February 1st, 2008

1. Q.Watch the Powerpoint presentation. Write a summary of the key points (in Japanese or English) on your blog.
A.

2. Q. What is the purpose, objective, of a newspaper company?
A. They gives us true.

3. Q. What is the purpose, objective, of a television company?
A.They gives us true, laugh and impression.

4. Q.What is the purpose, objective of Yahoo! or Google?
A. They tells us anything.

5. Q.The purpose of all the above is to make money. That is the purpose of all these businesses. How do they make money? By getting as many readers or viewers (”eyeballs”) as possible. If their purpose is to get as many readers or viewers or “eyeballs” as possible, then what kind of news will they publish? Give 2 or 3 examples. What kind of news will they not publish? Give 2 or 3 examples.
A. They publish big news.
They not publish boring news.

6. Q.Find a news article in English that interests you, and write about it on your blog. Write a summary of the article, then your thoughts about it, and any interesting English words or expressions or grammar you learned from reading this.
A. My interest news is "Medicinal in the food." This news is very scary. Because medicinal in Gyoza!! I like Gyoza but I can't eat Gyoza temporarily.

7. Read your classmates’ blogs and comment on them on your own blog.

8. Make sure your blog posts are all up to date. February 8th is the last class! I will use your blog posts to decide your final grade, so make sure your blog posts look great! Impress me!!