Friday, April 9, 2010

Welcome :-)

Hello and welcome to my Sogo class. I hope we're going to have some fun.

As you already know, my name is Kamsin and I'm from England. This semester we will be reading three full length children's stories as well as some short stories and poems. I really like this stories and read them or watched movies of them (or both) when I was a child. If you haven't watched the movies already, why don't you do so before reading the books?

First we will be reading C.S. Lewis's 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'. You need to buy or borrow a copy of this book as soon as possible. I did not order any copies for Maruzen on campus, because I didn't know how many people would be taking this class. But you should be able to buy from any bookshop which has a reasonable selection of English books (e.g. Maruzen in Tsudanuma) or from Amazon (here).

But first, please leave a comment on this post to say hello, and tell us about some of your favourite books or stories when you were a child.

25 comments:

  1. Hello. I'm Yuka Kaido. I like reading the books and comics, especially fantasy stories. So, I chose this course. And my fovorite book is "MOMO". I'm really looking forward to taking this class!:) See you tomorrow.

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  2. Hi,I'm Sayaka Hodota. I thought I want to read and watch children's stories again, so I chose to take this course.
    My favorite book is "Little red riding hood". I"m looking forward to seeing you and taking this class. See you tomorrow.

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  3. Hi,I'm Erika Suzuki.
    When I was a child, I loved Alice in wonderland.I signed this course because I wanted to read and learn children's stories in English.
    See you tomorrow;)

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  4. Hi, I'm Miku Yoshikawa.
    I like to read English children's story, so i chose this course.
    My favorite book is "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".
    I like fantasy story.
    I'm looking forward to read some stories.
    See you tomorrow!

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  5. Hi, I'm Haruka Moriya.
    I like to read and watch children's story beacuse it makes me happy. So I took this class.
    My favorite book is snowman and peter rabbit. It is very heart-warming story.
    I'll do my best in this class! See you tomorrow!

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  6. Hi, It's Natsuki Baba:)
    I have been interested in stories from Disney , especially "Alice in Wonderland" since I was little.
    It's pretty nice to read children's stories and poems in English. Also, writing my own children's story should be fun! That's why I decided to take this class.
    I'm looking forward to seeing our teacher, Kamsin and all classmaes!

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  7. Hello. I'm Akane Ishida.
    My favorite book is "Guri and Gura". It is a Japanese picture book.
    I want to read the children's stories in English, so I take this course.
    I'm looking forward to meeting you and my classmates. See you tomorrow!

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  8. Hello.I'm Manami Oba.
    When I was a child, I liked to read and watch children's story. Then I want to read children's story in English now. So, I chose this class.
    My favalite children's story was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I watched the movie manytimes.
    See you tomorrow.

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  9. Hello.I'm Manami Oba.
    When I was a child, I liked to read and watch children's story. Then I want to read children's story in English now. So, I chose this class.
    My favalite children's story was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I watched the movie manytimes.
    See you tomorrow.

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  10. Hi! I'm Akane Ishida.
    My favorite book is "Guri and Gura". It's a Japanese picture book.
    I want to read the stories in English, so I take this class.
    I'm looking forward to meet you and my classmates. See you tomorrow!

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  11. Hi, I'm Sayaka Hashimoto.
    I chose this class because I'm interested in English children's stories and authors.
    My favorite book is "the wonderful wizard of oz."
    I'm looking foward to meeting you.
    See you tomorrow.

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  12. Hello, I'm Junko Yamamoto.
    My favorite story is "The Little Mermaid".
    I'm taking a English teaching for children course, so I'm interested in this class.
    I want to learn a lot of things in this class.
    See you tommorrow.

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  13. Hello, I'm Chihiro Amemiya.
    I love to reading the books especially fantasy and comics, that's why I chose this course.
    My favorite book is Neverending Story.I'm looking forward to taking this class.
    See you guys tomorrow.

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  14. Hello,I'm Tomoko Ikeda.
    I like to read children's story because it makes my heart warming. I think deep messages are included in each stories. That's why I take this class.
    My favorite book is "I'll Always Love You".This is a sad story,howver, I learned very important thing from this story. This book is my treasure!!

    see yeah^^

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  15. Hi, I'm Maki Hatakedate.
    I want to know more children's story because to tell the truth, I don't know so many children's stories. My favorite book is "Little Mermaid". Nice to meet you!

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  16. Hi! I am Noriko Kaneda.
    My favorite children’s book is “Nezumi-kun No Chokki (Little Mouse’s Red Vest)”. I really like to read a book, especially stories for children, so I am really excited to have this course!! It must be fun to write children’s story.

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  17. Hi, kamsin. I'm Miho IRIE.
    My favorite book in childhood is "Kon and Aki". It's a Japanese picture book.

    I chose this class because I like you:) Also I really like reading Children's stories, especially the books written by Roald Dahl.

    Anyway, see you on Thursday!

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  18. Hi!I am Tomomi Yaguchi.
    My favorite book which is for childeren is "Chibikuro Sambo".when i read this in my childhood, i dreamed to eat pancake with "the tiger butter"!
    The reason why i choose this corse is...I really like to read books!Last year, i read 205books(but,almost Japanese books).
    i think reading children's book in english would be a good start to be accustomed to read english books, so i choose this class!

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  19. Hi! I'm Maki Sugasawa.
    When I was child, I loved reading Disney's books. Especially, I liked Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I also read stories which was written by Beatrix Potter.
    The reason why I chose this course is I wanted to get a chance to read various children's stories. I hope I can discover new things from these stories.

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  20. Hi! I'm Akane Okubo. I'm interested in children's story, so I took this class.
    I like Winnie-the-Pooh. Pooh is so cute!
    See you tommorow.

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  21. Hi, I'm Misaki Haseba.
    I take this class, because I like the stories that will be used in the class.
    My favorite stories when i was a child were 'Nontan' and 'Adventure of Elmar'.
    I hope i will enjoy this class.
    see you tomorrow.

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  22. Hello! My name is Yukari Matsumoto. I'm interested in childeren's literatures, that's why I chose this course. My favorite book is Peter Rabbit, because the characters are so cute. i want to enjoy this class.

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  23. Hi,my name is Rika Utsugi.
    I loved Children's story because it's always fun! When I was a child I loved "Beauty and the Beast". I'm looking forward to take this class.

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  24. Hello,I'm Yuki Okada.
    I really liked listening to stories that my parents read, especially SNOW WHITE before I slept.
    The reason I chose this course is writing children's story by myself sounds interesting.
    I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.

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  25. Hello, my name is Satomi Akasaka.
    When i was a child,I have been found of 'A Little Princess','Momo','Alice in Wonderland',and 'Throgh the Looking-Glass,and what Alice found there'.I liked them because they are fantastic and mysterious to me, and now Ilove them.

    I like to read books or poems and imagine the world of the story. I7m happy to be in this class!

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