Toyo Gakuen University Homestay English 2009 2nd Semester Lesson 12

Today's lesson is about restaurants and day-trips. First, let's watch some videos about day-trips and special events in Thailand, Ireland, Canada, and the U.K.



Now let's review some vocabulary: TYG 応用英語 English Vocabulary List

Next, let's watch a video about going to a restaurant. English language learners in Mexico made the video. Watch, listen and take notes. What did the people order?



Advice for ordering in a restaurant

• take as long as you need to look over the menu
• don't hesitate to ask the server a question about the menu
• be sure that the server underestands your order
• don't hesitate to refuse a wrong order
• leave a tip in countries that have a tipping custom. The customary amount is different for different countries. Check your guide book.
  

Toyo Gakuen University Travel English Special Guest Maho Takahashi from Peace boat.

peace-boat-in-nyc
Originally uploaded by dandeluca

Today we are going to have a special lecture by Maho Takahashi of Peace boat. Maho-san will tell us about Global English. This is the second time that Maho-san has visited Togaku. You can see pictures of last year's visit. Click the link: http://mrstoutsblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/interest-based-english-travel-peace.html

Toyo Gakuen University FE2 Reading Unit 10 Into the Wild Lesson 2

Today we continue enjoying the story of Chris McCandless. First, let's watch a video with Sean Penn, the director of the film Into the Wild and Emile Hirsh, the actor who played Chris McCandless.



Now let's watch a tribute to Chris McCandless. This video shows pictures of the real Chris McCandless.




Now open the lecture folder. Save the document called FE2U10-2IndepStudy to your own folder. Do the tasks.

Finally, post a comment. What do you think of Chris McCandless? Do you think he was brave (勇な)? Do you think he was foolish? How would you feel in his situation (どのようにあなたが彼の状況では感じることが) ?

Toyo Gakuen University Introduction to Business English 1B: Our Company Presentation project

Today we will continue working on our presentation project, and practice presentation skills. First, let's look at a company profile of a Japanese company called Logos.




Now let's watch a very bad presentation. How many mistakes can you find? What are the mistakes?



OK, now let's review the project outline. Click this link: Our Company.
In your presentation you must explain your company's corporate values and mission. Here are some links to some real company's mission statements:

• Starbucks' Mission Statement .  NB (注意せよ) In Starbucks' mission statement "partners" means "employees (従業員)"
• Microsoft's Mission Statement
• McDonald's Mission Statement
• Nike's Mission Statement

Now let's practice some vocabulary. Click this link: Presentation vocabulary

Finally, here are the presentation assessment criteria (評価基準). You can use this as a checklist.

Content (内容) 10 points


Your presentation must contain the following information:

• When the company was founded
• Where the company was founded
• Who founded the company
• The number of offices
• The locations of the offices
• The number of employees
• The company's product or service
• Annual revenues
• The company's corporate values (see p. 79 of  your textbook)
• The company's mission, services and benefits to its customers (see p. 133 of your textbook)

Presentation
A. Slides (5 points)

• 4 slides
• 30 point fonts
• An image on every slide.
• The URL of the sites where you got your images.
• No more than 10 words on each slide.

B. Speaking (15 points)

• Speech is 4 minutes long, each speaker speaks for 2 minutes, and the speech is memorised (Yes = 10 points; No = 0 points)
• Speech is clear, easy to hear, and easy to understand (scale (尺度) from 0-5)

Have fun!! Your presentation is next week Thursday the 10th of December.

Toyo Gakuen University Homestay English: Unit 7 - Cooking is easy

Today we are going to learn useful English for cooking. Many homestay families are interested in Japanese food. It's a good idea to teach them how to make a Japanese dish. First, let's watch a funny video about making sushi. What mistakes is Baka Tono making?



Next, here's a video in English about how to make tempura.



Now lets watch a video about making fish and chips.

This video downloaded from VideoJug

Let's watch again and do the tasks on your handouts. The tasks for this video were written by Paul Carr for his video podcast ESLpodTV. On the ESLpodTV website Paul Carr wrote the following about this video lesson:

There are some useful words and expressions to learn below. More are in the text.
pour - move liquid from one container to another

serve - give food to the people who will eat it
season - give flavor to food by adding salt, pepper etc.

fry - cook food in oil

flip - turn something onto its other side




For Japanese and Spanish translations please go to transcript. ( せりふの訳はこのページです)

Finally, please leave a comment. What Jpanese dish can you make? What are the ingredients? How do you make it? Please post a comment.

Toyo Gakuen University Travel English Unit 12

The picture above is The Lord Nelson Brewery. The Lord Nelson Brewery is the oldest pub in Sydney, Australia. I went to the Lord Nelson in 2000. I really enjoyed it. Look at the map below.


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Here's a video about the Lord Nelson Brewery Pub.

Watch more Sydney videos at tripfilms.com

Today we are going to learn useful English that we can use in pubs. We are also going to learn about drinking laws in various countries. Finally we'll learn about small talk.
Click this link: Unit 12 - What would you like to drink?

Toyo Gakuen University FE2 Reading Unit 10: Into the Wild

Today we are going to read a true story about a young man called Chris McCandless. McCandless' story was made into a movie called Into the Wild. Let's watch a movie trailer for Into the Wild.

Now open the lecture folder and save the document called "FE2IndepStudyU10" to your own folder. Do the tasks. When you are finished please post a comment.
Enjoy!

Toyo Gakuen University Introduction to Business English 1B Unit 9: Companies

Today we are going to finish Unit 9 and begin working on our project.
Watch the video. What do you think are Luis Vuitton's corporate values?
Now let's learn some new vocabulary that we'll need to do our project. Click the link: TYG Introduction to Business English Vocabulary List 2

OK, Here's your Project Outline:

Our Company

In pairs you will present an international company. It can be a real company, or it can be a company that you create. You will do a 4-minute presentation using powerpoint. Your powerpoint must have the following:

• 4 slides
• 30 point fonts
• An image on every slide.
• The URL of the sites where you got your images.
• No more than 10 words on each slide.

You must provide the following information about your company:

• When, where, and by whom the company was founded (see p. 80 of your textbook)
• The number of offices
• The locations of the offices
• The number of employees
• The company's product or service
• Annual revenues
• The company's corporate values (see p. 79 of  your textbook)
• The company's mission, services and benefits to its customers (see p. 133 of your textbook)

Each presenter must speak for 2 minutes. You must dress appropriately.

Your presentation will be on Thursday 10 December

Have fun!!!

Toyo Gakuen University Extension Centre Class: Destination Canada!

Here's a video about the CN Tower in my hometown Toronto. Enjoy!

Toyo Gakuen University Homestay English Unit 6: It's 50% off

Today's lesson is about shopping. Watch the video. What is the shopping mall's name? Where is it?

Today's lesson is about shopping. Watch the video. What is the shopping mall's name? Where is it?

Now click this link: Online conversion - clothing

What is your sweater size in the U.S., the U.K. and Continental Europe?

Finally, please leave a comment. Where do you like to shop?

Toyo Gakuen University Students and Teachers help make JALT 2009 a success

Click the link to see each photo in the album

Last weekend, students and teachers at Toyo Gakuen University participated in the Japan Association of  Language Teaching (JALT) National conference in Shizuoka. You can see some pictures above. I was humbled by the great work of my colleagues, and very proud of our students' work. They really worked hard and impressed everyone! It made me very proud to say I'm a Toyo Gakuen University teacher!!

Toyo Gakuen University FE2-Reading: Grammarman and Comics made by Students!

Today was the midterm exam. You must be tired. Let's finish the lesson with something fun!
Here are some videos of a cartoon character called Grammarman.  We have visited the Grammarman website before. We read the Frankenstein comic on the Grammarman website. Watch the videos. There are eight grammar mistakes in the first video. Can you find them?



Now let's read some comics made by students from around the world. These students are learning English - just like you! Some are Brian Boyd's students in Thailand. Brian Boyd is an English teacher in Bangkok and the creator of Grammarman.
Click this link: Student Comics Galleries. Read the comics in Gallery 1 and answer the questions on the Study Gallery Quiz. The Student Gallery Quiz is in the lecture folder.

OK! Go for lunch. See you next week!

英語総合1B Lesson 7 Blackboard Notes

Here are the notes from last lesson. Please review them.

Toyo Gakuen University Travel English 2009 Semester 2 - Lesson 7: Going to the Doctor

Today we are going to learn useful English for going to the doctor. Let's watch a funny video. Click the link: A Visit to the Doctor.

Look at the vocabulary below:

aftersun cream 日焼け後のケア用クリーム　
after meals 食後
aspirin アスピリン（鎮痛剤の一種）
avoid 避ける
cold (n) 風邪
cream クリーム
eat too much 食べすぎる
every ～ごとに
eye drops 目薬
fresh air 新鮮な空気
hay fever 花粉症
headache 頭痛
itchy かゆい
medicine 薬
painkiller 鎮痛剤
pharmacist 薬剤師
pharmacy 薬局
plenty of たくさんの～
problem 問題
rash 発疹
rough （波が）荒い
rub (v) こする
seasick 船酔い
see a doctor 医者に診せる
serious 重い
sick 吐き気がする
sore 痛い
spicy 香辛料のきいた、からい
stay out of ～を避ける
stomachache 腹痛
sunburn （炎症を起こすような）日焼け
tablet 錠剤
terrible ひどく（気分が）悪い
throat のど
toothache 歯痛
twice a day １日２回
What’s the matter? どうしましたか？
wrong 具合が悪い

What did you think of today's lesson. Please leave a comment.

Toyo Gakuen University FE2 Reading 2009 Semester 2 Study Guide

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The midterm exam is next Friday, the 20th of November.
Here is your study guide:

The exam will cover Units 6-8, and the Frankenstein comic. There will be 6 types of questions:

1. Timed reading: scan a reading for 1 minute in order to find specific information. This is a multiple choice type question.
   
2. Reading for the main idea. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
3. Reading for details. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
4. Making inferences. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
5. Matching activities: A. Match the vocabulary from the textbook with the Japanese translation. B. collocations.
   
6. Personal response. This is a short paragraph type of answer. You will have to write 2 or 3 sentences in order to answer the question. Your answer should be at least 50 words.
   

The test will be 60 minutes.
Use the following resources in order to study for the exam:

• American Headway Level 2 Unit 6 Crossword 
• Unit 8 Vocabulary Flashcards on Quizlet
• Unit 8 Vocabulary Flashcards on StudyStack
• Simple English News articles about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Madonna and Guy Ritchie,  David and Victoria Beckham.
• Wikipedia articles about Milton Petrie, and Hetty Green.
  

Also, review these posts from Mr. Stout's Blog: Unit 7 - Celebrity Interview , Unit 8 - Dilemmas Unit 8 Part 2 and look at these posts from Sarah's Blog: Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8, and Frankenstein.
Finally, please review the answer keys to the Independent Study Task sheets for Units 6 - 8.

Good luck!

Toyo Gakuen University Introduction to Business English 1B: Unit 9 - Companies

Today we start our unit on companies. Included in this unit will be a case study as usual. You will also do a presentation project.

One of the companies that we will read about is called Natura. You can see the Natura logo below. Click this link to read a wikipedia article about Natura in Japanese.

Now let's scan the unit for unknown vocabulary and add it to our list on smart.fm

Finally, please write a comment. What did you think of today's lesson?.

Toyo Gakuen University Homestay English Unit 5 and Fall 2009 Mid-term Exam Study Guide

Today we are going to do Unit 5 in our textbook. We will learn about household chores.


Flickr photo be chefranden

Also, we will review. The mid-term exam is next Wednesday, the 18th of November 2009.


Flickr photo by jerine

The midterm exam will have 3 parts:

Part 1: Vocabulary.
Click this link: TGU IE2 Homestay Midterm Exam 2008 List. and do the lessons on smart.fm

Part2: Multiple choice questions about Units 1 - 4 in your textbook. Click here to do a quiz on Unit 1: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=ck1lQzJZcjBoMkl5cjBXUlBQTk8zR3c6MA..

Part3: 2 short paragraph answer type questions. You will be asked to write one or two paragraphs for each question. Your answer should be between 50 words and 100 words.
Here are the questions:

*Describe a homestay trip that you would like to do in the future. Include the following points:

• Where you would like to do a homestay.
• Why you want to do a homestay.
• How you would prepare for the homestay.
• The type of homestay family you would like. For example: an older couple with no children, or a young couple with young children.
• What you would like to do during the homestay.

*Describe two problems that you think you might have during a homestay. Why do you think you will have these problems? What will you do in order to overcome these problems?

Study hard and good luck!

Remembrance Day 2009

From Michael's Mash-Ups

Today is Remembrance Day. Every 11th of November in Canada we remember the terrible tragedy of war and we pray for peace. We also recite a poem called "In Flanders Fields".
Here's a beautiful video made by a teacher in Canada. Please pray for peace today.

Toyo Gakuen University Travel English 2009 Semester 2 - Lesson 7: Asking for directions

Today we are going to learn how to ask for directions.
Let's watch a video first.


Now let's learn some vocabulary.
Click this link: http://mrstoutsblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/toyo-gakuen-university-interest-based_24.html

The midterm exam is next week. Please do some practice tests.
See you next week!

Toyo Gakuen University FE2-Reading Unit 8 Dilemmas Part 2

Today we are going to finish Unit 8. Open the lecture folder. Save the document called "FE2U8-2IndepStudy". Read the instructions. Do the tasks.

The image below is an example of an e-mail to an online advice column called School of Life. Click the image for a larger view (画像をクリックして拡大イメージを見る).

Click the link below. Read the blog post. Do the online vocabulary study exercises.
Mr. Stout's Blog-For students and teachers: Toyo Gakuen University Freshman English 2 - Reading Unit 8: Dilemmas

Finally, please read pp.70,71 in your textbook in order to prepare for next lesson (次の授業の準備のために教科書の70,71ペジを読んで下さい)
See ya next week!