EAP Term 2 2022

  about me Tamon Yamamoto October 17, 2022  Hello, My name is Tamon Yamamoto. I'm  20 years old and from Osaka. However,  I moved to Hiroshima right after I was born and spent 18 years there, where facing the sea and surrounded by a lot of nature. I have a family of four and I am very close with them and have dinner with them every night.  I really love to hang out with my friends and we often go out to have a dinner or drive around. Since I became a college student, I have more choices of places to go and I feel that my life is much more fulfilling. What I am not good at is cleaning my room. I can't keep things organized, but I buy things I don't need and make a mess in my room. Therefore, I would like to learn to distinguish what I need from what I don't need Finally, I would like to talk about my goals. I have never taken TOEIC before, and I do not know how high I can get, but I will do my best to get a high score because this score will be highly evaluated w...

   I’m Japanese. I was born in Shiga prefecture, but I live alone in Osaka to commute university. My hometown is extremely countryside. However, everyone has a kind and warm heart.    There are four people in my family: my father, mother, older sister and I. My father works for a company. My mother and sister are nursery school teachers. Now, I live away from my family, so I miss them.   I major in English, because I want to become an English teacher in my country. I want to teach English to high school students. The reason I want to be a teacher is one of teacher. Thanks to him, I could find what I want to do and I’m studying here.     Then, my passion is traveling. I often travel in my country. I like to see things which I have never seen before. Moreover, in the future, I want to travel all over the world. This is another reason to study English. I want to talk with foreign people who I have never met. My other passion is listening to music...

  I’m Mayuko Nakamura, Japanese. I was born in Osaka which is the second largest city in Japan. I’m a student at Kansai University, but now I’m a student at the University of Otago. I have been studying English since I was 7 years old, and I wanted to speak English fluently and people who can speak Engli sh is required because of globalization so I entered Kansai University.    I like swimming and listening to music, especially KPOP songs, and eating food . I swam for 10 years. I go swimming when I feel tired mentally then I can refresh my mental. I often listen to upbeat music because it lifts me up. I sometimes listen to c alm music, but I don’t prefer it because I don’t want to feel sad when I listen to music. I always choose upbeat music to make me happy. My favorite food is everything that my mother makes. She is good at making Japanese dishes, I would like to provide some examples, but I cannot choose the most delicious dish. I want you guys to eat dishe...

   Hello, everyone. I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Ayano Yoshiike. My name is written as 吉池　彩乃 in Japanese. I’m from Nara prefecture. It is located in the central western area of Honshu, Japan. My prefecture is surrounded by mountains, thereby, it’s got a lot of nature.       I’ve got a lot of hobbies; however, I particularly enjoy eating food. I like a wide variety of food such as Japanese cuisine and Chinese cuisine. For example, I went to Christchurch last week. I ate more than 4 meals in a day. As a breakfast, I ate a delicious pancake. For lunch, I had a beautiful egg benedict with pulled pork. Then, I had a fantastic lamb at a famous restaurant. Subsequently, I ate ice creams. I really enjoyed the food. I’m obsessed with food.    I have four people in my family, my father, my mother, my young siter, and me. We are very close, but we sometimes get into arguments. For example, my young sister thinks I am immature. She makes fun of me....

  I haven’t a lot of experience with computer games. It doesn’t grab me and I don’t enjoy playing games at all, but I can imagine why a lot of people do like it. Computer games are very attractive designed. It has elements of action, problem-solving and virtual connection with others. Besides playing computer games can be fun, it can also be an escape from all the things that give you stress on your daily life. Therefore, playing games can be used for relaxation and a way of avoiding problems for a while. The virtual world with a lot of fantasy elements feels then great to be in. This is the dangerous part of gaming. Science showed that computer games are very addictive. Especially if you have a negative self-image or less social contacts. It removes negative feelings but don’t resolve the underlying cause. Another reason why it can be difficult to stop gaming is social pressure when a game is played in a team.

  A lot of kinds of computer games are being produced and people are playing games by using them most of the daytime. When a new game is re leased, people try to buy it as soon as possible. Therefore, playing games is becoming a trend of the world. I believe that both advantages and disadvantages would occur by playing computer games.   Firstly, we can communicate with friends withou t meeting . In other words, we can “meet” friends online by playing computer games. When I had to isolate for 1 week, I felt lonely, and I wanted to connect to someone. Then, my friends suggested we can “meet” online, we can play a game together. At that time, I had never played a computer game, so it was the first time to play, but it was fun, and I was glad to talk  to my friends. From my experience, p laying computer games can allow us to connect to someone without meeting.     On the other hand, there are disadvantages. It is the point at which we become too ...