C14 Speaking Class Responses

comparison of school

2008-02-03T18:05:00.000-08:00

We wear school uniforms.The classes starts 8:00 finishes 18:00.
Classes are coed.The summer vacation isone month .ＣｈｅｎＬｉｎ

Cultural experience

2008-01-21T16:39:00.000-08:00

I was aware of the difference after I entered this school.
Japanese mind about the smells such as the bad breath. But foreigner, Chinese especially don't mind it. Because they eat the spicy food, such as "kimchi" in lunch. Japanese chew gum and brush own teeth, later. I don't eat the spicy food before I meet my friends, I go to school and so on.
The cigarette is so, too.
N. Mamiko

Cultural experience

2008-01-21T16:36:00.001-08:00

When I was in the U.S.A, I went to school by bicycle every day. There are bicycle lane next to the main road. There are not bicycle lane in Japan. And we can take bicycle in the train in the U.S.A. I was very surprised it. We can't take it In the train in Japan. Thin is my culture shock.
Takanori Kawamoto

Cultural experience

2008-01-21T16:35:00.001-08:00

I went to Singapore when I was high school student. Then I thought people who live in there was very friendly. I was spoken to people whom I didn't know in English when I take a train. Then I couldn't speak and listen English. So I couldn't understand what he said. But I knew what he was very friendly.
I thought Japanese rarely speak to a person whom they don't know. Because they are shy. I think if Japanese speak to a person, Japan will become light society.
Ryoh

Cultural experience

2008-01-17T23:57:00.001-08:00

When I was first came to Japan. I felt lonely in night. I can’t understand why the store in Japan are close early, except drink restaurants.
In Taiwan , there are very popular place in night. We call it “ night market” . They start around 6:00 p.m. and run until 3:00 next morning. Taiwanese like to eat. Each night market has its own specialty like food, clothes, shoes, snacks, and items are cheaper than department store. Taiwan’s night markets are colorful, noisy . in a word, Taiwan city don’t sleep at night.CHIU CHIALIN

Cultural experience

2008-01-15T16:08:00.001-08:00

As you know ,I was studying in the U.S.A.Everything was big. Food,people,street,and so on.Also the sky was so blue and vast.I liked it very much.And I Was living in Mountain View which is close to the San Francisco.I was surprised that When I was shopping in the San Francisco,Even though it was very cold , I saw that a man who wears only a T-shirt and a short pant. I was wearing a jacket , however I was very cold. It was very interesting. But,I often saw this scene during I was in the U.S. I heared American's temperature is high. Hiroyuki

Cultural experience

2008-01-14T23:46:00.001-08:00

Ｊａｐａｎｉｓａｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔｃｏｕｎｔｒｙ. ＭａｎｙｐｅｏｐｌｅｗａｎｔｔｏＪａｐａｎ.Ｊａｐａｎｉｓａｐａｒａｄｉｓｅ.Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅｉｓｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔｗｉｔｈｍｙｉｄｅａ.Ｉｎｃｏｌｄｗｉｎｄｅｒ，ｍａｎｙｗｏｍｅｎａｎｄｇｉｒｌｓｐｕｔｏｎｓｋｉｒｔｓ .Ｉｔｉｓｎ'ｔｃｏｌｄ，ｉｓｉｔ？Ｉｔｈｉｎｋｉｔ' ｃｏｌｄ，ｂｕｔ…
Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅｌｉｋｅｓｗｅｅｔｆｏｏｄ.Ｔｈｅｏｔｈｅｒｃｏｕｎｔｒｉｅｓｌｉｋｅｉｔ，ｔｏｏ.Ｂｕｔｉｔ'ｓｔｏｏｓｗｅｅｔｔｏｍｅ. Chen Lin

Cultural experience

2008-01-14T16:01:00.001-08:00

InChaina we eat meat dumpling on January 1.but in Japan they eat soba and go to the shrine on January 1.and in Japan many restarant opened on January 1.but in Chaina mabynot all of the Chiana but in our city all the restarant closed no one open
-C14 Li Xian

Cultural experience

2008-01-14T15:59:00.000-08:00

Fat crow
It was a park front apartment is lived for the first time in Japan. Alarm sound that awake me every morning !! It was a shown eagle crow.
I have not seen crow which grow like Japan in the Korea. Japanese crow seems to live near people.
Korea's crow does not come never near people forming groups.
As method of Japanese life differs with the Korea, animals have memory which surprised much that method that live differs.
I was new experience. Lee Kyonghyang

Cultural experience

2008-01-14T15:58:00.000-08:00

When I was 13years old, I went to Singapore with my cousin. There has many old buildings around the city, but there aren't garbage on the lord.It's really clean. Very different of Japan. So I think we have to respect the Singaporean.
And other things, there aren't sell the gum, so I gave gum to hotel worker. And then he looks like very happy. Just I gave the gum. Ryo K

Cultural experience

2008-01-14T15:57:00.000-08:00

I'm from Seoul in Korea. And about 7 years ago now, I traved in London with my sister.
I surprised that supermaket and stores closed early, about 5 or 6 o'clock in the evening. First day, We returned the hotel after the sightseeing, we couldn't buy the food-drink or a snack.
In Korea, most supermarket and stores closde lately, about 12 o'clock at midnight or all night.
And we can order a draft beer in the fastfood store. I thought, the fastfood store sell only soft drink and tea, not alcoholic drink.
But the people were very kind and it was fun.Jungyou You

Experiences in another culture

2008-01-08T06:26:00.000-08:00

I went in London three years ago. At that time,
I was able to stay in private home.
I was surprized about different culture when they took me at the Pab.
One of the things that was amazing about the Pub has day nursery.
Chirdren can play next door with teacher
durig their parents are drinking. But parent who have children have to
go back home at 10PM. Another,most of the men were standing at the counter
during drinking and talking with friends.And the men were playing with
billiards and darts.The women were sitting on the table and talking
with friends.Ithought the men would have sat on the table.
When we got home, I took a bath.But they took a bath next morning.
They always take a bath in the morning. Toshie

Remembering

2008-01-07T19:37:00.000-08:00

ＩｃａｎｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｃａｔｉｏｎｗｉｔｈｔｈｅｏｔｈｅｒｃｌａｓｓｍａｔｅｓｉｓｔｈｅｂｅｓｔｉｄｅａｓｔｈａｔＩｈａｖｅｃｏｍｅａｃｒｏｓｓｉｎｔｈｉｓｌｅｓｓｏｎ.
ＴｈｅｗｏｒｓｔｔｈｉｎｇｉｓＩｄｏｎ'ｔｋｎｏｗｔｅａｃｈｅｒｓｐｅａｋｓＥｎｇｌｉｓｈｗｏｒｄｓ' ｍｅａｎｉｎｇｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ.
Ｉｔｈｉｎｋｓｐｅａｋａｓｈｏｒｔｉｎｔｅｒｅｓｔｉｎｇｓｔｏｒｙａｎｄｐｌａｙｗｏｒｄｓｇａｍｅｓｆｏｒｒｅｍｅｍｂｅｒｉｎｇｔｈｉｎｇｓａｎｄｗｏｒｄｓｃｏｕｌｄｈｅｌｐｍｅｂｅｃｏｍｅａｍｏｒｅｅｆｆｅｃｔｉｖｅｌｅａｒｎｅｒ.
Ｉｗａｎｔｔｏｔｒｙｔｏｍｏｒｅｓｐｅａｋ. ＣｈｅｎＬｉｎ

Comparison of School

2007-12-03T20:00:00.000-08:00

The school system in Taiwan , students have to wear uniform. And , they usually start their day about 7:30 in the morning. Classes are usually over at 5:00 in the afternoon. The school year stats in September . In July & August is the summer vacation. In Taiwan , mostly school are coed school. Actually , I don’t like the school system in Taiwan , because we just study all day, didn’t have much after school activities.
chialin

Comparison of School

2007-12-03T19:56:00.000-08:00

My school is in China that is from Augest to November and from March to july. The school class is start at 7:30 to 16:40 . That was very long time to me. I had
school uniform and I had to weared that.
-HUANG MEIXIANG-

Comparison of School

2007-12-03T19:55:00.000-08:00

There is also a school which puts on the uniform from the school of Korea and it does not put on also a school which there is. The elementary school from 8:00 2:00 the school is over in 30 minute degree, the junior high school from 8:00 the school is over in 4:00 degree. The high school the college good season hazard night the school which until it studies lately is most. The summer vacation and winter vacation with Japan are similar each at one month degree. Now the high school of Korea night to be late until the freedom of the student especially without being is actuality with nighttime self-study. Me this system of Korea does not hold especially in mind.
Lee Kyonghyang

Comparison of School

2007-12-03T19:54:00.000-08:00

The school system in Korea is quite similar to the system in Japan. The student wear uniforms.There are a private and a public school. There are a lot of private high schools and generally they are single-gender high schools. I was private single-gender high school.
The school year generally starts in March. The public school classes start 8:30 in the morning and run until 3:30 in the afternoon.But private schools classes start 7:30 in the morning and run until 9:30 in the evening.I don't like about private school. It couldn't anything else. Only study in school.
No after-school activites, No sunmmer vacation(about 2weeks) Jungyoun You

Comparison of School

2007-12-03T19:53:00.002-08:00

My school has a uniforms.There are two kind of uniforms in my school.One is use only spring and summer,and other is autumn and winter.
And we had start first classes at 8:50 in the morning. And it usually end at 3:20 in the afternoon,also we have a shool lunch.Our favorite lunch was of course curry rice.
And some students could using bike who are only live in far from school.

FROM RYO KAMATA.

Comparison of School

2007-12-03T19:53:00.001-08:00

The school in China are public school.Students go to school with the uniform only on Monday everyweek．The school is from 8：00 A.M. and
the class ends at 5：00P.M.
They don′t have after-school activities so much. The school always starts dividing into two stages.It starts respectively in March in spring and September in autumn. The winter break is two months.Summer vacation is about one and a half months compared with a long winter break.

JINCHUNHUA

Comparison of School

2007-12-03T19:52:00.000-08:00

My high school system in Japan, let's see.
The school is public school and coed. We wear our school uniform. Classes usually start at 8:40 in the morning. And classes are usually over at 3:30 in the afternoon. The school year starts in April. In the summer we have about one month off. In the winter, too. And the only thing I don't like about our school system is only one grade. My grade is last. My school is consolidated.
Mamiko.

Comparion of School

2007-12-03T06:09:00.000-08:00

My school has a uniforms.There are two kind of uniforms in my school.One is use only spring and summer,and other is autumn and winter.And we had start first classes at 8:50 in the morning. And it usually end at 3:20 in the afternoon,also we have a shool lunch.Our favorite lunch was of course curry rice.
And some students could using bike who are only live in far from school.

FROM RYO KAMATA.

Comparison of School

2007-12-03T01:45:00.001-08:00

There are a lot of pubric and private high school in Japan. But most of
school wear uniforms. And they usually start their day at about 8:30 in
the morning and classes are usually over at about 3:30. The school year
starts in January. I like summer vacation. Because it is long vacation
for a year. They have two months off. There are gender and coed. I
don't like in my school system is if I am late, I would have to do
fifty push-ups. By Ryohei

Comparison of School

2007-12-02T23:53:00.000-08:00

the school system in the China, the students from qrimary school to high school wear uniformsin the university they dont't wear uniforms.And the usually stat their day at 8:00 in the morning and classes are usually over at 16:40. And the school
year starts in April. they have 2 vacation the summer vacation and winter vacation summer vacation was 6 weeks and the winter vacation was 2 months.
-Li Xian-

Comparison of School

2007-12-02T21:32:00.000-08:00

In Japan, There are a lot of student in class.Therefor ,students are quiet.
Teacher advance the class smoothly.the students doesn't question so much.
Number of people of classes had better little.Australia is good.
But number of people of classes has been desreasing recently in Japan, too.
Additionaly, the school in Japan has been adopting for two terms recently.
Because, to increase the lessons.
I think Japanese classes start and finish, after-school activities are similer
with U.S.and Australia.

Comparison of School

2007-12-02T21:31:00.000-08:00

There are some differences between YMCA and High school where I went.The first is the number of people in the class. The second does not have a uniform and not have after-school activities like sports in YMCA. A similar point is to be coeducation school. Also, YMCA and High School have the third semester system(from April to July, from September to December, from Jan to March). Machiyo

Impression ~ The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-11-13T16:08:00.000-08:00

on the picture a man died in the desert. the man was a singer, he died so there was no food, no drink in the desert , and the lion side the died man. and looks very sad. becuse the man was lion's friend and now he was died so the lion was sad.

-Li Xian-

Impression ~ The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-11-06T00:28:00.001-08:00

I thought there is Egypt.and the�lion is hungry,so it want eat that
women.The women died.Because she's too thirsty,I think.
-Huang Meixiang-

Impression ~ The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-11-05T22:42:00.001-08:00

This picture is a story waited in the desert. Now, a person lying in the
desert
Travel travelers. Organization of the road because the water collapsed.
Hungry animals in the desert. This animal is so far no legal domicile
A person's appearance seemed a little panicked.
Perhaps this helps give animals will be considered merciful to justice.
They are healthy in the desert, yet that will be traveling with a good
friend .

Impression ~ The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-11-05T16:00:00.000-08:00

This animal is looking at the woman who is lying. I think he just went there to drink some water, then he found the woman. The woman is taking a rest on the way to journey.The animal will take her water place.He thought the woman dropped because of hot weather, also needs some water.And then she ll wake up and understand that the animal is going to do for her.Then, she ll play the guiter for the animal and he ll be asleep.Hiroyuki

Impression ~ The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-10-31T01:05:00.001-07:00

She is a person who plays Japanese lute. She wants to go next town. Because, she must earn more money. But she tired and slept. When the lion returned to bathing in river, the lion found and smell of her. This picture draw strange situation. Because lion and iceberg are drow togather in this picture. Eri

Impression ~ The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-10-29T16:58:00.001-07:00

Jungyoun think;
She is a gypsy and she play the giutar for she's living.
Oneday,she moved the another place for more earn the money.
She was waking the desert, suddenly lion comes closer to her.
She doesn't want die. Immediately she lie down like the dead person.
Lion thinks really she died. So lion pass by her nothing had happened.
Fortunately she can be saved form death.

from. Jungyoun You

Impression ~ The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-10-29T16:57:00.001-07:00

What is the animal doing? Why?・The lion was looking for an oasis and he found it , because he lived in savanna , but there were not water.Who is the woman?・The woman is musician , and she came to draw water from an oasis.What do you think happened before this? What is going to happen next?・When the woman came to draw water, she saw the lion. And she made pretense of a dead person. The lion is going to run away. What is the story behind the picture.?・Everybody want just water.
Takanori Kawamoto

Impression ~ The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-10-29T16:52:00.001-07:00

There are many flours , green grasses ,trees and mountains in this place.There is a beautiful lake in the deep of the mountain.The girl's favourite is the lake.She maintained her equanimity in the round of this place.One day ,the girl goes to this place with her boyfriend. Because the road is long,they bring some importion things and the girl's musical instrument .After three days ,they reached to the place.Beat all，horror thing was happend .The girl's goodliness is very like nothing on earth.Suddenly, the sky is cloudy,the trees of the
mountain died away.Not in the lease,Belial appears on the earth .He raided the girl. under the guardianship of the boy, the girl wasn't hurt. For the love , he fight .The boy was from person became to a lion by the magic.The boy praied down out the Belial to God.God was deeply affected by the boy's words.God gave him force.Belial was beated. although,the Belial dead, but the boy was a lion!!!! And that, God had qualification. The girl lost heranamnesis.the boy will became to a different person.But he can't say [he is the girl's boyfriend.He must let the girl love him once again . Or else,the boy is a lion forever.
Chen Lin

Impression - The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-10-29T16:47:00.000-07:00

There are many flours , green grasses ,trees and mountains in this
place.There is a beautiful lake in the deep of the mountain.The
girl's favourite is the lake.She maintained her equanimity in the
round of this place.One day ,the girl goes to this place with her
boyfriend. Because the road is long,they bring some importion things
and the girl's musical instrument .After three days ,they reached to
the place.Beat all，horror thing was happend .The girl's goodliness is
very like nothing on earth.Suddenly, the sky is cloudy,the trees of the
mountain died away.Not in the lease,Belial appears on the earth .He
raided the girl. under the guardianship of the boy, the girl wasn't
hurt. For the love , he fight .The boy was from person became to a
lion by the magic.
The boy praied down out the Belial to God.
God was deeply affected by the boy's words.God gave him force.Belial
was beated.
although,the Belial dead, but the boy was a lion!!!! And that, God had
qualification. The girl lost heranamnesis.the boy will became to a
different person.But he can't say [he is the girl's boyfriend.].He must
let the girl love him once again . Or else,the boy is a lion forever.
Chen Lin

Impression -The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-10-29T04:45:00.003-07:00

She was exhausted from wolking for a long time. She had been slept on the hill.She may be have dream of talking with animal. Then she may be listen music about lite. I`m sure that she is carrying water from a well. she`ll go home after she wake up from her nap. Toshie

Impression -The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-10-28T19:41:00.001-07:00

C14S - Impression (P18/Task19)
I think it looks like a strange world. A woman seems to sleep calmly. It may be expressed the world that can be felt a sleep in peace even if there is a lion near. It may be drawn about nature and human coexistence.

Machiyo Akiyoshi

Impression -The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-10-28T19:39:00.000-07:00

YUSUKE HAYASHI

●What is the animal dong? Why?

I think the animal is drinking water. Because the animal is staying a desert.

●Who is the woman?

I think the woman is traveler so she is tired out then she is dead.

●What do you think happened before this? What is going to happen next?

I think the weather kept a drought then everyone was feeling thirsty.
I think the animal is trying to eat the woman.

●What is the story behind the picture?

I think the story is talking about the law of the jungle and glabal warming.

Impression -The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-10-28T19:36:00.000-07:00

As for the first impression when they watched the picture，they seemed to be friends．I had a feeling that a lion protected the girl who slept． there was not the fearful feeling at all，and it was a warm atmosphere．
JIN CHUNHUA

Impression -The Sleeping Gypsy Rousseau

2007-10-28T19:10:00.000-07:00

The woman is a traveler of the roam. She sings the people whom I met at a destination her song. So she was tired a little that she took a break. There was the animal at her when she woke up. She sings the animal her song. They know each other and will live together.
Mamiko Nakamoto.