Studies in English 1, week 4: May 11th, 2012
Today, we read chapter 2, “What is Language?” of “General Linguistics”, and summarised the following sections: Variety of message, Organization of sounds and Human Language versus Animal Communication. We answered the following questions: What does “productivity” mean? A: “Most animals have a very limited number of messages that they can give or receive. A human [...]
Research in English (Linguistics) A session 9: June 17th, 2011
Today we finished chapter 2. Yay! Some key points about today’s class: Celtic was once the main language of Europe. Paris, Belgrade (I said it’s in Yugoslavia, but I was wrong – it’s in Serbia!) and Dundee are all Celtic place-names (click the links to see where those towns are in Europe). Emperor Charlemagne, in [...]
Research in English (Linguistics) A session 7: June 3rd, 2011
We read the textbook from page 23 – 26, with explanations from Ms. Aoki and Ms. Takeuchi. What were the key points of today’s lesson? The Basque people live in the Pyrenees, the mountains between France and Spain Because the Basque’s live in the area as the Cro-Magnon cave-paintings, perhaps the Basque language is a [...]
Research in English (Linguistics) A session 5: May 20th, 2011
What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis? What is Language? (handout: chapter 2 from “Introduction to Linguistics” by Jean Aitchison). Homework: Answer the 5 questions to the chapter “What is Language?” Your mother asks you, “What did you study today in Research in English?” What will you tell her? Explain to her in easy language (in Japanese). [...]
Student voices – Writing Strategies 1, session 3: May 13th, 2011
It was very useful for me to discuss with my partners, because each person had a few different idea. I could understand more than before the class. I’ll do my best for Chapter 3 & 4, as well. １３日の授業では、Chapter1とChapter2の本文の内容について 先生から出される質問に対しての答えと、プリントの問題の答え合わせをしました。 文章の大意しか理解できていなかったので、文法や単語を詳しく 学べてとてもよかったです。 まだきちんと理解できていないところもあったので じっくりと読みたいと思います。 I read Chapter1 and 2 of “The Lion, Witch and the [...]
Writing Strategies 1, session 3: May 13th, 2011
Check answers to the Study Guide questions for chapters 1 and 2. Quiz on chapters 1 and 2 Homework: By midnight Friday May 13th write a short summary of today’s class and send it to me by email. Subject (件名）：WS May 13 comment Full Name what did we do today? Did you learn something new? Something [...]
Writing Strategies 1, session 2: May 6th, 2011
In today’s session: Please do the homework, even if you are late: my job is to teach you, and to assess you – do you keep your promises? Do you keep deadlines? Report format (see below) for May 18th homework. Study Guides Translate first paragraph (pages 1-2) Study Guide, chapters 1-2, vocabulary questions 1-9 [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #3: October 15th, 2010
Image by Kamintra via Flickr Homework: (for October 22nd) Answer question 9, Study Guide page 14. Write your answer as a comment on this blog (in either Japanese or English). Deadline is Wednesday October 20th, 6 p.m. Read chapters 3, 4, 5. If you do not read these chapters, you will be unable to take [...]
Writing Strategies session #4: Friday, May 14th, 2010
C.S. Lewis via last.fm Discuss your homework answers with your neighbour. Hand in your homework. Chapter summaries. Your summaries are mostly too detailed. Give only the important information. Using the proper format, take in dictation sample summaries for chapters 1, 2 and 3. Chapter 4: read and translate. We read and translated up to page [...]
Interactive Writing II Session #6: October 30th, 2009
Listen to my summary of chapter 1. Answer my questions. Write down/note these 7 questions, and answer them in English for homework. Post the answers to your blog AND give them to me next class (November 6th): What happened in your life when you were 7-10 years old? (E.g., when I was 7, my family [...]
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