Toyo Gakuen University Homestay English Unit 3: Make yourself at home

Lesson Goals

To be able to:

• Say what kind of house you like
• Describe your house or apartment
• Learn about homes in America and other countries
• Use new vocabulary studied in the unit
  

Part 1: Thinking about the topic

Look at the pictures. Which house do you like? Why do you like it?

 

  

  

 

Match the house with the country.   

a. Denmark ­­_____	b. China _____	c. South Africa _____
d. England ______	e. Canada _____	f. U.S.A. _____

Part 2: Vocabulary

• Click the link: TYG Homestay English Vocabulary List.  
• Click iKnow. Do the lesson.

Part 3: Speaking

• Do the speaking tasks on p.10 of Homestay Adventures.
  

Toyo Gakuen University Introduction to Business English 1A Lesson 4

Today we start Unit 3: Problems.

Lesson Goals

To be able to:

• Show understanding of adjectives, and use adjectives correctly
• Demonstrate understanding of two readings about work place problem by answering matching problems questions and ordering prblems from biggest to smallest.
• Listen to a telephone conversation and identify the product and the problem.
• Listen to a problem and suggest a solution.

Part 1: Vocabulary

• Click the link:Introduction to Business English A Vocabulary
• Log in. Click iKnow. Do the lesson

Part 2: Thinking about the topic

• Work with your partner.
• Make a list of 5 problems you have had with products and services that you have bought (製品やサービスを購入している問題)
• Make a list of 5 problems that you have at school.
• Make a list of 5 problems that Japanese company employees have.
• Click the link: iVillage - Problems at work? . Look at the problems in the article. Circle the problems that are on your lists. Add the problems that are not on your lists.

Part 3: Listening to telephone conversations

• Market Leader p. 22. Listen to the telephone calls. Do the task.
• Click the link: Customer Complaint Department
• Watch the video. Talk with your partner. Do you think the customer will get satisfaction?

Part 4: Speaking

• Turn to p. 31. Record the telephone conversations.
  

Homework

• Vocabulary study
• CD ROM Unit 3
  

Thanks for a great lesson.

Toyo Gakuen University Freshman English 2 – Reading Unit 3: The Man with the Golden Gun

Lesson Goals:

To be able to:

• Score 100% on a quiz about Unit 2
• Write a comment on the Freshman English Reading Blog
• Write summary and a recommendation about a graded reader
• Show understanding of a story written in the past tense (過去形)
• Make inferences, read between the lines.

Part 1: Unit 2 Quiz (5 minutes)

If you finish the quiz early, please read your graded reader.

Part 2: Freshman English Reading Blog

• Click the link above
• Read Sarah’s reading review
• Scroll down. Read a reading review by a student
• Write a reading review in the Comment box at the bottom of the page

Part 3: Vocabulary

• Click this link: http://quizlet.com/321740/ah2-unit-3-flash-cards/
• Study the flashcards

Part 4: Reading – The Man with the Golden Gun pp. 22-23

Before you read:

• Click the link: http://fereading.edublogs.org/unit-three/
• Watch the video.
• Talk about the video. Ask your partner these questions:
  1. Have you seen The Man with the Golden Gun?
  2. Do you like James Bond?
  3. Have you seen any other Bond movies? If yes, which Bond movies?
• Turn to p.22. Look at the pictures. Listen to the beginning of the story. Answer the questions.

While you read

• Scan the story. Underline all the words you don’t know. Look up the words in your dictionary.
• Read the story again. Answer the questions.

After you read

• Look at the pictures again. Tell the story to your partner in your
  own words.

Homework

• Click 基礎英語2 Pre-Intermediate Vocabulary List
• Log in to smart.fm
• Do the iKnow lesson, Dictation and BrainSpeed

Thanks for a great class!!

Toyo Gakuen University Homestay English Unit 2: First Day in America

Lesson Goals

• Describe people
• Talk about your family
• Learn about American families
• Learn about communicating with your host family

Part 1: Unit 1 Review

• Do the short quiz
  
  

Part 2: Vocabulary

• Click the link: TYG Homestay Vocabulary List.
• Click “iKnow”. Do the lesson.
• Click “Brain Speed”. Play the game.

Part 3: Choosing a host family

• Look at the picture. This is the Anderson family. The Anderson family is an American Family.
  

 Flickr photo originally uploaded by Mwesigwa

• Open your textbook, Homestay Adventures to p.6. Which host family would you choose?
• List 5 things you like about YOUR family.
• List 5 things you dislike about YOUR family

Part 4: Listening Textbook - p.7

• Listen to the conversation. Look at the pictures. Which picture is Ayako’s
  
  host family?

Part 5: Describing your family – Textbook p.8

• Practice the conversation on p.8
• What is the “Homestay Tip” at the bottom of p. 8?

Part 6: Learning about American Families

• Watch the DVD. Answer the questions on p.9

Part 7: Communicating with your host family

• Watch the video and answer the questions on your worksheet.

Homework

• Search the internet for pictures of your hometown. Save the pictures on to a USB flash drive. Bring your flash drive to next class.
  

Toyo Gakuen University Introduction to Business English 1A Lesson 3

Lesson Goals

To be able to:

• Identify common word partnerships (collocations)
• Demonstrate understanding of two readings about daily routines by answering true/false questions and filling in blanks in a passage.
• Fill in a timetable
• Describe your daily routine

Part 1: Unit 1 Review

• Review p. 9 in your textbook. Look at the picture. Fill in the table below

Flickr photo originally uploaded by World Resources Institute Staff

Name:	JeffreyImmelt
Age:
Family:
Job:
Hobbies:
Wake-up time:
First activity of the day

Part 2: Vocabulary

• Click this link: TYG Introduction to Business English Vocabulary List 1
• Click “iKnow”. Do the lesson
• Click “Write a Journal”. Write about the iKnow lesson you did today.
• Turn to p.14 in your textbook. Do “Starting up” A-D

Part 3: Reading 1

Before you read

• List 5 things you know about the man in the picture

• Do A on p.16

While you read

• Do B-E on p.16

After you read

• Tell your partner about a typical day in your life. Use the model below to help you.

I get up at ­_____. I come to school at _____. After school, I _____. I get home at_____. After I get home I _____. I go to sleep at_____.

Part 4: Reading 2

Before you read

• List 5 things you know about the man in the picture

While you read

• Do A & B on p.17

After you read

• Click comment below. Write a paragraph about yourself. Describe your daily routine

Part 5: Homework

• Read p.21. Prepare for the case study
• Do Unit 2 on your self-study CD ROM.

Travel English Unit 3: Can I change some money here?

Flikr photo originally uploaded by I. Fawaz

Today's lesson is about money! Let's look at the lesson plan.

Lesson goals

• Learn and remember the names of foreign currencies.
  
• Listen to big numbers. Listen and choose the correct price.
• Say big numbers with good pronunciation.
• Remember useful words, phrases and vocabulary that you can use at a foreign exchange office.
• Learn how to keep your money safe while travelling.
• Complete a practice test.

Part 1: Foreign Currencies

• Make a list of currencies you know.
  

• Click the picture above. Look at the notes. What currencies are in the picture?
  

• Click this link: Travel Lesson 3.
  
• Look at the right side of Mr. Stout's Blog. Use the currency conversation exchange widget. Fill in the table below:

Foreign Currency	Yen (￥)
Four hundred U.S. dollars	￥42,718
One thousand Indian Rupees
Forty thousand Hong Kong dollars
Sixty Canadian dollars
Seven hundred Australian dollars
Fifty British Pounds
Eight hundred Euros

Part 2: Understanding large numbers and prices

• Listen to the conversations and do the task on p.10 of your textbook.
• Practice saying long numbers.
  

Part 3: Vocabulary

• Click this link: Travel English E-J. Look at the flashcards and play the vocabulary games
• Click this link: 旅に出よう！（出国＆街を歩く）. Click iKnow. Do the lesson.

Part 4: Keeping your money safe.

• Read the background notes on p. 60 of your textbook. Answer the questions below:

1. Where can you change money and travellers' cheques?
2. Give two reasons why using travellers' cheques is a good idea.
3. What the 5 rules at the end of the background notes?

Part 5: Practice Test

• Click this link: Passport Online Tests. Choose Units 2 and 3. Do the test. Print your score and give it to Mr. Stout.

That's all. Have a nice Golden Week. Do you have any travel plans? Please post a comment and tell me.

Toyo Gakuen University: Freshman English 2 – Reading: Unit 2: Living in the U.S.A

Flickr image originally uploaded by Stuck in customs. Uploaded on August 17, 2007

Lesson Goals

To be able to:

• Write a short report about a Book
• Make a list of words related to the topic - The United States
• Make a list on smart.fm
  
• Compare the stories of three immigrants to the U.S.
• Relate the readings to your own life

Part 1: Sustained silent Reading (SSR)

• Read your graded reader for 5 minutes

Part 2: Extensive Reading Book Report

• Use the form Extensive Reading Book Report form. The form is in the lecture folder. Fill in the form with information about a graded reader that you have read.
  

Part 3: Vocabulary

• Click this link: FE2 Pre-Intermediate Reading Unit 1. Click iKnow. Review the vocabulary from unit 1. Do the lesson.
• Scan pp.14 and 15 of your textbook. Find 5 words that you don't know well. Underline the words in the text. Watch and listen to Mr. Stout. Make a vocabulary study list on smart.fm.
• Look at the flash cards below.

More flashcards, word search, and hangman provided by StudyStack.com

Part 4: Reading - Living in the U.S.A

Before you read - Thinking about the topic

• Watch the video "Living in America ". Make a list of things you see and hear.

Jigsaw Reading

• Do activities 2 - 5 on p.14

After you read: What do you think?

• Write 3-5 sentences about living in Japan. Use the form below to help you.

Living in Japan

There are several things I like about living in Japan. First_______________________. Also___________________.  Finally__________________.

• Write 3 questions that you would like to ask a foreign person living in Japan.
  

Toyo Gakuen University: Introduction to Business English 1A Lesson 2

Today we finally start using our textbook. Yeah!! Please look at the lesson plan below.

Lesson Goals:

To be able to:

• confidently meet a new business partner and exchange business cards.

• use the self-study C.D. ROM

• Read a short article about Jeffrey Immelt and do the following tasks:

• Fill in a chart
• Answer True/False questions
• Write 5 questions based on the article
• Remember information from the article

• Listen to 3 conversations and do the following tasks:

• Answer True/False questions
• Fill in blanks in the conversation transcript (録音したもの)

Part 1: Exchanging business cards

• Take out the business cards that you made last class. Put them in your business card case. Put the business card case in your breast pocket (胸ポケット) or in the inside pocket of your jacket. Women may put the case in their bags.
• Find a partner. Stand up. Face your partner. Make eye contact. Introduce yourself and exchange business cards. Repeat. Exchange business cards with everyone in the class.

Part 2: Homework check

• Click this link: Introduction to Business English A: Exchanging Business Cards . Do the quiz. Stand up. Report your answers.

Part 3: Vocabulary review

• Click this link: TYG Introduction to Business English Vocabulary List 1
  
• Click "iKnow". Do the lesson.

Part 4: Reading - "Meet Jeffrey Immelt" textbook p.9
Before you read: Thinking about the topic
Look at the picture. This is Nobuyuki Idei (出井伸之) He is the former CEO of Sony. What kind of company is Sony? Talk about it with your partner. Use your imagination (想像力). Answer the questions below:
1. Is this man rich?
2. How many days a week does this man work?
3. How many hours a day does this man work?
4. What are his interests and hobbies?


Image originally uploaded
by Joi to Wikimedia Commons


While you read:

• Read "Meet Jeffrey Immelt" on p.9.
  
• Do the tasks a and b.

After you read: Do task c.

Part 4: Listening

• Listen to the conversations. Do tasks a, b and c on p.12

Part 5: Consolidating your learning

• Do the case study on p.13 of your textbook. Use your business cards.
  

Homework:

• Do Unit 1 on the Self-study C.D. ROM.
• Continue studying the 語学試験の学習リスト vocabulary list.
• Write a short e-mail. See Unit 1 p. 13 and Writing File p130. Send your e-mail to michael dot stout at tyg dot jp.