Training time
Since I learned English in a school, one thing I don't know very well.
What is RALLY?
It looks like something in which we can take part in order that we say personally to ourself, "I can do it!"
I was wonderig if I would participate in this kind of competition also...because I always forget to write down my training time even if I listent, read, write and speak foreign languages for more than many hours, I am poor at doing it... but I must try to write down time. It is very nice to think about my own condition any time.)
I am very sorry for not having written it well.
7th of July celebration, "Tanabata"
The 7th July celebrations or Star festival almost always include branches of bamboo with colorful decorations at home, in subway stations, and in main streets in some cities like Sendai and Hirastkta. And they go far back in a Chinese legend. Kengyuu (the star Alter) meets Orihime (the star Vega) only once a year on this day over the Milky Way called "Amanogawa" in Japanese.
On this day, people write their wish on a stripe of paper, "Tanzaku", hanging it on the branches of bamboo.
This year, I wrote my wish about improving my English.on bamboo tree during Yube.
Unfortunately, I wrote my wish in French...
"J'ai envie d'obtenir plus de huit cent points pour TOEIC."
It translates as "I want to get over 800 points for TOEIC."
Personally, I would like to improve two languages at tht same time. My first target score is 60% for TEF, Test d'Évaluation de Français.
In the near future, maybe in september, I will go to France to take TFI, Test of French Internatinal (by ETS) which we cannot take in Japan.
I hope that my dream will come true like a story of Tanabata.
My training of English
Oh it has been a long time since I wrote down my article.
Personally, I have been taking lessons of English since 13 january to prepare a Next TOEIC test of 25 March.
Every day I listen to English Trainer and repeat every phrase... I think it is a good practice. I spend 1, 2 or 4 hours for my English training.
Bien sûr, j'écoute, parle, lis et écrit le français aussi.
Of course, I listen to, speak, read and write French also.
Since 30 August, I have been execisint one book.
My English training of this book, "Ondoku Drill" will be almost finished.
I feel that English is a little easier to listen to, after pracing my English training... But I will continue this practice. I will write down VOS special English News for the next practice.
I took TOEIC at Keio University on 22 october.
This time, I could do the best for the listening section, but I did not answer all questions on Part7, especially double passage section. I think I did not answer the easiest one on Part7. If there is 10 minutes for reading section, I will answer all the questions...
I took TOEIC today.
Oh terrible!
I went to Tokyo university to take TOEIC. It's a very large university.
I could not answer all the questions during the test. Reading section, especially Part 7 is difficult to finish.
Tomorrow, I will take the airplain to go to Hongkong and to Paris.
I have just started my training for TOEIC !
In spite of my hard work almost 10 hours a day, I listen to many pod casts in English, in French, walking in the street, in the train....every day.
Especially, I have just bought a new book, Ondoku Drill the day before yesterday. Since yesterday, I have been practicing my English with this book.
A series of my training is the following.
1) Listening to one lesson without reading the transcript (once)
2) Reading the traduction written in Japanese (once)
3) Reading the transcript in English very carefully (three times)
4) Listening to one with the transcript (once)
5) reading aloud the transcript over listenting one lesson (three times)
6) reading aloud it without listenig it (twice) Second time, checking the time, how long it takes
7) Listeng it without the transcript (once)
I think that this training is good.
