Ma name is Xena, from Jilin province China. I like to stay in new place and meet new people and to learn new cultures. Therefore I came to U.S.A, and I'm going to stay here for a long time.
I found that America is very interesting place. It is similar with China because both country have a lot of ethnic groups. For example, China has 56 different ethnic groups, and America has 60 different racial combinations for non-Hispanics and another 60 for Hispanics. I'm really interested in American culture, but it is very hard to define, so I'm studying the language now, then I'm going to figure out that what is American culture?
Describing a person is not hard, but describing self is very hard. I can say that I'm a goal-oriented person, but I like to receive other people's judgments. It might be negative, but I will accept some advices to improve myself.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
journal 8
Writing skills are very important in the university classes, so if the students have plan to take the university classes must focus and improve their writing skills.
First, we must know what is academic writing structual in English. There are three parts in an essay-introduction, body, and conclusion. Everybody knows this structual, but they usually don't know how to organize it. In Asian cuture, the main idea usually in the conclusion part, but in English writing, the main idea states in the introduction part, and the body part will supporte the main idea, then conclusion part sums up the essay.
Second, we should know academic vocabularys because it makes the essay more fresh and interesting. For example, the conclusion part restates main idea, but we shouldn't use same words that used in introduction part, so we have to use some synonyms to restate the main idea to make the readers feel more exciting about read the essay.
Third, we need to read more books to be familial with English writing. Some students still write a their native language essay first then translate it to English, so the sentences are strange for English readers. The best way solve this problem is to read a lot of English books. From reading we can learn new vocabularys and sentence structtuals.
It's hard to write an interesting academic essay because the topics usually very serious, but we need to make it amuse.
First, we must know what is academic writing structual in English. There are three parts in an essay-introduction, body, and conclusion. Everybody knows this structual, but they usually don't know how to organize it. In Asian cuture, the main idea usually in the conclusion part, but in English writing, the main idea states in the introduction part, and the body part will supporte the main idea, then conclusion part sums up the essay.
Second, we should know academic vocabularys because it makes the essay more fresh and interesting. For example, the conclusion part restates main idea, but we shouldn't use same words that used in introduction part, so we have to use some synonyms to restate the main idea to make the readers feel more exciting about read the essay.
Third, we need to read more books to be familial with English writing. Some students still write a their native language essay first then translate it to English, so the sentences are strange for English readers. The best way solve this problem is to read a lot of English books. From reading we can learn new vocabularys and sentence structtuals.
It's hard to write an interesting academic essay because the topics usually very serious, but we need to make it amuse.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Journal 7 Cnn news program
I don't usually watch TV, but if i turned on TV, I would love to watch CNN news channel. The CNN news channel has the quickest and various news from around world.
I would like to watch CNN news because I can immediately get some information from this channel. For example, September 11 I was at hotel in Beijing planning to go to Tokyo. I turned on TV and chooced CNN channel, well I was shocked by what I saw fromm CNN. It was like a movie, and CNN reporter said "...... a plane has crashed into one of the towers of the world Trade Center......". CNN was the first network to break the news of the September 11 attacks.
One more, I could get diverse news from CNN. CNN news covers from politics, business, sports, crime, entertainment, and tech, health, travel etc. I can get a lot different kind of news from CNN any time.
In sum, I can get many kinds of information from CNN promptly, so I would love to watch this channel.
I would like to watch CNN news because I can immediately get some information from this channel. For example, September 11 I was at hotel in Beijing planning to go to Tokyo. I turned on TV and chooced CNN channel, well I was shocked by what I saw fromm CNN. It was like a movie, and CNN reporter said "...... a plane has crashed into one of the towers of the world Trade Center......". CNN was the first network to break the news of the September 11 attacks.
One more, I could get diverse news from CNN. CNN news covers from politics, business, sports, crime, entertainment, and tech, health, travel etc. I can get a lot different kind of news from CNN any time.
In sum, I can get many kinds of information from CNN promptly, so I would love to watch this channel.
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