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English Seminar on Newspaper English

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The Final Version!

STARS OF THE WEEK PICTURES!

I am terribly sorry, but something was wrong with my digital camera,
and I was not able to take pictures of MOPs on Monday, June 9, 2003.
Sorry, Mr. Mine, Mr. Hashimoto, and Mr. Okamoto.
Yet, Mr. Hashimoto's PowerPoint file now available in the
Schedule section of our homepage (i.e., Section 3 below).
It is a very good example of PowerPoint slides. You should
look at it and think of using PowerPoint for your FOP.

Sorry, but no pictures are available for the last three presentations on July 3, 2003.

Click HERE to look at old Star of the Week Pictures for MOPs.

1. Annoucements (Final)

2. Class Schedule (Final)

3. Reviewing Oral Presentation Skills

This page helps you review the oral presentation skills you learned in the Study Skills course. Read this BEFORE you prepare for your presentations. You need the old Study Skills textbook, "Speaking of Speech." This OLD SS textbook was used until two years ago. Talk to 3rd-year or 4th-year students and get a copy of this book from them, if you can.

4. MOP (Mini Oral Presentation) Center (Last Updated on 05/09/2003)

You can find a lot of useful information not only about MOPs but also the term paper #1 for your MOP. Read this before and after your MOP to get an "A" on your MOP and the term paper!!!

5. Links to Useful WWW Sites

(1) PowerPoint Files by Students in English Seminar in 2002
(2) Encarta World English Dictionary
This is a free online English-English dictionary. One special feature of this online dictionary is that it offers not only meanings of words but also their pronounciations in audio files!!! Try this new online dictionary from Microsoft.

(3) Search Engines:
You can find the homepages you are looking for by typing in a keyword. These search engines can also help you find homepges from categories.
- Yahoo.co.jp (for homepages in Japan)
- Yahoo.com (for homepages in the U.S.)
- Google (for a very fast homepage search)

(4) Vote.comand Vote.co.jp
In your second presentation, you will give a discussion question to your classmates and lead the discussion. These web sites give you good examples of discussion questions.