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 | Nakayama and R. Kobayashi | . | . | . | |
| 9/29 | 1. Review of Class #1 2. Intro. to Newspaper English, I 3. Intro. to Longer Presentation, I |
pp. 1-6b, 9-10 | Naito and Kuba | . | |||
| 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 Nakayama and R Kobayashi |
pp. 5-11, 3b-4b, 13-18 | K. Kobayashi, Hayato Nakamura, Uehara | Nakayama and R. Kobayashi | |||
| 10/6 | 1 Review: Class #3 2. Introduction to Longer Presentation, III: Presentation SKILLS for MOPs 3. Preparation for OP#1 by Naito and Kuba |
pp. 9-35. | Narita, Kanna, Otsuka | Naito and Kuba | |||
| 10/10 | 1. OP#1 (1) Nakayama: "Koizumi confirms plan to retire, pass torch to son," the Japan Times, September 29, 2008, ?. (2) R. Kobayashi: "Tainted rice used in 102,000 'onigiri'," the Japan Times, September 20, 2008, p. 2. 2. Preparation for OP#1 by K. Kobayashi, Hayato Nakamura, and Uehara |
p. 9-35. | Hitoshi Nakamura and Sakai | K. Kobayashi, Hayato Nakamura, Uehara | |||
| 10/17 | 1. OP#1 (1) Naito: "Tourism minister apologizes for gaffes," the Japan Times, September 27, 2008, pp. 1-2. 2. Preparation for OP#1 |
pp. 12-14, 36-41. | Morita, Shimada, Nagai | Narita, Kanna, Otsuka | Nakayama and R. Kobayashi | ||
| 10/20 | 1. OP#1 (1) Kairi Kobayashi: "Japanese scoop up crumbling U.S. firms," the Japan Times, September 24, 2008, p. 1. 2. Preparation for OP#1 |
. | Monma, Katsura, Furukawa | Hitoshi Nakamura and Sakai | Naito and Kuba | ||
| 10/24 | 1. OP#1 (1) Narita: "Politics built on family dynasties," the Japan Times, October 2, 2008, p. 3. (2) Kanna: "Kaneko to review visa rules," the Japan Times, October 3, 2008, p. 9. (3) Uehara: "Japan urged to end death penalty," the Japan Times, 2. Preparation for OP#1 |
. | Matsuda, Umetsu, Honda | Morita, Shimada, Nagai | K. Kobayashi, Hayato Nakamura, Uehara | Nakayama and Ren K. | |
| 10/27 | 1. OP#1 (1) Hitoshi Nakamura: "New tourism agency to act as policy 'control tower'," the Japan Times, October 1, 2008, p. 3. (2) [PPD from 10/20 for technical reason] Hayato Nakamura: "Tokyo tries to gird for major quake," the Japan Times, October 1, 2008, pp. 1-2. 2. Preparation for OP#1 3. Scheduling OP#2 4. Lecture: Introduction to OP#2 |
, | Monma, Katsura, Furukawa | Narita, Kanna, Otsuka | Naito | ||
| 10/31 | 1. OP#1 (1) Morita: "High school students reluctant to have voting right at 18: poll," the Japan Times, October 19, 2008, p. 2. (2) Shimada: "Juvenile court opens up for a day," the Japan Times, October 5, 2008, p. 13. (3) Nagai: "Feline stationmaster boosts local economy," the Japan Times, ?, 2008, p. ?. |
pp. 42-49. | Ren K. and Naito Morita and ? (Early Deadline due to a holiday on November 3) |
Matsuda, Umetsu, Honda | Hitoshi Nakamura and Sakai | Kairi | |
| Thursday 11/6 at Room 435 A Backup day for Monday classes |
1. OP#1 (1) Katsura: "More schools opening tourism departments," the Japan Times, September 23, 2008, p. 3. (2) Furukawa: "Ozawa reveals DPJ policy pledges, admonishes Aso," the Japan Times, October 2, 2008, pp. 1-2. 2. Preparation for OP#2 by Ren and Naito |
pp. 42-49 | Honda and Katsura (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival) | Ren K. and Naito | Morita, Shimada, Nagai | Narita, Kanna, Uehara | |
| Friday 11/7 |
No class! This is a backup day for Saturday classes. | . | |||||
| 11/10 | 1. OP#1 (1) Matsuda: "Sony slashes sales and profit forecasts," the Japan Times, October 24, 2008, p. 9. (2) Umetsu: "Green beans from China found tainted," the Japan Times, Octorber 16, 2008, p. 1. (3) Honda: "Woman rejected by hospitals dies of brain bleeding;baby safe," the Japan Times, October 23, 2008, p. 1. (4) [PPD for medical reason from October 31] Otsuka: "Stablemaster ordered beating: Sumo trio," the Japan Times, October 8, 2008, p. 3. 2. Preparation for OP#2 by Morita |
Hayato N. and Otsuka (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival) | Morita and ? | Monma, Katsura, Furukawa | Hitoshi and Hayato | ||
| 11/14 | 1. OP#2 (1) Ren K.: "Cops deploy at ATMs to avert pension scams," the Japan Times, October 16, 2008, p. 2. (2) Naito: "Lehman hits vulnerable seniors," the Japan Times, October 31, 2008, p. 3. 2. Preparation for OP#2 by Honda and Katsura |
. | Honda and Katsura | Matsuda, Umetsu, Honda | Morita, Shimada, Nagai | ||
| 11/17 | 1. OP#2 (1) Morita: "BOJ lowers its key lending rate to 0.3%," the Japan Times, November 1, 2008, pp. 1 and 8. 2. Preparation for OP#2 by Hayto and Otsuka |
pp. 42-49 | Nagai and Hitoshi N. (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival) Kanna and Kairi K. (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival) |
Hayato N. and Otsuka | Ren K. and Naito | Katsura, Furukawa | |
| 11/28 | 1. OP#2 (1) Honda: "Obama victory to boost Japan, experts predict," the Japan Times, November 6, 2008, p. ?. (2) Katsura: "New health insurance system draws protest," the Japan Times, October 23, 2008, p. 2. 2. Preparation for OP#2 by Nagai and Hitoshi |
Nakayama and Uehara | Nagai and Hitoshi N. | Morita and ? | Matsuda, Umetsu, Honda, Otsuka | ||
| 12/1 | 1. OP#2 (1) Hayato N.: PPD to Dec. 5. (2) Otsuka: "Towns float Mount Fuji 'entry fee,7" the Japan Times, November 8, 2008, p. 3. 2. Preparation for OP#2 b Kanna and Kairi |
Furukawa and Matsuda | Kanna and Kairi K. | Honda and Katsura | . | ||
| 12/5 | 1. OP#2 (1) [PPD from Dec. 1 for a medical reason] Hayato N.: "Doshisha student held in pot bust," the Japan Times, November 2, 2008, p. 2. (2) Nagai: "Crime by elderly has doubled in five years.,"the Japan Times, November 8, 2008, p. 2. (3) Hitoshi N: "Japan extends claim to undersea territory," the Japan Times, November 1, 2008, p. 3. 2. Preparation for OP#2 by Nakayama and Uehara |
Shimada, Narita, and Umetsu | Nakayama and Uehara | Otsuka | |||
| 12/8 | 1. OP#2 (1) Kanna: "Japan’s carbon emissions rise 2.3%, the Japan Times, November 13, 2008, p.1 . (2) Kairi K.: "Nokia plans cell service here in spring," the Japan Times, November 23, 2008, p. 2. 2. Preparation for OP#2 by Furukawa and Matsuda |
Furukawa and Matsuda | Hayato, Nagai and Hitoshi N. | ||||
| 12/12 | 1. OP#2 (1) Nakayama: "Aso puts foot in his mouth twice in one day"," the Japan Times, November 21, 2008, p. 1. (2) Uehara: "Divorcee sues to register child to real dad," the Japan Times, December 2, 2008, p. 2. 2. Preparation for OP#2 by Shimada, Narita, and Umetsu |
Shimada, Narita, and Umetsu | Kanna and Kairi K. | ||||
| 12/15 | 1. OP#2 (1) Furukawa: "Goldman scraps Sanyo talks after Panasonic's low-ball bid,"the Japan Times, November 25, 2008, p. 9. |
Nakayama and Uehara | |||||
| 12/19 | 1. OP#2 (1) Shimada: "Train drags, severely hurts blind storyteller," the Japan Times, December 3, 2008, p. 2. (2) Narita: "Communications minister backs mobile ban atschools," the Japan Times, December 9, 2008, p. 2. (3) Umetsu: "Diet tightens laws on knives, guns," the Japan Times, November 29, 2008, p. 2. |
Furukawa and Matsuda | |||||
| 12/22 | No Class | . | . | . | . | ||
| 1/9 | Last Class 1. Review (1) Umetsu (2) Narita (3) Shimada 2. Summary of This Seminar |
. | . | . | Shimada, Narita, and Umetsu | 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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