Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合1B Assignment 3

Hello everyone,

Well it's time for another assignment. This is Assignment 3. Please download the document and print it. You must submit your assignment by e-mail and also you must hand it in the last class. The last class is on the 17th of January. Don't forget that next Tuesday's class has been cancelled. If you can't attend the class tonight, please click the link and download your make-up assignment.  I will post an exam study guide soon. Please check this blog for your exam study guide. Happy holidays!!

Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合1B Global Issues - Chapter 7: Love and Marriage Part 3

Hello everyone, Today we will continue discussing Love and Marriage. Look at the picture above. This is a picture I took of a Bangladeshi bride and groom at a wedding reception I attended in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In the photo below you can see me with my colleagues. I am wearing a traditional Bengali panjabi. We were a little embarrassed because all the Bangladeshi men wore European business suits. 


 


Now let's listen to two people talking about Love and Marriage in Bangladesh. Some people in Bangladesh have arranged marriages. Let's listen to a conversation about arranged marriages on my friend Todd Beukens great website English Listening Lesson Library Online (ELLLO). Please listen to the conversation and do the quiz. 

Now let's study some vocabulary. Please click the Vocabulary Flashcards tab above. Then scroll down and find the link to our SIT 英語総合 Vocabulary Flashcards. Click the link and sign into Quizlet. After that, scan the next reading and add unknown words to our flashcard set.

Today we are going to learn about love songs in Crete. The picture on the left is a picture of a building in Crete.

Before you read, make a list of words that you can usually hear in a love song. 

One of my favourite love songs is First Love by Utada Hikaru. What's your favourite love song. Please post your answer as a comment.

See you next week!

Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合1B Global Issues - Chapter 7: Love and Marriage Part 2

Hello everyone!
Today we are going to continue talking about love and marriage. Look at the picture. This is a photo I took at a Tahitian Wedding ceremony in Bora Bora. You can read about Tahitian wedding ceremonies here: http://www.tahitianwedding.com/en/ I went to Tahiti with my wife. It was our second honeymoon. We celebrated our tenth anniversary in Tahiti. You can see more pictures of this Tahitian wedding ceremony and other pictures from my Tahitian holiday here:http://mrstoutsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Tahiti

Now let's study some vocabulary. Please click the Vocabulary Flashcards tab above. Then scroll down and find the link to our SIT 英語総合 Vocabulary Flashcards. Click the link and sign into Quizlet. After that, scan the next reading and add unknown words to our flashcard set.

Chinese bride before the wedding

Today, we are going to learn how modern technology has changed love and marriage in China. You can learn more about Chinese pre-wedding customs here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_pre-wedding_customs


Finally, you can download your second assignment here: http://www.box.com/s/uvkqlms69b60cdx1ygf5
Please submit your assignment by e-mail by next Monday night at 6:00.
Enjoy

Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合1B Global Issues - Chapter 7: Love and Marriage

Hello everyone!
Today we start a new topic - Love and Marriage. To begin, let's make a list of words we know related to love and marriage.

 As the song says, "Love and Marriage" go together like a horse and carriage. "Love" and "marriage" and "horse" and "carriage" are collocations. (コロケーション、語と語のつながり、語の配列、連語（法）、連語構成語) Can you think of any more collocations related to the topic of love and marriage? With your partner, please make a list.

Now, please click the tab above called "Vocabulary Flashcards". Scroll down and then click the link called SIT 英語総合1B Vocabulary Flashcards. Please add any words on page 122 in your textbook that you don't know to our vocabulary flashcards. After that, please study the flashcards for 5 minutes. 

Our first reading is about a marriage tradition in Botswana. Please look at the map below. Where is Botswana? The titles of our first reading is Brides for Sale. What do you think you will learn from the reading? Finally, please leave a comment. Do you think that marriage must include love? See you next week!

Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合１B Global Issues - Unit 4 Reading 3

Hello everyone, Today we are going to read about the largest garbage dump in the Middle East. You can see a picture of Hiriya below. Hiriya is in Isreal.

Downloaded from wikipedia

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

You can read more about Hiriya here: Garbage to Green: 10 landfills turned into nature preserves, and here: Trashy Travel: Isreal's new recycling park.

There is a park in Toronto that was once a garbage dump. It's called Centennial Park. You can see a picture of the ski hill in Centennial Park below. 

Uploaded to Flickr by Boblink

So, how do Japanese deal with garbage? According to the New York Times, over 80% of garbage in Japan is incinerated. Click here to see an interesting story about garbage in Japan by the New York Times: Trash in Japan - 44 types of garbage. 

What do you think of the way Japan deals with garbage? What do you think about sorting garbage? Please leave a comment below.

Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合1B Global Issues Assignment 1

Hello everyone! Today we are going to continue studying Chapter 4 in our textbook and we are going to start Assignment 1. First let's study some vocabulary. Please click this link: 英語総合1B Vocabulary.

Now let's look at Assignment 1.

Assignment 1 is due on Monday 7 November at 7 pm. Please e-mail your assignment to me. Also please print your assignment and bring it to class next Tuesday.
Enjoy!

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!

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: 

英語総合B Global Issues Lesson 3 whiteboard notes - a photoset by mick62 on Flickriver

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.

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!

Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合IB Global Issues 2011 Lesson 1: Introduction to the course and class rules

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Welcome to 英語総合IB. Today you will learn about the course and together we will make some class rules. 


Please click the link to see some posts from previous classes


We will learn a lot of new vocabulary in this class. We will study vocabulary using an online tool called Quizlet. Please click the link to learn how to sign up for and use Quizlet


OK, now let's make some class rules together. Click the link to see some rules made by other SIT students: Classrules 2011.


Finally, please post a comment. Please tell me why you chose this course. Click the link to learn how to post a comment - コメント投稿法.

Thanks for joining this class. See you next week!

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英語総合1B Lesson 7 Blackboard Notes

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

英語総合1B - Michael Pritchard's Water Filter

Last lesson we learned that we can make water safer by using a water filter. Next lesson we are going to read about reclaimed water. Watch this video about an amazing invention. You can watch the video with Japanese subtitles. Click "View subtitles" next to the play button on the video player. After you watch the video, answer the questions. Bring your answers to class next Tuesday. If you can't understand, send me an e-mail (もうし分からなくたらメールして下さい)

1. Why did Pritchard invent the Lifesaver bottle?
2. Why is the filter in the lifesaver bottle so good?
3. What is the benefit of processing water at the source?
4. How much money is needed to make water safe for everyone in the world?
   

英語総合1B Lesson 4 Blackboard Notes

Here are the blackboard notes for our lesson on the thirteenth of October.
To see the notes more clearly, double click the picture. After that, click "all sizes".

Eigo Sogo Blackboard Notes 13/10/09 - 1, originally uploaded by mick62.

英語総合1B - Poetic Social Mission: A Special event by onedrop.org

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We have been learning many things about water in Unit 2, "Water: Our most important resource", in our textbook Tapestry Reading 1. You can review the things we've learned by reading the blackboard notes that I posted on this blog.

Recently, I discovered something wonderful! I discovered onedrop.org. ONEDROP.ORG was founded by Guy Laliberte. Guy Laliberte is a Canadian! He was also the founder of Cirque du Soliel (太陽のサーカス). Maybe you know Cirque de Soliel because Cirque du Soliel has a theatre at the Tokyo Disney Resort.

Now Guy Laliberte is on the International Space Station. Last weekend, he presented an incredible webcast from the International Space Station called Poetic Social Mission. The purpose of the webcast was to teach people about the importance of water. The webcast was broadcast from places all over the world including Osaka. Many artists, scientists, and world leaders from all over the world participated in the webcast including former American Vice President Al Gore, David Suzuki, Peter Gabriel, Joss Stone, and Tatsuya Ishii (石井竜也).
Thanks to onedrop.org and the the Poetic Social Mission webcast I have learned many more things about water including:

• 70% of the earth's surface is covered by water
• Most of the water on earth is salt water, which we can't drink
• We need fresh water (淡水). We get most of our fresh water from rivers and lakes.
• Only .007% of the earth's water is contained in rivers and lakes
• 60% of the human body is water
• We have more rain because of global warming
• Many girls in the world cannot go to school because they are busy collecting water

Little by little, we are losing the water we need. You can make a difference! I have promised to drink less bottled water. Bottled water is wasteful (浪費的な). What will you do? You can make a promise on the onedrop.org website. Click here to make your promise: Get involved . Please post a comment telling me what you have promised to do to save water.

Shibaura Institute of Technology 英語総合1B (Global Issues 2) and Writing 1B

Today we are going to start our first units of study in the 英語総合1B (Global Issues 2) and Writing 1B classes. Below are some useful links:

英語齟齬1B Links:
Tapestry Chapter 2 Quiz

Global Issues Water Diary project

Writing 1B Link:

Writing 1B paragraphs and essays

Please take a look at the work done by students in previous classes. You can do work this good too!