Speaking practice 0811 I would be glad if you could point out colloquial awkwardness as well as mistakes. Thesis; Will printed newspapers become obsolete in the Internet-driven 21st century? Since the internet has become common, it has long been discussed whether printed publications replace to e-book or not. Physical books have several advantages. However, speaking of newspapers, I agree with the statement that it will become obsolete in the current technology-oriented society. First, people have become able to get information anytime, anywhere thanks to the internet. Even if we were to get newspapers in shops everywhere in a town, it would much easier to access information through devices. Furthermore, in today's hectic lifestyle, people don't have time to read a newspaper which takes more than 10 minutes in the morning. People can get information that they are interested in on the internet, so it is suitable for them to leaf through digital newspapers. Finally, information on the paper is not always updated because there is a time lag between information gathering and publishing. It is crucial whether the information is the latest or not as well as accurate. As for the freshness of information, printed newspapers never win the internet. For these reasons, I would have to say that a physical newspaper will become a remnant of a time long past soon. Thank you for reading this. >_<

Speaking Practice 0810 I would be glad if you could point out colloquial awkwardness as well as mistakes. Thesis: Is it possible for developed countries to sustain the present standard of living? The standard of living in developed nations has advanced dramatically for the past half-century. However, given the current situations facing some difficult problems, I would have to say that today's society is far from sustainable. One of the biggest problems is energy issues. While people today are much relying on electricity, the use of renewable forms of energy like solar, wind, and hydro energy is still row-level because of their inefficiency. We are running out of scarce resources. Another problem is environmental issues. Many developing countries rush to make their society proper to improve the standard of living at the price of the environment. Some countries such as China and India have significant environmental pollution and the health hazard in their citizens is becoming fatal. And last but least, the labor shortage involved with an aging society is a major problem in many advanced countries. Decreasing the workforce makes the economy down, leading to a decline in society. For these reasons, I do believe that it is tough to sustain the standard of living considering the current social problems that societies have. We have to address these problems quickly before they become irrevocable. Thank you for reading this. >_<

practice 0809 I would be glad if you point out colloquial awkwardness as well as mistakes. Thesis: Can the consumption of meat be morally justified? People can survive by eating a variety of foods. The majority of people choose to eat animal meats, while some oppose that for religious or ethical reasons. In my opinion, the consumption of meat outweighs moral issues considering human history and nutrition. In the first place, only a handful of people select not to take in ingredients from animals around the globe. This simply means that eating animals doesn't involve ethical issues. Second, the current population growth was brought by ensuring nutrition. Historically, it has been urgent to secure food resources to feed citizens. Even in today's society that has many kinds of diets, animal protein is vital as well as a grain. Finally, although the vegan or vegetarian life is an option, we must not forget that fact that choosing what to eat is a luxury choice. There are still many people being on the brink of starvation around the world. Thank you for reading this. >_< I feel like this draft is going off-topic because I have to explain why that is "morally justified", but it was so hard to come up with ideas.

practice 4 I would be glad if you could point out colloquial awkwardness as well as mistakes. Thesis: Are the values of young people today different from those of the previous generation? Every person has his values. Various factors affect the formation of one's values, and so does the age. Even considering two perspectives, the view of life and work, it is obvious that the values of young people are significantly different from that of the elderly. First, people today don't consider that marriage is vital in their lives. In the past, it was thought that women should get married and have children for society. However, along with the women's empowerment, it is becoming an option not to have a family and child. Furthermore, the trend that society should accept diversity like LGBT people, has brought about the change of the concept of family. In these ways, the view of life has varied greatly through the ages. The generation gap in the view of work is also remarkable. People in the past think that lifetime employment or seniority system is common in working. However, young people today frequently change their jobs and incessantly seek out a new opportunity that is well paid or worth doing. Also, they tend to prefer keeping the work-life balance to hard-working for pay. To sum up, with the times, the values of people have been changing dramatically. The mutual understanding between generations is essential to form a hospitable society. Thank you for reading this. >_<

speaking practice 2 This is a practice for a speaking exam. I'm glad if you point out mistakes colloquially as well as grammatically. thesis: Can humanity overcome its violent tendencies? Violence is a reaction when something unpleasant happens. We have heard brutal cases on media almost every day. Although some people think that the atrocity trait that human beings have is innate and instinct, I do believe that violence is controllable by the efforts of individuals. First of all, we have reasoning skills enough to manage our feeling. We are not animals just obeying our instinct. Only a handful of people perpetrate violent incidences in society. To most people, it is unacceptable to both commit and receive violence, so we can live peacefully by controlling feelings and behavior. Moreover, many people today have a great awareness of the importance of anger management because they know that losing one's temper doesn't solve troubles at all. On the contrary, it makes it worse in most cases. Finally, history has told us about the significant effects of violence on society. Depending on violent actions to resolve troubles brings about only tragedic results, even if it were used as the last resort. In summary, although we have violent tendencies to some extent. However, we can manage ourselves by good sense, knowledge, and experiences. Thank you for reading this. >_<

speaking practice 1 This is a practice for a speaking exam. I'm glad if you point out mistakes colloquially as well as dramatically. >_< Thesis: Is society taking the issue of fake news seriously enough? Thanks to developments in information technology, people have become much easier to send and receive information than ever before. However, as the information people handle increases, the concern about its credibility also grows. Although Some people insist that they recognize the danger of fake news enough, I do believe that the effect of information is too significant to deal with in today's society. First of all, it is incredibly difficult to judge whether the information is real or not. While society becomes a glut of information, people tend to like smaller data in an article. Mass media also have limited time to cover in their program. This means that the information we get is often edited by the coverages to get attention. Moreover, an increasing number of people who send information through social media makes this problem worsen. People today tend to spread information from their friends with little caring about its credibility. It is often cases that they contribute to the spread of fake news unknowingly. Finally, fake news has a major impact on both seniors and younger generations. ( I found that I didn't finish this entry until the end.) Despite the fraud alert by governments or media, the number of elderly victims of communicative fraud is increasing. Also, younger people who lack judgment from knowledge and experience are easy targets of cybercrimes. In these ways, people apparently seem to have been well known about the danger of fake news, however, they haven't understood its potential risks. thank you for reading this. >_<

writing practice When job hunting, many people consider that salary or job title is the top priority. However, as hearing the news of employees who worked on terrible conditions like the excessive amount of tasks and too much overtime, and, who were harmed their health, workplace environment or job satisfaction have received great attention in recent years. Although both are essential factors to choose jobs, I think that job satisfaction is much more important for some reasons related to health, productivity, and the growth of the company. It is clear that people work for earning money, but it should not damage one's physical and mental health. Nevertheless, in the current highly-demanded stressful society that requires workers to immediately respond to a customer or boss without any situation, the number of people who have mental sick or impair their health have spiked exponentially. Considering the length of working age, the job that people keep working with joyfulness is more valuable than a bit higher salary. Furthermore, some research has shown that there is a strong correlation between job satisfaction and productivity. Although many companies have tried increasing productivity by setting an incentive, it has become clear that the workplace environment such as the relationship between colleagues or the task which employees feel rewarding, has affected productivity in these studies. Finally, raising worker's satisfaction brings the company to a high-talented employee and strengthen the company's competitiveness in the field. As society globalizes, many companies have come to compete with abroad businesses which can provide almost the same quality service or products at a lower price because their labor costs are still low. To survive today's society, attracting human resources by the company's reputation is crucial. In conclusion, although money is fascinating when thinking of job opportunities, I believe that job satisfaction brought by a comfortable workplace environment has several benefits not only for individuals but also companies and society: therefore, it outweighs. Thank you for reading this. I had to use more various grammars like condition[if] or subordinate clauses.

The Alarm For the past decade, natural disaster by extreme volatile weather has occurred repeatedly around the world. We hear over and over almost every year that the scale of extreme weather like heavy rains or consecutive days without any rainfall is the largest ever since starting recording. once a local government didn't express the alarm of disaster and faced a barrage of criticism for some casualties, municipalities came to give an alarm shortly just in case whenever it's possible. In recent days, my city gave a warning of heavy rains in the evening four days in a low. Although it may have been worked because one of that caused minor damages by a landslide, a repeated warning would get people to numb with the alarm and lose their attention. We do not forget that this daily warming led people to hesitate early evacuation at the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011.