ANNOUNCEMENTS

Last Updated on May 10, 2019


For Tuesday, April 16, 2019:

For Friday, April 19, 2019:

1. Get the Japan Times (JT) on the morning of Wednesday, April 17, 2019 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. Call their sales department before you go, though. Also, 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. Use the handouts about self-introduction and physical message (i.e., pp. 22-25) and repare well for your self-introduction! Do not forget to rehearse with a watch and body language as many times as possible, so that you can talk about yourself like Dr. Mcgonigal!
Speakers for Friday, April 19: Jumonji, Takagi, Kitagawa, Saikachi, Nagi, Sujgiyama, Yanagisawa, Yagi, and Nagata
Speakers for Tuesday, April 23: Takeuchi, Matsuda, Shima, Mita, Aihara, Yoshinaga, Miyaji takeyama, Hotta, and Saito

For Tuesday, April 23, 2019:

1. Reading HW: Read the following handouts and prepare for future lectures:
(1) HO, pp. 5-6, for a lecture about newspaper English to be given in this class.
(2) HO, pp. 9-11 (and supplementary HOs, pp. 16a-18b) for lectures about how to give long presentations to be given next week.

2. Those who will give self-introductions: Prepare well for your self-introduction through lots of rehearsals. Pay extra attention to your body language (HO, pp. 22-25).

For Friday, April 26, 2019:

1. Look at the Schedule section of this homepage and check your MOP dates. If you find any errors, report it to Mr. Shimura by email ASAP.

2. Reading HW: Read the following handouts and prepare for lectures in this class:
(1) HO, pp. 5-6, for a lecture about newspaper English to be given in this class.
(2) HO, pp. 9-11, 13-14. 16a-18b, for a lecture about how to prepare for and give a long presentation.

Note: Bring the Japan Times you bought last week to this class. We will use it a lot in this class.

For Wednesday, May 7, 2019:

1. Download two example PowerPoint slides for MOPs and review Step 2 of MOPs (HO, pp. 10-11):
(1) My simple slides on the top page of this homepage.
(2) Mayuko's slides for her MOP in Spring, 2017 in the Žö‹ÆŽx‰‡ section of keio.jp.
2. Look at the schedule section of our homepage and start thinking about your MOP.

For Friday, May 10, 2019: