Week 5

Title: Week 5
I. Activity one
Site: NetAcademy 2
Topic: Listening Unite 7
Key words learned: dawn = the time of day when light first appears, aviation = the designing, building and flying of aircraft, epic = taking place over a long period of time and involving a lot of difficulties(壮大な、勇ましい),  enormous =  extremely large, revelry =  noisy fun, usually involving a lot of eating and drinkikng(お祭り騒ぎ), glimpse =  a look at something for a very short time, when you do not see the person or thing completely(一目)
Comments: difficult
Time spent doing activity: 90

Week 4

I. Activity one

Site: NetAcademy 2

Key words learned:
spur = to make something happen faster or sooner
mining = the process of getting coal and other minerals from under the ground（鉱業）
petrol =  a liquid obtained from petroleum, used as fuel in car engines, etc.
take over = to replace something
owing to = because of

Comments: effective

Time spent doing activity:90

Week 3

1. Because I want to work using English. In the near furture, I also want to study abroad.

2. First of all, I should get a certain TOEFL score to study abroad.

3. My listening skills is not high, but becoming higher and higher because of English classes every day. My speaking level is low... and I don't have any confidence in my pronunciation. I think my reading & writing level is average. And I have to increase my vocabulary more.

4. I like studying in the library or coffee shop because I cannot concentrate in my room, then I usually write down to study.

5. In class, I want to develop overall my English skills. Out of class, I'd like to develop various aspects of my English skills by many ways for example Netacademy.


I. Activity one

Site: NetAcademy 2

Key words learned:
tip = ヒント
take one's time = 時間をかける
chew =  ～をかむ
take it from = ～(の言うこと)を信じてほしい

Comments: effective

Time spent doing activity:90

Week 2

Title: Week 2

I. Activity one

Site: NetAcademy 2

Your score (if any):
Vocabulary check test 30/42
Listening check test 25/35                          

Key words learned:
wilderness = a place that people do not take care of or control)
convince A of B = to make A believe that B is true
tense =  nervous or worried, and unable to relax
regularly = at regular intervalsor times
humanity = people in general

Comments: effective

Time spent doing activity:90

Week 1

Title: Week 1

I. Activity one
Comments: interesting
I'm Ayaka Yoneda and major in International Communication.
I attend intensive English course because I want to speak English well and communicate with pepole all over the world in the future. So I will do my best.
I'm looking forward to learning with you!!
P.S. I could not understand what I blog this week well, so I'm sorry if I am wrong.

Time spent doing activity:90