tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521981112163058372023-11-16T03:02:50.704-08:00John (仮) 's note only constant is changeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671497013369478818noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452198111216305837.post-64931783927811635232016-03-17T20:39:00.001-07:002016-03-17T20:39:10.479-07:00Lately...<br />
I only write at Medium lately.<br />
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<a href="https://medium.com/@Vino0112" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@Vino0112</a><br />
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Just in case some one came.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671497013369478818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452198111216305837.post-33345780449093744212016-03-10T07:05:00.000-08:002016-03-10T07:05:15.961-08:00Today's post is...Today, I posted at Medium, because it seems fun.<br />
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<a href="https://medium.com/@Vino0112/how-to-buy-great-english-books-from-amazon-com-for-free-e21e78be54ce#.roqrwjnvn" target="_blank">This is the post I wrote today.</a><br />
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Medium is really similar to note.<br />
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It has so many functions to write a nice post.<br />
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I loved it!<br />
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My only concern is that can I monetize at Medium?<br />
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I do it to improve my skills so far, so it doesn't concern me a lot though.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671497013369478818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452198111216305837.post-52761777933559626332016-03-09T06:48:00.000-08:002016-03-09T06:48:18.492-08:00Time to think about a PLAN!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
I started this blog without deep strategies.<br />
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Just started.<br />
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It's IS a good thing.<br />
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"Just do it!" What a sweet phrase is that?<br />
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However, I believe I need to come up with a plan now.<br />
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Otherwise, how can I avoid being lost?<br />
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Time is precious, so I started without a plan, and I make my plan now for the same reason.<br />
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What my goal should be?<br />
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How will I achieve that?<br />
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To finish my long run, those questions should be answered.<br />
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<h3>
2 goals</h3>
There are two goals I want to achieve.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><i>1. Be able to read a self-improvement book for 1 hour with ease</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><i>2. Have enough skills to communicate with native speakers at forums in English </i></span><br />
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Why those goals?<br />
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Because I want to sustain English skills I will obtain.<br />
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The true test that await us starts after we improve our skills.<br />
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As long as we keep learning, our skills increase, which means they will decrease when we stop learning, and we don't want to keep spending time on learning for the whole life.<br />
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This dilemma is perfectly solved by using those skills.<br />
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We don't have to spend extra time, and we can still sustain the skills.<br />
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Therefore, I want to have clear ideas of how to use skills I'm learning.<br />
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In Japan, the easiest and most helpful way to use English is to read.<br />
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There're so many books and websites that I want to read so one of my goals is "be able to read with ease".<br />
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The second goal is to maintain my writing skill and to access to more information.<br />
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I will be writing in English everyday for this month, but I'm not sure whether or not I will write after this month.<br />
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That is why, I will start practicing another usage of my writing skill before it starts lusting.<br />
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How to achieve that.</h3>
To be able to read a serious book easily, I'm going to do following things.<br />
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<i><span style="color: orange;">1. Read at least 1 hour everyday.</span></i><br />
I will start with easy books(or even comics) first to keep reading for 1 hour, in the meantime, I write down(or copy and paste) phrases and grammars I don't get.<br />
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<i><span style="color: orange;">2. Check phrases and grammars I wrote down.</span></i><br />
This is the technique, I've been wanting to try.<br />
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<i><span style="color: orange;">3. Write a blog post using things I learn from the books</span></i><br />
Here's where this blog comes.<br />
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I'm gonna try those 3 steps to achieve the 1st goal.<br />
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For the 2nd goal, I think I will start commenting on forums or blog-like websites, like Medium.<br />
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I'm not fully sure what I'm gonna do about it yet, but like everyone say "Just do it!"<br />
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I keep track of this plan.<br />
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Hope I can tell positive news at the end of the month.<br />
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Thank you,<br />
John(仮)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671497013369478818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452198111216305837.post-65094047255285051072016-03-08T06:13:00.000-08:002016-03-08T06:16:44.282-08:00Websites that help us learn English in ENGLISH!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Once we understand English a little, it's wiser to learn it in English for 2 reasons.<br />
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1. If we use more, we learn more!<br />
2. Any activities have more options in English.<br />
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That's why I'd like to share nice websites today.<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.fluentin3months.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">FLUENT iN 3 MONTHS</span></a></i></b><br />
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Do you remember <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZqUeWshwMs" target="_blank">the video</a> i showed in another post?<br />
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The guy from that video runs this website.<br />
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It seems pretty sophisticated.<br />
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You can find many language hacks, useful resources, and interesting articles.<br />
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To bloggers, I think it's a nice text book for blogging too.<br />
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<a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/" target="_blank"><i><b><span style="color: orange;">Urban dictionary</span></b></i></a><br />
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It's a online dictionary people can edit like Wikipedia.<br />
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I don't think the idea itself isn't really fascinating.<br />
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But when it comes to slangs, this is the best, I reckon.<br />
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I mean, where else can you find a dictionary that shows you an <i>ESSAY</i> for a word "noob"?<br />
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Okay, this is what Google says about "noob" when you ask him.<br />
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<span data-dobid="hdw">noob</span></div>
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<span class="lr_dct_ph">nuːb/</span></div>
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<i>noun</i><br />
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<span class="lr_dct_lbl_inl vk_gy" style="color: rgb(135 , 135 , 135); font-style: italic; margin-left: 6px;">informal</span></div>
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noun: <b>noob</b>; plural noun: <b>noobs</b></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="lr_dct_sf_sen vk_txt" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif-light, sans-serif; font-weight: lighter !important; padding-top: 10px;">
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<div class="_Jig" style="margin-left: -20px;">
<div data-dobid="dfn" style="display: inline;">
a person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity, especially computing or the use of the Internet.</div>
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</li>
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<a href="https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=noob+meaning&oq=noob+meaning&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.2301j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">noob meaning:Google</a><br />
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Clear and short, right?<br />
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This is what Urban dictionary<br />
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<a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Noob" target="_blank">noob:Urban dictionary </a><br />
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Please, check it yourself. It's a way too long....<br />
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<a href="https://www.italki.com/home" target="_blank"><i><b><span style="color: orange;">italki</span></b></i></a><br />
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Do you like RareJob or DMM Eikaiwa?<br />
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Then let me introduce the pioneer of them, italki!<br />
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This company was established in 2005, while Rarejob was started 2 years later.<br />
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In terms of the lesson fee, it's little expensive, but the website allows students to practice not only English, but most of languages, which means WE can be a teacher too.<br />
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It might be interesting to get connections with native English speakers while earning money.<br />
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Before the end</h3>
Actually, there're more websites i want to share, but I need to take a bath.<br />
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I think if we use English, things get more interesting.<br />
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There are sooo many options available in English because of a simpl reason.<br />
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Over 800 million people use English while only 127 million people speak Japanese.<br />
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It's a huge difference, right?<br />
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On top of that, we can FEEL our skills by suing it!<br />
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Thank you,<br />
John(仮)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671497013369478818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452198111216305837.post-53160970325443599872016-03-07T06:53:00.001-08:002016-03-07T06:53:37.079-08:00My environment, my skills <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the 6th post. </div>
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I feel little exhausted.</div>
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But it's not like I'm sick of English: I need more input to output.<br />
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The environment around me makes what I output.<br />
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It seems I'm don't have enough input.<br />
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<h3>
Power of the environment </h3>
Most of skills can be obtained by setting the environment.<br />
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Many people believe if you study abroad, you can master a language.<br />
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It's half true and half false.<br />
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The truth is if you study abroad and GO OUTSIDE, you can master a language.<br />
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I know many students who stayed in her/his room most of time and learnt nothing.<br />
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Which means that the most important factor is the environment you are trying to built.<br />
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Therefore, I'm pondering what environment I'm going to built and how.<br />
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<h3>
Things I'm going to consume</h3>
<a href="https://www.ted.com/" target="_blank">Ted</a> is definitely one of input I'm going to have as a part of my environment.<br />
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It has many great presentations which means I won't only learn great English, but great knowledge too.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d0yGdNEWdn0" width="560"></iframe>
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<br />
The video I showed before is actually from Ted.<br />
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Most of videos even have both English and Japanese subtitles, so you can enjoy them no matter what level you are on.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9kxL9Cf46VM" width="560"></iframe>
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This is the video I so enjoyed yesterday.<br />
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I totally understood that, in an airplane, why I should never greet to my friend like "Hi, Jack!" although his name is actually Jack.<br />
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<h3>
It's all depending on me</h3>
Where I live easily influence my environment, but it doesn't decide all.<br />
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After all, what I want is the most influential factor.<br />
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Because I know that, I think it's not very constructive to blame others.<br />
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With this thought, I feee some pressure, but at the same time, I feel the excitement.<br />
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I can choose who I will be.<br />
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Isn't it great?<br />
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Thank you,<br />
John(仮)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671497013369478818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452198111216305837.post-52512299132444099412016-03-06T05:32:00.001-08:002016-03-06T07:13:43.527-08:00Let's make the miunderstandings of Tottori Clear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Whenever people hear I'm from Tottori, they say things like "Oh, Tottori! you guys live in the desert, right?" or "Do you have the internet there?".<br />
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Today, I'd like to make those misunderstandings clear.<br />
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<h3>
It's a sand dune</h3>
First of all, we don't have any desert.<br />
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What we've got is a tiny sand dune which is kind of disappearing. <br />
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Yes, It's disappearing due to the natural phenomenon.<br />
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Because all non-native plants came from overseas grow rapidly, the dune is becoming more green.<br />
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We remove those plants to stop the distraction of the environment.<br />
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It is important to sustain the dune to protect the diversity in terms of environmental protection. <strike>But I wonder what people who are working on tree-planting in Africa feel about this.</strike><br />
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Oh, by the way, the sand dune wasn't even the biggest dune in Japan.
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日本一大きな砂丘は青森県の猿ヶ森砂丘 <a href="https://t.co/QC61Z8ydDD">pic.twitter.com/QC61Z8ydDD</a></div>
— アークトゥルス (@Arcturus_ast) <a href="https://twitter.com/Arcturus_ast/status/700309075192467457">2016年2月18日</a></blockquote>
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We are connected! </h3>
Some people from a company outside of Tottori actually asked my friend whether we have the internet or not .<br />
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Isn't it obvious!?<br />
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We live in the 21st century!<br />
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Of course, we are connected...with BETTER DEVICES!<br />
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WITH YARN PHONE! </div>
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The video below shows how we communicate each others perfectly. <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qfh3OGRHUo4" width="560"></iframe>
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In fact, we even sale the yarn phones to outsiders too. <br />
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鳥取の糸電話GET! <a href="http://t.co/qHTvKwQD">pic.twitter.com/qHTvKwQD</a></div>
— サヤステ (@sayasute) <a href="https://twitter.com/sayasute/status/255175670131462145">2012年10月8日</a></blockquote>
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I believe my explanation perfectly gave you the clear image of Tottori.<br />
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Therefore, I hope you understand that if I was late for a meeting, it's probably because of a technical issue of the yarn phone.<br />
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Thank you,<br />
John(仮)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671497013369478818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452198111216305837.post-10565853015690622912016-03-05T06:32:00.001-08:002016-03-07T17:31:45.930-08:00Maybe learning a new language isn't scary <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To Japanese, and some native English speakers who didn't have to learn, learn a new language can be scary.<br />
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It takes long time and huge costs.<br />
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Or maybe not.<br />
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Perhaps people live in the shadow of fear that learning a language is a scary thing.<br />
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Whether or not that's true , be a bilingual is a good thing.<br />
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It doesn't only increase our potential income, but it also clearly improves our brain.<br />
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On top of that, learning may not be as hard as we fear.<br />
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<h3>
Benefits of learning</h3>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MMmOLN5zBLY" width="560"></iframe>
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If you can speak more than one language, you can travel easily.<br />
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But that's not the only benefit you can get.<br />
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Your brain will be better.<br />
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Memory, Concentration, and task switching are few of them that get better.<br />
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Some article points out that bilinguals in the U.S earn 20% higher than monolinguals in average.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/how-the-brain-benefits-from-being-bilingual.html" target="_blank">How the Brain Benefits from Being Bilingual:Lifehack</a><br />
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It is HARD, but not impossible </h3>
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In this video, Chris Lonsdale told us we can learn a language in six months.<br />
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Do you think it's impossible?<br />
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You think like "hmm, he seems smart. Maybe he can, but..." or something like that?<br />
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Then how about this?<br />
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He says we can be fluent in 3 months!<br />
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3 months!<br />
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And he doesn't seem too smart to learn(No offence!).<br />
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Of course, they require us to spend a lot of time during those months.<br />
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But if we can really learn a new language in several months, the whole world look different.<br />
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If we want go to Netherland and enjoy chatting with locals, then have some time beforehand.<br />
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What we need is correct and intense learning time.<br />
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Focus on it for 6 months, then we are all good.<br />
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What is REALY scary?</h3>
When we play sports seriously, coaches are supposed to know the basics of muscles.<br />
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But English teachers don't know how brain learn a language.<br />
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THAT makes learning SCARY and inefficient.<br />
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If we learn what we need by ourselves and implement a learning plan accordingly, maybe learning a new language isn't scary. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671497013369478818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452198111216305837.post-81826381820134437582016-03-04T06:23:00.002-08:002016-03-05T17:16:53.806-08:00Blogging in English is kinda....FUN!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since I started this blog, few days have passed.<br />
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And you know what?<br />
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I'm enjoining it.<br />
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Why?<br />
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Because while I'm writing in English, I don't become a perfectionist!<br />
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Truth be told, it was radically hard to write a blog post in Japanese before.<br />
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The gap between 2 skills</h3>
Since i was child, I read a lot as if I was addicted to books.<br />
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Thanks to that I can distinguish good writings and bad writings.<br />
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On the blight side, I can tell who's a good writer.<br />
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On the other side, I can tell I'm not a good writer.<br />
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With out enough amount of training, no one can write well.<br />
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So do I.<br />
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Of course, the only way to be a good writer is to write, but while I was writing, those words I wrote made me unhappy.<br />
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It is the unhappiness that arises from compering a post I wrote to the post I want write.<br />
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After I'd posted several posts on LifeEngine, I gained both confidence and writing skills; therefore I'm quite okay to write fancy posts now, but it was not super easy at all.<br />
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Forget perfectionism! I don't get it anyway!</h3>
The best thing about writing in English is that I am unskilled.<br />
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So unskilled that I don't get the beauty of words.<br />
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Due to my lack of reading skills, I really don't care what I write.<br />
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It's like a beginner painting freely while an expert, despaired at his skill, envy the beginner.<br />
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Both my writing skills and reading skills in English are almost equal.<br />
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I'm gonna sooo enjoy this feeling<br />
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Thank you,</div>
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John(kari)</div>
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After I read the post I wrote yesterday, I found it very hard to read.<br />
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Probably, my lack of writing skill is the main reason, but long lines of those alphabets also make it harder to read to non-native English speakers, I think.<br />
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In another words, those alphabets look boring.<br />
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Of course, that only proves lack of experience.<br />
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Native English speakers find them exciting.<br />
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...At least, some of them.<br />
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・How to make it better?</h3>
However, a post must be attractive and unique to be read.<br />
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This is one of the basics, we all know.<br />
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Then the question is how can I make it better?<br />
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Color some of them to make it <span style="color: red;">distinguished</span>?<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Write</span> <span style="color: orange;">in</span> <span style="color: yellow;">7 </span><span style="color: lime;">colors</span> <span style="color: cyan;">like</span> <span style="color: blue;">a rainbow</span>?<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Gee, this</span> <span style="color: orange;">looks like </span><span style="color: yellow;">a 8 years</span> <span style="color: lime;">old girl</span> <span style="color: cyan;">who loves</span> <span style="color: blue;">magical unicorns</span> wrote this.<br />
(No offense, girls!) <br />
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・Is blogging too old?</h3>
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I think this is one of big reasons why blogging less popular nowadays.</div>
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From evolutionary psychological point of view, this is very natural<b>. </b></div>
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Because our brain was not born with reading skills. </div>
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We learn it.</div>
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On the other hand, Youtube and Periscope have the theory of evolution on their side. </div>
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I think we still need writing skills.</div>
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That's the best way to spread our ideas through the internet, so far. </div>
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To improve my writing skills, I will continue writing this for at least 1 month.<br />
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However, I need to find a good place to fight or maybe I should learn how to draw.<br />
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Thank you,<br />
John(仮)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671497013369478818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452198111216305837.post-57863582335598408642016-03-02T06:20:00.001-08:002016-03-02T07:22:20.156-08:00To Amo, with gratitude for your warm provocation <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today is the great day, not only I started this blog, but<b> </b>I experienced<b> a warm provocation from Amo. </b><br />
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Although It was my plan to start a blog in English from the very beginning,<br />
hardness of the realty pinned me.<br />
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"Will I be able to write everyday?" "Is it really okay to start a new thing while having several huge projects?": those questions had been chained me for ages.<br />
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Today, however, <b>the questions were blasted away</b> by her.<br />
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The main reason we talked today was to give her some tips for English learning which I have been thinking about.<br />
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The talk tuned out to be something out of my imagination, <b>in good way</b>.<br />
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Almost at the end of the talk, I mentioned about my plan of English blog, and everything was <b>too late when I realized it</b>.<br />
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She wisely chose the words she speaks to manipulate the lost sheep who couldn't start his blog to <b>start it.</b><br />
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My intension was not to open this blog to everyone, but few.
So that I could say things that might not be appropriate to say loudly.<br />
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<b>All thoughts were shattered</b>, but at the same time, the plan was started.<br />
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Until the end of Marche, I keep writing this blog everyday.<br />
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This is another effects that LifeEngine makes, I presume.<br />
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I won't forget what she has done to me.<br />
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And it won't be easy to forget the man who viciously manipulated the whole conversation, Yo Takanashi.<br />
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You two have my thanks.<br />
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Thank you,<br />
John (仮)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671497013369478818noreply@blogger.com0