Online Class Notes (Samara)[S]

Homework

What do you think about the Trump Administration’s decision to impose tariffs on Mexico? Is it similar to the situation between the US and China? Is Trump playing fairly in international trade?

Read some articles in English and be ready to talk next class!

Next Class Focus


What exactly do you feel are your weaknesses in English? Vocabulary? Pronunciation? Confidence? Not enough English speakers to talk to?

Vocabulary

Broadway Musical: A style of a musical play. They have many in New York and they often travel around the world. Evita is another broadway musical you might like.
“I have seen the Broadway Musical called “Cinderella”.
Trumpet: An instrument
Reader’s Digest – a magazine that takes novels and gives a short version of them
Accountability – Your duty to take care of
“This App keeps me accountable to learn English every day”
“Keeping us accountable”

Speaking exercise

I started my English class things in March and it has been three month, but I think my English is not getting better as I expected. I think one of the most important reason is I am not so self disciplined. Self discipline is very important to your life and some studies. For example when you were young, you study a new instrument you need to practice maybe everyday. Also, for study a new language, or keep exercises to lose weight, these kind of things all need self discipline. I want to find a effective solution, but I haven’t know how to improve myself. Maybe, I think incentive is efficient. For example for myself  I have an English interview in March. So I decided to improve my English at that time, maybe looking for a new job and pass the English interview is my incentive to study English. I think maybe I need a rule for myself, I can make a rule to practice English for 1 hour everyday.


I started my English class things in March and it has been three months, but I think my English is not getting better as I expected. I think one of the most important reasons is I am not so self disciplined. Self discipline is very important to your life and some studies. For example when you were young, you study a new instrument you need to practice maybe everyday. Also, when learning new language, or exercises to lose weight, these kinds of things all need self discipline. I want to find a effective solution, but I haven’t figured out how to improve myself yet. Maybe, I think an incentive is efficient. For example, for myself  I had an English interview in March. So I decided to improve my English at that time, maybe looking for a new job and to pass the English interview is my incentive to study English. I think maybe I need a rule for myself, I can make a rule to practice English for 1 hour everyday.

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