This blog serves several purposes: Communicating with my students outside of the classroom, publishing my students' work, and it serves as a resource for both students and teachers.
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.
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?
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!
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.
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!!
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.
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:
Timed reading: scan a reading for 1 minute in order to find specific information. This is a multiple choice type question.
Reading for the main idea. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
Reading for details. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
Making inferences. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
Matching activities: A. Match the vocabulary from the textbook with the Japanese translation. B. collocations.
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:
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?
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.
Today we are going to look at a case study involving an office conflict.
First let's watch a funny video called "The Great Office War". Watch the video and answer the questions below:
1. Why did the conflict start?
2. Which departments were involved in the conflict?
3. How could the war have been prevented?
Finally, after the case study please post a comment below.
Today will continue studying about food and table manners. Above you can see some pictures of food. Students in this class took the pictures. Choose a picture you like, click the link. Write a comment and ask a question.
Finally, exciting news! Sasa has replied to your comments about the videos her students made. Click here to read her reply: What makes Slovenia unique?
