EAP Term 2 2022

Introvert, Sensing, Feeler, Perceiving → "The Artist" artistic, creative, loyal, independent and sensitive. You have a keen appreciation of beauty, and are easy to get along with.  ------- I partly agree with these results. I think I am a CREATIVE person. Because I like to write my own stories since I was a little girl. I don't sell them, I just enjoy them myself, but it is fun to immerse myself in my imaginary world. Then again, I think I'm a good people person. I like to think about my friends and work with them. However, I don't really agree with you on the rest. I get bored easily when I go to museums, and I don't think I can understand art very well. Even in high school, my grades in art were not very good. In conclusion, I partly agree with this result.

  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 ...

The benefits of games are that they relieve stress and, depending on the game, allow people to join a gaming community. For the elderly, they can also prevent cognitive decline. On the other hand, a disadvantage is that they spend too much time playing games. Other problems include overcharging and addiction. I think it's important to decide time to play the game beforehand .

 This topic is so interested for me because I love playing online games. What surprised me the most is that games can help reduce stress. I think it's amazing that you can scientifically reduce stress by doing what you love. On the other hand, the downside is that I am addicted to games. I think it is best to play in moderation.

 Actually, I haven’t much experience of playing computer games. However, I like playing a game. When I was a child, I sometimes played a game. According to the slide show, playing a game affects our mental health. It will reduce our stress. It is benefit that impressed me most. In fact, when I have a bad day, I sometimes play a game. I can forget bad things and I can refresh. I can spend next day happily. On the other hand, there are some drawbacks. For example, children use offensive language because of the game. More and more children play fighting game, so in some cases, these games have a negative impact on children.

  Computer game has become one of the great phenomena in the digital age . The reason for this is quite understandable. People have a lot of pressures from work, study ,  personal problems,… and computer game offer an except from every day problem. There are two sides of computer game. The good side is that can improve motor skills, cognitive functions, faster and more accurate decision making, social activity and team work. On the flip side, computer game can become addictive. Some people spend too much time in the imaginary world of computer game, they loose connection to the real life, In addition, sitting in front of a screen for prolonged period can cause a declined physical and mental heal th.

  What the world   most is concerned about right now is hunger and disease. This is an extremely important issue so I expect that in 2042 next developments in the digital revolution will   create these breakthroughs below: 1.      Create the personalize medicine or therapy : This idea can solve individual treatment in order to increase the average human lifetimes. 2.      Innovation of the adaptive agriculture machine: This machine will create the seed can grow on any types of soil wherever around the world, event the most extreme cases such as desert or North Pole , it can still grow well and without too use the pesticide or fertilizer. Besides the above benefits, there has still   some potential disadvantages. When the average life expectancy of people increased, there will easily occur the population explosion   lead to many severely bad effects such as : environmental pollutions, shortage of houses, social proble...

For the impression of computer games, I think the two phrases "entertainment" and "virtual world" are most suitable for modification. I also like playing online games with my friends. This is very helpful for the promotion of friendship and the pleasure of mood. As for a series of benefits described by 'Ahead of the Game', I was most impressed when talking about improving responsiveness. Of course, computer games also have some disadvantages. Harmful to eyesight and possible waste of time caused by excessive addiction to games are potential problems. So I suggest that you should not forget the beauty of real life while playing games properly!

　I think computer games are quite enjoyable things because we can keep in touch with people who live in other countries through them and, I don’t have much experience of playing such games, but I used to do Nintendo switch! I was not good at that, though.  I was impressed most about gamer are good at multitasking. In my opinion, they can communicate with people and then do same tasks while cooperating, so they have multitasked skills. On the other hand, I think one particularly drawback is bad effect for eyes. If they do games long long time, that is not fine.

  I have little experience in playing games. However, I like doing them with my friends. I remember the content of the slide show, Ahead of the game which described some benefits of playing games. I was impressed with the fact that playing games help us improve our development. I thought it’s fascinating because children can develop their skills with fun. Generally, students study with textbooks and they get bored. I think games will change this greatly in a good way. Although they are useful tools to develop us, I assume there is a con. I anticipate that children may be addicted to them. I believe games are made to make people concentrate on, so some children will suffer from game addictions. However, if parents or teachers set timer and stop children playing games for a long time, it will be fine. I believe games will bring benefits to education.

I like to play computer games. I often play computer games with my Japanese friends, not only when I am in Japan but also now when I am in Dunedin. I often play party games like Human Fall Flat and Overcooked2. All of these I bought because I saw YouTubers playing them and wanted to play them. I think computer games can enjoy excitement feeling that they cannot get during normal life. For example, there are no monsters in normal life and no getting lost in a mysterious world. But in a game, that's the way it's supposed to be, and we can play alone or with friends. That's why people like computer games. One of the slides that particularly impressed me was the point about computer games improving lives. Since computer games are often had as bad things that create addicts, I did not expect them to point out the good side. But it is also true that it creates addicts. We enjoy it so much that we want to go on forever. The result can be sleep deprivation. It is no problem that en...