YOUR STUDY HABITS
-Be ready, awake, and motivated・・・usually
-Choose fun or interesting activities that are a little difficult (not too easy or way to diffucult)・・・always
-Preview the title or any picture to focus・・・seldom
-Try to listen or read once & then test yourself・・・usually
-Listen or read many times to focus on any new language・・・always
-Focus only on common, useful words・・・usually
-Review often (especially vocabulary)・・・seldom

SETTING NEW GOALS
-Have you made progress to reach your goals this year?・・・No

-Have your long-term goals for the future changed?・・・I really want to improve my reading ability, and I also want to watch movies no sub-title.

-How often do you plan to study on your own during vacation? During school time (next school year)?・・・I want to read English books, and watch English TV dramas and movies.
-What are you going to study? ・・・NetAcademy,Ferris Lab,CD, and Books
-What skills are you going to study?・・・Reading!!

January 7th

Skill: Site:Net Academy

Level (if any): 5 Topic:彗星の破片から太陽系の生い立ちを知る

Main point： Comets offer us a glimpse into the begging of time.

Key language points to review (words or rules):
nucleus → the central part of an atom
glimpse→ a quick look at someone
harbinger → a sign that something is going to happen soon
debris　→ the pieces of something that are left after it has been destroyed in an accident
clarify → formal to make something clearer or easier to understand
in a bid to ～ →
plume → a cloud of smoke, dust
velocity → technical the speed of something that is moving in a particular direction
slam → shuts with a loud noise
comet →
probe → a long thin metal instrument to examine
release → to let someone go free
spacecraft→ a vehicle that is able to travel in space

Lesson Rating: :I

Comments: difficult / effective/ charenging

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Do this once each study period:

Self-evaluation: * * * *

Study time:60 minutes

Comments: studied hard / concentrated / thought about my goals

Decenber3rd

Skill: Site:Net Academy

Level (if any):3 Topic:Mother's Day

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):quize 3/3

Key language points to review (words or rules):
initially → at the beginning of a plan, process, situation
secure →a situation that is secure is one that you can depend on
because it is not likely to change
establishment → a business, store, institution
derive from ～→an advantage, from something or someone

Lesson Rating: :/

Comments: too easy

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Skill: Site:Net Academy

Level (if any): 4 Topic:経済倫理と現実の乖離

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):quize 2/3

Key language points to review (words or rules):
vary
consideration
altruistic
take into account
circulation
one-sided
institution
eminent
rational
neoclassical economic theory
intervene
motive
characterize
reign
capitalism

Lesson Rating: :)

Comments: a little difficult, but challenging

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Self-evaluation: * * * *

Study time: 60 minutes

Comments: studied hard / concentrated / thought about my goals / thought about my progress

2008 November 19th

Skill:Reading Site:NetAcademy

Level (if any): 3 Topic:Unit 47（車中の携帯電話はなぜうるさく感じるのか）

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):Talking on cell phone in a train is behavior that invades the personal space of other.

Key language points to review (words or rules):unpleasant→not pleasant
psychologist→someone who is trained in psychology

Lesson Rating: :)

Comments: too easy / interesting

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Skill: TOEIC test No.5 Site:Net Academy

Level (if any): Topic:TOEIC Test No.5

My Score :520

Key language points to review (words or rules):launch→　to start something new

Lesson Rating: :(

Comments:difficult / interesting / effective

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Do this once each study period:

Self-evaluation: * * * *

Study time: 70 minutes

Comments: studied hard / concentrated / thought about my goals / thought about my progress

Nobermber 5th

Skill: Reading Site: Net Academy

Level (if any):４/５　 Topic:一次エネルギーの変遷,　セブンイレブンの成長

Key language points to review (words or rules):

Lesson Rating: :I

Comments: good level / interesting /


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Self-evaluation: * *

Study time: 70 minutes

Comments: hardly studying

October15th

Skill: Listening Site: ELLLO news

Level (if any): N/A Topic:Pitates, protesters,etc.

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):2/3

Key language points to review (words or rules):
simulate=copy

Lesson Rating: :/

Comments: good level / interesting/ effective

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Skill: Listening Site: Yahoo Odd news

Level (if any): No Topic: a giant pumpkin

Main point and/or Your Score (if any): A man won the contest because he grew a huge pumpkin.

Key language points to review (words or rules):
superb=super
soil=dirt
gourd=kind like pumpkin,etc
LB.=ponds

Lesson Rating: :(

Comments: difficult / interesting / effective

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Skill: Listening Site: ELLLO News

Level (if any): N/A Topic:insect, gambling, sharks, fireworks, weather

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):4/6

Key language points to review (words or rules):
Undeterred =not persuade to stop doing something
Residents =someone who lives or stays in a place such as ahouse

Lesson Rating: :I

Comments: good level / interesting / effective


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Self-evaluation: * * * *

Study time: 75 minutes

Comments: studied hard / concentrated

October 8th

Skill: Listening Site: FOEL

Level (if any): N/A Topic:Siena, Italy

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):Siena is an old town in Tuscany in Italy. It has nice architecture.

Key language points to review (words or rules):
enterior: outside of a building
interior: the inside
picturesque: beautiful, nice to take apictures
Lesson Rating: :)

Comments: too difficult


Skill:Listening Site: FOEL

Level (if any): NA Topic:Transexual Cabaret

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):This is about Transexual Cabaret performers in Thailand. They are mostly accepted in Thailand. The performers feel sustained by it.

Key language points to review (words or rules):
Transexual: a man who pretends to be a woman
Sustain: give us life


Lesson Rating: :)

Comments:A littele difficult/ interesting




Skill: Listening Site: ELLLO

Level (if any): NA Topic: Speed Dating

Main point and/or Your Score (if any):3/4

Key language points to review (words or rules):
vice-versa:both ways
any luck: successful?

Lesson Rating: :/

Comments: ok/interesting


Do this once each study period:

Self-evaluation: * * *

Study time: 70 minutes

Comments: studied without thinking , confuse