The sixteenth message

Dear LaLa,
Thank you for your sixteenth message. My comments follow.
Sincerely,
Prof. Sue Stiner
 
Dear Dr. Stiner
Thank you for your reply and the corrections of my English.
I always can feel some feeling of happiness when you told some 
things about your family in your messages.
that like energy has encouraged me when I had be in doubt .that make me 
feel so warm.
Thanks, LaLa, for your very kind words.
Well I would like to introduce my favorite holiday.
I love holiday very much .
As you know ,In China ,we follow the old(lunar) calendar in the main 
holiday like the New Year , the ZhongQiu Festival et cetera.
Also, as to birthdays, the dates are funny.
For example, if my birthday is on Oct 25 on the old calendar, in 2004 on
the solar calendar it will be Dec 6. Sounds confusing, doesn't it?
Yes, indeed! How do you ever keep the dates straight? Which birthday
do you celebrate? My kids would celebrate two!
So my birthday will be changed every year. as the New Year's day in the 
solar calendar . In China ,one of my favorite holiday is called the ZhongQiu Festival . On the old (lunar) calendar, Aug. 15 is the Zhong Qiu Festival. The
moon will be really round on that day, and we eat a traditional cake called "moon cake." It is tasty. If you don't mind I'd like send it to you and your family.
I would love to have some of your moon cake. But sending it to me could
be very expensive. You don't have to do such an expensive thing.
During the Zhong Qiu Festival families sit together in a circle and chat
happily. Everyone in the family must be together on that day. If somebody works in another city, he or she should go home to be with their family.
Do you get to go home in August for Zhong Qiu or do you have to stay in
Japan?
In Japan, my favorite holiday is the Bon Festival, on the 15th of July
on the lunar calendar. They have many song-and-dance festivals.
Japanese follow the solar calendar for the main holidays like New Year's
Day and birthdays, so their birthdays are always on the same day every
year. It is simple.
In the song-and-dance festivals season, we put on an informal cotton 
kimono(for summer wear) called "yukata", enjoy the display of fireworks. eat "yakisoba" that fry noodles, various ice cream and chocolate banana .
The summer festivals, especially O-Bon, sound like such fun.
I am so sorry about the CPA of ERNST&YOUNG SHINNINHON 's English URL ,
that is too simple.
Don't worry about it, LaLa. I am surprised that so many Japanese
companies have English pages at all. In the US only the very largest
companies have pages in other languages. Most companies, including the
large ones, have web pages in English only.
[HOMEWORK]
1.Yes ,Japanese professors do .
2.My answer is
2-1 Why did you take this course? (You may give more than one reason.)
  Because this course is a new type of course for me. I can learn accounting and English at the same time in this course.
2-2 What helped your learning in this course?
 I experienced American education , American family ,and a lesson 
on web site. I learned American accounting and how to e-mail with American professor by English .
2-3 What slowed your learning in this course?
 My English slowed me learning in this course. 
2-4 Can you think of anything to make this course better?
 I think if we can hear more English in part of lesson will make 
this course better. 
2-5 What was the hardest part of the course? Why?
 For me, it was to read a lot of data on the web sites. I read English
very slowly.
2-6 What was the easiest part of the course? Why?
 Homework was the easiest part of the course. I found the answers quickly.
2-7 What could you do for yourself to make this course better?
  I did my best try to read all of information on your lesson, I opened your message on Monday or Tuesday and print all of message then study to 
Thursday. 
2-8 What could the American professor do to make this course better?
 I think it nothing, because Dr. Stiner 's education is so careful.
2-9 How easy (or hard) was it to get to the weekly lesson on the web?
 I got to the weekly lesson on the web easier. 
2-10 How helpful was the weekly lesson web site?
 I can read the English web site. 
2-11 What problems did you have in getting to the web sites?
  I had no problems. 
2-12 Each lesson had several links to other web sites, such as Applied Materials. How helpful were the web sites given in each lesson?
 the other web sites made me to understand the accounting theory easier.
2-13 Did you learn anything new from the holiday (July 4, Halloween, 
 Thanksgiving) web sites?
  Yes , I did. Before I knew these on TV or movie, but now I knew these on web.
2-14 Was the English used in these lesson too hard?
  I think the English in lesson was enough easier . the English in other web site was hard but it was good for English learner.
 Sincerely yours, 
 LaLa
Thank you very much for your evaluation, LaLa. I will use your comments
to make the lessons better for the next class.
Working with you was a great experience for me. If you come to the US,
please visit me. I would love to see you and your husband! Both of you
are welcome to stay at my house any time. Best of luck on the rest of
your studies. When you make your homepage for this course, please send me the URL. I want to see your page, LaLa.
This is the last lesson: sayonara. It is at:
http://www72.homepage.villanova.edu/susan.stiner/cgu/sayonara04.htm
Just for fun, here is a link to a Thanksgiving crossword puzzle.
http://iteslj.org/cw/1/af-thanks.html
Crosswords are popular with people of all ages in the US. Click on the
"check answers" button to see the answers.
 
 
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