Research in English II Session #13: January 8th, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Welcome back, everyone, to the first of our last two classes in 2010. Important announcement: the makeup class scheduled for Wednesday Jan. 13th has been cancelled. Instead, there will be class as usual on Friday, Jan. 15th. Here is the lesson plan for today: I return the remaining #2 reports. Review of [...]
Research in English II Session #12: December 18th, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Remaining reports: please introduce your report in English (title and subject), then in Japanese. After introducing your report, please give the hard copy to your instructor AND email me your report. Thank you. Report #2 presentations by Ms. Honjo on White Australia Policy Ms. Furuya on Aborigines Ms. Kido on Aborigines and [...]
Research in English II Session #10: December 4th, 2009
Checked with each student all outstanding assignments. Returned old papers Unit VII Part 1 worksheet Free time for writing report #2 (this report is due next wekk, Dec. 11th)
Research in English II Session #5: October 23rd, 2009
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Australian movie reports Feedback: Presentation skills More eye contact is needed. Talk to the audience, not to your paper. Think of your audience: will they understand your English? Perhaps explain some key words in Japanese. Research skills You MUST reference your information sources: where did you get your information [...]
Research in English II Session #4: October 16th, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Review of basic rules of English writing: simple sentence 5 conditions: capital letter, subject, verb, period, space. complex sentences + common errors (fragments, run-ons, and comma splices) the nature of the paragraph – unity, grouping of sentences, topic sentence, major supports, transitions. the nature of the essay (according to Andy Gillett) –made [...]
Research in English II Session #3: October 9th, 2009
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Editing symbols worksheet Complex sentences worksheet (run-ons, fragments, comma splices) List of editing symbols (for your reference) Textbook page 30 (reading and listening) Writing (on looseleaf): have you homeschooled? What are the advantages and disadvantages of homeschooling? Do you think compulsory education is a good idea? Why/why not? Handout: [...]
Aborigines not getting the houses they were promised
Image by digitalreflections via Flickr According to the BBC, A report into an ambitious housing scheme for Australia‘s Aboriginals has found that not one dwelling has been built in the year since it began. The project aims to construct 750 homes in the Northern Territory and refurbish hundreds of others.Officials blamed “administration problems” for the [...]
The Cove… on Japanese tv
As I blogged previously (here and here), “The Cove” is a documentary movie made in English by an American filmmaker. One of the advisors to the movie was Ric O’Barry, a former dolphin trainer. Australia created a very popular TV drama series about a dolphin. The series was called “Flipper” and was popular not only [...]
The power of film
Following my blog about the Australian town of Broome and its decision to end its twin-relationship with Taiji in Wakayama as a result of a documentary movie made about the slaughter of dolphins that takes place in Taiji every year, JapanProbe tells us that anti-Japanese feeling has been growing because of this documentary. The Australian [...]
Broome tells Japanese city to stop dolphin slaughter
Image via Wikipedia Last semester, we read in our textbook about the Australian town of Broome. Well, Broome was in the headlines today, in an article in the Japan Times. Broome is apparently twinned with the city of Taiji in Wakayama. The two cities have a long history: people from Taiji emigrated to Broome in [...]
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