基礎英吾1B Semester 2 Lesson 5: The Interschool Blogging Project

Hello everyone!
Today we are going to continue working on our movie reviews and we are going to start a new project called the Interschool Blogging Project. First, let's study some vocabulary. Please click this link: Togaku 英単　Set 7. Now let's go to Connected Classrooms, which is the blog that we will share with students in Japan and around the world. Let's read some posts written by Chiba University of Commerce. Read the post and then write a comment. When you're finished, continue working on your movie review. Your first draft is due next Monday.

Introduction to Business English B - Unit 9: Companies

Hello everyone!
Today's topic is companies. Look at the picture above. Do you know these companies? What do these companies do? Do these companies do business in Japan? Have you ever bought these companies goods or services? Discuss these questions with a partner.
Now let's review some vocabulary. Introduction to Business English B Vocabulary .
Next, let's learn more about a company called Natura. Click this link to read a wikipedia article about Natura in Japanese, and click here to read a wikipedia article about Natura in English.
Now, please answer the following questions:

• When was Natura founded?
• What are Natura's products?
• Where is Natura's headquarters?
• Who are the key people at Natura?
• What was Natura's revenue in 2010?
• What was Natura's net income in 2010?
• What does Natura focus its image on?

 Now let's read the Financial Times article about Natura in our textbook.
Finally, what kind of company would you like to found? Why would you like to found a company like that? Leave a comment below.

応用英吾I-2B Reading Chapter ４ Review

Hello everyone!
Well today is the Mid-term test. Before we do the test, let's review some vocabulary. Click this link: Death on U Street Chapters 1-3 Vocabulary Review.

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Now let's study some more vocabulary: Death on U Street Chapter 4 Vocabulary.

In Chapter 4 we discover some new motives for the murder. What do you think now? Who killed Terry Sweet? Leave a comment below.

Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合1B Global Issues Unit 4: Only One Earth. Reading 1: Give a man a Fish

Hello everyone,

Today we are going to start our next unit, Only One Earth. This unit is about the environment. Today we will talk about fishing.
First let's study some vocabulary. Please click this link: 英語総合1B Vocabulary.
Do you like fishing? Do you like to eat fish? Do you think overfishing is a problem? Please leave a comment below.

Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合1B Global Issues: Water Water Water!

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Hello everyone,
Today we will talk some more about water. Do you recognise the device in the picture on the left? Do you know its purpose? If your answer is "NO"now, don't worry, you will learn this and more during today's lesson.

First let's study some vocabulary. Please click this link: 英語総合1B Vocabulary.





Now let's review last week's lesson. please click here: 英語総合1B Lesson 4 Blackboard Notes.

Next, let's learn about a very special invention. Please click this link: Michael Pritchard's Water Filter.

Now let's learn about an amazing organization started by a great Canadian. Please click this link: Poetic Social Mission: A Special event by one drop.org . If it is difficult to understand the article please download these notes.

Finally, to find the answer to the questions at the beginning of this post read this wikipedia article: Toilets in Japan.

That's all for today. Have a great week!

基礎英語1B Semester 2 Lesson 4: Writing a movie review

Hello everyone, I hope you enjoyed the week-end. Today we are going to learn how to write a movie review. First, let's study some vocabulary. Please click this link: CIC Unit 4 (Parts A,B, &C).

Now let's practice typing. Let's practice typing with some games. Please click the links and play Alpha Attack and Air Typer

Next, let's watch some movie reviews made by students in Japan. Please click the link: Writing 1A Movie Reviews. Finally, please leave a comment. What's your favourite movie? Why is it your favourite?

Introduction to Business English B Unit 8 Markets

Hello everyone!
It's been a while. I hope you enjoyed the week-end.

Today we are going to talk about markets. There are many different kinds of markets including mass markets (大衆市場、マス・マーケット), niche markets (隙間産業［市場］), and so on. Let's study some vocabulary. Click this link: Introduction to Business English B Vocabulary.

Also, our language focus in this unit (p. 73) is comparatives and superlatives. Click here to do a fun quiz: Comparative and Superlative Quiz.

Our next unit is about companies. After that, we will do presentations. If you want to preview these things click these links: Unit 9 Companies, Our Company Presentation Project.

Toyo Gakuen University 応用英語1-2B Reading Chapter 1-3 Review and Fall 2011 Midterm Exam Study Guide

Hello everyone!
Today we are going to review Chapters 1-3 and prepare for the midterm exam. The midterm exam will be next Friday the 4th of November.
Please study the following:

• Vocabulary - study all the words on the quizzes and in the chapter puzzles. You can review these words using our Smart.fm vocabulary list. Click this link: Death on U Street Chapters 1-3 Vocabulary
• Chapter 1 Review: Be sure to study the mindmap carefully, also please study the Chapter 1 review in your textbook on p.92
• Chapter 2 Review: Please read the comments, also please study the Chapter 2 review in your textbook on p.104
• Chapter 3 Review: Be sure to study the Timeline carefully, and please read the comments. Also please study the Chapter 3 review in your textbook on p.116
• Chapter Quizzes 1-3.  
• The picture of the crime scene on p. 84
• The map on p. 86
• The calendar on p.100
• The timeline on p.111

The midterm exam will have 3 parts:

1. Vocabulary - 10 randomly selected (無作為に選) questions from quizzes 1-3
2. Comprehension - 10 randomly selected questions from quizzes 1-3 
3. Tasks -  (a) draw a mind map describing all the suspects, and showing their relationship to the victim, their motive, and their suspicious behaviour. Look at the example mind map below. You can see the information for Leo Mench. On the printed copy of this mindmap, please fill in the information for the other suspects.

Don't forget that you can use your detective's note book in the exam so be sure to complete the crime report on p.10. Also please fill in the information for the Persons of Interest on p.11, and fill in all the clues in chapters 1-3 on p. 12

Have fun studying. You can get an A if you study hard!

Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合IB Global Issues. How safe is your water?

Hello everyone. I hope you enjoyed the long week-end. Today we are going to continue talking about water. Our question today is: How safe is your water? Let's start by adding some vocabulary to our Quizlet flash cards set.
Please click this link: 英語総合I-B Vocabulary.
Also, please look at last year's black board notes. Please click here: 

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Please look at the vocabulary on page 30 of your textbook. Please add the words you don't know to our flashcard set.

Now read Reading 2: How safe is your water? on pages 31-34.
What do you think? How safe is your water? Please post a comment below.

Toyo Gakuen University Open Campus 2011 Special Lesson - J-Pop in English

Hello everyone. Welcome to Toyo Gakuen University!
Today we are going to do a special lesson. We are going to listen to J-Pop in English. Let's watch and listen to the video below. Who is the singer? What's the song?

Look below. Here is today's lesson handout. Thank you for coming today. I hope you enjoyed the lesson. I hope to see you again.

応用英吾I-2B Reading Chapter 3 Review

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Hello everyone,
Today we are going to do the Chapter 2 Quiz and then we are going to review Chapter 3.
First, let's study some vocabulary. Please click this link: Death on U Street Chapter 1 & 2 Vocabulary Test
Now please learn the Death on U Street Chapter 3 Vocabulary.
Next, look at the timeline below. The timeline shows the important events in the story in chronological order (発生順に、時系列で).

Check your detective's notebook. Be sure you have noted all the important events in the story.
So, who do you think is the murderer? Please post your answer as a comment below.

Toyo Gakuen University Extension Centre Class: A Lesson about Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs 24 Feb. 1955－6 Oct. 2011

Hello everyone!

Today a very influential man passed away. Today's lesson will be about Steve Jobs. Our lesson materials were written by a great English teacher called Sean Banville. You can download the lesson here: http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/s/steve_jobs.html

基礎英吾4B Speaking Unit 4 Vocabulary Flashcards

Hello everyone!
Today is testing day!! While you wait for your turn to do the test. Please study the vocabulary from our text book, Conversations in Class  Unit 4. You can study it using Quizlet below. If you need to sign up for Quizlet, click this link to learn how. Introduction to Quizlet　(Quizletを始めるにあたって)

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Study these flash cards

After you do the test please take this English Language and Technology Survey
Good luck!!!

Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合IB Global Issues. Lesson 2 Water:Our most important resource

Hello everyone,
Well today we start the first unit. The first unit is about water.
Let's learn some vocabulary. Please click this link: 英語総合IB Vocabulary. Please check the translations and correct them if they are wrong. Also, please add words that yuo don't know from the reading.

After the reading, please leave a comment below. What do you use water for? How much water do you use every day?

See you next week!

基礎英語1B Semester 2 Lesson 3

Hello everyone, I hope you had a nice week-end.

Let's start today by studying some vocabulary. Please click the link: Togaku　英単 Set 5

Now look at the graph below. This graph shows how many tweets you have posted since last May. Most of you are not replying to your class mates' tweets. Let's sign into Twitter and reply to some of our tweets: Togaku Twitter List.

Now let's go to our Posterous Blog and post our paragraphs about our summer holidays. Please click this link: Togaku Basic English Writing Posterous Blog. After you post your paragraph, read one of your class mate's paragraph's and write a comment.

Your homework is to write the second draft of your biography.
See you Friday!

Introduction to Business English 1B Unit 7 Continued

Hello eveyone. I hope you had a great week-end.
Today we are going to continue studying Unit 7: People. First let's study some vocabulary. Please click the link: Introduction to Business English 1B Vocabulary.

Let's learn about an interesting person.  Glen Fukushima is a Japanese American businessman.
You can see a picture of Glen Fukushima below.

Photo courtesy of Glen Fukushima

Please read the profile of Glen Fukushima.

• Born in 1949 in California
• Raised in California and in Japan
• Father was a sansei (三世), his mother was an issei  (一世) born and raised in Japan.
• Attended Stanford University, Havard Business School and Harvard Law School
• Started his career as a lawyer
• Worked for the U.S. government
• Has been an executive for AT&T, Arthur D. Little and NCR
• Currently head of Airbus Japan.

Is he Japanese or American? Write your answer as a comment.
In paragraph 20 of this article you can see what a Japanese businessman thinks about Glen Fukushima.