Introduction to English Seminar on Newspaper English
Scheduling Presentation #1
Taking Class Picture for Our Web Site
30:
Lecture on Newspaper English I
Lecture on Longer Presentation I
Introduction to the First Presentation in This Class (MOPs)
OCTOBER
4:
Lecture on Newspaper English II
Lecture on Longer Presentation II
Review of Presentation Skills from the Study Skills Course
Preparation for MOPs on October 11
7:
Lecture on Longer Presentation III
Click HERE to look at the PowerPoint slides used in this important lecture.
11:
MOPs (Mini Oral Presentations)
Y. Kobayashi (N): "Ozone hole? Soon it could be... 'what hole?'" the Japan Times, September 26, 2002, p. 16.
Honda (O): "What will happen to the economy if the U.S. attacks Iraq?" the Japan Times, September 23, 2002, p. 13.
Preparation for MOPs by Masuhara, Mine, D. Tanaka, Nakamura, Nakata, Y. Takahashi, Muranaka, and Nagura.
18:
MOPs
Masuhara (N): "Ministry wants to boost child-care leave for men," September 21, 2002, p. 1.
Mine (N): "Tokyo movie festival to showcase creative new Asian films," the Japan Times, October 2, 2002, p. 3.
D. Tanaka (W): "Inborn chemical may fight AIDS," the Japan Times, September 28, 2002, p. 7.
Nakamura (N): "Kitajima smashes oldest world record in men's swimming," the Japan Times, September 24, 2002, p. 3.
Preparation for MOPs by Imanaka, Obara, Karasawa, and Takakura.
21:
MOPs
Nakata (O): "States find tobacoo tax all too addictive," the Japan Times, September 27, 2002, p. 19.
Y. Takahashi (B): "Wheelchair designer hopes to get more users on the streets," the Japan Times, September 22, 2002 p. 1.
Muranaka (N): "Thalidomide imported by doctors via legal loophole," September 28, 2002, p. 3.
Nagura (N): "Better traffic lights protect pedestrians, NPA finds," the Japan Times, September 13, 2002, p. 2.
25:
MOPs
Imamura (N): "Japan set to oppose tobacco consumption cuts," the Japan Times, October 8, 2002, p. 2.
Obara (B): "Private-sector salaries decline for fourth year," the Japan Times, September 24, 2002, p. 13.
Karasawa (N): "State's nuclear policy faces big hurdle: regaining public trust," the Japan Times, September 28, 2002, p. 2.
Takakura (S): "Cabrera gets one last shot at home run record," October 14, 2002, p. 18.
Preparation for FOPs:
Brief Introduction to FOPs
Scheduling FOPs
28:
MOPs
Hosoi (N): "23% of Yokohama opts out of registry sistem," the Japan Times, October 12, 2002, p. 2.
Shindo (N): "Taiwan taps tea connoisseurs in bid to boost tourist industry," October 16, 2002, p. 3.
Nakayama (?): Canceled.
Kamura (N): "Itami airport operations may be scaled down" the Japan Times, September 28, 2002, p. 2.
Preparation for MOPs by Muto and Sasaki.
NOVEMBER
1:
MOPs
Kobashi (N): gShiga hopes to better Lake Biwa," the Japan Times, October 8, 2002, p. 3.
Iseki (B): "Mega Consortium in IP phone bid," October 18, 2002, p. 12.
Harada (B): "Nikkei back to '83 level - under 9000," the Japan Times, October 4, 2002, p. 1 and p. 12.
Matsuda (N): "Koizumi gets nearer to public fund injection," the Japan Times, October 14, 2002, p. 2.
Preparation for FOPs on November 15 by Takakura and Imamura.
8:
MOP
Muto (S): "Ex-champ Tsuyoshi eyeing return," the Japan Times, October 9, 2002, p. 22.
Sasaki (S): "Female jockey ready to gallop again," the Japan Times, October 29, 2002, p. 23.
Preparation for FOPs on November 18 by Shindo, Honda, and Kobayashi.
11:
Backup Day for MOPs
15:
FOPs
Takakura (S): "Mets pursuing Japanese stars," the Japan Times, October 2, 2002, p. 24.
Imamura (N): "LDP wins in five of seven elections amid low turnout," the Japan Times, October 28, 2002, p. 1.
Preparation for FOPs on November 29 by Kobashi, Nagura, and Y. Takahashi.
18:
FOPs
Shindo (N): "Japanese taking fewer holidays," the Japan Times, October 29, 2002, p. 2.
Honda (O): "Prevention beats prosecution," the Japan Times, October 29, 2002, p. 18.
Kobayashi (N): New York urges Japan visitors to return," the Japan Times, October 23, 2002, p. ?.
Preparation for FOPs on December 2 by Karasawa, Kamura, and Hosoi.
29:
FOPs
Kobashi (N): g60% of polled back younger organ donors," the Japan Times, October 7, 2002, p. 2.
Nagura (N): gFive-day week sees busier schools," the Japan Times, November 6, 2002, p. 3.
Y. Takahashi (B): "Japanese live longest, but WHO warns world of wide rich-poor gap," the Japan Times, October 31, 2002, p. 3.
Preparation for FOPS on December 6 by Matsuda, Obara, and Mine.
DECEMBER
2:
FOPs:
Karasawa (N): "Price is right for ecarbon fundfinvestments now," the Japan Times, November 9, 2002, p. 3.
Kamura (N): "FTC moves to fight false food-labeling," the Japan Times, November 14, 2002, p. 2.
Hosoi (N): gTop taxpayers may elude sudden fame,h the Japan Times, October 2, 2002, p. 2.
6:
FOPs:
Matsuda (W): "South Korea kids top Japan in UNICEF education study," the Japan Times, November 27, 2002, p. 2.
Obara (B): "GDP likely to drop over 7% from slack birthrate," the Japan Times, November 22, 2002, p. 12.
Mine (N): "Lawyers' group calls for execution debate," the Japan Times, November 23, 2002, p. 2.
9:
FOPs:
Nakata (O): "Innovation takes off if colleges, business links: Stanford head," the Japan Times, November 14, 2002, p. ?.
Muto (S): "Honda takes Skate Canada gold; Suguri gets silver," the Japan Times, November 4, 2002, p. 20.
Harada (N): "Softbank plans to start ADSL-based cable TV," the Japan Times, November 14, 2002, p. 9.
13:
FOP:
Muranaka: "Jets bump on taxiway at Narita," the Japan Times, December 3, 2002, p. 2.
Iseki (B): "Toyota to lease fuel-cell cars to state," the Japan Times, November 19, 2002, p. 10.
Masuhara (N): "Fishermen file lawsuit over construction of Isahaya dike," the Japan Times, November 27, 2002, p. 2.
16:
FOPs
Nakamura (S): "Jordan says he plans to retire again," the Japan Times, November 30, 2002, p. 20.
D. Tanaka (W): "U.S to work for global clonig ban," the JapanTimes, November 10, 2002, p. ?.
20:
FOPs
Sasaki (S): "gJordan says he plans to retire again,h the Japan Times, November 30, 2002, p. 20.
JANUARY
9: Note that we will have our class on this day, although it is Thursday.
Deadline for Term Paper #2
No papers will be accepted for any reasons after this date.
17:
Notes: B = Business, N = National, S = Sports, W = World, O = Opinion, AP = Asian-Pacific, MOP = Mini Oral Presentation, FOP = Full Oral Presentation, PPD = postponed