11

scrape : scramble , scratch , rub


limb : tool , minion , branch


yield : grant , succumb , provide


grind : shatter , dash . strike


verse : rhyme , poem


grammar was a little hard for me.
I reallized that the subjective mood is the weakest point for me.

Week 10

correspond  :  fit ,  tight  ,  coincide

substitution  :  proxy  ,  representation  ,  displacement 


irrelevant  :  unsuitable ,  unfit  , independent


obsolete  :  extinct  ,  out of date  ,  outworn


embrace  :  adopt  ,  employ  ,  acceptance


I watched some movies at the class. But there were many wards that I don't know  the meaning.
So I have to increase my vocab.

Week 9

rear : back , rearward

reminiscence : memory , recollection , remembrance

staircase : stair , step

repel : decline , defy , stand off

relevant :related , relative , correlative

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111128a2.html

 

I watched some short movies. I memorized many words in the site. I want to try hard next time again.

Week 8

freak :  deformity ,  fad

Mother Nature : providence ,  dispensation 

blizzard  : snowstorm

treacherous : traitorous  ,  uncertain  ,  irresponsible

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/11/111102_vwitn_snow.shtml

 acquisition  :  acquirement , achievement

time spent doing activity~ 10min
Today's video study is good level for me.
I studied by using BBC news site.

Today's video work is
http://www.asahi.com/english/

Week7

condemn : accuse  blame

installation : assumption  equipment  facility

integrate  :  unite  incorporate  combine

execution  :  performance  administration  action

provision  :  regulation  supply  term


Today's class, it was good level.
time spent doing activity : 20 min

Week 6

1.  subsidiary(補助的な、派生的な、子会社、従属している） : branch factory, dependent, subject, subordinate,

2.  headquarters(本拠、本部) : base , stronghold , head  office , center , administration

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110310338.html


3.compatible(気が合う、両立する) : go together , consistent

4.reference(閲覧、言及、考慮) : inspection , relationship ,relation , connection , mention , allusion

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201109260273.html

5. facility(設備、器用、施設) : institution , organization , agency , organ , vleverness , dexterity ,foundation , plant

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110310357.html

time I spent to write blog   30min

today's net academy was a little difficult for me.

24th Oct

asset :  property  fortune  wealth  estate  prossession  money   riches  resource
http://www.asahi.com/english/

suspend : stop  discontinue  cancel  call off  prevent  abandon  quit  interrupt  break 
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110210347.html

bustl : hum  buzz  bustle  babble

retain : maintain  keep  sustain  uphold  retain  carry  hold  preserve

nibble  :  criticize  peck  find fault with O  gnaw  poke  pick  peck

genteel  :  pompous  affected  mincing 

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110190316.html


today's listening was a little difficult. I listened again and again.

Reading3 Unit3 was a little difficult.I had to listening several times.
I'll try to listen a time.


storage:cahrge, preservation, keeping, safekeeping, custody

assumption: installation, inauguration, induction, control, estimate, presumption, supposition, premise

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110150305.html


render: express, display, exhibit, manifest, represnt, submit, turn in, produce

overwhelm: overpower, swamp, torture, torment, trouble, inflict ,try, worry, pain, distress, gnaw

appropriate: allot, devote, allow, give over, suitable, fit, apply, capitalize

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110150179.html

It's not so difficult.

My result of Listening Unit4

I can listen almost.






prominent : famous, excellent, projecting, protruding

encompass : surround, encircle, besiege, girdle, wreathe

enterprise : company, corporation, business, attempt, scheme, plot, undertaking, essay, project, service, industry

grandeur : magnificence, importance, greatness

quoted from here↓
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110080217.html


conspicuous : striking, outstanding, remarkable, marked, noticeable, ostentatious, showy

dowdy : unsophisticated

neatly : properly, decently, in order

responsible : bad, crucial, wise, sensible, advisable,  trustworthy, dependable, credible, certain, faithful, safe, authentic, solid, answerable, guilty, liable, be to blame

expectation : hope, anticipation, rough estimate, anticipation, thought, forecast, prospect, tip

My plan for Engilish study

1.to get a job.  I want to live in foreign countries sometime.to study abroad.

2.I need more than 61 score on TOEFL.I want to speak American English.

3.Listening=4   Speaking=2   Reading=2  Writing=3   Pronunciation=4  Spelling=3  Vocabulary=2  Grammar=3

4.I like to study English in my room without something noise.

5.I want to improve my speaking and reading quickly skill by the end of semester.

week 1

Activity one
Site:
Topic:
Your score (if any):
Key words learned:
Rating of the site: :( :/ :I :)
Comments: (too easy / difficult / good level / interesting / boring / (not) effective)
Time spent doing activity:


From today,the second semester has started.
My first class is Intensive English courses.It made me nervous.
I think writinsg blog is so effective to study English for me.
 I want to do my best in this class from now on.