Last Updated on December 19, 2008
The Final Version!
| DATE | CONTENT | Handouts | STEP 1: Preparation for OPs | STEPS 3 & 4: Deadlines after OPs | |||
| Deadline for Sending E-mail to Mr. Shimura for Your OP | Deadline for Giving 1st Handouts to Class | Objective Evaluation | Term Paper | ||||
| 9/26 | 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 | Tsujimura and Shitomi | . | . | . | |
| 9/29 | 1. Review of Class #1 2. Intro. to Newspaper English, I 3. Intro. to Longer Presentation, I |
pp. 1-6b, 9-10 | Katayama, Ishii, Shiba | . | |||
| 10/3 | 1. Review of Class #2 2. Intro. to Newspaper English, II 3. Introduction Longer Presentation, II: CONTENT of MOPs 4. Preparation for OP#1 by Tsujimura and Shitomi |
pp. 5-11, 3b-4b, 13-18 | Yamamoto, Murase, Ooki, Oka | Tsujimura and Shitomi | |||
| 10/6 | 1 Review: Class #3 2. Introduction to Longer Presentation, III: Presentation SKILLS for MOPs 3. Preparation for OP#1 by Katayama, Ishii, and Shiba |
pp. 9-35. | Hayakawa, Shimizu, Chiba, Onishi | Katayama, Ishii, Shiba | |||
| 10/10 | 1. OP#1 (1) Tsujimura: "Aso team likened to teacher and students," the Japan Times, ?, 2008, p. ?. (2) Shitomi: "Stores defend 24-hour operations," the Japan Times, September 25, 2008, p. 3. 2. Preparation for OP#1 |
p. 9-35. | Yamashita and Sofue | Yamamoto, Murase, Ooki, Oka | |||
| 10/17 | 1. OP#1 (1) Katayama: Canceled. (2) Ishii: "Japan fails to win medal," the Japan Times, August 24, 2008, p. 24. (3) Shiba: "Tea markers seek overseas growth," the Japan Times, September 25, 2008, p. 2. 2. Preparation for OP#1 |
pp. 12-14, 36-41. | Harada, Iwakata, Kitabata, Kitamura | Hayakawa, Shimizu, Chiba, Onishi | Tsujimura and Shitomi. | ||
| 10/20 | 1. OP#1 (1) Yamamoto: "Manga’ viewed as vibrant info conduit," the Japan Times, September 8, 2008, p. 2. (2) Murase: "Fanfare greets Tabuse in return," the Japan Times, September 28, 2008, pp. 20 and 22. (3) Ohki: "SanDisk 'micro-card' music to compete with CDs," the Japan Times, September 24, 2008, p. 11. (4) Oka: "Net-savvy parents shield children from harmful sites," the Japan Times, September 25, 2008, p. 3. 2. Preparation for OP#1 by |
. | Nanjo, Tanaka, Matsumoto, Yokoyama | Yamashita and Sofue | Katayama, Ishii, Shiba | ||
| 10/24 | 1. OP#1 (1) Hayakawa: “Toxic milk scandal cases rise by 10,000,” the Japan Times, September 27, 2008, p. 4. (2) Shimizu: "More schools opening tourism depertments," the Japan Times, ?, 2008, p. ?. (3) Chiba: PPD to Nov. 14. (4) Onishi: "Matuzaka breaks Nomo's win record," the Japan Times, September 17, 2008, p. 22. 2. Preparation for OP#1 by |
. | Mizuno, Kaneko, Morigami, Ohama | Harada, Iwakata, Kitabata, Kitamura | Yamamoto, Murase, Ooki, Oka | Tsujimura and Shitomi | |
| 10/27 | 1. OP#1 (1) Yamashita: "Asa testifies, denies match-fixing claims," the Japan Times, October 4, 2008, p. 1. (2) Sofue: Canceled 2. Preparation for OP#1 3. Scheduling OP#2s 4. Lecture: Introduction to OP#2 |
pp. 42-49 | Nanjo, Tanaka, Matsumoto, Yokoyama | Hayakawa, Shimizu, Onishi | Katayama, Ishii, Shiba | ||
| 10/31 | 1. OP#1 (1) Harada: "Women`s group aims to narrow wage gap," the Japan Times, October 4, 2008, p. 3. (2) Iwakata: "Japanese win Ig Nobel for amoeba study," the Japan Times, October 2, 2008, p. 5. (3) Kitabata: "Seibu wins Pacific League," the Japan Times, September 27, 2008, p. 1. (4) Kitamura: PPD to Nov. 17 2. Preparation for OP#1 |
pp. 42-49. | Shitomi and Shiba Oka and Onishi (Early Deadline due to a holiday on November 3) |
Mizuno, Kaneko, Morigami, Ohama | Yamashita and Sofue | Yamamoto, Murase, Ooki, Oka | |
| Thursday 11/6 at Room 612 Backup Day for Monday Classes |
1. OP#1 (1) Nanjo: "Japan sweats as U.S. rescue stalls," the Japan Times, October 1, 2008, p. 3. (2) Tanaka: "Rental robotic suit helps disabled walk," the Japan Times, October 11, 2008, p. 3. (3) Matsumoto: "High school students reluctant to have voting right at 18: poll," the Japan Time, the Japan Times, October 19, 2008, p. 2. (4) Yokoyama: "Warming may kill coral, amphibians," the Japan Times, October 12, 2008, p. 2. 2. Preparation for OP#2 by Shitomi and Shiba |
.. | Matsumoto, Iwakata, Ishii (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival) | Shitomi and Shiba | Harada, Iwakata, Kitabata, Kitamura | Hayakawa, Shimizu, Onishi | |
| Friday 11/7 |
No Class. This day is a backup day for Saturday classes. | . | |||||
| 11/10 | 1. OP#1 (1) Mizuno: "Nomura posts loss but expects gains via Lehman acquisitions," the Japan Times, October 28, 2008, p. 8. (2) Kaneko: Canceled. (3) Morigami: "Toyota touts 'ultracompact' iQ," the Japan Times, October 16, 2008, p. 9. 2. Preparation for OP#2 by Oka and Onishi |
Tanaka, Yamamoto, Nanjo (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival) | Oka and Onishi | Nanjo, Tanaka, Matsumoto, Yokoyama | Yamashita | ||
| 11/14 | 1. PPD OP#1 [PPD from October 24 for medical reason] (1) Chiba: "Lawson plans discount store drive," the Japan Times, October 4, 2008, p. 10. 2. OP#2 (1) Shitomi: "Husband of hospital victim speaks out," the Japan Times, October 29, 2008, p. ?. (2) Shiba: "Kabuki mecca's days numbered," the Japan Times, October 23, 2008, p. 3. 3. Preparation for OP#2 b Matumoto, Iwakata, and Ishii |
. | Matsumoto, Iwakata, Ishii | Mizuno, Morigami | Harada, Iwakata, Kitabata | ||
| 11/17 | 1. PPD OP#1 [Postponed from October 31, 2008] (1) Kitamura: "Nintendo's new DSi comes with a camera," October 3, 2008, p. 9 2. OP#2 (1) Oka: "Robot does household chores," the Japan Times, October 27, 2008, p. 2. (2) Onishi: "Crime by elderly has doubled in five years," the Japan Times, November 8, 2008, p. 2. 2. Preparation for OP#2 by Tanaka, Yamamoto, and Nanjo |
pp. 42-49 | Kitabata, Hayakawa, Harada (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival) Shimizu, Ohki, Yokoyama (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival) |
Tanaka, Yamamoto, Nanjo | Chiba, Shitomi and Shiba | Nanjo, Tanaka, Matsumoto, Yokoyama | |
| 11/28 | 1. OP#2 (1) Matsumoto: "Cabbies feel strain as recession looms," the Japan Times, November 14, 2008, p. 9. (2) Iwakata: "Panasonic to make Sanyo a subsidiary," the Japan Times, November 3, 2008, p. 1. (3) Ishii: "Nintendo DS English learning software a big hit with students," the Japan Times, July 3, 2008, p. 3. 2. Preparation for OP#2 |
Yamashita, Ohama, Kaneko | Kitabata, Hayakawa, Harada | Kitamura, Oka and Onishi | Mizuno, Morigami | ||
| 12/1 | 1. Last OP#1 (1) Ohama: "New health insurance system draws protest," the Japan Times, October 23, 2008, p. 2. 2. OP#2 (1) Tanaka: Canceled. (2) Yamamoto: "Japan drops to 98th in gender equality ranking,”the Japan Times, Nobember 13, 2008, p. 1. (3) Nanjo: "First Beaujolais shipments arrive; Aeon to serve in plastic bottles," the Japan Times, ?, 2008, p. 3. 2. Preparation for OP#2 |
Murase, Morigami, Tsujimura | Shimizu, Ohki, Yokoyama | Matsumoto, Iwakata, Ishii | Chiba and Kitamura | ||
| 12/5 | 1. OP#2 (1) Kitabata: "Q-chan announces retirement," the Japan Times, October 30, 2008, pp. 23-24. (2) Hayakawa: PPD to December 12. (3) Harada: "Japan's carbon emissions rise 2.3%,'' November 13, 2008, p. 2. 2. Preparation for OP#2 |
Chiba, Kitamura, Mizuno | Yamashita, Ohama, Kaneko | Ohama, Yamamoto, Nanjo | . | ||
| 12/8 | 1. OP#2 (1) Shimizu: "Who needs yen when you have a cell phone?," the Japan Times, November 14, 2008, p. 3. (2) Ohki: "Despite all the gloom and doom, Airbus official offers good news," the Japan Times, November 9, 2008, p. 7. (3) Yokoyama: "Atlantis mission will see first Japanese mother in space," the Japan Times, November 12, 2008, p. 1. 2. Preparation for OP#2 |
Murase, Morigami, Tsujimura | Kitabata, Hayakawa, Harada | ||||
| 12/12 | 1. OP#2 (1) Yamashita: "Trap door of 'true modern history'," the Japan Times, November 4, 2008, p. 2. (2) Ohama: Topic about passive smoking. (3) [PPD OP#2 from December 5] Hayakawa: "Mass retailers start to go green, charge for plastic bags," the Japan Times, November 15, 2008, p. 2. 2. Last Preparation for OP#2 |
Kitamura, Mizuno | Shimizu, Ohki, Yokoyama | ||||
| 12/15 | 1. OP#2 (1) Morigami: "Drunk driving deadly serious," the Japan Times, the Japan Times, November 21, 2008, p. 2. (2) Tsujimura: "Asahara seeks retrial amid rise in hangings,"the Japan Times, November 12, 2008, p. 1. |
Yamashita, Ohama, Hayakawa | |||||
| 12/19 | 1. OP#2 (1) Kitamura: "Air Force to track whalers," the Japan Times, December 1, 2008, p. 2. (2) Mizuno: "Lemaire fuides kane Hikili to Japan Cup Dirt triunmph," the Japan Times, December 8, 2008, p. 1. (3) Murase: "Students and marijuana," the Japan Times, November 19, 2008, p. ?. |
Morigami, Tsujimura | |||||
| 12/22 | No Class | . | . | . | . | ||
| 1/9 | Final Class 1. Review of Last OP#2s (1) Murase (2) Mizuno (3) Kitamura 2. Summary of |
. | . | . | . | Murase, Kitamura, Mizuno | All TP#2! |
| NOTES on Abbreviations: N = National, B = Business, W = World, AP = Asia-Pacific, O = Opinion, S = Sports, TBA = To Be Arranged |
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