2010年6月23日水曜日

Business Travel, June 18th

*LANGUAGE LINKS* PP.37
a.confirm your check-in.
b.take a taxi to the airport.
c.queue at flight.
d.do some sleep.
e.wait in the departure lounge.
f.board the plane.
g.watch the in-fright movie.
h.try to get some shopping.
i.arrive at your destination.
j.go through passport arrivals.
k.collect your bags.
l.go through a meal.
m.be met in night.
n.get stuck in the control.
o.check into your hotel.
p.unpack customs.
q.go out for your things.
r.get an early traffic.

*Usual 4questions*
1.We made 4groups, and each groups thought about words of combination.
2.Yes, because I enjoyed thinking words of combination with member.
3.It was easy, because we could use our thinking, and it was enjoyment.
4.I learnd difference "line" between"gueue".Former is US English, latter is UK English.

2010年6月16日水曜日

Midterm fixed, June 11th

*Task: Midterm*
1. I'm satisfired, because I had good grade than I thought.
I think that test was easy to answer to appear picture and special answer lists.

2. I made mistakes, especially I was surprised difference of "How do you~"
between "How are you~". But I understood difference of two.

3. I think final is conversation between two students, or we'll talk to Jana
by one person.

*Usually 4 questions*
1. We fixed midterm and we did "World business records" on pp25.

2. I enjoyed "World business records", because I knew about information of
world companys.

3. I think that those activities were easy to learn and to enjoy class.

4. I learnd difference of "How~" and keeping conversation.

2010年6月10日木曜日

Mid-term test

On 4th June, we had a mid-term test.
I thought this test was a little difficult, but it was easy to answer and nice.
It's because of it had a lot of explanation and the amount of apt questions.
In fact, I didn't feel to take mid-term test. I enjoyed that test.
So,I hope that final term examination is same style!!

2010年6月3日木曜日

Keeping Track, May 28th

Phrase bank: Checking understanding(pp.27)
a. ...didn't hear?
Sorry, I missed that.
Sorry, I didn't catch that.
Could you just say it again?
Could you just go over that again?

b. ...didn't understand?
Sorry, I'm not (quite) with you.
Sorry, I'm don't (quite) follow you.
Sorry, I don't (quite) see what you mean.
Could you just explain what you mean?
Could you just be (a bit) more specific?
Could you just say (a bit) more about that?

c. ...understood differently
Isn't it 12%.
Don't you mean 12%.
Shouldn't that be 12%.
I thought you said 12%.

Differecce of (a bit) and (quite).
(quite)...near completely, I didn't understand what you say of 90%.
(a bit)...near a little.


*Usually 4questions*
1. We listened to pp18, Call2. And we do group-work on pp22.

2. Yes, I enjoyed these activities. Because, I could know meaning of " Where were we?".

3. They were easy for me, because, it was easy to think on pp22.

4. I learnd difference of the way to say, "Didn't hear" and " Didn't understand".

2010年5月26日水曜日

Making calls, May 21th

*Language Link* on pg20.

a-6, b-7, c-2, d-9,e-5, f-8,g-3,h-1, i-4.



*Usual 4questions*

1.We did groupwork that we played roles somecases and pg18.

2.Yes, because, I understood about how to make calls.

3.It was difficult, because, I couldn't tell someone about what I want to say well.
I felt difficult.

4.I learnd about how to make calls.

*Task2 ~how to reservation~*

*Make a hotel reservation*
・When I can stay at the hotel.
・How long time I can stay at the hotel.
・bed size and room size.
・how cost

*Get information about a conference*
・how long take time to do the conference.
・Who attend the conference.
・What is important point for the conference.

2010年5月19日水曜日

Week5, May 14

*Phrase bank: Telephoning*
1.
Can I (c) speak to Jane Green, please?
(d) ask who's calling, please?
(e) take a message?
(h) call you back (in a few minutes/an hour)?

Could you (i) speak up, please?
(j) say that again?
(n) tell me when s/he'll be back?
(o) ask her to call me back?

2. I think "Could you~?" is politer than "Can you~?".

*Usually 4questions*

1. We did group-work on p17.

2.Yes, we were enjoying to decode a voice mail.

3. It was difficult, because, voice mail was many means than I thought it.

4. I learnd abbreviations. For example, asap, pls, and so on.

2010年5月12日水曜日

Week4 May 7

*Make a hotel reservation*
・number of people
・the time and date
・rank of room
・cost
・kinds of amenities

*Get information about a conference*
・place that hold
・what's subject
・number of people
・make material for subject
・the time of date

*Four usual questions*
1.We listened to CD, and we tried to understand about their conversation.
We learned telephone manner and skill.

2.Yes. I could know RandD for the first time.

3.It's difficult. It was very hard for me to get information from business scene.

4.I learned listening style from Jana. After listening to an English conversation, Thinking about it closely is important style.