Sunday, May 30, 2010

Units 10 and 11: Amazing abilities and talents

In class last week, we talked a little about things we can do vs. things we could do.

Remember, "could" is used in two ways in English:

1) "Could" means future possibility.

"Could I borrow your phone?"
"When I finish university, I could become a teacher."

2) "Could" also means past ability.

"Could you play piano when you were a kid?"
"They could sing beautifully when they weren't tired."

It is important to pay attention to the other verbs in the sentence to understand which meaning could has!

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This week, I want to know what you think about your major at university.



Are you learning how to do things you couldn't do before now?
What could you use your knowledge for?
Do you know what classes you would like to take next semester?

Please write at least 50 words for your response, and post it here before class starts this week. I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Becka

11 comments:

  1. Yes, In present, more than 1 grade, I'm learning new thing before I couldn't do.
    That is 'public administration'. This major is amazingly surprise. This major is profound more than when I go to the elementary, middle, high school. But I'm interesting.

    Yes, I use my major everywhere. For example, I can know behavior of organization well more than past. Also, I can know personnel policy of group more than before.

    I want to take to classes next semester. I want to take many interesting classes, Represently, I want to take 'local administration' This thing is major subject. main problem is 'grassroots democracy'.
    I'm expected by that class.

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  2. I am learning the international culture studies.
    I'm very interested in Japanese language and culture.
    I took an introductory course in Japanese language at high scool.

    Now I am taking the advanced-level course at university.
    It is fun to learn Japanese language, but there is some difficulty.
    I've resorted to the dictionary and the internet site a lot.
    Besides Japanese, I would like to take Yoga class and three dimensional(3D) read drama class next semester.

    I want to take various classes.

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  3. I am a student and the police administration.
    I am learning judo, to arrest, police duties, criminal psychology, Criminal Justice Public Administration, etc.
    I could have to learn a lot.
    Before I go to college, do not learn these things.

    I called the police after a while working with professional knowledge will be used.

    I would like to next semester a presentation design and National psychology.

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  4. I taught at the University of police administration.
    My majors are criminal psychology, criminal justice, and the police are English, etc..
    I was interested in mystery novels.
    This course is very interesting to me, so that.
    Unfortunately, in high school, psychology, law, etc. did not learn about.

    It is useful for my major.
    In particular, the police and the relevant legal knowledge is more useful as learning.

    Major I do not know yet.
    I want to hear it, but other subjects are.
    I can not learn from major to gain knowledge on the part of art classes I want to hear.

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  5. I is the Administration. In summary, the empirical study of administrative phenomena in
    Is a social science research.
    Will narrow as the administration is telling the public administration, but, in a broad meaning
    When you write refers to happen in any group activity, after administration of the 19th century
    Come on class field of study is developed.
    Real estate courses now being taught, I Theory, Administrative Law, the organization and Operations Management, Information
    Is systemically. Classes are hard, but also the fun part.
    And they raise a graduate of Public Administration and civil service would be like looking at the civil service examination, and
    Get involved in business can also help width wide.
    After graduation, I'll see the civil service examinations.

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  6. I want to be a banker. So I had leaning economic in univercity . Before now ,I couldn't think about shares. and I couldn't know what is the economic crisis meaning.

    I can use my knowledge to ean money
    now I could use shares to ean moeny
    When I finish univercity I could become a banker.

    I want to study English more next semester. I want speak English very well.

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  7. My major is 'Public Administration'
    Manly studying company administration and goverment administration
    but I couldn't almost class contents so difficult understand.
    because this contents new study(not study high school, middle school also.)
    And class is boring.
    so I almost sleeping.....

    next semester I hope not sleeping in the class....

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  8. I couldn't know C lauguage before school started.
    But I learned in my major time.
    This subject is so detailed.
    So this subject learned difficult.
    But because of major I study harder.

    I studied differential and integral calculus in high school.
    This calculus used in major math time.

    I would like to learn aerobic dance class in next semester.
    Because I don't usual exercise.
    So next semester apply aerobics.

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  9. I am leaning C and C++ languages.
    I couldn't write programs with these languages before.

    These languages are basic to the computer technology.
    If I don't know these languages, I hard to get a job.

    I would like to complete a course in education.
    I wanted to learn this subject.

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  10. I want to be a teacher.

    So I am pass the 'teacher certification examination'.

    if I want to this take an exam, I had leaning teaching profession class in univercity.

    So I will register for a course, teaching profession class.

    And I want to next semester I will be take a educational administration.

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  11. * Are you learning how to do things you couldn't do before now?
    - I could't Engineering circuit analysis.
    (This is my majors)
    But, I bought related book in last vacation.
    I studid hard.
    Now, I'm very well.
    * What could you use your knowledge for?
    - base knowledge.
    If I know it,
    I find the answer of any related problem.
    * Do you know what classes you would like to take next semester?
    - Yes, I know .......................
    that is difficult.

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