Week 3 - Blogging

Good afternoon!

A few interesting links (found on Reddit.com) recently ...

• Shark on a road in Florida today (storm now)
• Storm surge time lapse in Ft. Myers, Florida
• Flamingos evacuated to the bathroom in Florida
• How mosquitoes lay eggs

These are quite old (sorry):

• Goats are amazing climbers
• Proper use of a selfie stick
• Just a 'Nope' Jump
• Great board skills
• Can't escape the darkness

Today ...
1) Check to see that all blog posts are up-to-date and mistakes have been fixed.
2) Present your thoughts to the class on Authentic vs ESL materials.
3) Kevin will introduce the Academic Resources page on the Lifelong English website.
4) Discuss the Input Hypothesis (インプット仮説) in class.

Input Hypothesis / インプット仮説

Paragraph about Blogging in English due Oct. 13 Thurs / Oct. 18 Tues. 

• Think about all the blog posts you made last year and this year. What did you blog about? How many posts did you make? Did your blog topic change in two years?
• Did you learn anything by blogging? For example, did you learn more about the subject of your blog? Did you learn how to write better?
• Did blogging help you improve your English? For example, did you learn some vocabulary, grammar points or useful collocations?
• Did blogging help you learn about online posting? For example, did you learn anything about html, photo editing, how to use templates and color schemes, how to make links or embed videos, etc?
• Make a paragraph about Blogging in English and send it to Kevin's email. You will present this on Oct. 13 / Oct. 18. 
• Sample comments from previous year students.
• This paragraph will appear in your graduation report and your best blog post will appear with it as an example of your blog writing.

Example of a long quotation in an academic article:

Kevin will show you how a quotation fits into your graduation report.

Schedule

Next week (Oct. 6 / Oct. 11) present Online Comics

Two weeks (Oct. 13 / Oct. 18) present on the Blogging in English

If time ...

Thesaurus.com

Thesaurus Bingo Handout

Week 2 - Blog Post #3; also Online Comics

Today, your Blog Post #3 is due and you will present it to the class.

Please make corrections to your blog immediately after Kevin gives you the edited version! Don't wait! 

Upcoming ...
Next week, Sept. 29 / Oct. 4, you will write a paragraph and present your thoughts on Authentic vs ESL materials and tell the advantages and disadvantages of each. You can see the whiteboards we made in class below (scroll down). Mention which type of materials you prefer and why. Your paragraph will be part of your graduation thesis. You can see what people wrote in previous years, but please try to write your own ideas. Send your writing to Kevin's email!

Kevin's language experience with Comics

Comic Activity Procedure
1) Kevin will give you some numbers.
2) Click on your comic links.
3) Read some of the comics on the site (look for Archives or an arrow or the word Previous or Random).

4) Find one that you like (a good one, one that you understand, one you want to introduce).
5) Try hard to understand your comic and look up any unknown words or ask Kevin. 
6) Introduce it to the class next week.
7) Tell these things when you present:
    a. The name of the comic.
    b. The name of the artist (if you can find it).
    c. Explain one comic, including any unknown words.
    d. Tell your impression or opinion of the artist and his/her comic series.
    e. If you learned a word, expression, grammar point or culture point, please mention it.

8) Write the information above as a paragraph and send it to Kevin.
9) Remember to record the name of the comic and the URL of the exact comic you present! 

10) This is due in two weeks (Oct. 6 Thurs / Oct. 11 Tues). 

Introduce a Comic Activity

1. The Immortal Think Tank  https://www.instagram.com/theimmortalthinktank/?hl=en  (Instagram)
2. Lunarbaboon   http://www.lunarbaboon.com/
3. The Very Near Future    http://theverynearfuture.com/
4. Doodle for Food    http://doodleforfood.com/tagged/doodleforfood
5. St Beals    http://www.stbeals.com/
6. The Meerkatguy    http://www.themeerkatguy.com/
7. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal    http://www.smbc-comics.com
8. Loading Artist    http://www.loadingartist.com
9. Tales of Absurdity   xhttp://talesofabsurdity.com/ archive
10. Sarah's Scribbles    http://sarahcandersen.com/
11. Things In Squares    http://www.thingsinsquares.com/ archive
12. Cyanide & Happiness    http://explosm.net/comics/archive/2019
13. Smiling Ribs    http://smilingribs.tumblr.com/tagged/comics   
14. Jim Benton Cartoons    http://www.gocomics.com/jim-benton-cartoons
15. Extra Fabulous Comics  http://extrafabulouscomics.com/
16. They Can Talk    http://theycantalk.com/
17. Hi, I'm Liz    http://lizclimo.tumblr.com/
18. Pie Comic   http://piecomic.tumblr.com/     
19. The Pigeon Gazette   http://thepigeongazette.tumblr.com/     
20. Shen Comix    https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/shen-comix/list?title_no=129357&page=1   also on Instagram and Twitter
21. Girl With the Skeleton Hand   http://www.johnnywander.com/comic/archive/storyline-3   
22. Mr. Lovenstein   http://www.mrlovenstein.com/    
23. Moonbeard    http://moonbeard.com/    
24. (Maybe Inyaki) Fredo and Pidjin   http://www.pidjin.net/    
25. War and Peas  https://warandpeas.com/   
26. Safely Endangered  https://www.safelyendangered.com/
27. Poorly Drawn Lines  http://www.poorlydrawnlines.com/  
28. My Gums Are Bleeding  https://www.instagram.com/mygumsarebleeding/?hl=en  (Instagram)
29. ColmsComics https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/colmscomics/list?title_no=501823&webtoon-platform-redirect=true  
30. Danby Draws  https://danbydraws.com  
31. Nowak Draws https://www.nowakdraws.com/cartoons  (archive)
32. Adam Ellis 'Best of' comic archive  
33. The Joy of Tech GeekCulture archive  
34. This Modern World   https://www.dailykos.com/blog/Tom%20Tomorrow  
35. Zena Comics  https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/zena-comics/list?title_no=596374&page=1  
36. Alloy Comics  https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/alloy-comics/list?title_no=747447&webtoon-platform-redirect=true  
37. Bonus Context  https://bonuscontext.com/  
38. Towny Town  https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/towny-town/list?title_no=305740&page=1
39. Trying Times Comics  https://www.tryingtimescomics.com/comics  
40. Porter Mason Comics  https://portermason.com/my-comics/  
41. Toon Hole  https://toonhole.com/2015/09/parkinsons-disease/  
42. Rory Blank  https://www.kingofblood.com/  
43. Pizzacake  https://pizzacakecomic.com/  
44. NiceGoingAdam.com  https://www.nicegoingadam.com/  
45. rusty.creates  https://www.instagram.com/rusty.creates/  

Also Zen Pencils ('best of' archives)

Also GoComics.com

Also Webtoons.com

Thursday Class

Kiseki - 1, 15, 29

Aya - 2, 16, 30

Daichi - 3, 17, 31

Moeka - 4, 18, 32

Mitsuki - 5, 19, 33

Yoshifumi - 6, 20, 34

Hiyori - 7, 21, 35

Mayuko - 8, 22, 36

Uta -  9,  23, 37

Haruto - 10,  24, 38

Koichi - 11, 25, 39

Nene - 12, 26, 40

Ryuya - 13, 27, 41

Yuito - 14, 28, 42

Tuesday Class

Nana - 1, 16, 31

Marina - 2, 17, 32

Saki - 3, 18, 33

Mei Sato - 4, 19, 34

Kanae - 5, 20, 35

Kosuke - 6, 21, 36

Hiyori Saishin - 7, 20, 37

Kami - 8, 23, 38

Mirai - 9, 24, 39

Kanako - 10,  25, 40

Mei Saito - 11, 26, 41

Kakeru - 12, 27, 42

Chika 13, 28, 43

Miu - 14, 29, 44

Kiwi - 15, 30, 45

Schedule

Next week (Sept. 29 / Oct. 4), present Authentic vs ESL Materials.

Two weeks (Oct. 6 / Oct. 11) present Online Comics

Authentic vs ESL Whiteboards

Thursday class 2022

Tuesday class 2022

Thursday class 2021

Tuesday class 2021

Example writing from previous years is here.

Due Oct. 6 (Thurs) / Oct. 11 (Tues)

Welcome Back! - Fall 2022 Class #1

Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Lifelong English Seminar!

I hope you all had a great summer. Please tell us a little about what you did!

Summer Intensive Course 2022

Students in my Thursday class need to get their bibliography current and correct asap. 

Are your blogs current and updated? You edited all mistakes?

Blog Post #3 is due next class (Sept. 22 / Sept. 27). You will present it the same day. This is your last blog post!

Today: Authentic vs ESL materials and resources talk; write about this for Sept. 29 / Oct. 4. Send me your writing a few days earlier by email.

Jamboard (Tues)

You have only a few more topics to write about, then you will start your final report. To prepare for the graduation report, please read Miho Takaku's complete report that appeared in Tsurumi Review 52 in 2021. Kevin will give a hard copy of the most recent Tsurumi Review in class. You can also read Tsugumi Sato's complete 2020 report from Tsurumi Review 51.

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Grammar Practice - Present Perfect Progressive exercise

• Ex:  Kevin has been teaching at Tsurumi University since 2010.

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Bibliography entries for books

The rules are:

• author's last name (family name) is first
• comma after last name
• space
• initial of first name (sometimes two initials)
• period
• space
• parentheses
• copyright date inside parentheses
• period
• space
• book title in italics (capitalize the title!)
• comma
• space
• publisher or e-reader platform
• URL (if any)

Examples:

• Andersen, C, H. (1845). The Little Match Girl, on iBooks
• Barrie, J. M. (2014). Peter Pan, on Aldiko
• Disney Book Group (2017). Beauty and the Beast, on Apple Books
• Hadley, A. O. (1993). Teaching Language in Context (Teaching Methods). 2nd edn. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle Publishers.
• Jacobs, J. (1890). Jack and the Beanstalk, on iBooks
• Nation, I. S. P. (2008). Teaching Vocabulary: Strategies and Techniques. 1st edn. Boston, MA: Heinle-Cengage ELT.
• Townley, K. (2019). The Chef, on Xreading, https://xreading.com/local/uploadbook/bookinfo.php?id=8772
• Waring, R. (2017). The Invention of Writing, on Xreading, https://xreading.com/local/reader/index.php?cid=852&assignment=28118

Homework:
Sept. 22 / Sept. 27 (next class): Blog Post #3; present this in class the same day
Sept. 29 / Oct. 4: write a paragraph and present your thoughts on Authentic vs ESL materials & resources. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each, and which do you favor when you study English? (Sorry, I changed the dates for this.)

Jamboard (Thurs) /