Questionaire

No.1 Have you ever written dialy in English?
Yes 2
No 3

No.2 If no, how do you feel when you write blog in English?
ALL It is useful for me to write it.

No.3 Do you use this class efficiently?
ALL Yes

No.4 If you think so, how did you do this class efficiently?
・We tried to write in English, so we could improve writing skills.

・We have a chance to write blog in English, so we could improve writing skills.

No.5 There are some oppotunities to announce a variety of topics as a group. How long did you spend to complete?
three students about 20 minutes
one student about 15 minutes
one student about 30 minutes

No.6 what topics were you interested in when you listened other group's presentation?
New Zealand 3 people
Autumn Festival 2 people

No.7 Also, what is the best topic you announced?
Autumn Festival 4 people
New Zealand 1 person

No.8 why did you think so?
Autumn Festival I researched topic, having interests.
It is easy to research and to be interested in it.

New Zealand It was good for me to know unknown things.

3 of the Best!! ~other class ver.~

I'll introduce 3 of the Best blog of other classes.

No.1 blog is My life
His/Her blog is good because there are a alot of beautiful pictures, and it is easy to read.
So I chose this one.

No.2 blog is Diary :-)
Her blog is good. It is easy to read because she used big letters. And her blog is unique, I think.
So I chose this.

No.3 blog is James Pun
Her blog is good. There are a lot of links, and she wrote a lot of sentences each topic.
Her blog is also unique, I think.

3 of the Best

I’ll announce the best 3 of blogs.
Best 3 Daiki’s blog!! The reason I choose is that it is easy to read and he quotes some interesting photo, especially Halloween.

Best 2 Yosuke’s blog!! The reason I choose is that it is also easy to read, of course, and to see his blog. He also writes more details, so it is easy for me to understand his blog!!
Therefore, I choose his blog.

Best 1 Yuta’s blog!! The reason I choose is that he writes his blog simply and quotes good picture. And, it is easy for me to see because he uses colored letters: so I can understand his blog and his topic easily. Therefore, I choose his blog.

The Climate of New Zealand

Hi! I’ll introduce about the climate of New Zealand. I’ll explain two points: New Zealand Seasons, and New Zealand Temperatures.

In New Zealand, it does not have continental climates in most parts, so it does not have a large range of temperature. However, the weather of New Zealand can change unexpectedly. For instance, tropical cyclones quickly disappear. Because of this, you should prepare in case it happens sudden changes of weather and temperature.Next, I'll introduce seasons. In New Zealand, they have four seasons. (as follow)

o Spring - September, October, November
o Summer - December, January, February
o Autumn - March, April, May
o Winter - June, July, August

Next, I'll introduce about temparature in New Zealand. In New Zealand, it has a largely mild climate. In the north, it has subtropical weather during summer, and in inland alpine areas of the South Island, it is as cold as -10 C in winter, most of New Zealand lies close to the coast, which means mild temperatures, moderate rainfall, and abundant(enough) sunshine. New Zealand lies in the Southern Hemisphere, so the average temperature decreases. The north of New Zealand is subtropical and the south temperate. The warmest months are December, January and February, and the coldest months are June, July and August. In summer, the average maximum temperature ranges from 20 to 30ºC and in winter from 10 to 15ºC.

~difficult words?~

*lie in means locate in.

Danjiri Festival

Hi! Everyone! Our group researched about Danjiri festival. I’m going to talk about “What is Danjiri?” At first, do you know Danjiri? If you know, please raise your hand. Danjiri is this. Like this, it is made from wood, and it has a lot of lanterns. Danjiri is also in the shape of a shrine or temple. As you can understand if you see the picture, one of the attractions of Danjiri is carving, I think.

Secondly, I’ll introduce about Danjiri festival. Danjiri festival is mainly held Kinki area, and especially Danjiri of Kshiwada is very famous. Kishiwada is located in Osaka. Why Danjiri of Kishiwada is famous? Because the speed of pulling Danjiri is very fast. Because of the speed, people who ride on Danjiri are apt to be thrown out of it, and get injured.
There are also differences area by area in Danjiri festival, like this. If you had interested in Danjiri, I'm very happy. If there is a chance to visit Kinki area in autumn, please take a look at it!!

Autumn Festival

I'm going to talk about Danjiri of Kishiwada. Do you know this? This festival is helds at Osaka. You know I'm from Osaka, so I decided to choose!!

Let us tell you about Danjiri of Kishiwada. At first, I'm going to tell you about Danjiri. Danjiri is used festival of shrine, especially Kinki area. Kishiawada is especially famous for Danjiri. Kishiwada is located in Osaka.

Next is history of Danjiri. It　started about 300 years ago. When I knew it, I was astonished at this!! Danjiri has also rule. Only men, from 18 to 23 years old, are allowed to ride on Danjiri, but women are allowed to pull. I think this rule is remain of the past.

Do you have inetersted in Danjiri?? If you do, I'm happy!!!!!!!!!!!

Movie

The Matrix ～　plot and characters　～
I’m going to talk about The Matrix. Do you know The Matrix, of course? This movie is trilogy, but I’m going to talk about the first works in it. To my surprise, this movie was made in 1999. I think that this movie was made recently, so when I examined about it, I was really surprised.

For now, I’m going to talk plot. Thomas A. Anderson works at met cortex : it is major software company. He is very genius as a computer hacker, and he committed computer crimes. He was looking for someone- Morpheus - One night, he heard from the person. Its content was “Follow the white rabbit.” Soon, he was known that this world he thought real was a virtual reality made by rebellion of computers. He also was known that human beings were cultured in a real world. And, he was involved the war to AI machines.

Next, I’m going to talk about characters with items.
・Thomas A. Anderson / Neo → 　A computer programmer who moonlights as the hacker Neo, later to realize he is the One when trying to rescue Morpheus from the Agents.
・Morpheus → A human freed from the Matrix, captain of the Nebuchadnezzar. He is the one who finds Neo.
・Trinity →　Freed by Morpheus, crewman of the Nebuchadnezzar and Neo’s romantic interest.