Presentation 2 Spring 2013 Week 11: Project 2

Hello everyone,

Today we are going to work on our second project.

First, let's do some speaking practice using English Central.

Now let's check our Voicethread presentations and listen to any new comments. Look at the image on the left. When there is a new comment on your Voicethread presentation you will see yellow speech bubbles. After listening to the new comments on your presentations, please make another comment of your own.

OK, here are the instructions for our next project:

Your second project is a group project. You should work in groups of four. You will present a text related to your major. I have prepared some texts for you. Here are the steps in the project:

1.     Read the texts

2.     Choose a text related to your major from the choices provided

3.     Listen to the recording and mark the stressed words, the pauses and the full stops. Look at the example below.

4.     Show your paper to the members of your group. Your papers should be the same.

5.     Make slides for the text – 2 slides for each group member

6.     Upload your Powerpoint to Voicethread.

7.     Share your presentation with your group members:

• Go to your My Voice Page
• Click on the gear menu icon in the corner of your Voicethread presentation thumb nail
• Click Share
• Selection our Tsukuba Dai Group
• Scroll down to find the members of your group
• Click the pencil icon to make it turn gold.

  
 8.  Record your presentations

Please finish your presentations by next class.

Enjoy!

Presentation 2 Spring 2013 Weeks 9 & 10: Finishing up the first project

Hello everyone,
Here's today's plan:

1. Finish your Self Introduction Presentations: copy and paste the text and record
2. Share your presentations with our Tsukuba Dai Presentation II Spring 2013 Voicethread Group.
3. Watch 5 of your classmates' presentations. Post a comment and ask a question on one slide of each of your 5 classmates' presentations
4. Go to your own presentation. Listen to your classmates' comments, make a reply, and ask a question.
5. Finally, go to English Central and get some more speaking practice.

You must finish all these tasks by tomorrow at 12 noon

Enjoy!!

Integrated English 1 2013 Week 8: End of term project

Your final project is a writing task. Please choose ONE of the following options:

• Write a short story (短編小説) about one of the characters in The Inverted Eagle. Create a story about the character’s life after the events in the Inverted Eagle, OR  
• If you don’t like any of the characters in the story, invent a character of your own, and write a story about him or her in the context of The Inverted Eagle.
• Write a new ending for The Inverted Eagle
• Write a review of The Inverted Eagle. Explain why you liked the story, or why you didn’t like the story.
• Write a review of Cup of Death. Explain why you liked the story, or why you didn’t like the story.

You must write at least 100 words. The top 3 stories will be published on this blog and the writers will win a graded reader. The top 3 reviews will be published on Marcus Benevides’ Teach Your Own Adventure Blog (http://www.cyoateacher.com/). Please be honest. Negative reviews have a chance of winning too.

Please click the link to read some of the previous winners' stories.

You must submit your final project by Thursday 20th June at 12:00 noon. Please submit one copy by e-mail, and one printed copy. Please put the printed copy in my mailbox (#FLC 23) on the fourth floor of the Foreign Language Centre, just outside Room CA403.

Finally, please click the links to download your style sheet and your writing error codes sheet.

Enjoy!!!

Cross Cultural Awareness and English 2013 Semester 1 Week 7: Final Exam Study Guide

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Hello everyone,
Well we've come to the end of the Spring Semester. Wow! That was fast!! The next time we meet it will be time for the final test. The final test will be:
Monday the 17th of June.
Please click the link to download your study guide.

Let's study some vocabulary. Please click the link: Cross Cultural Awareness and English Vocabulary. 
Next, let's review all blog posts from this semester. Please click the link:
Cross Cultural Awareness & English Spring 2013

By the way, I found something very interesting, a Konkatsu app! It's called Shall we date? "KONKATSU" for marriage. You can see a screen shot of the app in the image on the left. It's available in the American Apple App Store. Interestingly, I couldn't find this app in the Japanese App store.





Study hard! See you next week.

Integrated English 1 2013 Week 7: The Inverted Eagle Chapters 5 & 6 Review

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to find out whodunit!
First, let's study the chapter 5 and chapter 6 vocabulary. Please click the link.
Please look at the mind map on the left. A new suspect has been added. Look at the image and add more notes to yuor Detective's Notebook.


Now let's read Martina R's chapter 5 and chapter 6 summaries. Make more notes in your Detective's Notebook, using facts from Martina's summaries.

Finally it's time for our last 2 quizzes. Next week we will start our project.

Cross Cultural Awareness and English 2013 Semester 1 Week 6: Love and Marriage in Japan

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to start our last unit - Love and marriage in Japan. We will also start out final project.

First, let's review some vocabulary. Please click the link: Cross Cultural Awareness and English Class 2013/2014.

Now click the link to download today's handout:
Love and marriage in Japan

Please submit your essays by e-mail by Thursday 6 June at 12 pm.

See you next week!