Shogo's NZ memories

  1.        Are there some other good cities in New Zealand? There are some developed cities in New Zealand. For example, Willington. Obviously, this is the capital city of New Zealand, so in many points such as infrastructure, accessibility, and service quality, Willington is good. What about Queenstown? We heard many things about Queenstown with so many attractive things in there. Sounds nice city. According to 100% Pure New Zealand, we can do so many things. For instance, riding on a gondola, cycling, golf, bungee-jump, and so on. As you can see, there are so many nice cities where people can have fun. On the other hand, according to 1news, Auckland placed in the 10 th most livable city in the 2023 Global Livability Index while Wellington placed in the 23rd. That means no other city is more livable than Auckland. Definitely, I got some interesting information.   2.        Do you think Auckland’s history is d...

  Introduction               Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, is a vibrant metropolis with a rich history that dates back centuries. Its evolution from a Māori settlement to a thriving cosmopolitan hub has shaped its identity and contributed to its unique cultural fabric. This article delves into Auckland's captivating past, highlighting its role as a former capital city and exploring key milestones in its history.   As the first capital city               The story of Auckland's capital city status begins in the early 1840s when New Zealand was still a fledgling British colony. 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, establishing British sovereignty over New Zealand. Shortly afterward, Auckland was proclaimed as the country's capital, chosen for its strategic location and potential as a major port. As the first capital, Auckland w...

  1.        Informal. 2.        All writers. 3.        Writing. 4.        Writer’s Block happens when we are not sure what comes next, or something is missing, or “just not right,” and we don’t know what to do about it. 5.        Writers. 6.        3. 7.        Tolle, E. 1999. The Power of Now. The New World Library 8.        Because it’s not a book, article, or something published thing. It was just a line. 9.        (sic) used in brackets after a copied or quoted word that appears odd or erroneous to show that the word is quoted exactly as it stands in the original. 10.    Not so much. 11.    Maybe around 10 times per life. 12.    He had 37 times experienced Writers Blocks. 13.  ...

 Yesterday, we did a reading. We read some kinds of the seven articles that we picked two days ago because we are here seven students, and we took each for five minutes and graded them out of five points. Overall, except for some articles, I had fun. I had some interest in it, so I graded with high scores, but I think I only marked full points for two articles because it was a game and an interview which were my favorites. However, other articles were interesting, but some weren't interesting or totally not fun thing, so I made a significant difference by marking them. That's why I got a bigger SD. My prediction of Ema's SD: 1.1

 How to make a coil basket: 1.        1. Cut Loya cane. (Get materials) 2.        2. Splitting cane into thin strips. 3.        3. Stripping leaves from a palm frond. 4.        4. Wrapping leaves with cane strips. 5.        5. Coiling leaf bundle. 6.        6. Wrap strips around the bundle about two times, then thread the strip through the previous coil to keep it together. 7.        7. Add new leaves onto the end of the last coil to make it longer and wrap it with strips. 8.        8. When the bottom part became good size, start making the sides go up vertically. 9.        9. Whole fronds can be used now.      10.    After that, a coil basket shall be completed. How to ...

 Panel1… Snowy: Whoa!!!!! Panel2… Tintin: Hey, what’s wrong? Panel3… Tintin and Snowy don’t speak but step back a bit. Panel4… Tintin: Stay with me, Snowy. I’m so scared…. Snowy: Yeah…okay… Panel5… Tintin: Oh, it is holding something… Snowy: It gave it to us! Let’s see inside! Panel6… Tintin: Oh, I found a fruit that I’ve never seen! Snowy: Is that delicious? Panel7… Tintin: Hey! It looks so happy! Snowy: Is this some kind of friendship? Panel8… Tintin: By the way, what is this? Panel9… Tintin: Do you know something about this? Panel10… Shopkeeper: That’s not a friendship thing! That’s like a declaration of war! They are starting to conquer the entire world! Panel11… Tintin & Snowy: OMG

  2023/5/24 Meeting Shogo Izumiya   1.       What did the others try yesterday? a.       Kan asked to make the journal formal, but it was way too difficult and long for him, so he asked again to make it simple and short. b.       Saran asked to make the journal more natural and close to New Zealanders’ sentences. c.        Ema asked to find the errors in the journal, so ChatGPT answered just errors, but that wasn’t what she wanted. She asked it again to show texts, so it answered a fixed version of the journal. d.       Lucas asked to make the journal like a newspaper, so it showed super-long 8 paragraphs and sentences, so he asked again to make it shorter. ChatGPT made it shorter and paragraphs became eight to three. e.       I asked chatGPT to give me the improved version of the journal, so it gave me the...

  On April 21st, we spent the morning finalizing preparations for our afternoon presentation on World War I. As a topic of immense historical significance, delving into the complexities of war in any country requires a significant amount of time and effort. Personally, I encountered some challenges due to my lack of focus, which resulted in a lengthier process of compiling the information. Nevertheless, we successfully delivered the presentation in the afternoon. Completing this presentation marked the end of a busy week for us. Throughout the week, we had the opportunity to deliver a total of four presentations and prepare one report. Juggling these multiple tasks demanded considerable dedication and hard work. However, despite our busyness, we managed to accomplish all our goals. Now that the week's responsibilities are behind us, I look forward to enjoying a well-deserved weekend. It will be a chance to relax and unwind after the demanding schedule we've had.

 Interesting things about the Tongan language.               Letters: A, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, NG, O, P, S, T, U, V, ‘               Vowels: A, E, I, O, U               Consonants: F, H, K, L, M, N, NG, P, S, T, V, ‘   To learn Tongan, you should keep in mind three behaviors (mindsets).               Mutual Respect = Faka’apa’apa               Loyalty and commitment = Mateaki’I Me’a               Humility & Generosity = Loto Too   To learn Tongan, you should find a purpose for why you learn it. Find a personal tutor or online materials. The website says Tongan has...

 I read “Five Go Adventuring Again” which is one of the “The Famous Five” series. This story was interesting and pretty simple to understand. They are very brave and made me laugh. I like that this unreality scale means children are encouraged to do something and I had fun. I like mystery and think the length of the story was right for my English level. I researched this series and found that they were very old, so I was really surprised. In addition, I understood the Five means Julian, Dick, George, Anne, and the dog named Timothy.

When I read a book, I care about many things like pictures, fonts, stories, reality, a good end or bad end, a story's atmosphere, and so on. I like clear pictures. It doesn't have to be colored. I just want to use it to imagine what the author wants to tell me. I like a book that uses the same font and font size all time because it's a kid's book that uses different fonts or sizes. I like the story which is related to the real. I usually think unrelated to the book while reading which means the book gives me an idea and I use it to think deeply. I like both good endings and bad endings. I don't care about ends, but the important things to me are how it goes to the end. Is the mystery in the book properly solved? What story does each character have and how will each character change? I like normal or good atmosphere stories. Dislike dark atmospheres story is not an obsession or anything, it's simply not my thing. When I read that kind of story, I feel depressed. ...

 19: yasou NiKKi...The pictures are a bit messy. 18: The Gigantic Balloon... The story is not interesting. 3: LITTLE TOOT... Too unrealistic to enjoy. 10: The Secrets of Droon... The story has a dark atmosphere. 21: Flight to Fear... Not enough pictures to make it visually enjoyable. 23: Kit Wrigh... Sometimes, fonts change makes it hard to read. 2: Cat Kid... Way too childish. 15: Junior Journal... The content is not so clear. 7: Ghosts... Scary. 24: The Big Split... This kind of story makes me sick.

 In this article, Stephen D. Krashen explained reading is very helpful for the development of literacy in both first and second languages, but many people do not do it for three reasons. First, many second language acquirers believe that learning rules and output practice is better. Second, they think reading is hard work and want to acquire easy processes. Third, many texts are not interesting, but comprehensible or reliable and may interesting, but not comprehensible. So, he did an experiment to prove his hypothesis that if we gave adult second-language students the right texts, we would see more free reading and clear progress in second-language acquisition. The four people, Mi-ae, Su-jin, Jin-hee, and Alma cooperated in this experiment. As a result, the amount of reading was quite different depending on their initial English skill and used a dictionary or not during the experiment, but they all got big vocabulary growth while I couldn't see Alma's data so clearly. From thi...

 April 23 rd , Today is the last day of this diary for homework. Actually, I did nothing, but only I went to the supermarket and bought some goods. We have “real” classes start from tomorrow that I’m looking forward them. However, I’m lazy, so I also think it’s somewhat of a hassle. I will write a diary again when I want to write and it will be more than 150 words.

 I got 540 points!

 On April 22 nd , it’s Saturday! I went to the Unipol Gym and did some work out. I always do this every after school. It was hard as usual I mean, I can make it easy and even hard, so I always make it hard for training my body. Although, I got a problem when I went back home. The bus stop where I wanted to go was occupied by some boys. Looks like they were all older than me, taller than me, and louder than me. So, I waited until they leave. After they leave, I got close to the bus stop and sit on a chair, but it was very smelly with the smell of alcohol and other drinks. I had a bad time a little.

 On April 2 nd , we got so tired because we already had over 10 hours on the airplane, so we were sitting in it and did nothing. Of course, the airplane contained some contents, but nothing interested me, and we waited for three or four hours to ride in the next airplane to go to Dunedin after we arrived at Auckland. While we waiting, I bought some food and drink, which was the first time to do shopping in New Zealand. That was like a nervous feeling, but wasn’t a bad experience. I understood how to sell things in New Zealand. After that, it didn’t take so long to reach Dunedin. Anyways, I just want to tell you I got tired, we got tired, so give me a long break.

 On April 26 th , I got Tongan language for the morning class. Also, the other students got different languages that sound difficult. In fact, I wrote Tongan at the very beginning of class because my host family speaks Tongan and I don’t even understand what they talk to each other. I feel nervous about the class because I don’t know what we are going to do with the hour we have left in detail. However, I’m looking forward to being a little bit expert in Tongan to communicate with my host family in Tongan someday.

 On April 21st, we finished preparing for the afternoon's presentation and delivered it in the afternoon. It takes a quite long time because I picked World War I as my theme. For any country, war is a very long history. Army had fought in many places and dead many people in the war. Unfortunately, I'm not that focused, so it took me a really long time to put it together. Today, we finally finished all classes this week. We've delivered 4 presentations and made 1 report in this week which was so busy. I will enjoy myself so much this weekend.

 On April 20th, we visited the museum near the Otago Polytechnic and made prepared for tomorrow's presentation. Everybody said Toitu Museum, but I researched and heard about it from my host father that "Toitu" means a museum in the Maori language, so we were saying "Museum museum." I laughed a lot and had interested in it. In many places, Maori notations are written along with English. I thought learning the Maori language is one of the good options during staying in New Zealand a bit.