August 2009
2 posts
Conversation
Thanks a lot :) This session is really exciting even though it is my last session. Sometimes I really don’t want to study, anyway I had really good friends here and I had lots of good time here. I hope Good luck to you. :)
ashort:
I’m sorry to know that you are packing to leave but I hope that you have had a very good time here. Best of luck as you return home.
lidarkomil:
On...
Best wishes for all...
Thank you Fabiola. I’m so glad to meet you. We can keep contacting by e-mail. So don worry ^^ And I will learn how to play tennis because of you. So When we meet again, let’s play tennis:) Anyway, I’m gonna miss you a lot… U.U I don wanna leave now…
bia2009:
Hello dear people,
I will be absent in our last Speaking Class, but I would like to say bye bye. It was a...
July 2009
13 posts
Speaking Reflection HW
I can’t be vegetarian, as you know, I love meat, pork, and chicken. But I like animals. Anyway It doesn’t matter to me. It is different between pet and eating meat. And I can’t eat dog……. Don’t worry :)
hyunju:
I went to Cary town on Saturday. After I finished my errands I went to coffee shop. I met Ron who is an old man and lives in near the Cary...
Conversation
On saturday, I was packing my stuff, and I was helping my roommate to pack her furnitures and her books. At that time, we need boxes for packing, and we had to go to grocery shopping. So we went to Kroger. By going there, we passed my stragers, but they were saying to us “hello” or starting talking. I thought this is culture, so I said that American culture is really friendly. My...
Francisco, I’m really impressed about your...
Francisco, your sound are always confident, so I...
Nui, This topic is really interesting topic. But I...
I have never played the tennis before, but now I...
This is about the Holocaust museum. This museum...
Conversation
On Saturday, I went to Northern Virginia with my roommate. I remain only 2 weeks befor I leaving. So I want to say goodbye to my roommate’s family. Anyway, when we arrived her house, her brother was walking with his dog. We wanted to walk together. By walking together, I was talking with her brother. He is 18, but he already entered colleage, and he said he is taking classes. I was...
News article 3
Treating Ballast Water Could Fight Invasive Species
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106599241
Vocaburaries
stowaway : a person who hides aboard a ship or airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers
havoc : great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.
ballast : gravel, broken stone, slag, etc., placed between and under the ties of...
Conversation week 3
On July 12th, I went to Virginia Beach with my roommate and roommate’s friends. My roommate’s birthday was this friday. So we went there to celebrate her birthday. During driving, we were talking a lot. The most interesting part is celebrating civil war in Petersburg. she went to Petersburg on saturday. In Petersburg, she said, there are lots of memorial to memory their civil...
News article week 2
Obama Signs Tobacco Bill, Cites Own Struggle
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105765767
Vocaburaries
splash : to cause to appear spattered
Question
1. Is it working to ban candy flavor cigarettes to children to stop smoking?
2. Why does Obama make bill about tobacco?
conversation -week 2-
On July 4th, I went to New York. So, I went to near the Hudson river to see fireworks. I heard the fireworks will start at 9, but there were a lot of people already at 7. We can see the fireworks on 23st throw 59st. But almost streets were already blocked. Only 24st opened, so I sit on the road. At there, I met some people. They speaked to me because they wanted to learn some Korean. And...
News article
Iraqis Celebrate As U.S. Troops Leave Urban Areas
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106084989
Vocaburaries
-withdraw : to go or move back, away, or aside; retire; retreat
-oust : to expel or remove from a place or position occupied
-casualty : one who is injured or killed in an accident
-fortify : to protect or strengthen against attack
-coalition : a...
June 2009
5 posts
Conversation
On June 26, I talked with my roomate who was my conversation partner in our apartment. Even though we are living together, we couldn’t talk a lot. Because she is working everyday, and I’m taking classes. She wanted to show me the coloring book which is a book about emergency situation what she made. She teaches kids in school, so she wanted to check up to me some vocaburaries. I...
How can you improve your speaking ability?
My goals!
What are your goals for the future?
At first, I want to finish my summer session well, because this session is my last session in America. So I really want to try everything what I can do only in America before I leave.