Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Lord of the Flies

1)  Describe the setting.

2)  Describe two of the characters.

3)  What do you think about this movie?

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Week 3 Corrections


Buyeo is located in the middle of Korea.  There is not very famous. But I'm very proud of my hometown.There is very important place in history. There was a capital of Bakjae. There is so many tourist attraction.

 

I grew up Incheon. There is a major traffic point. because There has international airport and harbor

 

There is a major traffic point.

There is a major traffic point.

 

Conjunctive adverb       because.    Conjunctive adverbs join two sentences.

 

There is a major traffic point because it has an international airport and a harbor.

 

I grew up Incheon.

I grew up in Incheon.

 

 

Because I'm an introvert, It is hard to speak in English to someone.

Because I'm an introvert, it is hard to speak in English to someone.

 

 

If anyone wanna play soccer with me, just tell me!

Form    third person singular subject + base form + s or es.

Wants to

 

Wanna    not standard written form

 

 

My merit is that I am prudent.  Because of this merit, I don't make a rash decision.  But, ironically it is demerit that i have a lot of things on my mind.

that i have

capitalize I

incorrect use of a conjunction

Ironically it is a demerit that I have a lot of things on my mind.

 

 

And my another Hobby, computer games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like suddenattack so much that i played all day long last year.  So i couldn`t studied well....... But i really like my school. aren`t you think so too?

 

But i really like my school. aren`t you think so too?

 

Tag questions ask for agreement.    

 

Positive statement / negative tag question

Negative statement / positive tag question

 

 Negative tag question / positive response

Positive tag question / negative  response

 

I really like my school.  Don’t you like it too?

 

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite movie is ‘Dead Poets Society’. So My motto is ‘carpe diem’ that mean seize the day.

 

My favorite movie is ‘Dead Poets Society’, so my motto is ‘carpe diem’ that means seize the day.

 

 

I’m from the south korea. I grew up in a state called Gwangju.

Capitalize the names of countries.   South Korea

 

Some countries use ‘the’ in their names.  The United States, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Congo

 

I’m from South Korea.

 

state called Gwangju

wrong word state

city

 

 

 

When I get diet, I do some exercise ( jogging etc ). At this time, I loose weight and my body get more healtier.

 

I get diet

I go on a diet

 

When I go on a diet, I do some exercise, like jogging.

 

Like, such as, for example

 

I loose weight

Wrong word    loose

lose

 

my body get

form

gets

 

more healtier

form of a comparative adjective

healthier

 

 

 

When the opportunity, i wants to do boxing later.

 

When the opportunity

Missing subject, missing verb

 

Capitalize I

 

Form

 

When I have the opportunity, I want to do boxing later.

 

How to be healthy, first, I evenly eat a lot of food.

 

How to be healthy

 

Rhetorical question don’t need to be answered.

Don’t use rhetorical questions.

 

I evenly eat a lot of food.

I don’t understand the meaning of this sentence.

 

I should exercise every day, because These days Increased my body weight.

These days Increased my body weight.

These days I’m gaining weight.

 

 

 

 

Jogging and push ups on the night

Get up early in the morning.

To ride a school bus

Eat slowly,eat evenly

 

Jogging and push ups on the night

Missing subject / missing verb

I go jogging and I do push ups at night.

 

Get up early in the morning.

To ride a school bus

 

I get up early in the morning to ride the school bus.

 

Eat slowly,eat evenly

Missing subject

I eat slowly.

 

I like every exercise and activity! so I`m enough healthy

 

!  comes at the end of a sentence, not in the middle.

 

I`m enough healthy

Word order

 

Adjective + enough

Enough + noun

 

I’m healthy enough.

 

I don't now why that deleted. Sorry to Proffessor So Now I replay to write assingment.

replay to write

rewrite

Thursday, April 3, 2014

week two corrections


Week 2 corrections

And I sometimes play food volleyball with my friends.

Incorrect use of a conjunction.   For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.   Conjunctions connect two sentences.

I think the best way to keep fit is not eat too much. So if i were hungry, i didn't eat too much.

I think the best way to keep fit is not eat too much.

Form     to + base form,   to + not + base form

I think the best way to keep fit is to not eat too much.

Incorrect use of a conjunction

If I were hungry, I didn't eat too much.

Conditional

Not real, but possible

Form

If I were hungry, I wouldn’t eat too much.

I like playing basketball, so I play a basketball with my friends at weekend.

Play basketball

On the weekends, on weekends              weekends = every weekend

Exercise is a great way to keep fit. I always do fifty push ups and I play table tennis 2 times a week. I run when I feel good. I sometimes play badminton with my friends at the courts near my apartment

Good job!!!

I sometimes walking and go jogging at night.

Missing verb

Go walking

I usually eat rice, eat fruit.

I usually eat rice and fruit.

I usually eat rice, and I eat fruit.

 

Actually, I seldom exercise and play sports.

Other frequency adverbs.   Hardly, rarely, scarcely, often, barely

I often stretch muscles of legs.

I often stretch the muscles of my legs.    I often stretch my leg muscles.

In fact, I do seldom excercise for keep fit regularly. It doesn't mean 'I don't like excercise'. I just do excercise for fun.

Word order

I seldom do exercise

for keep fit

to keep fit

I wake up every morning and 30 minutes in the morning and exercise before going to push up the habit of more than 10 times also use the stairs instead of using the elevator and walk to the nearest distance.

Don’t use Google Translate.

I like play table tennis, badminton. But nowdays I don't do exercise,.Because I'm busy.

I like play table tennis, badminton.

I like to play table tennis and badminton.

But nowdays I don't do exercise,.

Incorrect use of a conjunction.

Because I'm busy.

Incorrect use of a conjunctive adverb

Nowadays I don’t do exercise because I’m busy.

It is little tired but I can feel that my body is cleansed.

Base form + ed   and base form + ing can be used as adjectives.

Base form + ed modifies people

Base form + ing modifies things.

I’m excited (base form + ed) to attend Thursday’s evening class.

This evening is exciting.

I sometimes do martial arts, takkeon.

I sometimes do takkeon.

To sleep enough and to eat healthy food is also important way to keep fit but Koreatech don't allow that.

Koreatech don't allow that.

Simple present tense, form

Subject (third person singular) + doesn’t + base form

Even though you sleep well and take exercise every day, if you eat unhealthy food like a junk food or eat only what you want, you will get sick.

Do exercise

Usually I go to bed at 2A.M., so I'm so tired every morning.

Good job!!!

I agree, jason.

 Jason     Please capitalize the names of people, even the names of unimportant people like your English teacher.

I always drink water,and it keeps my fit very well.

it keeps my fit very well

it helps me to keep fit

I also do push ups in my spare time. I do push ups some. But I often do.

                                                                           Word order

                                                                          I do some push ups.

But I often do.

Incorrect use of a conjunction

I often do

Missing object.

I often do them.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Identify and correct


Identify and correct the mistakes

 

my hometown is Daegu. But now i am living in studio apartment near my university.

I major Mechatronics digital system. and I`m junior.

And I grew up in a Incheon. There are big and famous airport name of Incheon International Airport.And there are beautiful canal with cycle track. So if you want to go on trip using bicycle, you must passing there

I grew up Incheon. There is a major traffic point. because There has international airport and harbor

Because I'm an introvert, It is hard to speak in English to someone.

If anyone wanna play soccer with me, just tell me!

My merit is that I am prudent.  Because of this merit, I don't make a rash decision.  But, ironically it is demerit that i have a lot of things on my mind.

And my another Hobby, computer games.

I like suddenattack so much that i played all day long last year.  So i couldn`t studied well....... But i really like my school. aren`t you think so too?

My favorite movie is ‘Dead Poets Society’. So My motto is ‘carpe diem’ that mean seize the day.

Week 1 Corrections


Evening class corrections.  Week  1

 

I'm freshman.

The singular form of a countable usually requires an Article (a, an, the).

I’m a freshman.

I have 4 family except me.

There are four people in my family.

My hobby is too many.

Hobby countable

Too many + countable nouns

Too much + noncountable nouns

Too + adjective

Negative meaning.  I can’t drink this coffee because it’s too hot.

Emphasis   so many +   Count,  so much + Noncount, so + adjective

I have so many hobbies.

My habit is biting my nails. So my nails so short.

                                                            Missing verb (are)

FANBOYS   for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so      Conjunctions connect two sentences.

Incorrect use of a conjunction.

My habit is biting my nails, so my nails are so short.

My family members are parents, younger sister and me.

I have parents and a younger sister.

I'm 21 years old, sophomore in Koreatech.

Run on sentence.  Two sentences joined together incorrectly.

I'm 21 years old and I’m a sophomore at Koreatech.

Missing subject.  Missing verb.

I'm smoker. I know smoking is harmful. But i can't stop because of toxication.

I'm a smoker.

I know smoking is harmful but I can't stop because I’m addicted to nicotine.

My family is consisted of me, mother, father, and one older brother.

I have parents and an (one) older brother.

I don't well english. Because i'm korean it’s no wonder. But i want to well english. So i will endeavor in jason's class and talk to many foreigners.

I don't well english.

Missing verb.     Word Order.      I don’t speak English well.

Capitalize languages.

Because I'm korean it’s no wonder but I want to speak English well so I will endeavor in Jason's class and talk to many foreigners.

I'm 21 years olds.  And I live in Cheonan.

I'm 21 years old  and I live in Cheonan.

i'm a sophmore in koreatech and my majors in mechatronics control system. therefore i interest in green enery.

I major in Mechatronics.

My major is Mechatronics.

I study Mechatronics.

I’m a sophomore at Koreatech and my major is Mechatronics Control System.  Therefore I’m interested in green energy.

 

 

 

 

 

Buyeo is located in the middle of Korea.  There is not very famous. But I'm very proud of my hometown.There is very important place in history. There was a capital of Bakjae. There is so many tourist attraction.

There – I live there.    Location

There is + singular count noun, noncount noun.          Existence.

There are + plural count noun.                                        Existence.

There is not very famous.      Buyeo is not very famous.

There is very important place in history.      It is a very important place in history.

There was a capital of Bakjae.            The capital of BaekJae was there.

There is so many tourist attraction.

Form.  There are so many tourist attractions.

 

I’m from the south korea. I grew up in a state called Gwangju.

The United States, The Philippines, The United Kingdom, The Czech Republic

I’m from South Korea.  

I grew up in a state called Gwangju.

Wrong word.  State.

Correct word.  City.

I'm excited to hear this class.

Wrong word.     Hear.

Correct.     Take, participate in, attend

Gwangju is famous of delicious dishes.

Wrong word. Of.

Correct word. For.

 

 

I`m very happy to meet all of you and I wanna be with you closely.

Wrong word.  To be with someone = to have a romantic relationship with someone

Correct word.  To be close with someone = to be good friends

Rice is mainly eaten in the cafeteria.

Wrong word   rice

Correct word   meals ie breakfast, lunch, dinner

I mainly eat my meals in the cafeteria.

Of course I played with them soccer, football and so on.

Word order

Of course I played soccer, football, and so on with them.

Let's get along with together this semester.

To get along together

To get along with each other

This semester I live in dormitory Hanul.

Word order

Hanul dormitory

I grew up in Cheonan, Cheonan spent all of my school days.

I grew up in Cheonan (and) (so) I spent all of my school days in Cheonan.

Summer vacation is approaching the future, I plan to go on a trip with friends.

Summer vacation is approaching and I plan to go on a trip with friends.

I'm not good at English. so I'm afraid english but well I want to english.

I'm not good at English so I'm afraid of English but I want to speak English well.

 

 

 

Above all, Byungcheon doesn't have anything to play with, so I can't tell you about it.  Though I can't go outside to play, I'm fine that I'm making friends here.

Wrong word    play

Correct word       to hang out,   to hang out with someone  =   to spend free time with friends

Here is a great place to live because as you know people are kindness and mindful.

Wrong form   kindness noun

Correct     kind      adjective

I'm pleased you are my professor and expect next monday.

Wrong word       expect

Correct      to look forward to

I'm pleased you are my professor and I’m looking forward to next Monday.

If you want to see my play come to our performance

Wrong word               my play

Correct            me play the guitar

Sunday, March 23, 2014

What do you do to keep fit?

What do you do to keep fit?

            I think it is important to get enough sleep.  Every night, I go to bed early.  I sleep about seven hours a night.  I also eat fruits and vegetables every day.  I never drink soda and I never eat candy or junk food.

            Exercise is a great way to keep fit.  I do yoga every morning and I always do fifty push ups.  I live on a mountain, so I sometimes go hiking after I get home from work.  I sometimes play tennis with my neighbor at the tennis courts near my apartment.

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Evening class

담헌실학관 204

Our class will be TWO hours.
6:30 to 8:30