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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

特別ポスト - ECA (英語基礎表現) II (Super A): Places and Traces (Part 2)

Hello again!


How are you? Here is a second part to your great collection of writing on places, Places & Traces

The picture you see at the top is a personal one of mine that I never showed you before, but perhaps would inspire some interesting feelings. What would you have thought of it? Perhaps I should use this for our next group of Super A students from April of next year! What do you think? 

Now let's see some more great writing! Here's one on this place:



I think this place was the USA, but a bad thing happened in there. This building was the most famous hotel in the USA. A lot of people stayed here and enjoyed many activities around there but this hotel became a target of terrorists!! One day bombing happened at there!!

It was the fine daytime of one day. Five men checked in this hotel. They looked kind, strong and around 30. They opened their trunks in their room. You think there were some goods to stay, but some bombs in there!! They took a walk inside of the hotel till the time of dinner. However, in fact, they went to set bombs. These were time bombs so they set time after they leave there.

Next day, they prepared to leave there. The interphone of the room rang before 30 minutes they left. One of them opened the door, there was a police man. He said that I arrest you. They arrested after all.

Why was the crime found? Since, a girl saw one of them set bomb. She told it to her mother and she told it to hotelman. He called police man during terrorists had a dinner. Police man checked it was bomb. They checked the surveillance camera but did not be careful around them so they were caught.

Wow! Now check these ones out from this image below. This one inspired some interesting impressions. Here's the first:


There was a couple, Jimmy and Carole. Jimmy used to play a guitar in his early life. He was very passionate about the music. Carole used to take piano lessons when she was in elementary school. She hated the instructor so she stopped going to the piano lessons, but she still loved the sound of piano. When she enters high school, she saw a guy with a nice curly dark brown hair, sitting by the corner. He took his American Spirits cigarette out of his pocket, and sensed someone gazing at him.

That was their first time meeting each other. They got attached as long as they got to know each other. They went out for couple years. One day in the summer, Jimmy found out that there will be a big music festival in the autumn. He took Carole to the festival. The festival was packed with a many people. The festival lasted a week. Everyone got so tired, but Jimmy was not tired. Actually he was very nervous, because he had a plan to propose her on the last day. The last day of the festival came. Jimmy woke Carole before the sunrise to propose. He kneed down, held hands, asked her, “Carole, will you marry me?” She said “Yes.” They hugged and kissed each other in the warming sunrise. It was that moment when the camera shutter closed.

Now that's a story. Quite moving! Here's another on the same image - check it out after the page break:

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

特別ポスト - ECA (英語基礎表現) II (Super A): Places and Traces (Part 1)

Hello!



How are you? It has taken me a long time because I have been so busy, but I have finally started to upload your wonderful writing about the photographs of places. I call this collection of your writing Places & Traces.

Look at this picture at the top. We didn't look at this picture when we were writing about places, but it could be an interesting one with many stories hidden inside. What do you think? Maybe for next year's group of Super A students, this will be a picture that could inspire them to make interesting and moving stories - just as you made interesting and moving stories with the pictures you saw this semester.

This collection will also be uploaded to a separate page on this blog. I am happy and proud to publish this work here. Please look at it and feel proud of your work! Comment on your classmates' writing too.

Here's the first section of writing about the following picture. Read these again! 


The sea water is the bright incomparable sky-blue. It’s a beautiful day for the beach. Crowds are heading to the ocean shore. Beach towel dot the sand with color. Plastic buckets and balls roll round in the breeze. You can swim, you can wade or just rest. There are lots of things to do. It seems that people bring all the activities to the beach. But the sandy shore is a busy place even without tourists.

Look! There is an abandoned pirate ship on the sandy shore. Do you want to know more about the abandoned ship? Let me tell you.

Long long ago, a young man became a pirate after he ran away from home and joined the crew on a privateering ship. One day, he dreamt there be treasure on the sandy shore. So the next day he began to dig. He dug until the hole was deep and the dirt pile was high. He kept digging and sighed “I’m tired, I can’t dig anymore.” Then he spied something. But he only found a pirate ship. He was quite disappointed. When he wanted to give up his friend told him “let’s get in the ship, maybe the treasure is buried in it.” Finally, they got a small box and a little treasure. They took the treasure away but left the abandoned pirate ship on the sandy shore. Now, we can see it on picture.

That was great! Now here's another one: 

My imagination story is this ship was a ship of the adventure and he went to many countries with his friends and had an adventure. When he arrived at the country, he went to the forest. Sometimes met with a dangerous animals. But they continued having an adventure. Because it was their definite aim to have an adventure.

However, a certain night that passed after 25 years from starting adventure from the shore. The sea was very rough on that day, and storm was taking place. The ship adventures boarded was going to escape from a storm. But the ship was rolled up in a storm, and the ship has been damaged. Many friends fell to sea. The ship finally arrived at a certain shore help the thing which survived and lived happily there which with eternity. They are pirates. 

Very interesting! Let's look at this one after the page break! Click on it to see more:

Monday, December 15, 2014

週12・13 ・14 - ECA (Speaking) II (All): 将来の予定

Hello,



How are you? University will soon be finished for the year! So what are your plans for the holidays - our Christmas and New Year's break, or spring - or your near future (将来)? For example - look at the picture on top. Are you going to another country, such as Cambodia, to see Angkor Wat?  

Activity

What are your plans for the Christmas and New Year's or spring holidays - or your near future

Look at these other pictures. Are you going to do any of these things? If not, what would you like to do? 


Are you going (or would you like) to go back to your hometown?  



you going to (or would you like to) go back to your hometow
...go sightseeing in another part of Japan
Go sightseeing in another part of Japan? 

...go to the U.S - maybe California
Go to the U.S - maybe California

Or maybe New York


Or maybe New York
Or maybe Australia - for example, Sydney? 
Or maybe Australia - for example, Sydney? 

Are you going (or would you like) to study abroad (in another country)Are you going (or would 



...or work a part-time job? 
...work a part-time job? 

Talk about these with a partner or group! What are you going to do - or - what would you like to do?


Have fun!

Have fun!
Images: Top (Angkor Wat) - "Angkor Wat Sunrise" (courtesy of J Frasse)/Cherry blossoms - "Sakura" (courtesy of coward_lion)/ Temple - "Kinkakuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan" (courtesy of Worakit Sirijinda)/Sign - "Hollywood Sign" (courtesy of portal)/Statue of Liberty - "Statue of Liberty Face" (courtesy of portal)Sydney Opera House - "Sydney Opera House At Night" (courtesy of Susie B)/People - "Group of Young Students" (courtesy of photostock)/Pizza - "Pizza" (courtesy of federico stevanin)/All photos from FreeDigitalPhotos.net

週12・13 - ECA (Speaking) I (All): 話と言うこと

Hello!  


How are you? Today I'd like to introduce a new topic to you about immigrants (移民) - people from one country who move to live in another country.  

Look at these pictures. Can you guess who are Japanese, and who are not Japanese? For the ones who are not Japanese - what are their countries? 
1.

2.

3.
File:Berzoini125494.jpg

4.

5.

6.

See you next class!

Images: Top - By Jean Colemonts/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJapanese_Brazilian_Miko_Curitiba_Paran%C3%A1.jpg/1."Akemi Barbara Katsuki" by Hardworking/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Akemi_Barbara_Katsuki.jpg /2. "OFeldman, Tokyo, 2012" by Ofer Feldman- Own work/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OFeldman,_Tokyo,_2012.jpg#mediaviewer/File:OFeldman,_Tokyo,_2012.jpg/3. Berzoini125494/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berzoini125494.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Berzoini125494.jpg/4. Ryan Higa by Gage Skidmore/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Ryan_Higa_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/5. By norio nakayama (Flickr: 大宮アルディージャ vs 清水エスパルス @ NACK5スタジアム)/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Dido_Havenaar%2C_assistant_coach_for_Shimizu_S-Pulse.jpg/6. By Cristiano Sant´Anna/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Michio_Kaku-cropped.jpg/All images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. All rights reserved to the copyright holders. Uploaded for educational purposes only.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

特別ポスト - ECA (Speaking) I & II (J, D & A): 難民の雇用、必要・日系ブラジール教育のプレゼンテーション

Hello!




How are you today! Here are some examples of posters for our presentations on our topics about refugees (難民) and immigration (移住).  

Vocabulary 
These are some important key words for all of you:

refugee: 難民
immigrant: 移民
immigration: 移住
Japanese-Brazilian: 日系ブラジール人
education: 教育
employment: 雇用
housing: 住宅

There are many other words you can find in your dictionaries, but the words in the list above are a start.

Presentation posters
Here are some examples of posters. They come from my friend, who's a professor (教授) at Chuo University in the law faculty (中央大学法律学科). Look at these:




Take a look at these in detail. Make the pictures of the posters larger
Look at these again. Make the pictures of the posters larger. This can give you ideas about your poster design. 

See you next week! Thank you!


Image: "Presentation Word" courtesy of Stuart Miles/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

週10・11 - ECA (Speaking) I (All): 物・ことの描写

Hello,



How are you? Today let's look at describing things (物を描写). What is this picture at the top? What do you call it in English?

Activity
1. Look at these picturesWhat's this first one? With a partner, describe the first thing (その物を描写する). Do not let your partner see the picture! Say this:

It's round and made of plastic, and has a hole in the middle. It's something you play to hear music. What is it? 


Without seeing the picture - your partner has to guess what it is! Try it! ow 

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Now try these!

2. It's long and made of wood, but has a strong metal part at the end. It's something you use when building things. It's used to put nails in wood. What is it? 

2. 


3. This is something people ride in at a place like Disneyland. It's fast and scary but many people love it. What is it? 


3. 

4. This is something you use on paper. It's long and made of plastic, but it can also be made of metal. What is it? 

4. 

5. This is a game that is popular in many countries. It's played by two people. It has pieces on a board, and the pieces are black and white. The pieces look like things - for example, a castle, a king, a horse, and so on. What game is it?  

5. 

6. This is something we use on bicycles, bags, and sometimes, some doors. It keeps things safe, and we can open and close it. To open it, we need a thin piece of metal that we put into a long hole at the bottom. What is it? 

6. 

7. This is a special feeling we have for someone we care about - a man, a woman, a family member or a child. We can't see or touch this, but we feel it's real. It makes us feel excited and it is a special kind of feeling. What is it? 

7. 
Have fun!
Picture credits - all pictures copyright-free with no attributions from the Apple Microsoft Word application Clip Art gallery
Images: copyright-free from the Apple Microsoft Word Clip Art gallery except CDs - Cds With Mono Colors - Silver (courtesy of artzenter) and Hand Holding Pen (courtesy of iprostocks)/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Monday, December 8, 2014

特別ポスト「こども」: 日系ブラジール教育, 雇用の問題

Hello to my Kodomo students,


How are you? Today, let's start our special topic - about Japanese-Brazilians (日系ブラジール人) and some problems they have living in Japan.

The picture at the top of this post is an educational center for Japanese-Brazilian people. There are many Japanese-Brazilians living in Japan.


Here is a video about a Brazilian school in Japan. It is having a difficult time. It is difficult for the school to stay open and teach the children.

Watch this video. What do you think of this school? Make some notes in your notebook about the video (you can write your notes in Japanese or English). When you are finished, answer these questions:

1. Where is the school in Japan?
2. What is the name of the school?
3. What job does Okumura-san's husband have?
4. How much money do they need for a loan?
5. When did Japanese-Brazilians start coming to Japan?
6. How much money does it cost to go to the school every month?
7. Why are some Japanese-Brazilians going back to Brazil?
8. What class was in the room Nakata-san shows on the video?
9. How many students were there last year?
10. How much money did Nara-san get in salary in December?

We will make some presentations about immigrants (移民) and the problems (問題) they have in Japan.

I hope this has been interesting for you. Take care!


Image: By English: Abasaa 日本語: あばさー (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Japanese_Brazilian_Center_Educational_Institute_in_Oizumi.JPG
Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to this video. Uploaded for educational purposes only. All rights reserved to the owner(s).

特別ポスト「日文」: 東京に難民の雇用

Hello to my Nichibun students,


How are you? Today, let's start our special topic - about refugees (難民) in Tokyo.

The picture you see at the top is of a young refugee (難民) working in Afghanistan. Many countries have refugees. Japan has many refugees, especially from Africa and other parts of Asia.


This is a video about refugees (難民) in Tokyo and some jobs they do. Watch this video. What do you think of it? Make some notes. You can make notes in Japanese or English. When you are finished, answer these questions:

1. What kinds of daily needs (日用品) are there for refugees (難民) at the Refugee Support Association center (難民支援協会) in Shinjuku? 
2. What did Doi-san (土井さん) of Human Rights Watch (ヒュマンライッツウオッチ)  say about refugees and business chances? 
3. What is the name of the nail salon in the video? 
4. What country does Nang Sie Hom (ナン・シーホン) come from? 
5. What did the owner of the nail salon say about her nail artists? 
6. Where does the Refugee Support Fund (難民起業サポートファンド) get its money from? 
7. What kind of job does Melipp Senbu (マリップ・ センブ) have? 

We will make some presentations in groups about refugees in Japan. What problems do refugees have, and what can we do to help them? 

I hope this is interesting for you. Take care! 

Image: By NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan from Afghanistan (120410-N-3069F-025  Uploaded by russavia) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/120410-N-3069F-025_%287109524151%29.jpg
Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to this video. Uploaded for educational purposes only. All rights reserved to the owner(s).

Friday, December 5, 2014

週10・11・12 - ECA (Speaking) I & II (J, D & A):移民

Hello!  


How are you? Today I'd like to introduce a new topic to you about immigrants (移民) - people from one country who move to live in another country.  

Look at these pictures. Can you guess who are Japanese, and who are not Japanese? For the ones who are not Japanese - what are their countries? 
1.

2.

3.
File:Berzoini125494.jpg

4.

5.

6.

See you next class!

Images: Top - By Jean Colemonts/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJapanese_Brazilian_Miko_Curitiba_Paran%C3%A1.jpg/1."Akemi Barbara Katsuki" by Hardworking/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Akemi_Barbara_Katsuki.jpg /2. "OFeldman, Tokyo, 2012" by Ofer Feldman- Own work/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OFeldman,_Tokyo,_2012.jpg#mediaviewer/File:OFeldman,_Tokyo,_2012.jpg/3. Berzoini125494/Ryan Higa by Gage Skidmore/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berzoini125494.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Berzoini125494.jpg/4. Gage Skidmore/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Ryan_Higa_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/5. By norio nakayama (Flickr: 大宮アルディージャ vs 清水エスパルス @ NACK5スタジアム)/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Dido_Havenaar%2C_assistant_coach_for_Shimizu_S-Pulse.jpg/6. By Cristiano Sant´Anna/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Michio_Kaku-cropped.jpg/All images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. I do not own the rights to these images. Uploaded for educational purposes only.

Thursday, December 4, 2014

特別ポスト「欧米」: 日本に難民の必要

Hello to my Obei students,


How are you? Today let's start our special topic - about refugees (難民) and what they need for immigration (移住).

Refugees have many problems, and many things they need. Click on this link to watch a video about the needs of refugees to come to Japan. The video is in both English (with Japanese subtitles - 日本語の字幕) and Japanese.

Watch the video as many times as you need to. When you are finished, answer these questions in your notebook about the different parts of the video (you can make notes in English or Japanese):

日本のメッセージ
1. What did the first woman say about coming to Australia as a refugee?
2. What did the second woman say about communication between the government (政府) and refugees?

シンポジウムから待たヒント
What did Ishii-san say about the two women's refugee stories?

日本にできること
What did Moriya-sensei from Hokkaido Educational University (北海道教育大学) say about the needs of refugees?

長野県松本市の取り組み
What did Takizawa-sensei from Toyo Eiwa Women's University graduate school (東洋英和女学院大学大学院) say about help for refugees in Matsumoto city in Nagano?

求められる視点
What did Daniel Alkhal (ダニエル・  アルカル ) from the UNHCR (国連難民高等弁務官事務所) say about the three different steps of support refugees need?

Make these notes in your notebook. You can make these notes in Japanese or English.

For Speaking II (A):
We will then start making presentations about refugees - for example, what they need in our towns and cities, and how we can make them feel they can be a part of Japanese society.

For 英語基礎表現 II (Super A): 
We will write a short paper about refugees in Japan - for example, also what they need in our towns and cities, and how we can make them feel they can be a part of Japanese society. There will be other ideas and things you can also write about with refugees as a topic - I'll support you on what you can do.

I hope this is interesting for you. Take care!

Image: "Mae La refugee camp" by Mikhail Esteves from Bangalore, India - Mae La Refugee Camp. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mae_La_refugee_camp.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Mae_La_refugee_camp.jpg
Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the video. Uploaded for educational purposes only. All rights reserved to the owner(s).