Last Updated on September 30, 2016
1. Get the Japan Times (JT) on the morning of Saturday, September 24, 2016 at a newsstand of a train station near your house. Note that the JT is a morning paper and that you CANNOT buy it in the afternoon. If you should forget to get the JT, go to the JT and buy a copy of the news paper. See this map for info about where the JT is. Although it takes more time, you can get the copy of the Japan Time from a Asahi Shinbun Home Delivery Center near your house. They are often called "ASA.".
2. Use the JT and finish Handout, pp. 3-4 (Homework #1). Note that this handout was made BEFORE the newspaper was published. Therefore, you may NOT be able to find ALL the information. If so, write "The information is not available" or "N/A" in the handout.
3. If your self-introduction is scheduled for this date, prepare well for it. Be especially careful about physical message (i.e., body language) by reviewing Handouts (pp. 22-25). I strongly recommend you to use PowerPoint slides.
Here are example presentations which you want to look at when you prepare for your self-introduction. Pay attention to their physical message. The presentations also give you lots of useful information about giving presentations like stress management and body language (eps. posture and power pose):
1. Dr. Kelly McGonigal of Stanford University: How to Make Stress Your Friend (TED.com)
2. Dr. Amy Cuddy of Harvard Business School: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are (TED.com)
1. Read the following handouts and prepare for the lectures in this class:
(1) Introduction to Oral Presentations (HO, pp. 9-11)
1. Look at the Schedule section of our homepage and check your presentation (MOP) schedule, so that you can start preparing for it.
2. Read the following handout and review Step 1 of your MOP:
(1) Introduction to Oral Presentations (Sections I and II in HO, pp. 9-10)
3. Read the following handouts and prepare for this class:
(1) Introduction to Oral Presentations (Section III on Step 2 in HO, pp. 10-11)
The theme of our English Seminar is "Current Topics about Japan." Please select a news story/article about Japan.
Also, continue to manage your time/schedule well and send emails about your first presentation to Mr. Shimura BEFORE YOUR deadlines. You can find the deadlines in the Schedule section of our homepage. Also, do not forget to read the content checklist (pp. 9-11) carefully and prepare well. You cannot prepare too much! Good luck.