Week 15 - Final Class!

Otsukaresama deshita!

Don't forget to turn in your reports to Kyomu-ka in Building 1, 1st floor, on Jan. 10, 11 or 12. Bring your student ID, your hanko, and a ballpoint pen.

Today, we have 5 things to do:

1) Kevin will briefly introduce Kadaza.
2) You will give some oral feedback about which Lifelong English topics you will (probably) continue to use in the future. Give a reason!
3) QuizIzz review game
4) MOOCs
5)  Speaking - Top Expressions of 2022 (like we did last year!). Kevin will give you a popular expression from 2022. Give a hint about it in English, and we will try to guess the expression. (Explain who said it, when, why, what situation, etc. Why did it become popular or well known?)

If we have extra time ....

Choose a YouTube video from the list below and a) tell the class the title b) tell one useful suggestion from the video c) tell the class if you think the video will actually help you learn this skill.

How to Play Mahjong                     

How to Memorize Fast and Easily

How to Paint a Simple Landscape in Watercolor

How to Make Christmas Pancakes

How to Dunk (a basketball)

How to Draw Spongebob Squarepants

How to Remember Vocabulary

How to Hide Your Farts 

How to Draw a Perfect Circle Freehand 

How to trick people into thinking you’re good looking

How to Juggle Three Balls

How to Make a Hit Pop Song

How to Make an Edible Apple Swan 

How to Meditate

How to Study Effectively: 8 Advanced Tips

How to solve a Rubik’s Cube 

How to Do a Presentation – 5 steps to a Killer Opener 

How to Moonwalk like Michael Jackson 

How to Increase Your Vocabulary 

How to Tie a Tie

How to Sprint 

How to Ace an Interview: 5 Tips

How to pick the best lipstick shades for your skin tone
How to understand your cat better
How to Overcome Shyness
How to Make Money Online
How to Play Chess: Beginner's Guide

How to Cook Perfect Pasta 

How to Start a YouTube Channel 2021 

How to Be Confident in Any Situation 

(30 topics)

Reddit.com/r/howto

From Oomuro Yama in Itou (伊東) on the Izu Peninsula

Jizo on Oomuro Yama in Itou - Jan. 5, 2023

Week 14 - Some more ESL resources

Nice job finishing your Graduation Reports! Congratulations!

Introducing Slylock Fox.

• Picture Differences 1
• Picture Differences 2

Today, let's revisit the ESL Online topic and see what's new. We'll also try some listening with very short TED Talks. They have English transcripts, too! They even have transcripts in Japanese!

Animated English
ESL Bits
TED in 3 minutes

Also ...
ESL Fast
    ESL Fast: Sentence Structure Writing Practice
ESLvideo.com
English Grammar
UsingEnglish.com
The English Blog
ESL EnglishClass101
All Ears English podcasts
Oxford Online English - English Level Test

Have a great holiday. I hope you do something fun during the holiday. See you on Jan. 10 (火) and 12 (木) for one more class!

Remember, you must turn your graduation report in to Kyomu (bld. 1, 1st floor) on Jan. 10, 11 or 12. Bring your report, your student ID and your hanko.

Two crows in Kawasaki

授業改善アンケート

If you didn't do the course survey yet, please do it. Thank you.

授業改善アンケート on Manaba. [Manaba ➔ My Page ➔ 授業改善アンケート ➔ 卒業研究]

Week 13 - Some Resources

Getting close to the end ...

Alain Audet on Pixabay

When you have a free moment today, please do the course survey (授業改善アンケート) on Manaba. [Manaba ➔ My Page ➔ 授業改善アンケート ➔ 卒業研究]

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Voice to text - see link

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Some resources you may not know on Wikipedia.

Wikipedia Main Page (English)
- Today's Featured Article / In the News / Did you know ... / On this day ... / Today's Featured List / Today's Featured Picture / Sister Projects

Sister Projects
Commons - free media (images, video, audio); free to use if you give credit
Wiktionary - free dictionary, thesaurus; also has Word of the Day
Wikibooks - free textbooks, language 'books'

Contents (reference collections)
Lists
Spoken Articles

Simple English Wikipedia
Compare two articles: Hungary in Simple Wikipedia / Hungary in Wikipedia

Wikiversity

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Online music magazines:

Rolling Stone
Mojo
Spin
NME
Stereogum
Gorilla vs Bear

Online sports magazines:

Sports Illustrated
ESPN
Issuu
USA Today Sports

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Tandem

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To do today:
1) Compare two articles, one from Wikipedia and one on the same topic from Simple English Wikipedia. Explain how they're similar or different.
2) Find a list that is interesting to you and introduce it to the class, giving some examples.
3) Look at a music magazine or sports magazine and give a brief introduction to the magazine and one article

Sharing report with edit permission

Follow the order below.

Week 12 - Story Corps Presentations

Graduation reports in blue folder must be turned in to Kyomu-ka (building 1, 1st floor office) on January 10, 11 or 12 (only these days!) Bring your personal stamp (印) and your student ID when you turn in your report!

Today (Dec. 6, Dec. 8) you will present the Story Corps story you chose last week.

See Week 11 post for links.

Report Progress 2022

The students below have sent me links to their reports on Google Drive. "In progress" means I am checking the English, the organization, the formatting and the bibliography. When I am satisfied, the report is "finished."

Tuesday Class   Finished: Nana Kami Mei Sato Kanako Kakeru Kanae Hiyori Saishin Saki Marina Chika Miu Mirai Mei Saito Kiwi Kosuke

Thursday Class   Finished Hiyori Suzuki Uta Yoshifumi Aya Nene Koichi Haruto Ryuya Yuito Mayuko In progress: Moeka (7 problems) Mitsuki (title plus many other problems) Daichi (title plus Xreading and bibliography problems) "Finished" report received with Edit permission: Waiting for ... Kiseki

 

When you send a link, be sure I have "Edit" permission!

It takes me 2 hours or more to check each report. If I ask you to make some changes, I would appreciate if you would do it right away. If you make me wait, then I will check the reports of other students and I won't come back to you for a long time.

If I ask you to fix something, please tell me when you've done it. I won't look at your report again until you tell me you've completed the task.