Schedule for Fall 2003

DATE CLASSROOM CONTENT DEADLINES
1st Handout In-class Discussion of Good and Bad Points Term Paper
9/26 327 Lectures:
  • 1. Introduction to English Seminar (Handout, pp. 1-2)
  • 2. Deciding Presentation Dates for MOPs
  • 3. Homework Assignment
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9/29 327 Lectures:
  • 1. Introduction to the Japan Times (Handout, pp. 5-6)
  • 2. Introduction to Newspaper English, Part I (Handout, pp. 7-8)
  • 3. Introduction to MOP, Part I (pp. 11-12 and 15-19)
  • 4. PowerPoint Workshop: Self-introduction Slides with Text (pp. 1-8)
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10/3 312 Lectures:
  • 1. Introduction to Newspaper English, Part II (pp. 7-10)
  • 2. Introduction to MOP, Part II (pp. 11-13 and 15-19)
  • 3. Review of SS Presentation Skills: Introduction (p. 20)
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10/6 327 Lectures:
  • 1. Review of SS Presentation Skills: Visual and Physical Messages (pp. 20-25 and 30-35)
  • 2. PowerPoint Workshop: Self-introduction Slides with Text, Illustrations, and Graphs (pp. 1-11)
Preparation for MOPs #1 by Hirao and Suisha.		 Hirao
Suisha		 . .
10/10 327 Lectures:
  • 1. Review of Ss Presentation Skills: Story Message (pp. 20-21 and 26-29)
  • 2. PowerPoint Workshop #3 (pp. 1-11)

Preparation for MOPs #1 by Sasaki, Tobaru, Atsumi, and Takahashi.		 Sasaki
Tobaru
Atsumi
Takahashi		 . .
10/17 312 MOPs by:
  • 1. Hirao (S): "Hara takes responsibility for Giants' poor season and resigns as boss," the Japan Times, September 27, 2003, p. 20.
  • 2. Suisha (S): "Real, ManU in Euro goal rush," the Japan Times, September 18, 2003, p. 20.
Preparation for MOPs by Inaba, Yamada, Suginaka, and Kinoshita.		 Inaba
Yamada
Suginaka
Kinoshita		 . .
10/20 327 MOPs by:
  • 1. Sasaki (N): "5.1% jobless rate lowest in two years," the Japan Times, October 1, 2003, p. 1.
  • 2. Tobaru (N): "Ward marks antismoking anniversary," the Japan Times, October 4 2003, p. 3.
  • 3. Atsumi (N): "Scientits clone lab rats," the Japan Times, September 27, 2003, p. 1.
  • 4. Takahashi (N): "Tokaido bullet trains to stop at Shinagawa," the Japan Times, October 1, 2003, p. 2.

Preparation for MOPs by Nishida, Matsushita, Takezawa, and Imai.		 Nishida
Matsushita
Takezawa
Imai		 Hirao
Suisha		 .
10/24 327 MOPs by:
  • 1. Inaba (W): "Changes eyed for China's 1-child policy," the Japan Times, September 27, 2003, p. 4.
  • 2. Yamada (D) : "Tokyo wards clamping down on public smoking," the Japan Times, October 2, 2003, p. 4.
  • 3. Suginaka (W): "Over 15% of Americans have no health insurance," October 1, 2003, p. 5.
  • 4. Kinoshita (S): "Rise of new Roman empire trulamazing"(September 5, 2003, p. 23

Preparation for MOPs by Nakamura, Okada, Banno, and Rokukawa		 Okada
Banno
Rokukawa
 Sasaki
Tobaru
Atsumi
Takahashi		 Hirao
Suisha
10/27 327 MOPs by:
  • 1. Matsushita (W): "American dream, or nightmare," the Japan Times, October 4, 2003, p. ?.
  • 2. Takezawa (W): "U.S. jeans icon Levi Strauss to close last of its North American plants," the Japan Times, September 27, 2003, p.10.
  • 3. Imai (W): "Americans win chemisty Nobel," the Japan Times, October 9, 2003, p. 9.

Preparation for MOPs by Egawa, Imada, Furuya, and Takano.		 Egawa
Imada
Furuya
Takano		 Inaba
Yamada
Suginaka
Kinoshita		 Sasaki
Tobaru
Atsumi
Takahashi
10/31 312 MOPs by:
  • 1. Okada (B/N): "Shopping site Rakuten thinks empire," the Japan Times, October 15, 2003, p. 14.
  • 2. Banno (N): "Ito-Yokado profit plunges 71.2%," the Japan Times, October 10, 2003, p. 8.
  • 3. Rokukawa (W): "EPA won't regulate dioxins in sewage sludge, calling it no big health risk,." the Japan Times, October 19, 2003, p.. 6.

Preparation for MOPs by Suzuki, Nakamura, Aoki, and Hirayama
Scheduling FOPs (from 11/17)		 Suzuki
Nakamura
Aoki
Hirayama		 Matsushita
Takezawa
Imai		 Inaba
Yamada
Suginaka
Kinoshita
11/7 327 MOPs by:
  • 1. Imada (D): "Experts eye SARS' return as winter flu season looms," the Japan Times, October 21, 2003, p. 4.
  • 2. Furuya (W): "China puts its first man into space," the Japan Times, October 16, 2003, p. 1.
  • 3. Takano (S): "Tigers get teeth stuck in," the Japan Times, October 23, 2003, p. 22.

Preparation for MOPs by Hosokai, Shibuya, Kanbara, and Ogura.		 Hosokai
Shibuya
F. Nakamura		 Okada
Banno
Rokukawa
 Matsushita
Takezawa
Imai
11/10 327 MOPs by:
  • 1. Suzuki (B/D): "File-sharing network to get rights to EMI music: report," the Japan Times, October 25, 2003, p. 11.
  • 2. Nakamura (N): "Cinemas turn to gimmicks, even ticket discounts," the Japan Times, October 18, 2003, p. ?.
  • 3. Aoki (S): "Unconvincing France struggles by upstart Japan," the Japan Times, October 19, 2003, p. 20.
  • 4. Hirayama (N): "Spam makes people use e-mail less survey," the Japan Times, October 25, 2003, p. 10.

Preparation for First FOPs by:
 Ogura
Suisha
Hirao.		 Egawa
Imada
Furuya
Takano		 Okada
Banno
Rokukawa
11/14 312 MOPs by:
  • 1. Hosokai (B/N): "Nissan poised to report record operating profit," the Japan Times, October 17, 2003, p. 17.
  • 2. Shibuya (S): "Hawks blast Tigers wrap up Japan Series" the Japan Times,
    October 29, 2003, p. 20.
  • 3. F. Nakamura (): ?????
  • 4. Nishida (B): "Konica Minolta to shift all of its digital camera production to China," the Japan Times, October 11, 2003, p. 8.
 Takahashi
Atsumi		 Suzuki
Nakamura
Aoki
Hirayama		 Egawa
Imada
Furuya
Takano
11/17 327 MOP by:
1. Ogura (S): "Akebono quits sumo, to be K-1 fighte," the Japan Times, November 7, 2003, p. 1.

FOPs by:
  • 1. Suisha (W): "Man shoots attorney in front of television crews," the Japan Times, November 2, 2003, p. 6.
  • 2. Hirao (N): "Koizumi fails to evict LDP elder," the Japan Times, October 24, 2003, p. 1.
Imada
Furuya
Yamada		 Hosokai
Shibuya
F. Nakamura
Nishida		 Suzuki
Nakamura
Aoki
Hirayama
Note about Discussion Questions in FOPs:
  • In order to judge whether your discussion question is good or bad, consider:
    • If one of your classmates asks the question in his/her FOP, will YOU raise your hand and volunteer to answer the question in English?
      • If your answer is "yes," go ahead with the discussion question.
      • If "no," you have two options:
        • (1) Keep the news story but make an easier discussion quesiton, OR
        • (2) Change your news story.
    • Also, remember that a discussion question is easier to answer, if it is related to our life.
11/26 327 FOPs by
1. Takahashi (N): "Impove job situation for women, firms told," the Japan Times, November 5, 2003, p. 2
2. Atsumi (S): "Reds crush Antlers, run away with Nabisco Cup," the Japan Times, November 5, 2003, p. ?.		 Banno
Hirayama
Nakamura		 Ogura
Suisha
Hirao		 Hosokai
Shibuya
F. Nakamura
Nishida
11/28 327 FOPs by
1. Imada (S): "Matsui miss out on Rookie of Year," the Japan Times, November 12, 2003, p. 20.
2. Furuya (N): "Japan Post begins selling 4.4 billion New Year's Card," The Japan Time, November 11, 2003, p. 2.
3. Yamada (N): "Single moms find favor with ministry," the Japan Times, October 31, 2003, p. 3.		 Nishida
Imai
Okada		 Takahashi
Atsumi		 .
12/1 327 FOPs by
1. Banno (W): "Students expelled for 'lewd' show at China university," the Japan Times, November 2, 2003, p. ?.		 Shibuya
Rokugawa
Matsushita		 Imada
Furuya
Yamda
12/5 312 FOPs by
1. Nishida (N): "'Mercy-killing' nets suspended term," the Japan Times, November 27, 2003, p. 4.
2. Imai (S): "Alemu sprints past Q-chan in Tokyo Marathon," the Japan Times, November 17, 2003, p. 20.
3. Okada (S): "Japan told to lower farm trade barriers," the Japan Times, November 19, 2003, p. 12.		 Suginaka
Takano
Hosokai		 Banno
Hirayama
Nakamura
12/8 327 FOPs by
1. Shibuya (S): "Nippon Ham inks Shinjo," the Japan Times, November 21, 2003, p. 24.
2. Rokugawa (W): "CIA warned of new generation of bioweapons," the Japan Times, November 6, 2003, p. 7.
3. Matsushita (N): "Xenophobia aside, Japan said to need foreign labor," the Japan Times, November 14, 2003, p, 3.		 Aoki
Suzuki
Tobaru		 Nishida
Imai
Okada
12/12 327 FOPs by
1. Suginaka (W): "Gay stance splits Canadian Conservatives," the Japan Times, November 13, 2003, p. 20 and p. 22.
2. Takano (S): "Marlins cut costs, send first baseman Lee to Cubs," the Japan Times, November 27, 2003, p. 24.
3. Hosokai (B): "Keidanren comes out against carbon tax,"the Japan Times, November 19, 2003, p. ?.		 Inaba
Kinoshita
Sasaki		 Shibuya
Rokugawa
Matsushita
12/15 327 FOPs by
1. Tobaru (S): "San Diego Padres revealed as team bidding for Dragons pitcher Otsuka," the Japan Times, November 21, 2003, p. 27.		 Nakamura
Takezawa
Ogura		 Suginaka
Takano
Hosokai
12/19 312 FOPs by:
1. Inaba (W): ” Welcome step toward opening minds,” the Japan Times, November 18, 2003, p. 16.
2. Sasaki (N): "New rules would ease plight of zoo, pet shop animals,"the Japa Times, November 26, 2003, p. 3.		 . Aoki
Suzuki
Tobaru
12/22 327 FOPs by
1. Nakamura (?): Nor Reported.
2. Takezawa (W): "U.N. predicts world population to hit 9 billion by 2300," the Japan Times, December 10, 2003, p. 7.
3. Ogura (S): "Akebono facing challenge in K-1," the Japan Times, November 22, 2003, p. ?.		 Inaba
Kinoshita
Sasaki
1/8 327 FOPs Postponed for Health Reason:
1. Hirayama (W): "Bush and Blair say attacks in Istanbul harden resolve," the Japan Times, November 22, 2003, p. 1.
2. Aoki (W): "Bush takes surprise trip to Iraq," the Japan Times, November 29, 2003, p. 1.
3. Suzuki (N/B): "DoCoMo eyes PHS cuts," the Japan Times, November 26, 2003, p. 12.
4. Kinoshita (N): "69% of nation is worried abot leaked personal info," the Japan Times, ?, 2003, p. ?.
Deadline for Term Paper #2		 . . All Students except Hirayama, Aoki, Kinoshita, and Suzuki
1/16 . . . . Hirayama, Aoki, Kinoshita, and Suzuki.
NOTE:
S = Sports, N = National, W = World, AP = Asia/Pacific, B = Business, O = Opinion