| I went to "Dave's ESL Cafe". This site has many activities about studying English. One of these activities was the chat corner. It was flooded with foreigners. If you go there, you can communicate with different people. |
| First, I clicked "chat central" on the top page of "Dave's ESL cafe" and I typed my name and password. I could enter the room. I had a little chat with Eric on the Internet. This was first time for me to chat with a foreigner. Eric spoke to me freely. I asked him about his native country. To my surprise, he is Australian. |
| I'm going to visit Australia on January so this was a pleasant surprise. |
| By the way, I will go to Australia with my friends. Out trip will be eight days.. We are now planning what we will do during our travels. This casual meeting with Eric was a chance in a million to help us with our plans. |
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| Eric and Suncafe |
| Eric : i'm in noosa queensland Australia |
| Suncafe : Wow!! I'm Japanese. I'm going to go Australia on January!! |
| Eric : where you going in australia? |
| Suncafe : Goldcoast! Have you been there?? |
| Eric : yes its only about 2 jours drive south of here |
| Suncafe : I'm going to go beautiful sea and see the birds, etc... I look forward to visiting there ! Have you ever come to Japan?? |
| Eric : not yet but in about 18 months i should be visiting there |
| Suncafe : Why!! study?? |
| Eric : no, i am a esl teacher |
| I talked with him about Australians and about my study, etc. He was very kind and gave me a lot of advice. For example, about my job-hunt. I'm interested in mass communication. He told me about Australian broadcasting. He advised me to my join to a community course in Australia, because his friend did one course, a few months ago. What's more, he told me to try to for search a radio station that does online courses. Regrettably, I'm only going there for eight days. But when I go to Australia, I'm going to listen and watch the Australian TV and radio!! |
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| Next, I clicked "quizzes" on the top page of "Dave's ESL cafe". There are many quizzes. For example, grammar, geography, history, people, science, etc. I chose the world culture quiz of ESL cafe, because, I'm studying intercultural communication in this university. I like learning about cultures all over the world. This quiz contents weren't what learned in my university, but I could answer some questions. Probably, what I saw in movies in the past helped me. For example in the following sample question,I could guess the answer from what I had seen in American movies. |
| World Culture 1 Quiz |
| In the United States on Thanksgiving, most Americans eat __________. |
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| chicken |
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| turkey |
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| ham |
| The correct answer is turkey. Did you correct?? |
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| Finally, I tried to solve the "Animal Idiom Quiz" in the category of "Idioms, words, and Slang". Although I like animals very much,surprisingly it was very difficult. Here are two sample questions.Try the other questions yourself!! I solved them by a hunch. The answer were intelligible and benefited me!! Let's go to "Dave's ESL Cafe"!! There are many chances to learn about various other cultures!! |
| Animal Idiom Quiz |
| Mr. Evans was "in the doghouse" with his wife because he spent all day Sunday watching football instead of helping her clean the house. |
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| Mr. Evans enjoys watching football. |
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| Mr. Evans is going to build a doghouse for his dog. |
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| Mrs. Evans is angry with her husband. |
| The correct answer is "Mrs. Evans is angry with her husband". Did you correct?? |
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| When George asked Karen how she knew that William was getting married, she said that she "heard it straight from the horse's mouth". |
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| William told Karen that he was getting married. |
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| Karen and William are getting married. |
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| George told Karen that he was getting married. |
| The correct answer is "William told Karen that he was getting married". |
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