１限目カンバセイション前半はペーパーテスト。うーん、苦手だ……。それから先週のテストだったディクテーション（新しいボキャを含むセンテンスの書き取り）が返ってきました。↑押すと文字が変わるエンピツ投票ボタンんー…新しいボキャ以外でも、聞いたこともない単語も結構ありましたから。このテストで、クラスでたった一人、満点を取った人がいたそうな。だれだれだれ！？と思ったら、仲良しの韓国人お母さん、ミュンスークでした。すごいわ！(^-^)彼女、シャイだから授業中に話すのは苦手だけど、一緒にお茶してるときなんかは、ゆっくりと正しい英語で話してます。ボキャも豊富だしね。クラスでは目立たない存在だけど、こつこつ勉強して、実力をつけてるんだなーって感心しました。２限目はグラマー＆ライティング。先週の木曜日に受けたテストが返ってきました。苦手な現在完了と現在完了進行形のチャプターだったから、少しテスト勉強したのがよかったのかな？前回よりもグレードが上がってホッ。しかし、コンポジション（作文）のパートでは、もちろん辞書なしのテストなので、グラマーミステイクを避けるため、私的には意識して平たんな文章を書いたせいかな？前回のテストよりグラマーミスは少なかったのに、グレードは下がりました。下記“Draft#1”はテストで書いたもの。“Draft#2”は添削されて書き直したものです。[Grammar&Writing] Test Composition Draft"1What My Life Experience has Taught Me I have several experiences that have taught me. First of all, when I moved to the U.S., I noticed that owning things is meaningless. I've lost my profession and my own house which was my favorite, even though I'd been working very hard to keep them. This experience made me disappointed and taught that nobody rob my ability and identity, except death. I've realized that brushing up myself is much more important than earning money. The second experience was my father's death. He died with cancer a year after I came to this country. At that time, I went back to Japan to help my mother who was exhosted out taking care of my father; however, I couldn't meet his death because staying Japan was limitted by my children's school attendance. I had no choice. One week after I came back to the U.S., I heard my father's death. Since this experience, I've been feeling sorry for not being beside my parents, and I've learned that I can take care of my mother only before she passes away. The third valuable experience was that meeting new people can be treasures in my life. In the beginning of this country, I was a withdrawal. I afraid of going out and meeting people. However, I've changed since I got new friends in a language school. Most of them were international students who had hopes and targets with their future. In addition, each of them has had very interesting experiences and skills. Although they were much younger than me, I respected them, and some of them have been cheering my continuing study. I will have experiences more in the future, so I will continue to learn a lot from them.[Grammar&Writing] Test Composition Draft#2What My Life Experience has Taught Me I have had several experiences that have taught me about life. First of all, when I moved to the U.S., I noticed that owning things was meaningless. I'd lost my profession and my house which was my favorite even though I'd been working very hard to keep them. This experience disappointed me and taught me that nobody can rob me of my ability and identity except death. I've realized that continually developing myself is much more important than earning money. The second experience was my father's death. He died of cancer a year after I came to this country. At that time, I went back to Japan to help my mother who was exhausted from taking care of my father; however, I couldn't stay because of my children's schooling. I had no choice. One week after I came back to the U.S., my father died. From this experience, I've been feeling sorry for myself for not being beside my parents, and I've learned that I must take care of my mother before she passes away, too. The third invaluable experience I've had has been meeting new people who have become treasures in my life. In the beginning when I came to this country, I was very withdrawn. I was afraid of going out and meeting people. However, I've changed. I made new friends at the language school. Most of them were international students who had hopes and educational goals. In addition, each of them has had very interesting experiences and backgrounds. Although they were much younger than me, I respected them, and some of them have been cheering me on in my continuing studying. I know I will continue to have more experiences in the future, and I will continue to learn a lot from them.ところで授業中、５〜６人のグループを作ってグループワークに入りました。どんなことをするのかは、まだ謎ですが、とりあえず今日やったのは、前回のWriting Assignmentをみんなで回し読みして、各グループで“ベスト１”を選ぶという作業。じつは私、他の人が書いた作文を読むのはこれが初めて。このクラスは“アカデミックライティング”のクラスではないので、結構みんな自由に書いてました。長さもまちまちで、１パラグラフで終わっている人もいたり。短いながらもエッセイフォーマットで書いていたのは私だけだったよ。結局みんな私の作文で笑ってくれて、グループの代表に選んでくれました。“ベスト１”として提出された作文は、今後の授業でどのように使われるのでしょうね。私が書いたヤツはこちら。[Grammar&Writing] Writing Assignment Draft#3A Career I'm Interested in I have been seeking a new profession since I lost my job that I thought it was my life's work. I only know my former profession; therefore, I haven't found any interesting career since I came to the U.S. However, this is beginning to change because I have had new experiences, and I've become interested in teaching people recently. The first of my experiences related to teaching was when I became an assistant in a Japanese class in this college. It was a beginning class, and most of the students in the class had never studied Japanese before. Although only six weeks have passed, the students can already read and write two kinds of Japanese syllabic characters. It is amazing! My son can't even do that, even though he has been studying Japanese writing for three years! Moreover, I saw such pleasure on the students' faces. One of the students, a Russian woman, who was not able to understand a lecture in spoken Japanese, and of course, got Fs on her quizzes turned her work around. When I was correcting her quiz last week, I found she had gotten an A on it! I was so pleased to see her success. Since then, she has been enjoying the class more. She has been asking me questions without constraint and saying "Hi" to me in Japanese lately. The second cause of getting interested in teaching is due to helping my daughter with her homework. I help my children with their homework everyday. Last Monday, my daughter brought home some hard math problems. They seemed for a sixth grader even though she is only in the fourth grade. In fact, my daughter's teacher knows that she is strong in math, yet the problems were too hard for her. She cried, threw her homework at the wall, and shouted bad words. Fortunately, I was able to show her how to solve the problems. It took me an hour to make her understand, but she finally showed me a big smile and kissed me. Through these experiences, I've noticed that teaching people makes them happy. Furthermore, making people happy is very satisfying. As a result, I have become interested in teaching.そんなことより、正しい文法で書きなさいよってか！？■本日のHOMEWORKConversation: Read&Do textbook p.53-55Grammar&Writing: Study boxes and language note (p.78,80,86-87) / Do ex.5-8(p.87-92)
