Schedule for Spring 2002

Notes: B = Business, N = National, S = Sports, W = World, O = Opinion, AP = Asian-Pacific, MOP = Mini Oral Presentation, FOP = Full Oral Presentation, PPD = postponed

APRIL

• 15:
  • Introduction to English Seminar on Newspaper English
  • Class Picture for Our Web Site
  • Scheduling Presentation #1
• 19:
  • Lecture on Newspaper English I
  • Lecture on Longer Presentation I
• 22:
  • Lecture on Longer Presentation II
    • Review of Lecture on Longer Presentation I
    • Review of Presentation Skills from Study Skills by Using "Speaking of Speech"
    • Introduction to visual aids for longer presentation
      • Making Our First PowerPoint Slides at Room 334
• 26:
  • Lecture on Longer Presentation III
  • Lecture on Newspaper English II
  • Preparation for Mr. Ookubo and Mr. Tanaka's MOPs!!!

MAY

• 10:
  • MOPs (Mini Oral Presentations)
    • Ookubo (B): PPD until June 7.
    • Tanaka (N): "Isahaya Bay opens for seaweed probe," the Japan Times, April 25, 2002, p. 1.
  • Preparation for MOPs by Nishimura, Kudo, Goto, Suwa, Shimizu, Shibusa, Uchida, and Takayama.
• 13:
  • MOPs
    • Kudo (N): "Young adults' withdrawal from society vexes parents," the Japan Times, April 18, 2002, p. 3.
  • Preparation for MOPs by Murashima, Yoshino, Soejima, and Takizawa.
• 17:
  • MOPs
    • Shimizu (N): "Homeless join forces in relief-law march," the Japan Times, April 27, 2002, p. 2.
    • Shibusa (N): "J-Phone delays launch of 3G for second time," the Japan Times, April 25, 2002, p. 8.
    • Uchida (N): "62 million visit resorts, festivals in Golden Week," the Japan Times, April 9, 2002, p. 3.
    • Takayama (N): Canceled.
  • Preparation for MOPs by Yamada, Oshida, Iwase, and Inaoka.
• 20:
  • MOPs
    • Murashima (W): "Astronomeres validate universe's 'birth certificate',"the Japan Times, April 26, 2002, p. 7.
    • Yoshino (S): Government may double tax on wine, hike levies for happoshu, cigarettes," the Japan Times, May 13, 2002, p. 1.
    • Soejima (N): "Jiang says Yasukuni visit intolerable," the Japan Times, April 30, 2002, p. ?.
    • Takizawa (N): "Snow brand officials arrested," the Japan Times, May 11, 2002, p. 11.
  • Preparation for MOPs by Kato, Ochiai, Takeuchi, and Yamamoto
• 24:
  • MOPs
    • Yamada (N): "Ban sought on whale meat from Norway," the Japan Times, May 8, 2002, p. 2.
    • Oshida (S): "Glass takes center stage at Shinbashi museum," the Japan Times, May 11, 2002, p. ?.
    • Iwase (S): ???
    • Inaoka (N): "Teen eating disorder increasing," the Japan Times, April 14, 2002, p. 2.
  • Preparation for MOPs by Nikami, Arai, K. Ishii, and Taiya
  • Lecture: Introduction to FOP (Full Oral Presentation)
  • Deciding Presentation Dates for FOPs
• 27:
  • MOPs
    • Kato (W): "More Afghan refugees return home," the Japan Times, April 27, 2002, p. 4.
    • Ochiai (W): "Tea keeps bone density, Taiwan researchers claim," the Japan Times, May 13, 2002, p. 7.
    • Takeuchi (N): "Computer tests were inadequate: Mizuho," the Japan Times, April 25, 2002, p. 1 and p. 8.
    • Yamamoto (?): "Asylum-seekers dragged out of Japan consulate," the Japan Times, May 9, 2002, p. ?.
  • Preparation for MOPs by T. Ishii, Saiki, Egawa, and Watanabe.
• 31:
  • MOPs
    • Nikami (N): "New food safety authority wheighed," The Japan Time, May 11, 2002, p. 3.
    • Arai (S): "Troussier pulls squad shocker," the Japan Times, May 18, 2002, p. 1 and p. 21.
    • K. Ishii (S): "Fast Retailing reveals management reshuffle," the Japan Times, May 8, 2002. p. 15.
  • Prep. for MOP by Okubo, Goto, Suwa and Nishimura
  • Deadline for Term Paper #1 for Shibusa, Uchida, Murashima, Yoshino, Soejima, and Takizawa

JUNE

• 3:
  • MOPs
    • Saiki (?): Canceled
    • Egawa (N): Canceled
    • Watanabe (?): Canceled
• 7:
  • Postponed MOPs given with penalty for late presentations:
    • Okubo (B): Canceled.
    • Goto (W): Canceled.
    • Suwa (O): Canceled.
    • Nishmura (N): "Global criminal court becomes reality at last," the Japan Times, April 13, 2002, p. ?.
  • Prep. for MOP by Takiya and FOPs by Kato, Kudo and Inaoka.
  • Dealine for Term Paper #1 for Yamada, Iwase, Inaoka, Kato, Ochiai, and Takeuchi.
  • Final Deadline for Sending Emails to Mr. Shimura for FOPs by Arai, T. Ishii, Murashima, Shimizu, Nishimura, and Iwase.
• 10:
  • FOPs:
    • Kato (W): "New fears raised over cloning danger," the Japan Times, May 28, 2002, p. 9.
  • MOPs:
    • Takiya: Canceled.
    • T. Ishii (S): "Sato snatches WBA title," the Japan Times, May 19, 2002, p.21.
  • Preparation for FOPs by T. Ishii, Murashima, and Arai.
  • Deadline for Term Paper #1 for Nikami, Arai, and K. Ishii.
  • Deadline for Sending Emails for FOPs by Shibusa, Ochiai, and Takeuchi.
• 14:
  • FOPs
    • Kudo (N): "Japan to consider carbon tax," the Japan Times, May 22, 2002, p. 2.
    • Inaoka (N): "Kids start 'Saturday school' due to five-day-week worries," the Japan Times, April 21, 2002, p. 2.
  • Preparation for FOS by Shimizu, Nishimura, and Iwase
• 17:
  • FOPs
    • T. Ishii (N): "Panel urges sales tax hike, end to small-store breaks," the Japan Times, ?, 2002, p. ?.
    • Murashima (W): "EU's big two toughning of European immigration rules," the Japan Times, May 29, 2002, p. 13.
    • Arai (N): "Nuclear plant leaks radioactive water," the Japan Times, May 26, 2002, pp. 1-2.
  • Preparation for FOPs by Shibusa, Ochiai, and Takeuchi
  • Deadline for Term Paper #1 for Okubo, Goto, Suwa, Nishimura, Takiya, and T. Ishii.
• 21:
  • FOPs
    • Nishimura (W): "Liberal overhaul of drug laws proposed in Bristol," the Japan Times, May 5, 2002, p. 6.
    • Iwase: Canceled.
• 24:
  • FOPs:
    • Shibusa (N): "Moody's downgrade places Japan on par with Cyprus," the Japan Times, June 12, 2002, p. 1.
    • Ochiai: "Unrelated man can be 'father' of a child: court," the Japan Times, June 8, 2002, p. 8.
    • Takeuchi: "Math, science geeks earn more money: study," the Japan Times, May 30, 2002, p. 2.
• 28:
  • FOPs:
    • Yamada (W): "Viz to publish U.S. version of weekly jump," the Japan Times, June 11, 2002, p. 3.
    • Takizawa (N): "Most schools now have crisis manuals," the Japan Times, ?, 2002, p. ?.

JULY

• 1:
  • FOPs:
    • Yoshino: "South Korean hero faces Italian club ax," the Japan Times, June 21, 2002, p. 24.
    • Okubo: "Top business lobbies tie knot," the Japan Times, May 29, 2002, p. 1.
• 5:
  • FOPs:
    • Nikami: "Road traffic set to peak in 2030," the Japan Times, June 23, 2002, p. 2.
    • K. Ishii (W): "20 million AIDS orphans by 2010," the Japan Times, June 11, 2002, p. 8.
• 8:
  • FOPs:
    • Tanaka: "Japan to seek easin of whale-trade ban," the Japan Times, July 2, 2002, p. 2.
    • Uchida: "Chiyoda Ward enacts smoking ban," the Japan Times, June 25, 2002, p. ?.
    • Shimizu (N): "Most schools canceled trips abrod following Setp. 11," the Japan Times, June 6, 2002, p. 2.
• 12: Final Class
  • FOP:
    • Suwa: "Domestic spying doesn't produce useful intelligence," the Japan Times, June 19, 2002, p. 19.
  • Deadline of Term Paper #2 for All Students (Except Tanaka, Uchida, Shimizu, and Suwa).
• 15: Dealine of Term Paper #2 for Tanaka, Uchida, Shimizu, and Suwa.
  • Bring your term papers to the new Hiyoshi Faculty building and leave them in Mr. Shimura's mail box on its first floor.