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