ECA (Travel English): 外国語の挨拶

Hello!

How are you? Look at the different greetings (挨拶) from different languages below: 
How are you? Look at the different greetings (挨拶) from different languages below.

jó napot  xin chào  أهلاً (ahalan)
merhaba     guten tag   
merhaba  guten tag
 merhaba     guten tag

hyvää huomenta  dzien'dobry

hyvää huomenta            dzien' dobry

Activity/homework
Which countries or languages do you think these greetings come from? Take some guesses on which languages or countries they come from - and how you say them! 

Extra homework
On the Internet, find 1-2 greetings in some different languages and bring them to the next class. How do you say them? Teach the class about these greetings!

See you next week!

Images: Top - "Smiling African man waving hands" (courtesy of stockimages)/FreeDigitalPhotos.net/Thai wai (greeting) - unattributed image from the Internet. Downloaded strictly for classroom purposes. All rights reserved to the copyright owner(s). 

ECA (Travel English): 外語の挨拶

Hello!

How are you? Look at the different greetings (挨拶) from different languages below: 
How are you? Look at the different greetings (挨拶) from different languages below.

jó napot  xin chào  أهلاً (ahalan)
merhaba     guten tag   
merhaba  guten tag
 merhaba     guten tag

hyvää huomenta  dzien'dobry

hyvää huomenta            dzien' dobry

Activity/homework
Which countries or languages do you think these greetings come from? Take some guesses on which languages or countries they come from - and how you say them! 

Extra homework
On the Internet, find 1-2 greetings in some different languages and bring them to the next class. How do you say them? Teach the class about these greetings!

See you next week!

Images: Top - "Smiling African man waving hands" (courtesy of stockimages)/FreeDigitalPhotos.net/Thai wai (greeting) - unattributed image from the Internet. All rights reserved to the copyright owner(s). Uploaded for educational purposes only.

週1・2 - ECA (Speaking) I & II (All, J, D & A): 外語の挨拶

Hello,

How are you? Look at the different greetings (挨拶) from different languages below: 
How are you? Look at the different greetings (挨拶) from different languages below.

jó napot  xin chào  أهلاً (ahalan)
merhaba     guten tag   
merhaba  guten tag
 merhaba     guten tag

hyvää huomenta  dzien'dobry

hyvää huomenta            dzien' dobry

Activity/homework
Which countries or languages do you think these greetings come from? Take some guesses on which languages or countries they come from - and how you say them! 

Extra homework
On the Internet, find 1-2 greetings in some different languages and bring them to the next class. How do you say them? Teach the class about these greetings!

See you next week!

Images: Top photo (waving man) - "Smiling African man waving hands" (courtesy of stockimages)/Thai people greeting - unattributed photo from the Internet. All rights reserved to the owner(s). Uploaded strictly for non-commercial educational use.

週1・2 - ECA (Survival English) - 外語の挨拶

Hello Survival English students,

 

How are you? Look at the different greetings (挨拶) from different languages below: 
How are you? Look at the different greetings (挨拶) from different languages below.

jó napot  xin chào  أهلاً (ahalan)
merhaba     guten tag   
merhaba  guten tag
 merhaba     guten tag

hyvää huomenta  dzien'dobry

hyvää huomenta            dzien' dobry

Activity/Homework
Which countries or languages do you think these greetings come from? Take some guesses on which languages or countries they come from - and how you say them! 

Extra homework
On the Internet, find 1-2 greetings in some different languages and bring them to the next class. How do you say them? Teach the class about these greetings!

See you next week!

Image copyright: All rights reserved. I do not own the rights to this image. Uploaded strictly for non-commercial educational use.

週1・2 - ECA (Survival English) - 外語の挨拶

Hello Survival English students,

 

How are you? Look at the different greetings (挨拶) from different languages below: 
How are you? Look at the different greetings (挨拶) from different languages below.

jó napot  xin chào  أهلاً (ahalan)
merhaba     guten tag   
merhaba  guten tag
 merhaba     guten tag

hyvää huomenta  dzien'dobry

hyvää huomenta            dzien' dobry

Activity
Which countries or languages do you think these greetings come from? Take some guesses on which languages or countries they come from - and how you say them! 

Homework

On the Internet, find 1-2 greetings in some different languages and bring them to the next class. How do you say them? Teach the class about these greetings!

See you next week!

津田塾大学オペン・スクール時事英語でディスカッションII・2/27 - societal roles, relationships & changes

Hello to my discussion students,

Image "The Exit" courtesy of Elwood W. McKay III/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? Thank you again for the lively discussion on the themes we've had so far!

Here are some things on what might be a quite wide topic - societal roles, relationships, and change. I had to search around for what might be the most interesting things to upload here, and while there is so much out there that we could build a whole course around this theme, I had to choose what I could. 

I also had to decide - do I stick with Japan, or cover topics related to this abroad as well? That was also a hard thing to decide, but having found the things I did from a number of places I decided to upload the best and most interesting. 

So here is our homework for discussion on the blog, and that may also perhaps give you some ideas on your final presentation topics. 

So first up is a short clip from Fox News in the U.S. about the effect Facebook may be having on marriage in the U.S.:

Here's a very different one on Muslim women and social change - a photo essay clip with some incredible images. While it will appear small on the screen shot below, it is quite moving and consists of the narrator's own photography:

Here's a longer, but equally-dynamic TED talk from a Vietnamese-New Zealander university student on social norms and social change:

These videos uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to these videos. They are strictly for classroom use.

Watch each of these as many times as you like or need. Post comments to this blogpost about these, or send to my email address if you have trouble posting comments directly. 

Take care! See you next week!

KIFL WIT Discussion I (1st & 2nd periods) - 2/20 - talking about movies & TV

Hello to all my discussion students,

Image "Girls Watching Tv And Eating Fruit" courtesy of marin/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you today? Today here's a post for both classes about movies and TV. 

What kinds of movies or TV shows do you like? Here are a couple of clips of movies and TV shows I have watched over the years. This first clip is the trailer for a recent movie called Argo, with Ben Affleck. 

Preview uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to this video or the motion picture it came from. This is strictly for classroom use.

Preview uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to this video or the motion picture it came from. This is strictly for classroom use.

Where does the story take place? What is Ben Affleck's role? Why do you think he goes to the places he goes to - the one in the U.S., then the one in the other country? Why do you think the people in the other country are trapped? What do you think will happen to them if they don't get out? 

This next one is a TV show I watched when I was younger called The Prisoner.  

Preview uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to this video or the television series it came from. This is strictly for classroom use.

Preview uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to this video or the television series it came from. This is strictly for classroom use.

From the opening sequence, when do you think this show was made? Where does this show take place? Why do you think they are after the main character? Why is he taken to the place they have taken him? What kind of a place is it? 

What are your favorite movies or TV shows? Let's do some textbook work - then let's talk about your favorite movies or TV shows!

Have fun!

芝浦工業大学英語総合1B 12/4 - homework about love & marriage (Part 1)

Hello to all my Eigo Sogo students,

Image "Wedding Rings" courtesy of sscreations/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? Today we'll start a new theme - about love and marriage. 

In our first reading today, we read about a marriage custom in another culture. Take a look at the list of countries and cultures below: f countries and cultures below: 

China	India	Iran	Ethiopia
Mexico	Israel	Thailand	Sweden
Canada	Egypt	Colombia	Ireland
New Zealand (Maori culture)	Spain (Basque culture)	the U.S. (Hawaiian culture)	Europe, Middle East, India (Roma culture)

Now choose one of these countries/cultures and with a partner, and over the next two
Now choose one of these countries/cultures and with a partner, and over the next two weeks, research about marriage customs in that country/culture. 

GUIDELINES & RULES
This homework will be a little different than what we did before. 

Part 1 - choose a country/culture and begin finding out a few facts about their marriage customs - do this by next week (12/11). 
Important rule!
*Important rule! Every pair has to choose a different country/culture! Do not do the same country/culture as another pair! 

Part 2 - after next week (12/11), we will then find out more in detail about the country's/culture's marriage customs. I will tell you more about what you can do then.

See you then!