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) /