This week I decided to study some vocabs instead of finding new youtube videos. That's because I felt the need to enhance my vocabulary this week ever since I started to read the book "The Tipping Point". I thought the book was interesting and bought it last week end but I couldn't get through the book as fast as I wanted to because I needed to continuously look up the dictionary. This annoyed me very much and I was also disappointed at myself for having such a poor level of vocabulary.

In order to solve this problem and to read what I want to, I decided to take a new approach. I looked up several vocabularies that reappeared many times in the book. I made list of those vocabs and reviewed them once I finished reading 20 pages every day. I did this for the past 10 days and the result was satisfactory. Althugh it was only a few more days than a week, I have now learned more than 200 words. 200 words may be big or small in quantity but what I am certain of is that it definitely helped me speed up my reading speed. I now don't search the dictionary as often as I used to before I started doing this! Increadible what 10 days can do to you!

So now, I plan on doing this continuously until I gain enough confidence in my vocab. I also plan on utilizing the "Quizlet" more often!

This week, I found another channel on youtube by a girl called Bethay Mota. She is 18, just like me but she is very famous and has more subscribers than lady gaga! Basically, she touches on a lot of areas such as DIY, fashion, hair, makeup and hauls. She has a lot of talent as can be seen by the things that she makes in her videos.

I love her because she is creative and inspiring. In one of her videos she said that she used to be a timid and shy kid, who even got bullied a lot. In her first dozen videos, you can tell that this is true from the way she talks and eye-contacts with the camera. However, you can feel her confidence and bubbly personality in her newest videos. She makes people watching her videos smile with her as they watch her videos. I think she is indeed a "MOTAvator".

She has come a long way since she first started the video and finally, she got to launch her own clothing line at Aeropostal. They were a hit and people did so many hauls on her clothes too. Although I don't know her in person, it felt good that someone as talented and hard working as her got to achieve a goal of many girls' dreams.

This week, I decided to check out some more chanels on youtube to enhance my understanding of English. Besides "Justkidding News", I am now subscribed to "Clothesencounters".

"Clothesencounters" is a channel that is uploaded by a girl named Jenn Im. She is an American-Korean who looks Korean but can barely speak any Korean. She has a great sense of fashion and I love how bold she is with the styles that she tries on. She really seems to enjoy what she does. In one of her videos she mentions that "it doesn't matter what people think about you, but that you are happy and comfortable with what you are in". I definitely agree with what she said and think that it's a good lesson that I've learned from watching her videos. I also love her smile and her hair. As I saw the older videos, I saw that she lost weight and learned to find out hair and clothes that suits her better.

Besides her lovely appearance and her fashion style, she is also smart. She uses a wide range of vocabulary which allows me to learn uncolloquial words, unlike many others youtubers who use everyday language, which doesn't help me enhance my English that much. She has also graduated from UC Davis, where I would love to stay at too.

I love her videos because she has a contagious smile and confidence. Her positive energy springs out of her makes me positive too. I think I can learn not only English but a lot from her.

Today I watched a video from a channel called "JuskKiddingNews" on youtube.
JustKiddingNews is a channel on youtube which uploads a 8-10minute-video every 3-4 days.
In the video, 6 people talk about a few news which is usually absurd or heart-warming.
Since their English is usually slang, I think that it's very helpful to me in getting to know the real English people use in the US, especially in California.
I think it's a great way to spend time because I can keep up my listening skills and have fun at the same time.

In the video that I watched today, the topic was a new about how a mother hid her handgun in her daughter's backpack.
The news itself was insane, yet the way the guys talk about it in the video makes me laugh so much!
I had such a fun time watching this video and I think that I did indeed enhance my listening skills through watching this video clip.

My name is Shin Hae Yoon and I am majoring in English education at Chung-ang university.
I am currently taking "ICT and Autonomy in Language" in order to learn how to use computers effectively in English education.

One of the most important values I have is to have fun! Whatever I am doing, I always make sure that it contributes to my happiness in some way.
I love chilling out whenever I have free time. Sometimes, I would watch soccer or play saxophone.
I am also very interested in language in general, so I started learning French this March.

In addition to my three family members, my mom, my dad and my younger brother, I keep a dog at home. Her name is "Lichee" and she is a poodle with brown fur. She loves running around the house and sniffing new things. She is a year and a half years old now.