Presentation 2 Spring 2014 Weeks 11-15: Your Third and Final Presentation

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to begin the third and final presentation. This presentation will also be a group presentation. You can do the third presentation with the same group that you did the second presentation.

Last year I asked the students who took this course with me for some feedback. Most of them said that they would have liked to have had the freedom to choose the topic of their presentation, so I've decided to let you choose the topic of this presentation. So here are the guide lines for your project:

1. The presentation must have a title slide, an introduction slide, a conclusion slide and a slide listing the sources of your research. Each member of the group must make at least 3 slides. Therefore your presentation should have between 10 - 20 slides, depending on whether your group has 2, 3, or 4 members. 
2. The narration for each slide should be at least 100 words. 
3. Your slides should use images, video and audio. You can also use the drawing function on Voicethread.
4. There sound be very little text on your slides.
5. You should explain why you chose the topic that you chose in your introduction 

The rest is up to you. Use your imagination. Be creative. Take risks. Have fun.

Integrated English 1 2013 Week 8: End of term project

Your final project is a writing task. Please choose ONE of the following options:

• Write a short story (短編小説) about one of the characters in The Inverted Eagle. Create a story about the character’s life after the events in the Inverted Eagle, OR  
• If you don’t like any of the characters in the story, invent a character of your own, and write a story about him or her in the context of The Inverted Eagle.
• Write a new ending for The Inverted Eagle
• Write a review of The Inverted Eagle. Explain why you liked the story, or why you didn’t like the story.
• Write a review of Cup of Death. Explain why you liked the story, or why you didn’t like the story.

You must write at least 100 words. The top 3 stories will be published on this blog and the writers will win a graded reader. The top 3 reviews will be published on Marcus Benevides’ Teach Your Own Adventure Blog (http://www.cyoateacher.com/). Please be honest. Negative reviews have a chance of winning too.

Please click the link to read some of the previous winners' stories.

You must submit your final project by Thursday 20th June at 12:00 noon. Please submit one copy by e-mail, and one printed copy. Please put the printed copy in my mailbox (#FLC 23) on the fourth floor of the Foreign Language Centre, just outside Room CA403.

Finally, please click the links to download your style sheet and your writing error codes sheet.

Enjoy!!!

The University of Tsukuba Academic English Presentation II Trimester 3 Wk 8

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to continue working on using our voices. We will do this by using a great website called EnglishCentral. Please click the link. Let's register for EnglishCentral.

Next, let's prepare for our final presentation. Please click the link to download your final presentation worksheet.


Your homework is to write your presentation script. Please submit your script to me by e-mail. The deadline for submitting your script is Friday, the 9th of February.
See you next week!

The University of Tsukuba Cross Cultural Awareness and English Trimester 3 Week 7: Project Part 2

Hello everyone,
I found something very interesting, a Konkatsu app! It's called Shall we date? "KONKATSU" for marriage. You can see a screen shot of the app in the image on the left. It's available in the American Apple App Store. Interestingly, I couldn't find this app in the Japanese App store.




Today we are going to write the second draught of our project reports. First, let's study some vocabulary. Please click the link: Cross Cultural Awareness and English Vocabulary. Please click the link to download the Writing Error Codes handout. Also, today, we are going to learn how to support ideas using personal experiences, facts, and quotations. We'll also learn how to cite references. 
You must show where you got your information in two places, first in your report, and then in a list at the end of the report. Look at the examples below:

In-text citations

According to Wiktionary (2010, February 26), omiai is,  “A Japanese custom in which unattached individuals are introduced to each other to consider the possibility of marriage.”

Japan Close Up (2009, October) says, one in five singles in Japan and around the world are looking for a potential partner on the Internet.

Konkatsu was first coined by a Chuo University professor called Masahiro Yamada in 2007 (Ito, 2011, November 1)

Below is an example reference list in APA style.

References

Miai. (2013, January 27). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:36, January 28, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miai&oldid=535082381

Inada, M. (2009, June 29). Japan has a new name for the mating game: Konkatsu. In the Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 04:40, January 28, 2013, from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124623617832566695.html

Now rewrite your reports. Correct your errors and add references. 

Your final draughts are due on:

Monday 4th period class - the 8th of February (Friday)
Tuesday 2nd period class - the 5th of February.

Enjoy!

The University of Tsukuba Cross Cultural Awareness and English Trimester 3 Week 6: Project Part 1

Photo by Osamu Uchida

Hello everyone,

Today we are going to start our project. We will work on the project in today's class, and in the next class. 

Please pay attention to these important dates:

Tuesday 2nd period class

• 26 January (Sat.) First draught due. 
•  5 February (Tues.) Final draught due. 

Monday 4th period class

• 1 February (Fri.) First draught due
• 8 February (Fri.) Final draught due

I will check the content, spelling and grammar and make comments on your work. Then I will return your first draught to you so you can rewrite it (書き直す). 

You will need to do research in order to complete this project. Please remember to keep a record of the website URLs, book titles and any other resources you use. Also, DO NOT COPY AND PASTE TEXT FROM THE INTERNET! This is plagiarism (盗作).

Plagiarism is serious. It is academic dishonesty. 

All students found guilty of plagiarism will receive a grade of zero for the project. This project is worth 30% of your grade!

Before we start the project, let's study some vocabulary. Please click the link: Cross Cultural Awareness and English Vocabulary.

Please click the link to download the project task sheet: 

The University of Tsukuba Cross Cultural Awareness and English Trimester 3 Assignment

Photo by Okinawa Soba

Have fun doing the project. See you next week!