Thursday, May 27, 2010

Blog six

Task
Vocabulary: Telephone expressions
a.8
b.4
c.1
d.6
e.2
f.9
g.7
h.3
i.5

Question
1.We had a convercation of business phrase by phone.
2.Yes, I did. I intrested about having different expressions from English phrase and Japanese.
3. It was very difficult for me. Because I can't express in English about keep ideas flowing smoothly from my brain to my mouth in Japanese.
4. I learned about different of expressions and phrase when I didn't hear and understand the other parson.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Blog Five

Task Five
Phrase bank: Telephoning
1.
(b)C
(c)C
(d)R
(e)R
(f)R
(g)B
(h)C
(i)B
(j)B
(k)B
(l)B
(m)B
(n)C
(o)C
2.
I think "Could you...?" is used when we express "needs of right" , "one-side demand"and "base on needs of problematics", so "Could you ...?" is better than "Can you...?".

Question
1.We listened voicemail and collected the content.
2.Yes, I did. Because I could study about pronunciations of "-ed".
3.It was difficult for me. Because the pronunciations of lestening to two telephone calls and answer the questions is very fast, so I couldn't hear too much.
4.I learned about how to tell imprtant information in a few words.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Blog four

---Dinner reservation---
INFORMARION
I need…
・the rerutrant's position(easily)
・menu
・possible reservation time
・the price
I give...
・the number of reservation member
・reservation time
・nonsmoking seat or smorking seat
・my telephone numder

---Hotel resarvation---
INFORMATION
I need...
・type of guest room
・check in and check out time
・leisure spots around the hotel
・whether the hotel has pick-up bus or not
・the price
I give...
・arrival time
・the number of visitors
・my telephone number
・how to go there(by car or train)
・hope type of guest room

Question
1.I studied about making call.
2.Yes, I did. Because I listened to calling conversation in English for the first time.
3.It was difficult for me. Because I'm weak in telephone manner in Japanese, so I confused these activities.
4.I learned how to say in terephone manner and get information.