It started snowing at midnight and keep snowing all day long. This is the second time I have gone through so much snow in Sheffield. Although I get used to that snow is falling in Japan, I am surprised at the fact that it snow still in Nov…

At last I finished my speaking exam, which includes listening and group discussion which I am not good at. In my opinion, I did better than the previous time because I tried using relative clauses and the phrases which I prepared in indivi…

One of the my concerns about my school is that speaking exam will take place tomorrow morning because I have a problem with this topic, which is speaking ability, and my mark which I took in the previous exam was extremely lower than other…

Today is the first day I have ever seen that it snows in Sheffield. It is extremely cold so that I cannot go out without my gloves, which I bought in my near shop. The thing I really hate about this weather is that the streets are frozen s…

Even thouhg this is the step of brainstorming, the ideas I am thinking about my dissertaion are the following.1,Offshore business 2,lifelong education 3,motivating people 4,how to learn a lot from daily routine work 5,e business

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt5huMICEwU&feature=relatedDay after day I must face a world of strangers where I don't belong I'm not that strong It's nice to know that there's someone I can turn to Who will always care You're always there…

MBA degree courses I am applying for are the following:Sheffield (IELTS minimum 7) Glasgow (6.5) Bath (7) Bradford (6.5) Liverpool entrpreneur course (6.5)I have already received conditional offer from Sheffield. Other university I applied…

One of my problem about speaking is that I cannot speak fluently because there are a lot of pauses in my conversation, which is difined by hesitation. And my teacher pointed out that my sentenses are too simple to get high mark in IELTS ex…

One of my plans about enhancing my reading skills is to read a passage a day. So today I read the passage, which title is " I Praise of Amateurs". The main topic about this passage is that even though amateurs have contributed to the progr…

Some say that men and women are better suited to specific professions e.g. men as builders and women as nurses. Other say gender shouldn’t make a difference to career choice. Discuss.= This is my draft which is required the teacher's thoro…

I took IELTS exam on 20 November at Sheffield Harram University. I expect to get 6.0 overall score, which I have never got before. My latest score is 5.5. I heard that it need to take us three months studying to improve 0.5 band in IELTS.

Although there are several problems about my English, one of the worst weakpoints is speaking, especially speaking longer because what make me difficult to talk longer is that I am not good at handling linking words and making relative cla…

One of the most useful tips about IELTS speaking is to use an strategy which is called "expansion strategy". For example, when you come up with some keywords which you want to say in speaking exam, you should use the following question wor…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrwO8b9iq34It's not unusual to be loved by anyone It's not unusual to have fun with anyone but when I see you hanging about with anyone It's not unusual to see me cry, oh I wanna' die It's not unusual to go o…

As for me, I feel that tuition raising in university seems to become a significant arguement about education in UK because BBC radio and newspapers are reporting this topic all day long. Massmedia shows the behaviour of students who are an…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yiOqTG9Nno This old heart of mine been broke a thousand times Each time you break away I feel you're gone to stay Lonely nights that come, memories that flow Bringin' ya back again, hurting me more and more …

For me, I feel there are some interesting business trends about Japanese companies. One of the trend about Japanese companies is that they are eager to introduce English as 1st language for their internal use. For example, in case of Japan…

Although I was wondering whether I get back to Japan or not during my christmas holiday, at last I have decided to return to Japan. The most reason I am going to be back is that my younger brother 's wife gave the birth to a baby last week…

2 months ago I bought my bicycle at Decathron, which is located at near London street, next to my accomodation. It cost 100 pounds. The thing I really like about my bicycle is its design. It is streamlined, stylish and up to date. Moreover…

Yesterday we learned how to describe the complex graph. This is my short essay. Next week I want to hand in it to my teacher although it is not necessary for us to submit it. This graph shows the trend of typical daily demand for electrici…

Today I saw a drama in Lantern theatre in Sheffield. http://www.lanterntheatre.org.uk/ The theatre is located in houses place, outside citycenter. A drama was 'signalman' written by Charles Dickens. As for me, I feel it was difficult to un…

Today welcome meeting took place in our college in order to make a visiter give good impression about Sheffield. The visiter might be an improtant person for the college and university. I joined the meeting on account of the college staff …

Today I had a writing class about IELTS in the afternoon. The topic was to describe a graph. As for me, I feel that this class was quite practical to solve the writing section. For example, in the case of describing a bar graph we should u…

Although an autumn in Sheffield is usualy comfortable, today the weather was terrible. Is was a heavy raining and strong wind. Moreover, it was cold as if the weather was like at the beginning of winter. The kind of the weather let me down…

Today I tried listening to and taking a note about the Lecture of Martin Rees. At the beginning of the lecuture I was able to catch on the main point, but the more the lecuture was going, the less I could understand the contents. It was th…

Today, althoug I went quite tired that I took additional IELTS course last week, we went to yoga class for a change. Some people think yoga makes then more healthy on account of the traditional sports in India. Other people believe that yo…

My teacher told us that most difficult section in IELTS is reading. How should I cope with this section? The Teacher strongly recommended that we take a note before answering the questions. In my opinion, it is definitely worth considering…

Finally my essay is finished after my teacher revised it. In my opinion, a writing skills are getting improvring in proportion to the amount I wrote. Keep on writing any topic. The quantity of classes such as arts, literature and dance in …

I tried studying IELTS listening section in order to evaluate my progress about listening and note-taking skills.Section 4 is a short conversation. It is required to understand a general English situation. My score is 1/4. The persentage o…

What is the most important ability of using English for international student? One of the answers is a paraphrasing skill. For example, when I am listening to IELTS dialogue, the sentenses are different from the question. They are paraphra…