WEEK 13

Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/10/111019_vwitn_crocodile.shtml

Topic:
Crocodile Tears

Word I learned:
*lavish (gorgeous)
*farewell (goodbye)
*embalm (preserve)
*hair-raising (exciting and thrilling)
*bid (offer)

Rate of the site, comment:
not so bad.

Time I spent: 25 minutes.

WEEK 12

Site:
1. It's A Wonderful Life Fan Trailerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blWL6qoUWUE&feature=related

2. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=decUIVkZ4GI

3. The Nightmare Before Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8HqWC1A6Y&feature=related

4. Elf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvtmsqyOkhc

5. Love Actually
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYCkFTyADJ0

Topic: Movie Trailer

Q&A:
1 - No / No ( I don't think I will enjoy that movie.)
2 - No / Yes
3 - No / Yes
4 - No / Yes
5 - No / Yes

Words:
*grant (award)
*nasty (unpleasant)
*elf (pixie)
*nurture (bring up)
*fellow (man)

Rate:
not easy.

Comments:
Many movies seems to be nice.

Time:
about 20 minutes

WEEK 11

Site:http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/articlesum.html

Topic: grammer (another/ the other, identifying nouns etc...)

Words I learned:
*convince (persuade)
*gossip (rumor)
*descendant (⇔ ancestor)
*(the) era (period, time)
*sophisticated (advanced)

Rate of the site:
good.

Comments:
I'm not good at grammer, so today's activities were very good for me. I learned lots.

Time spent for activities:
50 minutes.

WEEK 10

Site: http://www.wordengine.jp/redirect

Topic: vocabulary

Words I learned:
*amendment (revision)
*mutual (reciprocal)
*earnest (serious ⇔ frivolous)
*distort (misrepresent)
*allege (assert)

Rate of the site:
quite interesting! good.

Comments:
Today's activities were like game. I enjoyed studying (playing) in this site. I want to continue to use this site.

Time spent for activities:
30 minutes.

WEEK 9

Site: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1111/111115-2012_olympics.html

Topic: Missiles to protect 2012 Olympics

Words I learned:
*deploy (position ⇔ concentrate)
*diplomat(s) (ambassador(s))
*disguise (camouflage ⇔ reveal, expose)
*boost (improve ⇔ hinder)
*undercover (secret ⇔ open)

Rate of the site:
Good level. It was not too hard.

Comments:
I didn't know that there were some attacks by the terrorists at the past Olympics even in 1990s. In addition, the fact that China prepared for such terrorism when the Beijing Olympics were held in 2008 surprised me. I hope that nothing will happen when the London Olympics are held in 2012.

Time spent for activities:
40 minutes

WEEK 8

Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

Topic: New evidence of water on Jupiter's moon

Words I learned:
*evidence (proof)
*habitat (natural territory)
*fracture (break)
*suspect (guess, doubt)
*terrain (land)

Rate of the site:
quite difficult!

Comments:
Today's listening was hard for me because the topic was technical (very astronomical!). I had to make sure of each word while I was listening. However, the story was interesting. That was a good point : )

Time I spent:
about 30 - 40 minutes.

WEEK 7

Site: http://www.elllo.org/

Topic: Listening #1025 False Praise

Words I learned:
*compliment (praise ⇔ blame)
*deserve (merit,earn ⇔ be unworthy of)
*polar (opposite)
*baby (spoil ⇔ be strict with)
*entitlement (right)

Rate of the site:
Fine.

Comments:
This site is better than the previous one. It is more comprehensible to me.

The time spent for activities:
40 minutes.