2011年12月19日月曜日

Week 12

Ⅰ.Activity One
Sites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blWL6qoUWUE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=decUIVkZ4GI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8HqWC1A6Y&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvtmsqyOkhc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYCkFTyADJ0
Topic:Christmas Movies (It's A Wonderful Life, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, The Nightmare Before Christmas ,Elf, Love Actually) 
Questions:
1.Have you watched all trailers? -Yes.
2.Would you like to watch movie? -Yes.
Key words learned:
①immediately=as soon as
②manipulation=trickery
③lampoon=skit on
④nightmare=bad dream
⑤technically=according to the exact meaning
Rating of the site: kinds of the site
Comments: It was fun. I want to watch these movies, especially The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Time spent doing activity: about 50 minutes

Ⅱ.Activity Two
Site:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUjn3RpkcKY&ob=av3e
Topic: Justin Bieber - Mistletoe
Rating of the site: good
Comments: It was good song.
Time spent doing activity:about 10 minutes

Ⅲ.Activity Three
I watched some related movies about "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

2011年12月12日月曜日

Week 11

Ⅰ.Activity One
Site:http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/preps_time.html
Topic:Prepositions for Time Relating "When"
My score:14/18(77%)
Key words learned:
①carriage=vehicle
②conference=discussion
③on the dot=exactly
④comfortable=free from stress
⑤session=meeting
Rating of the site: not good
Comments:Words on the site were not difficult, but I made few mistakes.
Time spent doing activity: about 20 minutes

Ⅱ.Activity Two
Site:http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/preps_place.html
Topic:Prepositions for Place Relating "Where"
My score:21/40(53%)
Key words learned:
①creek=small river
②grassy=abounding in grass
③all correct=true
④predators=caught animal for food
⑤cozy=snug
Rating of the site:not good
Comments:It was difficult, especially the latter half. I spent much time in reading ocntents on the site and understanding preposition. This site has much information.
Time spent doing activity:about 35 minutes

Ⅲ. Activity Three
Site:http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/accept-except.html#maincontent
Topic:Accept / Except Approving or rejecting
My score:7/8(88%)
Key words learned:
①accept=willingly take
②picky=fussy
③except=but
④except(v)=exclude
exceptional=unusually good
Rating of the site:not good
Comments:It was easy for me.
Time spent doing activity:about 15 minutes

2011年12月5日月曜日

Week 10

Ⅰ.Activity One
Site:http://www.wordengine.jp/
Topic:V-Check
My score:4542/20000
Key words learned: I didn't take notes, so I don't know key words learned.
Rating of the site:good
Comments:It was a little difficult. There were so many words I don't know. My score is below user average.
Time spent doing activity: about 10 minutes

Ⅱ.Activity Two
Site:http://a4esl.org/q/j/dt/mc-2000-01def.html
Topic:Basic 2000 words - Definition Match 1
My score:63% (50/79)
Key words learned:
①lean=to incline or tilt. Can also mean to rely on.
②verse=a short passage or line of poetry.
③hinder=to prevent or interfere.
④split=to separate or divide.
⑤swear=to speak truthfully or to curse aloud.
Rating of the site:not so good
Comments:It was difficult for the first time. But my score grew 88% (50/57) for the second time. Some sites of Vocablary on Ferris Online English Lab coludn't be opened...
Time spent doing activity:about 30 minutes

Ⅲ. Activity Three
Site:http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activities.common.ActivityPlayer?AP_rand=1542068931&AP_activityType=1&AP_urlId=698318&gameType=list
Topic:Academic Word List A
Key words learned:
①assessment=evaluation
②consistent=reliable
③accessible=available
④assume=suppose
⑤approach=move towards
Rating of the site:good
Comments:It was easy to use because there was only 10 words and it was flashcards.
Time spent doing activity:about 20 minutes