This Blog is due by this Thursday, December 17th, 2012, 11:59 PM (PST). 1. In 50-80 words reply to the following: Discuss what you learned from Net Academy and what features you used. 2. In this week's blog watch the following video screencasts by Ayaka and then by Himawari. In 50-80 words, say whose video presentation you felt more of a connection in to in terms of your life experience. For commenting on the person’s video you can comment on the following things: the sound quality, her pronunciation, the choice of visuals and how you felt about the content of her presentation. Also answer the question that follows the end of the video.

This Blog is due by this Thursday, December 13th, 2012, 11:59 PM (PST). 1. In 50-80 words reply to the following: Express what you have learned from Dianna Laufenberg’s message about making mistakes . 2. In this week's blog watch the following video screencasts by Rie and then by Mio. In 50-80 words, say whose video presentation you felt more of a connection in to in terms of your life experience. For commenting on the person’s video you can comment on the following things: the sound quality, her pronunciation, the choice of visuals and how you felt about the content of her presentation. Also answer the question that follows the end of the video.

This Blog is due by this Thursday, December 6th, 2012, 11:59 PM (PST). 1. In 50-80 words reply to the following: Have you ever read a graded reader such as the Penguin Readers, Oxford Bookworm Series or Heinneman? If so, what story did you read? Did you like it? Would you recommend the book to another classmate? Whether you have read a graded reader or not, comment on what the advantages are for reading easy-to-read books. 2. In this week's blog watch the following video screencasts by Mika and then by Ayano. In 50-80 words, say whose video presentation you felt more of a connection in to in terms of your life experience. For commenting on the person’s video you can comment on the following things: the sound quality, her pronunciation, the choice of visuals and how you felt about the content of her presentation. Also answer the question that follows the end of the video.

This Blog is due by this Thursday, November 29th, 2012, 11:59 PM (PST). 1. Reply to at least two other student's blogs from last week and respond especially to how they wrote about their strategies for studying vocabulary. 2. In this week's blog watch the following link by Ferris student. In 50-80 words, answer her question and comment on her video. For commenting on her video you can comment on the following things: the sound quality, her pronunciation, the choice of visuals and how you felt about the content of her presentation.

This Blog is due by this Thursday, November 22nd, 2012, 11:59 PM (PST). Listen to my comments to you and to a few other students at the following link 1. Reply to at least two other student's blogs from last week and respond especially to how they wrote about learning from their mistakes. 2. In this week's blog write in about 50 words about a specific example where you learned from your mistakes in either this class or another class your are studying in at Ferris. 3. In about 50-80 words discuss three different strategies for studying/reviewing vocabulary.

This Blog is due by this Thursday, November 15th, 2012, 11:59 PM (PST). Listen to my comment to you and to a few other students at the following link 1. In about 50 words, talk a specific example where you learned from your mistakes in either this class or another class your are studying in at Ferris. 2. Look at the following two videos In 50-80 words explain the educational benefits of following points: (a) the difference in speaking speed (b) the use of subtitles (c) the subject matter (d) the level of vocabulary (e) the use of visuals to understand the words.

This Blog is due by this Thursday, November 1st, 2012, 11:59 PM (PST). Listen to my comment to you and to a few other students at the following link 1. In about 50 words, describe the contents of one reading article in Net Academy. Say the what the story was about. 2. In 50 words comment on the following point: Some people say that the secret to success is making mistakes. Do you think this is also true about learning a language? Please explain your answer.

This Blog is due by this Thursday, October 24th, 2012, 11:59 PM (PST). In about 100 words, answer the following 2 questions: 1. What is your impression of my comments to you and the other classmates at the following link ? 2. What did you learn while using ALC Net-Academy this week?

This Blog is due by this Thursday, October 18th, 2012, 11:59 PM (PST). In about 50 words, describe your first impressions of using ALC Net-Academy?