Australia beats Japan at soccer
Autralia beats Japan 2-1 in the World Cup soccer tournament. Read the story here on the Mainichi Daily News, or on the Yomiuri Online.
Interactive Writing session #9: June 19th, 2009
Cover of The Gypsies (The Peoples of Europe) To study English at university, you need a note-taking system e.g. mind maps, developed by a British man, Tony Buzan. here is a Japanese system which I like and use, developed by “Hawk Express” (for photos, click here) a vocabulary-learning system (e.g. word-cards) a way to record [...]
Research in English #9: June 19th, 2009
Image by nim via Flickr Poster presentations 12 people gave presentations today. Everyone who did NOT give a presentation today must do it next week. Some general comments about the presentations: These are YOUR presentations, so I think it is better if I say nothing about the presentation styles. Students should reflect （反省）on their own [...]
Interactive Writing session #8: June 12th, 2009
Review: what are the main themes of “Diddakoi“? A theme is a big idea. There are many smaller ideas in each chapter of the book. For example: Why is Kizzy’s Gran found dead outside the wagon, not inside it? Because gypsies want to die outside under the open sky. Why do the other gypsies burn [...]
Research in English session #8: June 12th, 2009
Movie reports and Show & Tell reports from those who did not do them yet. Collected last week’s homework: Unit II, Part II (listening) worksheet Confirmed poster project topics. Homework: Unit III, Part I worksheet Poster projects research Email me your Show & Tell comments (comments only, not the Show & Tell itself)
Australian movie reports
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Here are the reports on Australian movies that students have emailed me. In future, perhaps students can make their own blogs and put their reports on their own blogs. Would you like that? All the movie reports make this blog entry very long, so I have cut it short. [...]
More than 1,200 people have contracted swine flu in Australia
More than 1,200 people have contracted swine flu in Australia – although no-one has died from it yet. Read the whole report from the BBC. The large numbers of people infected with the virus may mean the WHO will label the infection a pandemic. What does pandemic mean? It means “global”. The origin of the [...]
A young Japanese in Australia
Legend of Bacteria is the blog of a young Japanese man who has been in Australia for over a year, ever since graduating from university. I know him quite well, but I will respect his privacy and only refer to his handle name. You can read his blog, in both Japanese and English, here: Legend [...]
Interactive Writing session #7: June 5th, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Rules for email, blog entries, homework: name and date on everything spellcheck blog entries and email deadline – by Wednesday 13:00 one blog entry for each assignment Discussion: what are the merits and demerits of a blog? can edit any time classmates can read each other’s work can leave comments and receive [...]
Research in English Session #7: June 5th, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Movie reports: 6 students reported on Australian movies they have watched. Anyone who has not yet given a report can do it next week, but that will be the last chance. Show & Tell: 19 (out of 24) students gave a “Show & Tell” presentation on some aspect of Australia. Anyone who [...]
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