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Last Updated on 09/27/2004.

For Friday, October 1, 2004:

• Reading Assignment
  • 1. Finish the reading and:
    • (1) Think of all factors that can influence teaching and learning English at shool in Japan. We will discuss these factors in this class.
    • (2) Think of a topic for your first (and second) presentation.
    • So you do NOT have to understand everything in the reading. As long as you do (1) and (2) above, that is fine. OK?
  • 2. Remember the key (technical) words for this class as much as possible. They are the underlined words in the reading. You can find a useful list of key words at the end of the reading.

For Monday, October 4, 2004:

1. Look at the list of possible topics for your presentations on pp. 5-6. You may want to read the reading you received in the first class.
2. Think more about your presentation topic.
3. Look at the "Reading List" section of this homepage and print one or more news stories which are related to your presentation topic.

Note to Mr. Okumura who will give his first pesentation on October :
Send your topic to Mr. Shimura as soon as possible. Also, make 21 copies of the preparation handouts for your classmates (see Section II.2.(2)i on p. 3 of our class handout) and give them to your classmates on Monday.

For Monday, November 1, 2004:

This class was canceled due to the baseball between Keio and Waseda. This means we need tochange our class schedule. As you can see in the Schedule section of our homepage, we will postpone all presentations by one class. Note that this means a various changes have also been made to your DEADLINES BEFORE your presentations (e.g., the deadline to send information about your presentation to Mr. Shimura). Look at the Schedule section of our web site and change relevant entries in your schedule books too.

Remeber to finish the homework for this class too: Read Class Handouts, pp. 13-17 and start thinking about your second presentation. Also, I want you to be more active in discussion sections. Prepare well for all future presentations. OK?

See you on Friday!

Note to Mr. Okumura ONLY: (1) Read the new handouts about the second presentations (pp. 13-17, esp. 14-15),(2) select a topic and a news story for your second presentation, and (3) send ALL info about your second presentaiton (written in Section II.3 on p. 14) to me ASAP. Since you were absent from the very important class on Friday, I have sent you the handouts by email.