My favorite TV program.

Hello, I'm Tomoka.

Recently, I watch "必殺仕置人" on TV every day.
Because Ms. Nishida showed us the drama at the class, I became to like it.

Do you know?
I think that you don't know it because the drama was very old.

The story is that the Shioki-ninn get money and murder villains.

I like the Edo period.
Especially, a samurai is the best! :)

What TV programs do you like?

November 10th, 2010

Good evening. I'm Tomoka.
Hekihu-sai finished.
Thank you for coming!
ESS held the English lesson for children.
Moreover, ESS sold imported coke and candy from America.
The children enjoyed speaking English.

Today's theme was Hekihu-sai.

1. How about Hekifu-sai? Especially, this was the first school festival for the freshmen.
2. What did you drink or eat there?
3. Did you join other circle's booth? What did you serve?
4. What did you think of ESS Lesson Cafe?
5. What will you do next Hekihu-sai?

Everyone said, "I had a good time there."
This answer made me happy.
Thank you!

October 20th, 2010

October 20th, 2010

Hi, I'm Tomoka.

Today's discussion theme was "What country do you want to go to?"

I would like to go to Italy because I want to eat pizza, pasta, gelato and see many heritages.
"Gelato" is Italian ice cream. They look delicious!

By the way, "Hekifu-sai" is comming soon.
"Hekifu-sai" is the festival of SUAC.
The date is November sixth and seventh.
ESS will hold the English lesson for children and sell imported coke from America.
Please come to ESS booth!

Thank you.

October 6th, 2010

Hello, this is Tomoka.

Thank you for coming last Wednesday.
Especially, many freshmen came to ESS.

The theme was "Which is your breakfast, bread or rice?".
We discussed this theme. We had a lot of idea.
For example, "Because I'm Japanese, I want to eat rice!" "There are many tastes in bread!" and so on...
Which do you choose?

Next Wednesday, sophomore will join the meeting of the seminar.
Therefore, freshmen will be in charge. Do its best!

My trip!

Hi, how do you do?
I'm Tomoka.

I went to United Kingdom and France for a week.

First, I arrived at Helsinki Airport in Finland.
Flight time was nine hours; it was very long!
Then, I got to Heathrow Airport in United Kingdom.
Flight time between Finland and United Kingdom was about three hours.

Between Japan and UK difference in time is nine hours, but it is different now.
Because there is summer time, the difference in time is eight hours.

I visited Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, British Museum, Piccadilly Circus, Sherlock Holmes Museum and so on in UK.

Second, I rode on Eurostar to go to Paris.

In France, I visited Palace and Park of Versailles, Louvre Art Museum, Mont-Saint-Michel and so on.

They are very beautiful places.
I was given a big impact by these places.

I enjoyed there.
I will go abroad someday.
Thank you!

My Summer Vacation Report♪

　Hello, I'm Saki. Are you spending good vacation? Now,I want to tell you about my vacation!

I went to the sea with my friend. She disappointed in love a month ago, so she said me "Please take me sea. I want to shout “seishun no bakayarou”".　

We went to there, shouted love, collected shell and drew some arts on the sand. We had good time. We were about 3～4 hours there.

　Luckily, we could see the beautiful sunset! It was so great, and we were impressed.
It was so hot day, but nice day.

How about your vacation? Please tell me!!

Club party!

Hello, everyone. I’m Nozomi.
I’m sorry to update this blog.

I belong to ESS, also I’m leader of Sado’s club.
I went to the café named “café&dining Passeretti” to held a welcome party of Sado’s new pupil on August 2. Some members were birthday, so we congratulated.

That picture is the cake then. Before we ate it, the shop assistant turned off a light and turned on music in that floor. We were surprised, but we were enjoyed that time.

If you interested in Sado’s club, please tell to me easily.

Thank you.

OPEN CAMPUS!!

Hi, I'm Tomoka.

Sorry, I was late to write this report.
July 31th and August 1st were SUAC OPEN CAMPUS days.

I, Nozomi and Maya are the member of Open Campus.
Yasuko-san also helped us. Thank you very much!

Did the freshmen go to Open Campus last year?

Many high school students came to SUAC.
I told with many students and their parents.
Some students have big dream and big hope.
I was surprised.

Then, we hold the party to celebrate the successful completion in August 1st.
There were many foods; for example, I ate sushi, pizza, potato, sausage, and so on.
I could have a good experience.

I recommend that you join the member next year.
Thanks!

Hello!

Hello~! I'm Saki Masuda.

I went to "Cat's Cafe" in August 4th with Nozomi, Maya, Tomoka and my friend.
There are some strange sweets in that shop. It is very big parfait. The biggest parfait is called "unbelievable" and suspicion of it is as same as a bucket!

We ordered middle size parfait, the name is "Never give up". Its height is about 23 centimeters. There ware many fruits on the parfait, oranges, grapefruits, pineapples, kiwis and so on. It was so delicious. We were very happy because we ate a lot of sweets!

It was a so good time. I want to try "unbelievable" parfait someday.
Does anyone try that with us?

Thank you!

Thank you!

Hello, I am Kasumi Ichikawa.
First, Thank you very much for coming today.
Although it is examination term and have a test, many of members joined!!
I am very happy:-)

I enjoyed the party, taking pictures and chatting with you.
In addition I was very surprised by present!
I love Usabicchi and flowers!
I feel like crying...I miss ESS!

I hope all of members will be fine and improve your English.
Of course after I come back to Japan, I'm going to take part in ESS^^
Please not forget me!! lol

New leader is Tomoka and sub leader is Sakinyan.
Please support them.

I am also going to do my best in China.
It is my one of dream to master Chinese!

Again, Thank very much!!!
SEE YOU☆

July 21: "Summer Vacation"

Hello! I'm Tomoka Sasaki.

Today's activity was that talking about "Summer Vacation".

We told group members our plan.

What's your plan?

For example, we will schedule to travel, play with your friends, have events, do part-time job and so on.

Of course, you study English, don't you? ;-)

College vacation is very long, so you should make good use of your vacation.

Because I hope that everyone do mini speech about your summer vacation in October, please think that.

Have a nice vacation for you :)

Next Friday is the activity of last time this term.

We are going to hold the party!

Please bring some sweets or snacks.

Thank you!

July 7th "Universal design"

Hello、　i'm Kasumi Ichikawa
Today's topic is Universal design in SUAC.
In SUAC, there are many kinds of universal design.
However some place are not enough.

Out side of SUAC there are many dangerous place for people who have disabilities.
I think the most important thing is helping and supporting.
If you find people who are in treble, let's help!

Thank you.

July 2nd

Hello.
I am Kasumi Ichikawa.
I am going to write about todays activity.

Today I picked up from My daring is Foreigner.
Do you know this comic and movie?
I have watched this movie, I really recommend you.

The topic is Learning English.
A lot of Japanese people cannot speak English, why?
Tony's opinion .....
because Japanese people do anything perfects.

What do you think?

ESS member's opinion....
1.There are problem of high school education.
In high school, the most important thing is reading and grammar.

2. Japanese people tend to be afraid of making mistake.

3.they often translate English from Japanese when they speak English.

Please notice mistake and improve your English.

Jan.27th "What's your dream?"

Hello, this is Mariko:)
We did free talk today and the topic was "What's your dream?"...let me think...don't you think the topic sounds difficult?? As for me, it was, actually. Because my dream, wanted to be a hotelier, kind of came true. Now....what is my next dream?? I guess I'll find it from now on. What's yours??

By the way, 3 days ago, I bought Charo books!!!!!! These were really nice and sweet!! If you like Charo, please buy them and read it. You know, it's very easy to understand the story with conversation English. my recommend!!

Ok, see you guys next week!!

11/22/09 Meeting Party!!

Hi, guys!! How did you spend you time today?? As for me, I had a party with Nozomi, Tomoka and ESS members of Shizuoka University. Thank you so much for coming everybody.

You never know how Shizuoka University members are nice!! They are friendly, smart and nice speakers. Some of them came from another countries!! Eddie's hometown is Malaysia and Ms. Grace and Ms. Chen came from China:) Their English was also great!!

We introduced ourselves first. Next, we made pairs and exchange some information with him or her. After that, all of us share it to understand each other. All pairs did such a good job, I think. I enjoyed listen to them and introduce my pair.

Here are what we did today...

1. Guessing game (Nozomi team vs Tomoka team)

2. Thinking and writing ideas game (Same as former)

As a result...Nozomi team won 2 times!!! I was a loser:( OMG!lol but it's ok. We shared such a great time and I'm thankful to all members both SUAC students and Shizuoka University students.

Dear Naoki, Takashi, Taro, Kenji, Eddie, Chen, Grace, Namato, Kobe, Tomoka and Nozomi
Again, thank you for coming, shareing a wonderful time, speaking nicely, enjoying with your big smiles and trying your best. Let's meet up and have some fun soon:D I hope all of you will have a great weekend.

Sincerely, Mariko

11/18/09 Guessing Part.2

[Participation]→Kasumi, Yasuko, Yuri, Satsuki, Riho, Nozomi, Tomoka, Rina, Tomomi, Saki, Maya and Mariko

Did you like the other type of guessing game?? You must use your brain and think a lot. Some of you already knew that you should try to not only tell what you think but also understand others. In the activity, you had to ask many questions to your gruop member. Like that, you need to gather much information if you do not get it. Do not hesitate to ask a question if we do the same next time:) Let's think about what communication is.

Well, here is a funny sentence. You may like it:]
空気の読めない人は相手に迷惑をかける。
→"It makes trouble others who cannot realize atmosphere."

have a good weekend, beautiful girls!!
Sincerely, Mariko

"As You Like It" Pancake 11/12/09

Ingredients(Batter for 6 servings; Fillings for 1 serving)
〈For making batter〉
・2 and 2/3 oz hakurikiko flour
・7/8 oz Chinese yam
・3 and 1/3 oz stock (dried bonito)
〈Fillings〉
・1 egg
・2 thin slices pork belly
・3 and 1/2 oz cabbage
・ao-negi onion
・Bits of deep-fried tempura batter
・Beni-shoga red pickled ginger
・Dried bonito flakes
・Green laver
・Okonomi sauce (Thick Japanese-style Worceter sauce)
・Mayonnaise
・Vegetable oil

1. Rinse the cabbage and ao-negi onion in cold water, and cut the formar into julienne strips, and the latter using the edge cut technique. Peel the Chinese yam, and grate. Chop the beni-shoga [A]. Cut one of the pork belly slices into 1/16-inch wide pieces.
2. Place the flour, stock and grated Chinese yam in a bowl, and mix well to make batter.
3. Add the cabbage, ao-negi onion, beni-shoga, pork, bits of deep-fried tempura batter and egg to the bowl, and mix well.
4. Heat the hot plate to 400゜F, and add some vegetable oil. Pour the batter mixture prepared in 3. above onto the plate, place the other slice of pork on top of it and sprinkle on the dried bonito flakes. Heat about 3 minutes.
5. Turn the pancake [B], and heat about 5 min. Reverse again, and heat for about 5 min. Reverse again, and heat for about 3 min. Reverse again.
6. Spread the okonomi sauce all over the surface facing up. Put on some mayonnaise, and sprinkle on the green laver.

Did you get it? Here are my questions for you:)
1. What are "the formar" and "the latter"?
2. What is Chinese yam in Japanese?
3. Choose one word for the [A].
a. nicely
b. finely
c. slowly
4. Do you remember the word for [B]?
5. Tell me how to say キムチ in English.

Thank you for coming, Nozomi, Tomoka, Saki, Mina, Miki and Yasuko!! I hope you can get all answers. See you again:]

Mariko

ESS meeting party on 11/22

hi, guys!! How are you?
I'd like to have a party with you and some ESS members in Shizuoka University at Hamamatsu campus. The date is Sunday, November 22nd as I let you know before. We are going to have the party from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. If you can make it, just send me an email or let me know when we meet. Let's have some fun with them!! This will be our first time to get together!! Also, I'd like to get your idea which will be nice to do it on that day. hope you can join us:]

see you tomorrow~
Mariko

☆2009.11.05 Pictures speaking☆

Hi, everyone!! Thank you for coming again!!

How was the speaking with some pictures? It helped you a lot for speaking easily and fluently. I could see each of you remember your own memories and stories from the pictures. About ...

Childfood and her naked brother on her birthday,
An ex-coworker who retired because of her marriage,
Yellow, a stray cat who do not eat fish but do cat food,
Koto club and school festival with crying memories,
Kariyazaki san and a pianist with flower arrrangement,
Okinawa and Tomoka's favorite ice cream with Satoukibi flavor,
Home stay life in Australia and some koala's voice which is rare,
Kai chan wearing an awsome Japanese kimono and cute smile.

That was very good time to share your wonderful memories.
Well, here is something.

"Watch your step."
"Handle with care."
"The line is not clear/ busy."
"Do you know any good places to visit?"
"Please tell me a place of interest."
"The taxi is available."
"He is weired."

If you cannot remember this meaning, just ask me again:)
well, let's call it a day~!!

MARIKO

Thanks for trying to speak a lot!!

Saki, Nozomi (1st year), Tomoka, Tomomi, Maya, Kasumi, Nozomi (3rd year), and Yasuko, thanks for coming today!! Did you get something sweet??

Anyway, I wanted you to speak a lot this time. So I prepared many questions for you. How did you feel? Did you enjoy or was it difficult to answer? Actually, I also thought speaking English fruently is not easy. We need study more and more!! BUT!!!! Thank you for trying to answer by using your own words. If you keep the reason why you study English in your mind, your English skill will be better.

Well, here is something which you guys missed in lunch time. Take a look at this~:)

１．チャック　　　　　　　a zipper
２．チョッキ a vest
３．ジャンパー a jacket
４．ハンドル a steering wheel
５．フリーダイヤル toll-free
６．シルバーシート priority sheating
７．シーズンオフ off season
８．ツーショット a picture of a (male and female) couple
９．色鉛筆 colored pencil
１０．パンク a flat tire/tyre

I guess you can see some words in your life like "priority sheating". If you find a interesting word, please let us know!! One more!! Please feel free to use this blog. Write something as Satuki. I really enjoyed her diary. Did you think it is pretty, didn't you??

Anyway, I hope everybody enjoy English more!! It is a special, wonderful and beautiful language which connect people all over the world!

Have a great weekend, everyone:D:D:D