Sunday, 18 July 2010

My thinking

3: Why are the Chinese learning English ?

I think tha world become internationallity.So we need to learn English. The reason is same for Chinese. In future, English will be very inportant than now.

6: In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?

I think music is very friendly for us. And almost people like music. So we can learn English to use music. I think it's very useful and inteligent way to learn English.

My opinion

3 : Why are the Chinese learning English – why isn’t the rest of the world learning Chinese?

I think English is very powerful language in this world economy, politics, and so on.
So people learning English. China has power but Chinese has power smaller than English any plase. It's the reason that the rest of the world people don't learn Chinese.

4 : How difficult woukd you find it to learn a language with a different alphabet and way of writing.

We have listened language that mother language since we were born. However, we haven't listened a language with a different alphabet when we had be 13 years old. We should listen it as many times as possible. Furthermore, we should be used to it.

My opinion

3: Why are the Chinese learning English – why isn’t the rest of the world learning Chinese?

I think Chinese is the one of most famous language. But In the business, it is not useful than English. In addition, Chinese is spoken by people who lives in China. But English is spoken by people who lives in many countries.

8: How effective do you think it is to learn English in your car? Have you ever tried it?

I think it is very effective. Once we heard the words of English, we will forget soon. But we can remember them if we hear many times. So I think it is not vain. I have never tried it. So I want to try it if I get a car.

My opinion

6, In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?:
I think listening to songs in English help in ways that learners get used to listen to English naturally. Moreover, we can listen to songs in English whenever and wherever we want. So listening to songs in English is very effective way to learn English.

14, What tips and advice do you have for learners who work full-time?:
If learners don't have a time to learn English, learners should study English before sleep for a little time. To learn English before sleep, we can learn English effective because brains organize the information we learn while we sleep.

My opinion

4, Why is it difficult to learn a language with a different alphabet and way of writing is that we study different grammar and pronunciation. Another is that the language's word is to use in the number of two or three times. To this reason, it is difficult to learn a language.

5, In what ways can listening to song in English help learners is that it is easyer than listening some words because remembering the word of a song is easy. If we listen songs in English, we can listen native English.

My thinking

3: Why are the Chinese learning English - why isn't the rest of the world learning Chinese?

It is because English is used by tremendous business people all over the world, but Chinese is not.

6: In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?

Listening to music in English seems that it is very useful.
But if the musician I listen speak accented English, I probably can not acquire hearing ability.

My Opinion

6, In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?
I think we can acquire an unique expression of the country where people speak English as a first language by litening to English music. So we had better listen it.

8, How effective do you think it is to learn English in your car? Have you ever tried it?
I have never tried it. I can't co two things at the same time. So I won't try it after this.

My Opinion

I chose these 2 sentences.
4:How difficult would you find it to learn a language with a different alphabet and way of writing?
:We have listened mother tongue all time since we were born. However, we haven't listened a language with a different alphabet. We should listen it as many times as possible. Furthermore, we should be used to it.
14:What tips and advice do you have for learners who work full-time?
:Many people must learn English but don't have a time to learn. They should make a few times between work times. For example, they listen to English when they brush their teeth or get on a train. If they think more about their schedules, they may have a few times.

My opinion

3:Why are the Chinese learning Engilsh - why isn't the rest of the world learning Chinese?

Because, I think, there are many Chinese but, Chinese only used in China. However, English is used in any worldwide business. considering Chinese only used in China, it is not major language in the world.Therefore Chinese learn English, and the rest of the world is not learning Chinese.


6:In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?

Listening to English music can carry out everywhere. Music has many phrases which can use in daily life. It is possible to learn from it and increase your vocabulary. Because I can remember by putting it on the rhythm, I do not think it is difficult.

My opinion

3. Why are the Chinese learning English - why isn't the rest of the world learning Chinese?: For example, now shanghai is biggest financial cities. A lot of a people they are coming. So they always should talk with foreigner. As a result they have to learn English in order to communicate with a foreigner well.

8. How effective do you think it is to learn English in your car? have you ever tried it?: I think if I do that, I acquire things that attitude to studying English rather than ability English.
I haven't a car.

My opinion

1. In what ways are the difficulties experienced by students in China similar to those in your country?
I think we usually don't have chance to meet the foreigner and talk with them. If we have a foreigner friends, we make an effort to speak to English and become to speak naturally.

6. In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?
Music can listen everywhere. I think listening to music in English is very useful to improve hearing. So, we should listen to music in English.

My opinion

6. In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?
I think listening to songs in English helps leaner. Because wherever we listening to songs. We can touch English any time. In addition, we sing songs while listening to songs. I think learner is helped by this action.

14. What tips and advice do you have for learners who work full-time?
They have little enough time. I think they study English on the means of transportation. They can listen to English words with their music player, and read English books. Because they go to work every day, they can continue learning English in this way. Therefore they learn English in very little time.

My Opinion

2. I can think of other areas of business that operate solely or mostly in English are not only the special business (cabin attendant, station employee and so on), but also general officers. In fact, they usually speak English in some large offices. So I think that English is important and necessary anywhere.


14. I advice for learners who work full-time that they try to listen to the music in English. As they can do it in going to their office, they can do it everyday and last it for a long time. Specially, people who like music can enjoy studying English. I think that the better we enjoy studying English, the earlier we can become to speak it, so I recmmend the way.

my opinion

2:English is known all over the world. In addition, English is the official language in many countries. it's true that the number of the people who speak Chinese as a first language is the largest in the world, but the number of the people who speak English as a second language is the largest in the world.


5:When I listen to the music, I make it a rule to follow the song as often as possible. It's important to improve our listening ability. I think speaking English is the best way to improve listening ability ,so I recommend to sing a song in English.

My opinion

1. I think that we have few chances to talk with native speakers in English and that is difficulty in China and Japan. I think the more we have chances to talk with native speakers, the more we can speak and use English naturally.

6. I think listening to music in English is very good way to improve our English because we can learn real pronunciation by listening to music in English. In addition, I think we can improve the ability of listening by it too. However, if the song is not sung by native speaker, the way is not useful.

My opinion

2:What other area of business can you think of that operate solely or mostly in English?
English is common language. The thesis announced all over the world is English now. So I think that it is necessary that people who enter the research employment master English.

6:In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?
We can listen to music at a little time. So learners can listen to songs in English repeatedly in a short time. So I think that they can naturally remember English and become accustomed to the speed of English by repeatedly listening.

My opinion

3. I think that English is common language in the world, but Chinise is not it. Also, there are many population of speaking Chinese, but it is confined in Asia. On the other hand, there are many population of speaking English and it is very worldwide. This is why are the Chinese learning English and why isn’t the rest of the world learning Chinese.


11. I agree with him that it is more important to learn to speak English before learning to write in English. In japan, there are many people that they are very good at writing English and not good at speaking. Now, many companies need humnan to be able to speak English, so I think that it is more important to learn to speak English before write.

My opinion

6:Listening to song in English is very important to learn English. As a result they can get words that the native speaker speaks fast. But a lot of songs in English don't have correct grammar. And only listening doesn't improve the English skills. So writing and speaking are very important, too.

14:Today English is very important. So they must study English. I think that they should listening and speaking English everyday. If they have a time, they should try to write. They should study everyday even if they have little time. For example, they can learn in the car,train ,English school and office. But I think that most important thing is to enjoy learning English.


K.Shuhei

My Thinking

2.What other areas of business can you think of that operate solely or mostly in English?:In India,English become second official lamguage, so I think that Indian businessman operate in English.

5.In what ways are your English lessons similar to and different from those mentioned by the interviewees?:Reading,Writing and Listening are similar to my English lessons, but speaking is different from my English lessons. If I talk to friends in English, I can speak English fluently. However, in Japan I can talk to people in Japanese.

My opinion

5: In what ways can listening to songs in English help learners?
I think it is good for learners to listen to songs on their way to work and home. It is also good for them to sing sngs in English understanding the meaning of songs. It will be easy for them to master English by listening songs in English all the time. They will understand English spoken by native speakers easily.

14: What tips and advice do you have for learners who work full-time?
They have to study English in very little time. I think they study English on their way to work and home. For example, it is good for them to learn English words on the train. On the train, it is quiet so they can learn it. If it is noisy, they can listen to English through their earphone. Actually, I learned English words and ability of listening to English on the train last year. I think this method is very effective.

My Opinion

6. I think listening to songs in English is useful to learn it. This is because listening is the most important to learn language. However the song's singer is native speaker, because pronunciation is little difficult. Therefore you should speak with the song. This way is more effective than only listening.

8. To learn English in your car is effective, but I have never tried it. I read this way. In your car, you are usually alone. This situation is good to speak English, because you don't worry about what other people think. In addition, you can hear your voice more clear than a quarter.

My opinion

3. The reason why are the Chinese leaning English - why isn't the rest world rest of the world leaning Chinese is that English has become international language and Chinese hasn't. That why the rest of the world isn't study Chinese. If Chinese became international language, the rest of the world became leaning Chinese.


10. We study English with teacher. But it can't get all English skill. I think it's really important to speak foreigner and touch the English as it is spoken by native speakers. At that time,I think our English skill is developed.

Saturday, 17 July 2010

My opinion

3: Regardless of Chinese, we want to know the latest technology, and it is developed by anglophone. So, Chinese is ardent to study English because China is developing rapidly now.

6: By listening to English songs, I think learners can become accustomed to English accent and memorize the word and the grammar. Also, they should be able to study while enjoying the rhythm of music.

Friday, 16 July 2010

assessment

1 In what ways are the difficulties experiencedyb students in China similar to those in your country? : I think that students don't have chance to meet forigners who speak English in Japan. As a result they have few chance to speak English.

2 What other areas of business can you think of that operate solely or mostly in English? : English is most common language in the world, so English is very useful in the business in the world.

Sunday, 11 July 2010

China Insights

Hello,

Well, the semester is nearly over. I haven't been able to cover as much of the E3 contents as I wanted to.
I would have liked to do some PowerPoint presentations, but have not had enough time.
Next semester we will do the newsgroups/blogging again, and some presentations.

I need to ask you to write some more blogs before the end of this semester. The first topic is Insights From China, the short film we watched last week. Actually, I found the topic very interesting. I teach here in Japan and I am often told that university students don't want to study English, but they have to.

Well, maybe this is the case for some students. I think that it can be a very useful skill to have. The example of China, demonstrates this.

For your blog topic, I would like to choose 2 discussion questions from Activity 7 and write a post. Please remember that this is part of the assessment, so two short sentences, for example, is not enough!!

Rob