Blog Homework 1: Welcome to English Composition B

Hi everyone and welcome to English Composition B. My name is Kristen Sullivan and I will be your teacher for this semester I hope you enjoy the class and that it is useful for your English study.

In order to become a good writer, it’s important to get a lot of practice. So in this class, in addition to the essay assignments, we will also occasionally have “blog writing” homework activities. I think this will be a good chance to not only practice English writing, but also to get to know your classmates a bit better, so I hope you enjoy this activity.

So, for our first blog writing activity I want you to introduce yourself to your classmates. Please write about 150 or so words about yourself. So I’ll start…

Let me introduce myself. My name is Kristen Sullivan, but please call me Kris. I have been teaching at Shimonoseki City University for over 4 years. I’m originally from Brisbane, in Australia. Have you heard of it before? It is the capital of Queensland and is located on the east coast of Australia. It’s famous for being a pleasant place to live, for the friendly people, and also for its beautiful beaches. I started studying Japanese when I was a primary school student, and came to Japan for the first time during high school for a school trip. I was in Japan for 10 days. Half of that time I travelled around Japan, and the other half I stayed with a homestay family in Saitama. This family was very nice and kind, and I think it was because of them that I decided to keep studying Japanese at university. When I was in my 3rd year of university I studied in Japan for 1 year as an exchange student. So, I have been living in Japan now, altogether, for over 5 years.

Anyway, that’s enough about me. Please tell us all about yourself! I’m looking forward to reading your self-introductions. And, don’t forget to give a small comment to the person who wrote before you.

See you in class,
Kris