Coming of Age-Sr.1-Jul.30

Coming of age

Why adults in Japan are getting younger

What does becoming an adult mean to the young? In Japan, 20-year-old has been considered the age to be adult since 1876. When a person reaches the age of adulthood, they are responsible for themselves legally and socially and allowed to drink alcohol and smoke. There is even an official ceremony, called The Coming of Age Festival, to welcome new adults every year in January, where all new adults are celebrated by their respective local communities.

In Japan, when a person reaches the age of 18, he or she can get a driver’s license, vote for elections, and get married if their guardians agree. 

After 2022 when the new laws take effect, they can marry without a parental consent, borrow loans and apply for credit cards, but they still have to wait to become 20 either to smoke or drink.

Why are they changing the laws? 

What do you think of the change?

Do you think you will be ready to be treated and regarded as an adult when you turn 18?

Coutry of Interest-Sr.2-Jul.28

Country of Interest

Which country do you want to live or study in?

=> Study and write four to six sentences about the country you want to live or study in.

=> Write another paragraph why you want to live there in four to six sentences. 

Summer HW.2-Sr.1-Jul.26

Read a foreign book or watch a foreign movie. 

Write the storyline in 6~8 sentences,

and what you are impressed or moved in 4~6 sentences by Aug.14.

Summer HW.1-Sr.1-Jul.26

Read your English Communication textbook every day to STT

=> Log how well you did on this Blog.

Example:

I read to STT: about 60% recognized for the first time, 75% for the second time.

Hodja Summary-Sr.3-Jul.25

Write a Summary of the rest of the story in six to eight sentences.

Sample Summary-1
The Hodja regrets the bargain he made with his friend because the night is freezing cold. Just about to give up, he finds a candle light about a hundred meters away and starts to imagine the warmth of the light will also warm his body. Next morning when he explains how he endured the night, his friends insist that he used that candle to warm him. The Hodja protests but can’t convince them so he agrees to invite them for dinner. When his friends arrive at his house, they aren’t served any meal for three hours. The hungry guests find a cooking pot over a single candle in the kitchen. The Hodja says if a far away candle can warm him, a candle will heat a pot a meter above it. 
(131 words in 7 sentences)

Sample Summary-2
Next morning, the Hodja fails to convince his friends that he kept his promise, and agrees to invite them to dinner. When his friends arrive at his house, they find no dinner on the table but a cooking pot over a single candle in the kitchen. The Hodja says if a faraway candle can warm him, a candle will heat a pot a meter above it.
 (68 words)

Your Opinion-Sr.1-Jul.23

What’s your Opinion? 

Answer in one sentence + Explanation in two to three sentences.

1. Which education style do you prefer, Korean/Japanese style or American style?

2. Do you think you’ll choose your college based on the education style or the name of the college?

Hunting Poachers-Sr.3-Jul.21

Hunting the people who kill elephants

Write what the best way is to reduce or stop poaching in three to four sentences.

Jul.25th
Why save the elephant?

=> Post your comment in three sentences

Speech To Text-Sr.3-Jul.21

Speechnotes for Android   

Notes for iOS

Speech Recognition on Windows 10

Connect your microphone first.

Open Control Panel-> Click on Ease of Access-> Click on Speech Recognition

Click the Start Speech Recognition link-> In the "Set up Speech Recognition" page, click Next

Select the type of microphone you'll be using ...-> Click Next-> Click Next again

Main Ideas-Sr.3-Jul.21

Write the main ideas of the article in four to six sentences.

Write about Yourself-Sr.1-Jul.19

Write about yourself in five to eight sentences in the past tense,

 and two or three sentences in the present tense (now, these days)

Review-Sr.1-Jul.19

Write in the past tense.=> Write two sentences with "could hardly," and "not at all."
1. I sleep well => last night
2. I understand what the teacher says=> during the class
3. I eat everything => at lunch
4. I remember everything => after the class

83C Heat-Sr.1-Jul.16

China's 'heat pole' bakes as temperature hits 83 C

If you had a chance to visit Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region of China, would you like to visit this place and enjoy feeling the heat and eating a baked egg? 

Speak your answer in 30 sec.