電気通信大学 AE2Y I: 7/9 board notes・7月9日のボードノート

Hello! 

How are you? Above are the board notes for our classes on 7/9. 

If you want to see the AE2Y I final presentation assignment post again without searching around for it, click here for it.

Here are some more notes below for all of you on summary writing, presenting,  and composition writing: 

I hope these notes can help you as you finish your presentations and compositions. 

See you next week!

Images: Personal photographs and screenshots of original Word documents. All rights reserved.

電気通信大学 ASE I: 7/9 board notes・7月9日のボードノート

Hello! 

How are you? Above are the board notes for our class today on 7/9. 

If you would like to see the ASE I final presentation assignment post again without searching around for it, click here for it.

Now here are the other notes from today: 

I hope these notes can help you to finish your presentation speaking delivery and displays. 

See you in the first round of presentations next week! 

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東京理科大学 Writing & Composition 1a: 7/8 board notes・7月8日のボードノート

Hello!

How are you? Here are the board notes for our class on 7/8. 

If you would like to see a link for the final presentation assignment without searching for it, click here. 

Here are the other notes about paraphrasing. Please note these - and please remember them. See the examples below: 

I hope these notes can help you with your preparation in your final compositions.

See you next week!

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東京理科大学 Listening & Speaking 1a: 7/8 board notes・7月8日のボードノート

Hello!

How are you? Here are the board notes for our class on 7/8. 

If you would like to see a link for the final presentation assignment without searching for it, click here. 

Now here are some more board notes for all of you: 

I hope these can help you with your preparation for your final presentation. 

See you next week!

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東京理科大学 Listening & Speaking・Writing & Composition 1a: Katsushika Hokusai・葛飾北斎

Hello!

How are you? Here's a supporting post for our final assignments in both the listening & speaking, and writing & composition classes! 

Let's look at ukiyoe, and let's focus on one ukiyoe artist - perhaps the greatest of all artists of this genre - Katsushika Hokusai. 

This is an activity that goes with the listening & speaking textbook unit on ukiyoe. Look at these examples of Hokusai's greatest works - his woodblock print series of various depictions of Mt. Fuji, Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. 

The picture above is his most famous print from this series - Under the Wave off Kanagawa, sometimes known as The Great Wave off Kanagawa. 

Activity/homework
Look at these pictures. What do you see in them? What is the relationship between people and nature? What role or status does Mt. Fuji play in these pictures? Which one of these pictures do you like the most? 

I would love to show you every one of these - but that would make for too big a post! So here are some examples of prints from this series. Let's start with what is another famous print from this series: 

South Wind, Clear Sky

Lightning Below the Summit

Cushion Pine at Aoyama

Ejiri in the Suruga Province

The Kazusa Province Sea Route

The Tea Plantation of Katakura in the Suruga Province

When you are finished, talk and write about your favorite print. Talk and write about the points I showed above - the relationship between people and nature, the role of Mt. Fuji, and so on - and what your reaction and feeling is with your favorite print. 

What do you like about it? The colors? The design? The symbolism? Talk and write freely about what you like and feel about it.

Once again - there are so many more pictures to show you, but time and space make it too difficult! I hope you enjoy these and hope they can help you with your understanding of Hokusai and ukiyoe. 

See you next time!

Images: Top - Great Wave - by Katsushika Hokusai - restored version of File:Great Wave off Kanagawa.jpg (rotated and cropped, dirt, stains, and smudges removed. Creases corrected. Histogram adjusted and color balanced.), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5576388/South Wind, Clear Sky - by Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.dynalias.com/cgi-bin/view?s=5&userid=1025493065&q=red%20fuji&u=2&k=0&l=en&n=1, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313228/Lightning below Summit - By Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.com/index.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313227/Cushion Pine - By Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.com/index.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313233/Ejiri - By Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.com/index.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313195/Kazusa Province - By Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.com/index.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313216/Tea Plantation - By Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.com/index.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313243

電気通信大学 AE2Y I: 7/2 board notes・7月2日のボードノート

Hello! 

How are you? Above are the board notes for our classes on 7/2. 

If you would like to see the AE2Y I final presentation assignment post without searching around for it, click here for it.

Here are some more notes below for all of you: 

More on outlining
While once again an outline is optional for all of you - you do not have to make one if you feel you do not need it - above is a rough schema of an outline (あらすじ). 

Now below is an example of a finished outline, with keywords and key phrases. Take a look at this and make it bigger. 

So if you want to make an outline, see how you could structure an outline about your presentation topic: 

Now here is the same example, without the notes in red.

I hope this example can help you with the structuring of your outline if you choose to make one. 

See you next week!

Images: Personal photographs and screenshots of original Word documents. All rights reserved.

電気通信大学 ASE I: 7/2 board notes・7月2日のボードノート

Hello! 

How are you? Above are the board notes for our class on 7/2. 

If you would like to see the ASE I final presentation assignment post without searching around for it, click here for it.

As you can see, here is a rough schema of an outline (あらすじ). Here are some more notes below for all of you: 

Now here is an example of a finished outline, with keywords and key phrases. Take a look at this, make it bigger, and see how you could structure an outline about your presentation topic: 

Now here is the same example, without the notes in red.

I hope this example can help you with the structuring of your outline. 

See you next week!

Images: Personal photographs and screenshots of original Word documents. All rights reserved.

東京理科大学 Writing & Composition 1a: Spring final writing assignment・前学期末作文

Hello!

How are you? Here is our spring final writing assignment (中間「前学期」作文). 

Themes
You have a choice between two (2) different themes:

・Writing about works of art
・Writing about a problem or controversy in an area of science or technology 

About the first choice:
For this topic, you can look in the Listening & Speaking textbook about some different works of art - or search out some works of art on your own on the internet. I could 
also select some works of art to post on this blog as well. 

You can write about one (1) work of art, or for an extra challenge, choose two (2) works of art and compare and contrast (比較対照して) them. If you choose this challenge, look for these points in your comparison and contrast:

Dynamics of artistic composition (美学、美術の構成) - (for example, color, space, relationships 
of people and/or objects to each other)

Possible story or scenario that the work of art shows or gives ideas about (for example, 
mood, feelings of people, conditions of objects or the place where the people and/or objects 
are) 

Finally, choose the work of art you prefer (好む) and show what you believe to be a short story 
or scenario that comes to your mind when you see or think about this artwork.

About the second choice: 
For this topic, think about some problem or controversy (問題、議論) in an area of 
science or technology – for example, a problem with a drug or medication in research, 
or a technological application. Here are some examples of such problems: 

・The false data in the research of Haruko Obokata and the trouble in her research institute 

・The use – and misuse – of private data by social media companies such as Facebook

・The ways in which social media has spread fake news and other false information

・The relationship between humans and artificial intelligence (AI) and possible problems

You are not limited to these examples of problems and issues, but these are some good examples.

Special note: 

For both of these different choices, I will gather your writing on this topic into a collection called The Little Book of Big Things -  a book about student writers’ feelings, opinions, issues and perceptions (認識) about different topics. 

How much to write 

I would like you to write 4-5 paragraphs – but if you can go longer that would be great! I would like you to write as much as you can, because your work may be published (出版した) on this blog and in The Little Book of Big Things collection. 

As I have said before, anything shorter than three (3) paragraphs will not be acceptable. Please remember that our time is tight - so you might not have the time to re-write. 

I will review as much of your work as I can on July 15th (7/15). I may ask you to re-write, or re-work your content, if I see that you are behind or if you need more advice or suggestions from me about the assignment. 

Please do not write line-by-line sentences. Remember that you are writing paragraphs (段落), not lists of sentences. On 7/15, I will ask you to re-write if I see that you are only writing lists of sentences about your topic. 

I will review with you guidelines in class on about Word formatting for your final drafts.

Deadline (締め切り) 

There will be two (2) deadlines this time - you can choose which one you would like to try for: An earlier one on July 22nd (7/22), and a final one on July 29th (7/29). 

Now - if you believe you can completely finish by 7/22, you can turn it in early - but I will review it first. If I see that it needs more work, I will ask you to work on it more and turn it in on 7/29. 

If you feel you need more time and have to turn it in on 7/29, that is okay - you will not be late. 

On either day - 7/22 or 7/29 - you will hand in a final version (完成版). You should select your theme and topic in it that you are interested in, and begin writing from now – do not wait! 

Now - here are the board notes for our class on 7/1:

Good luck! I will look forward to reading your great writing – and please relax over the summer for a job well done!

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