Final Week

YOUR STUDY HABITS
Think about your study habits this semester. Copy and paste the following and answer: aways / usually / seldom / never . You may add comments, if you like.

-Be ready, awake, and motivated : usually
-Choose fun or interesting activities that are a little difficult (not too easy or way to diffucult) : always
-Preview the title or any picture to focus : always
-Try to listen or read once & then test yourself : seldom
-Listen or read many times to focus on any new language : usually
-Focus only on common, useful words : usually
-Review often (especially vocabulary) : seldom
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SETTING NEW GOALS
-Have you made progress to reach your goals this year?
:Yes. I made progress little by little, I think.
-Have your long-term goals for the future changed?
:No. I have to have more time to study English to achieve.
-How often do you plan to study on your own during vacation? During school time (next school year)?
:At least 1 hour
-What are you going to study? NetAcademy/Web sites (Ferris Lab) /Books
:Web sites, books and sometimes using NetAcademy(reading section)
-What skills are you going to study?
:all, especially listening and increasing my vocabulary

WEEK11

Skill: listening

Site: Enngish Trailers

Level (if any): N/A

Topic: The Incredibles

Your Score (if any):5/9

Key language points to review (words or rules):
jeopardy: in danger, at risk
top my game: at the height of one's carrer, doing ones best in what they do
big dog: the top people, the best of the best
retain: to keep, to hold on to
virtually: almost but not quite; nearly
indestructible: permanent, unbreakable


Lesson Rating: :)

Comments: (little difficult / good level / interesting / effective)
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Skill: listening

Site: English Trailers

Level (if any): N/A

Topic: The DaVinci Code

Your Score (if any): 8/9

Key language points to review (words or rules):
to expose: to take away shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm
mankind: all humans considered as a group

Lesson Rating: :/

Comments: (too easy / (not) effective)
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Do this once each study period:

Self-evaluation: * * *

Study time: 60 minutes

Comments: (studied hard / concentrated /studied intensively)

WEEK10

Skill: Reading

Site: NetAcademy

Level: 3

Topic: Japanese poeple have prejudice for HIV patients (REVIEW of last week)

Your Score: 142/405

Lesson Rating: ::I

Comments: (good level)

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Do this once each study period:

Self-evaluation: * * *

Study time: 30minutes

Comments: (only reviewed)

WEEK9

Skill: reading

Site: NetAcademy

Level (if any):3

Topic:Japanese people have predice for HIV patients

Main point: Japanese hospital declined to do sugery for Thai woman because she is a HIV positive patient. She died after because of AIDS and her family sued the hospital.

Your Score:3/3

Key language points to review (words or rules):
*sue: to make a legal claim against someone, especially for money, because they have harmed you in some way
*formerly: in earlier times
*decline: to say no politely
*surgery: medical treatment in which a surgeon cuts open your body to repair or remove something inside (=operation)
*caring: thinking about what other people need or want and trying to help them
*ignorance: lack of knowledge or information about something
*pose: to exist in a way that may cause a problem, danger, difficulty etc

Lesson Rating: :I

Comments: (little difficult)

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Do this once each study period:

Self-evaluation: * * *

Study time: 40minutes

Comments: (concentrated / reviewed )

WEEK8

Skill: reading

Site: NetAcademy2

Level : 3

Topic: Why do we feel that people who use their mobile phones while useing public transpertation are nuisance?

Main point : We don't fell good about "open-loop" (conversation that we can see only one people).

Your Score : 3/3

Key language points to review (words or rules):
*loop : a shape like a curve or a circle made by a line curving back towards itself, or s piece of wire, string etc that has this shape

Lesson Rating: :(

Comments: (too easy / interesting / not effective)
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Skill: reading

Site: NetAcademy2

Level : 5

Topic: The origin of Thanksgiving Day

Main point : There are many myths about the origin of Thanksgiving Day. The strong myth is that native Americans and immigrants cooperated with each other to get through terrible cold of winter. After that they cereblated. That is the origin of Thanksgiving Day.

Your Score : 2/3

Key language points to review (words or rules):
*purport to… : to claim to be or do something, even if this is not true
*inception : the start of an organization or institution
*customary : useal
*prevailing : current
*rendition : someone's performance of a play, piece of music etc
*domain : an area of activity, interest, or knowledge, especially one that a particular person, organization etc deal with
*arduous : involving a lot of strength and effort
*benevolent : kind and gererous
*cultivate : to prepare and use land for growing crops and plants
*due to… : expected to happen or arrive at a particular time
*slave : someone who is owned by another person and works for them for no money
*reside : to live in a particular place
*baptize : to perform the ceremony of baptism on someone
*reliant : depend on someone or something
*christen : to officially give a child its name at a Christian religious ceremony

Lesson Rating: :/

Comments: (too difficult / effective)
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Self-evaluation: * * *

Study time: 50 minutes

Comments: (studied hard / concentrated / thought about my progress)

Review Assignment

1. Take a look at the goals you wrote at the beginning of the summer. Have they changed? If so, how? Why?

-The goal has not changed.

2. Do you think you are making progress this semester? How? If not, why?

-Yes. My vocabulary has increased than at the beginning of this semester. So, writting is also much better than before.

3. Overall, what grade would you give yourself so far? (Are you studying enough? Are you studying smartly?)

-I think my daily English study is not enough, but I can study intensively. I want to use the extra time like commute hours to study listening, reading and vocabulary.

WEEK6

Skill: Listening

Site: South Park Episode

Level (if any): N/A

Topic: post-election

Main point :
In the first scene, Obama's and McCain's supporters are both confused. After that, we knew Obama, McCain and their staffs had planning to steel diamond for ten years.

Key language points to review (words or rules):
stabilize: to become or to make sth become firm, steady and unlikely to change; to make sth
stable
drape : a long thick curtain

Lesson Rating: :)

Comments: (difficult / interesting )

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Do this once each study period:

Self-evaluation: * * *

Study time: 40minutes

Comments: (hardly studied )