Checklist for posts

Before you post something to your blog in this class, check the following list:

1. What is necessary?
   
   
   1. Information about your source
      When you post about something you have read, you must provide detailed information about what you read. (For more information, click here.)
   2. Context for any words you list
      If you write about or show the definition of a word you came across in your reading, you must include the sentence in which you found the word. (For more information, click here.)


2. What is desirable?
   
   
   1. Questions
      Asking questions, is a great way to learn. However, you need to make your questions specific. (For more information, click here.)
   2. Comments about what you read
      Writing comments in English about something you have just read is a very good way to improve your English. (For a good example of how to do this, click here.)
      
   3. English-English definitions
      I strongly encourage you to look up words that you do not know in a good English-English dictionary. I think that the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English is particularly good. You may also include definitions from English-Japanese dictionaries. However, do not include definitions that do not fit the context.


3. What is not necessary?


1. Translations
   It is not necessary to include translations of the sentences you studied. (For more information, click here.)
2. Unrelated definitions
   Several definitions are listed for most of the words you will look up in a dictionary. Include only those definitions that fit the context of the sentence in which you found the word. Do not clutter your blogs with unrelated definitions.