Essay 6: Indroduction of KGU

We will tell you about the departments and courses, facilities and circle of KGU. KGU
has four departments and twelve courses. Our departments are commercial science,
economics, foreign, and social welfare. The department of commercial science has three courses which are a commercial science course, a business administration course, and a hospitality management course. People who belong to this department study bookkeeping. The department of economics has three courses which are an economics course, an international economics course, and a legal economics course. Students who belong to this department study microeconomics, macroeconomics, and legal economics. Some students who belong to this department can experience studying abroad. The department of foreign has two courses which are an English and American studies course, and an East Asia course. We belong to the English and American course. Students who belong to this department study English, Korean, Chinese, international society, history of America and England, and the literature of America and England. This department has a several kinds of program for studying abroad. Students who want to study abroad need to take an exam and pass it in order to join that. The department of social welfare has four courses which are a life wellness course, a welfare environment, a social welfare course, and a child welfare course. Student who belong to this course study welfare, health, and sports. Some student who belong to this department have practical training of nursing. Each department has an education course. Students who belong to the department of commercial science can get a teacher’s license for commerce or information. Students who belong to the department of economics can get it for history, geography, or civics. Students who belong to the department of foreign languages can get it for English or Japanese. Students who belong to the department of social welfare can get it for health and physical education.

You can choose a department and a course at which you study in accordance with what
you want to study at KGU. We will tell you about facilities of KGU. KGU has many facilities. Almost all students use the library and e-campus center. We often use the library. It is open from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM, so many people use it everyday. There are more 800,000 books, and we can search for books from all over the world. We can read books, watch DVDs, listen to CDs, use the computer, and other things.
The e-campus center has about 840 computers. We can use the computer free. They rent
note PC for student. They are often used for the class. We can use “GAKUNAI
SHISYOBAKO”. It is where teachers and students can exchange for information. We
often submit our assignments there and we can use the computer while in class. It is
very convenient. The foreign language training center is a facility to advance student’s foreign language operational capability. You can select the course corresponding to your academic skill and the purpose. There are 3 languages, English, Korean, and Chinese and they have 14 classes. The lecture of the daily conversation class is a native speaker and you can also apply for the school examination of TOEIC and TOEFL there. The career director for support is holding an extra curriculum course to acquire the skill that necessary for the student life and society requests. Their features are the fees are cheap for attending a lecture and we attend the lecture in school. They treat courses like licensed tax accountant, bookkeeping, financial planner, registered real estate transaction manager, travel business handling manager, secretary skill authorization, MOS, Japanese teacher training, civil servant, airline introductory lecture, and others, all licenses that will be useful in the future. Another point, KGU has a green campus, restaurants, a bakery, an instamural shop, a language laboratory, a gymnasium. All facilities can be used by student, and they are very comfortable and convenience. Please enough use many facilities for enjoyment and enhancement in your campus life. We will use these facilities more.

Now, we introduce the circles of KGU to you. There are a lot of circles at the KGU.
There are more than 100 circles at the KGU and there are also many clubs at the KGU.
There are a lots of kinds of circles. My circle is vthe olunteer’s circle. For example, there is shodou, photograph, art and many kind circles at the KGU. And circles are divided into four sections. Each section gets separate attention. There are a lot of these activities. And if you do not belong to circles, you cannot enjoy many events of KGU. Only circle members can enjoy the sports festival and the school festival of KGU. Many circle members play in a lot of events. And a few people entertain a lot of people at the sports festival. A few people also dance for the other circle members. And almost all people who belong to a circle take part in the sports festival. So a lot of people take part in the sports festival. I also have taken part in the sports festival for three years. Sports departments are so strong every year. The sports festival of KGU is so interesting. School festival of KGU is an interesting event. Each circle has their own food stalls. My circle sells a croquette of rice at the school festival every year. We sell the croquette for one hundred yen. And a lot of kind foods are sold at the festival. Each circle’s food is so delicious. And there is my favorite food. The food is “agepanice.” A lot of people always line up in front of the shop. If you have a chance, I want you to eat the food. Also almost all circle members take part in the festival. And when the festival finishes, the third year students graduate from their circle. So the festival is the biggest memory for circle members. Circle is one of the important departments at the KGU. We think that our university days with circle were very interesting.

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Speaking class

Good afternoon. My name is Shuichi K. I investigated the topic, circle. I survey 25 students.　I asked three questions.
First, I asked: Are you belong to circle?
Second, I asked: How many people do you have in your circle?
Third, I asked: What kind of activity do you play in your circle?
On the first question, do you belong to circle?
15 students said they belong to circle. Of the these seven students said, My circle have more than 50 people. And four students said, My circle have less than 20 people. Next, All of 15 students said, I drinking, driving, go to karaoke with circle members.
I belonged to circle until last year. I also played with circle members almost all everyday. So I can expect answers of third question. And I was surprised by answers of second question. I have thought that almost circles have more than 50 people. So I glad to get about many circles information.

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BR1-13: The Castle That Jack Built

This is the castle that Jack built.(P5)

The story of this book is the castle that Jack built. A lot of characters appeared in this book. Jack built a castle. But the dragon broke into the castle because the dragon stole the gold in the castle. After the dragon stole the gold, he met the witch who sat in the wagon. The dragon got on the wagon and the dragon went away with the witch on the wagon. But the wagon broke so the dragon and witch tumbled and the gold was lost. After that, Jack found the all gold that was stolen by the dragon. Jack got the all gold and he can came back his castle.

I felt easy because the gold came back Jack. I have never met the burglar of my life. If I met the burglar, I want to catch out the burglar like this book. But I want not to meet burglar hopefully.

Lesley Sims(2007). The Castle That Jack Built. Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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BR1-12: The Little Giraffe

Once, there was a little giraffe.(P2)

The story of this book is a giraffe. One giraffe and one rhino and one wise man appeared in this book. The giraffe who appeared in this book was little because the giraffe was a first giraffe all over the world. And the rhino was giraffe's friend. There were no foods and no drinks in grassland where they lived. So they looked out foods and drinks everyday. But they could not look out foods and drinks. They decided to meet a wise man. The wise man can made a magic drink so he said "you come back here tomorrow." to two animals. The next day, only a giraffe went to the wise man. The giraffe drank the magic drink. Then the giraffe became so taller. After that, The taller giraffe met the rhino. Rhino was surprised because giraffe became so taller. The rhino said "I wanted to drink magic water." But magic drink was empty. The rhino was angry with the giraffe and the wise man and himself. The rhino could not drink the magic drink forever.

I thought that if I were the giraffe, I did not drink all the magic drink. I might well carry down the drink for the rhino. I also thought the rhino was angora.

Lesley Sims(2007). The Little Giraffe. Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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BR1-11: Zippy Zebra finds a friends

Zippy Zebra was sad.(P2)

There was a zebra in grassland. The zebra did no have any friends so he wanted to have friends. He tried to make friends third time. He tried to become a friend with cheetah at the first time. But he did not become a friend with cheetah because cheetah is so fast. Second, he tried to become a friend with crocodile. But he also did not become a friend with crocodile because crocodile always live in the water. Third, he tried to become a friend with lion. But he did not become a friend with lion because again lion is so dangerous. But Finally, He became a friend. The friend was the other zebra. So he felt so happy.

Friends are my treasure. So I understood the zebra's feeling. When I am with friends, I feel very happy. So if I do not have any friends, I do not live sure. After I read this book, I thought that friends are so important being of my life.

Tracey Reeder(2004). Zippy Zebra finds a friends. Macmillan Education Australia.

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BR1-10: Everyone Got Wet

Dad looked at the water butt.(P1)

The story of this book is water. In this book, one family appeared. And two things broke that are important to live the family. One thing was water butt. The water butt is old. So When Dad mended the butt, the butt burst. A lot of water flowed toward dad. The other thing was hose. The hose bored. Next Mum mended the hose. She said "What a tricky job!!." After Mum mended the hose, She used the hose at ease. But the top of hose twisted so the hose burst finally. Mum and her children got wet. At the final, Everyone got wet.

I thought that this book is funny. I like to play with water in summer. So I want to play with the water in this summer. When I read this book, I thought that the family enjoy to play with water. I want to go to pool or sea as soon as possible.

Roderick Hunt(1997). Everyone Got Wet. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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13: Vacation plans

I will go to trip with my friends in this summer vacation. We will go to Ooita. We want to watch waterfalls. And we will go to the highest bridge in Japan. I like to go to spot of high location. So I am looking forward to go to the bridge. We will put up at a cottage. We play BBQ at the garden. We are looking forward to go to trip. And I am going to go to a little trip by bicycle. In this summer vacation, I go out Kumamoto prefecture by bicycle. I want to go to Fukuoka or Kagoshima. So I practice to ride a bicycle long time. I want to make a lot of memories in this summer vacation.

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12: About blogging

I started to write blog because of this writing class. I am not good at write blogs because I am not at use the computer. But after I start to write blogs, I became like to write blogs. And a few my friends write blogs using their keitai. If I have free time, I check blogs of my friends. I study how to write blogs from my friends. I also like to watch blogs of my classmates. My class mate blogs are interesting. After second term start, I want to write blogs a lot of time. And I want to continue check blogs of my classmates.

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11: About my keitai

I have had my keitai since junior high school student. And I contact my friends every day. So keitai is so important item to me. I also like to take a picture. So my keitai can take a good picture now. When I chose the keitai, I decided to buy the keitai because the keitai is good camerist. When I always go out, I look out a lot of good views. So I take pictures of the views sure. And I always listen to music using my keitai. I like to listen to music so keitai is important to me on phase of the sort. Keitai is one of my treasures.

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My little trip to Tamana

Last Tuesday, I went to Tanama to visit a grave. I went to my junior's grave. I went to Tamana by bicycle so I was very tired. And I went to there alone. It was very hot day. It took about four hours there and back. On my way to Tanama, I often a lot of visited convenience stores because I want to drink water. I drank a lot of water about two or three liters. And I spent about one hour finding a grave. I also lost my way during going to Tanama so I asked the way of many people. There were a lot of kind people. I felt so good because I arrived at the grave. When I arrived at Tamana, I bought flowers to put flowers on my junior's grave. I saw many places at the first time. And I can see a lot of scenery　because I ascended　many a little sloping road. When I back to Kumamoto, I rested five or six times but I can arrive at my home. My little trip to Tamana was so good.

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This mornig!!

I woke up at 9 am in this morning. It is fine today. So I did the laundry a lot of clothes. It continued rainy days so a lot of clothes that are not washed piled up. And I cleaned my room. I cleaned my room after a long intervel. So I used a lot of time. My room was messy. After I creaned my room, the room became so good. I work at 6 pm. I had a good day.

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10: Using the computer

I am not good at use the computer because I do not have my computer. So I do not like classes of using the computer. But computer is very useful. I can research a lot of information. When I have difficult problems, I often use the computer. The computer can solve almost problems. And when I write blogs, I use the computer. So I use the computer 4th in a week at least. When I want to watch the "YOUTUBE", I also use the computer. When I have free time, I watch that a lot. "YOUTUBE" is so interesting. The computer needs to live my life.

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