{"id":438,"date":"2026-04-09T04:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/?p=438"},"modified":"2026-04-09T06:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:41:30","slug":"2-alpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/2026\/04\/09\/2-alpha\/","title":{"rendered":"2. +Alpha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is&nbsp;<em>+alpha<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we speak, we usually don\u2019t need people to ask us questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We add more information by ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe we tell a story, we give an opinion, or we talk about a plan for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Examples of&nbsp;<em>+alpha<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Conversation (Q\/A)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>+ Alpha Conversation<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A: What did you do in winter?<br>B: I studied.<br>A: Where?<br>B: Home.<br>A: Why?<br>B: Library was busy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>A: What did you do in winter?<br>B: I studied at home. I wanted to study at the library, but it was so busy. I can\u2019t study around a lot of people. I wanna find a quiet place at&nbsp;<em>Gandai<\/em>&nbsp;to study!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When someone asks us a question, we usually don&#8217;t talk like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: What do you think about your hometown?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B: It&#8217;s okay. How about you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: I like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A &amp; B: \u7d42\u308f\u308a\uff01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We give more information. We keep talking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe we:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tell a story about an experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk about a plan for the future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: What do you think about your hometown?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B: Yeah it&#8217;s okay. I think it&#8217;s a little small, like, it&#8217;s a little quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; It&#8217;s kind of far away from Morioka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B: So, yeah, it takes me a long time to come here, or go back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Right, right, that&#8217;s so different to me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah, actually I\u2019m from Morioka.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B: Oh, from Morioka!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Yeah, so, I like it here, so I decided to come to Gandai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ll stay here forever, but I think it&#8217;s good while I&#8217;m at university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; You said it\u2019s kind of far away, will you go back this summer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\">Remember to use answer + <em>alpha<\/em>!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td>What do you want to do after graduating university?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>What is the worst movie you have ever watched?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>What are you good at?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>What are you bad at?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>What do you do after you finish your lessons?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>In the future, where do you want to go?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>Have you eaten <em>wanko<\/em> soba?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>What is your favorite place?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>Do you like spending time alone?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>What kind of Pokemon do you like?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td>What club would you like to join?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td>Do you have a pet?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13<\/td><td>Do you often take pictures with your phone?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<\/td><td>Why did you choose Iwate University?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<\/td><td>What is your favorite object that you have?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16<\/td><td>Who is a person you want to speak with?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17<\/td><td>What sports do you like?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18<\/td><td>What do you think about university life?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19<\/td><td>What time do you get up in the morning in the holidays?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20<\/td><td>Do you like your hometown?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21<\/td><td>What has surprised you about Iwate University?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22<\/td><td>What kind of fish do you like?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>23<\/td><td>Do you like speaking with strangers?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24<\/td><td>Do you like reading books?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>25<\/td><td>Do you have a driver\u2019s license in the future?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26<\/td><td>What is your favorite food to eat at home?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27<\/td><td>What\u2019s your favorite memory?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28<\/td><td>What type of person do you like?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is&nbsp;+alpha? When we speak, we usually don\u2019t need people to ask us questions. We add more information by ourselves. Maybe we tell a story, we give an opinion, or we talk about a plan for the future. Examples of&nbsp;+alpha Conversation (Q\/A) + Alpha Conversation A: What did you do in winter?B: I studied.A: Where?B: &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/2026\/04\/09\/2-alpha\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2. +Alpha<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}