Reflection

This class had many things to do so it was difficult. I'm not good at computer so making PowerPoint Slides and blog, putting manuscripts on my blog were hard for me.
Good points about this class are group members change everytime, do presentation before many classmates and I enjoyed other group's presentation. Group members change everytime so I could make friends with my classmates and do presentation before many classmates so I could get accustomed to doing presentation before many people.
Bad points about this class is it was short time to next presentation so connect PowerPoint Slides with group member was not easy. I wanted to check my manuscripts by teacher and correct them. I couldn't know grammar is correct or not.
Through this class, I could learn ability to write, read and do presentation. Use these ability,I want to continue studying English and improve them.

Power-Up Tutorial: Departmemt of British and American Studies

I will explain about freshman Power-Up Tutorial of department of British and American Studies.

In semester One, first, we have to settle into speaking English with natives because most people have learned English from Japanese teacher in high school and at once we learn essential classroom English and conversation skills. After building general foundation of useful English, we will learn to develop our conversation strategy skills which will enable us to participate in a broader variety of English speaking situations.

In semester Two we will read ‘Asahi Weekly’ every other week. By now, we will have the skills and confidence to express our opinions and discuss various real life issues with our classmates and teachers. We can know news in the world through reading ‘Asahi Weekly’ .

If you want to know more information →Click here (Department of English and Contemporary Society)

Click here (Introduction of PUT teachers)

Click here (Content of PUT)

Customs (Cultural differences)

I will talk about two culture differences of public transport.
First, In Japan, we have to turn off our cell phone or put into silent mode and don’t talk by cell phone in a train because Japanese believe it is possible that a cell phone signal is an obstacle to medical equipment that implant in the body so even if you think this thing is not true, please turn off or put into silent mode your cell phone.

Second, we can hear a lot of announcements in trains and buses. Many buttons are placed in buses because most Japanese are ashamed to say “I want to get off next bus stop so please push a button.” in a crowded bus. Similarly, if we can hear a lot of announcements in trains, we don’t have to ask someone what is next station or where should we get off, and what’s more, we can know them with our eyes closed. Noisy announcements are effective in certain circumstances so listen carefully.

Räbechilbi Turnip Festival

We are going to talk about “Räbechilbi Turnip Festival” in Switzerland. I will talk about contents of the festival. Do you know turnips? It is a vegetable, the color is a round white or white and purple. Can you guess? In Japanese “Kabu”. This involves a lantern procession using turnips which have been hollowed out and decorated. It resembles Jack-o’-Lantern. The turnips are lit as night falls. But even before they are lit, they form part of shop displays. After that, the turnip parade is held.

Fortress of Suomenlinna

We are going to talk about Finland. I will explain about Fortress of Suomenlinna. This place was registered as a world heritage site in 1991 and as the architecture that tells the stage of history of human. This is in Helsinki which the capital of Finland, and it takes 15 minutes from Helsinki by ferry. It was made by the Swedish who controlled Finland until in the early nineteenth century. It is composed of six islands and the walls’ extension is 7.5 kilometers. It is like a star in shape to remove blind spots.

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN

We stay at KEIHAN UNIVERSAL TOWER HOTEL. It takes two minutes' walk to Universal Studios Japan. Then, our day ends.

6/28(Sunday)

Next day, we eat breakfast at this hotel.
We go Universal Studios Japan again. Universal Studio opens at 9 a.m.

First, we ride Snoopy's Great Race. This is a roller coaster for children and there is in a room.

We ride Peppermint Patty's Stunt Slide. This is a water sliding through a winding tube. This ride is for children either.

Next, we ride JAWS. We go off salilng where swams of sharks roam menacingly about.

Then, we ride Back draft. This is a monumental work that realistically depicts the terror of raging fire is reborn as fascinating live attraction.

After that we eat strawberry milk frappe. It costs 700 yen.

And we ride Back to the Future. This is a time travel attraction. The adventurous journey of flying over a huge mountain, tunneling beneath the earth and even jumping through the ice.

My Favorite Movies

My Favorite Movies

1.Dororo

Actors:Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kou Shibasaki, Eita, Kiichi Nakai

Genre:Action,Fantasy and Horror

Released:6 January 2007

Original:Osamu Tezuka

Director/Writing credits:Akihiko Shiota , Masa Nakamura

Film company:Toho Company

Runtime:138 min

Quotation from the movie:「Cut the fate!」 「The story begins to move.」 「What is bad to live desperately?」

Setting:Imaginary world (The Warring State Period)

Tagline:48 body parts taken by demons, 48 fight to win them back

Plot:A female warrior(Shibasaki) who was raised as a man joins a young samurai's quest to recover his body parts from demons and restore his dad’s natural form.

Source:Check out these great site. Wikipedia/The Internet Movie Database. Another excellent site is Dororo web.

2.Happy Flight

Actors: Haruka Ayase, Seiichi Tanabe, Saburo Tokito, Kazue Hukiishi, Shinobu Terajima

Genre:Comedy

Released:15 November 2008

Director:Shinobu yaguchi

Film company:Altamira Pictures Inc./Fuji Television Network/Toho Company/All Nippon Airways Co.(Special thanks)

Runtime:103 min

Setting:airport and airplane

Main location: Tokyo International Airport

Plot:The setting of the film is an air-port and air-planes. A great variety of ”aviative professors” such as pilots, flightattendants, the groundcrew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only task: to secure the safety of the passengers!
Today was meant to be as any other day on the job, but this is put to the test on a seemingly routine flight to Honolulu…

Source:Check out these great sites. The Internet Movie Database. Another excellent site is Happy Flight web.

3.The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Actors:Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson
Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elle Fanning

Genre:Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

Released:7 February 2009

Director:David Fincher
Writer:Eric Roth

Film company:Kennedy/Marchall Company, The Paramount Pictures Sessions Payroll Management, Warner Bros. Pictures

Runtime:166 min

Setting:In 1918/New Orleans

Awards:Won 3 Oscar Best Achievement in Art Direction
Best Achievement in Makeup
Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Tagline:Life is not measured in minutes, but in moments

Plot:Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.

Sourse:Check out these great sites. Wikipedia/Internet Movie Database. Another excellent site is Benjamin Button web.