| DATE | CONTENT | Handouts | STEP 1: Preparation for MOPs | STEPS 3 & 4: Deadlines after MOPs | ||
| Deadline for Sending E-mail to Mr. Shimura for Your MOP | Deadline for Giving 1st Handouts to Class | Objective Evaluation | Term Paper | |||
| 9/15 | 1. Introduction to English Seminar I: Presentation on Current Topics. 2. Scheduling Pesentations #1 3. Class Picture Taking for Our Web Site |
Student Info Sheet, pp. 1-2 | Yamada, Tanaka | . | . | . |
| 9/29 | 1. Review of Class #1 2. Intro. to Newspaper English, I 3. Intro. to Longer Presentation, I |
pp. 1-6b, 9-10, 13-14. | Kobayashi, Usui, Oushiden | . | ||
| 10/2 | 1. Review of Class #2 2. Intro. to Newspaper English, II 3. Introduction Longer Presentation, II: CONTENT of MOPs 4. Preparation for MOPs by Yamada and Tanaka |
pp. 5-11 | . | Yamada, Tanaka | ||
| 10/6 | 1 Review: Class #3 2. Introduction to Longer Presentation, III: Presentation SKILLS for MOPs 3. Preparation for MOPs by Kobayashi, Usui, and Oushiden |
pp. 9-35. | Konishi, Imahori, Yoneda, Sakai AND Hashizume, Ochiai, Hirano, Goto (Early deadline due to a holiday on 10/9) |
Kobayashi, Usui, Oushiden | ||
| 10/13 | 1. MOPs (1) Yamada (W): "U.S. grieves, remembers horror of 9/11 attacks," the Japan Times, September 12, 2006, p. ?. (2) Tanaka (W): "Princess Kiko's third child will shape succession debate," the Japan Times, September 5, 2006, p. 1. 2. Lecture: Step 3, Evaluation for Future Presentations 3. Preparation for MOPs by Konishim, Imahori, Yoneda, and Sakai. |
p. 9-35. | Matsuda, Nakagawa, Hiruma, Kikuchi | Konishi, Imahori, Yoneda, Sakai | ||
| 10/16 | 1. MOPs (1) Kobayashi (N): "Three kids killed when SUV plunges into sea," the Japan Times, August, 27, 2006, p. 2. (2) Oushiden (B/N): "Honda to release low-emission diesl, fuel-cell car," the Japan Times, September 26, 2006, p. 10. 2. Lecture: Step 4, Term Paper Writing 3. Preparation for MOPs |
pp. 12-14, 36-41. | Nakagawa, Takada | Hashizume, Ochiai, Hirano, Goto | Yamada, Tanaka | |
| 10/20 | 1. MOPs (1) Konishi (N): ''Saraba, Mr. Koizumi,'' the Japan Times, September 26, p. 13. (2) Imahori (N): "Floods sweep away whole families as Nigerian dam bursts," the Japan Times, October 3, 2006, p. 9. (3) Yoneda (W): "UNSC poll shows Ban likely to replace Annan," the Japan Times, October 4, 2006, p. 1. (4) Sakai (N): "Majority in survey favor English for elementary kids, " the Japan Times, September 2, 2006, p. 3. 2. Preparation for MOPs |
. | Higashi, Watanabe, Yamaura, Nagano (Early dealine due to a holiday on 11/3) | Matsuda, Nakagawa, Hiruma, Kikuchi | Kobayashi, Usui, Oushiden | Yamada, Tanaka |
| 10/23 | 1. MOPs (1) Hashizume (W): "Alaskan storm doomed Antarctic iceberg," the Japan Times, October 4, 206, p. 7. (2) Ochiai (N/B): "Career women opting to date younger men," the Japan Times, September 23, 2006, p. ?. (3) Hirano (S): "No final match for Hide," the Japan Times, ?, 2006, p. 19. (4) Goto (S): "Waseda's Saito opts for college," the Japan Times, September 12, 2006, p. 20. 2. Preparation for MOPs |
. | Kasahara, Takayama, Ozasa, Sekine (Early deadline due to a holiday on 11/3) | Nakagawa, Takada | Konishi, Imahori, Yoneda, Sakai | Kobayashi, Usui, Oushiden |
| 10/27 | 1. MOPs (1) Matsuda (N): "Japan may not want to go nuclear but it's no technical hurdle: analysts," the Japan Times, October 11, 2006, p. 1. (2) Reiko Nakagawa (N): "Lens implant surgery becoming populat," the Japan Times, October 6, 2006, p. 3. (3) Kikuchi (W): "Straw's remark on veils creates fallout," the Japan Times, October 9, 2006, p. 7. (4) Usui (N): "Japan still grappling to predict 'Big One' as it crunches figures," the Japan Times, September 1, 2006, p. 3. 2. Preparation for MOPs |
Higashi, Watanabe, Yamaura, Nagano | Hashizume, Ochiai, Hirano, Goto | Konishi, Imahori, Yoneda, Sakai | ||
| 10/30 | No Class due to Baseball Game between Keio and Waseda | |||||
| 11/6 | 1. MOPs (1) Yurie Nakagawa (N): "Hospital in Nagoya mistakenly throws away donor kidneys," the Japan Times, October 15, 2006, p. 1. 2. Preparation for MOPs 3. Scheduling FOPs 4. Introduction to FOPs |
pp. 42-49. | Oushiden, Yamada, Takayama, Kikuchi | Kasahara, Takayama, Ozasa, Sekine | Matsuda, Nakagawa, Hiruma, Kikuchi | Hashizume, Ochiai, Hirano, Goto |
| 11/10 | 1. MOPs (1) Higashi (B/N): "Google Inc. eyes buying YouTube for $1.6 billion," the Japan Times, October 8, 2006, p. 8. (2) Watanabe (W): "Democrats tout report saying war has raised terrorist threat," the Japan Times, September 26, 2006, p. 5. (3) Yamaura (N): "Lawmakers visit Yasukuni; diplomatic dilemma for Abe," the Japan Times, October 19, 2006, p. 2. (4) Nagano (W): "Tattoos move from margins of society to the mainstream," the Japan Times, October 12, 2006, p. 20. 2. Preparation for FOPs by Oushiden and Yamada |
. | Higashi, Nagano, Imahori (Early deadline due to the Mita Fes.) | Nakagawa, Takada | Matsuda,m Nakagawa, Hiruma, Kikuchi | |
| 11/13 | 1. MOPs (1) Kasahara (S): "Nakamura bags hat trick as Celtic opens six-point lead in Premier League," the Japan Times, October 16, 2006, p. 22. (2) Takayama (AP): Thai junta begins probe into Thaksin-era graft," the Japan Times, September 26, 2006, p. 4. (3) Ozasa (W): "One in eight Americans has Internet addiction: poll," the Japan Times, October 19, 2006, p. 7. (4) Takada (S): "Suzuki puts scare in Federe," the Japan Times, October 7, 2006, p. 20. 2. Preparation for First FOPs by Takayama and Kikuchi |
Ochiai, Hirano, Sakai (Early deadline due to the Mita Fes.) | Higashi, Watanabe, Yamaura, Nagano | Nakagawa, Takada | ||
| 11/17 | 1. FOPs (1) Oushiden (N): "20% of Japan now age 65 or older ," the Japan Times, November 1, 2006, p. 1. (2) Yamada (N): "Softbank snowed under by applicants seeking cheap rates," the Japan Times, ?, 2006, p. ?. 2. Preparation for FOPs by Higashi, Nagano, and Imahori 3. Lecture: Step 2 in FOPs 4. Lecture: How to write term paper #2 |
Yoneda, Hashizume, Yamaura (Early deadline due to the Mita Fes.) | Kasahara, Takayama, Ozasa, Sekine | Higashi, Watanabe, Yamaura, Nagano | ||
| 11/20 | 1. FOPs (1) Kikuchi (AP): "China changes law on approval of death sentences," the Japan Times, November 1, 2006, p. 4. 2. Preparation for FOPs by Ochiai, Hirano, and Sakai |
pp. 42-49 | Ozasa, Kobayashi, Y. Nakagawa (Early deadline due to the Mita Fes.) | Kasahara, Takayama, Ozasa, Sekine |
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| 12/1 | 1. FOPs (1) Higashi (W):" 2006 was record year for global piracy: Senegal," the Japan Times, November 10, 2006, p. 9. (2) Nagano (W): "Technology turning Britain into 'Big Brother' society: report," the Japan Times,, November 4, 2006, p. 7. (3) Imahori (N): "Baby boomers to weigh down care insurance," the Japan Times, November 16, 2006, p. ?. 2. Preparation for FOPs by Yoneda, Hashizume, and Yamaura |
Watanabe, Usui, Goto | ||||
| 12/4 | 1. FOPs (1) Ochiai (W): "Pet cloning pionner goes out of business," the Japan Times, October 13, 2006, p. 6. (2) Hirano (W): "Global warming already killing off some species," the Japan Times, November 23, 2006, p. 1. 2. Preparation for FOPs by Ozasa, Kobayashi, and Y. Nakagawa |
Masuda, Kasahara, R. Nakagawa | ||||
| 12/8 | 1. FOPs (1) Yoneda (W): "France proposes import tax on states that shun Kyoto pact," the Japan Times, November 4m 2006, p. 1. (2) Hashizume (N): "Nukes for self-defense are OK," the Japan Times, ?, 2006, p. ?. (3) Yamaura (W): "Dam project talks between Nagano, state back on," the Japan Times, November 23, 2006, p. 1. 2. Preparation for FOPs by Watanabe, Usui, and Goto |
Konishi, Takada | ||||
| 12/11 | 1. FOPs (1) Ozasa (W): "Sweden rates best in eliminating gender inequality,"the Japan Times,, November 23, 2006, p. 7. (2) Kobayashi (N): "U.K to ban advertising for junk food during children's TV," the Japan Times, November, 19 , 2006, p. 8. (3) Y. Nakagawa (N): "Base realignment on the line in Okinawa," the Japa Times, November 20, 2006, p. 2. 2. Preparation for FOPs by Masuda, Kasahara, and R. Nakagawa |
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| 12/15 | 1. FOPs (1) Watanabe (N): "Government again calls for ways to up birthrate," the Japan Times, December 2, 2006, p. 2. (2) Usui (W): "Ukraine wants Soviet-era famine declared genocide," the Japan Times, November 27, 2006, p. 7. (3) Goto (W): "Microcredit pioneer Yunus, bank win Nobel Peace Prize," the Japan Times, November 14, 2006, p. 1 and p. 7. 2. Preparation for FOPs by Konishi and Takada |
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| 12/18 | 1. FOPs (1) Masuda (N): "National Smoking rate falling; JT poll," the Japan Times, November 24, 2006, p. 2. (2) Kasahara (S): "Injured Cech out six months," the Japan Times, Ocrober 18, 2006, p. ?. (3) R. Nakagawa (N): "Work-hour limit may be lifted at ￥10 million," the Japan Times, November 26, 2006, p. 2. 2. Preparation for FOPs |
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| 12/22 | 1. FOPs (1) Konishi (N): ''For entrepreneur, 21, being a 'gal' is pure fashion, not fringe,'' the Japan Times, Nobemver 22, 2006, p. 3. (2) Takada (N): "Japan can't stop the tide of people: UNHCR chief," the Japan Times, December 7, 2006, p. 3. (3) Postponed FOP by Takayama (N): "Japan gets pro-whaling resolution at IWC," the Japan Times Weekly, June 24, 2006. |
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| 1/12 | Last Class 1. Last FOP (1) Postponed FOP by Sakai (N): "NHK lags behind the times," the Japan Times, October 22, 2006, p. 12. 2. Deadline for All Term Papers #2 |
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| 1/15 | Backup Day | |||||
| NOTES on Abbreviations for Areas of Specialization: N = National, B = Business, W = World, AP = Asia-Pacific, O = Opinion, S = Sports. |
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