How to Open a Blog Account

In order to open a new blog account, please follow the instructions.

1. Go to http://www.blogger.com/ to create your blog.

• In order to receive comments from as many people as possible, please select "Settings," then "Comments," and choose either "Registered Users" or "Users with Google Accounts" under the "Who can comment?" section.
• If you want to know how to type Japanese, please click the link listed on the right side.

2. Send your blog address (URL) to the instructor.

• If you have trouble opening a new account, please let the instructor know.
• If you already have a blog and you can use Japanese on it, you do not have to open a new account.

3. Post a blog entry regularly.

• During the semester, the instructor will give you some topics to write on the blog. In addition to the assigned topics, you should post a entry regularly since it will help you practice Japanese. If you have no idea about what to write, please see the following suggested topics.

1. I can read Japanese!
2. I'm speaking Japanese!
3. Reasons I am studying Japanese
4. My dream
5. My Japanese friends
6. Japanese grammar vs. Cantonese grammar
7. Speaking vs. Writing
8. Listening vs. Reading
9. My daily schedule
10. I have no time to study!
11. I spent so much time studying, but..
12. My hobbies
13. My classmates
14. What I like/dislike about Japan or Japanese
15. Daily news
16. My Job
17. Japanese vocabulary
18. My favorite Japanese TV show, movie, or anime