電気通信大学 AWE I: Describing places & showing preferences・場所・位置の描写、お好み

Hello! 

How are you? Today, let's look at how to describe places and show preferences (お好み) between them. 

Activity/homework
1. Look at these pictures. Choose 2-3 of the pictures and describe the places in them. You can also use the picture of the pink house at the top of the post. 

Describe these points - the locations (位置) you believe they are in (for example, the U.S., Africa, Southern Europe, and so on), the kinds of climate and weather you believe they have, the kinds of lives the people living there have (including what kinds of jobs you believe they might have, and so on), plus any other details you can imagine.  

2. Now - which kind of place would you like to live in, and why? 

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Have fun! See you next week!

Images: Top - "Pink House, Perfume River, Hue, Vietnam, August 2015 Number 2" (personal photograph)/1. "Beautiful Sunset" (courtesy of Photokanok)/2. "New York Times" (courtesy of Antoine Henrich)/3. "Cotton Field" (courtesy of scottchan)/4. "Kinkakuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan" (courtesy of Worakit Sirijinda)/5."Old Timber Barn" (courtesy of Poulsen Photo)/6. "Traditional Village" (courtesy of Witthaya Phonsawat)/All attributed images except top image from FreeDigitalPhotos.net/All rights reserved on personal photograph 

東京理科大学 B英1: The Pacific Rim・環太平洋地域

Hello!

How are you? Today let's look at the countries that make up the Pacific Rim (環太平洋地域).

Activity/homework

Look at the pictures of some famous cities on the Pacific Rim below. What are they famous for? What kind of trade or industry do you think they have? Talk about your ideas with your classmates!

Seoul

Seattle

Santiago, Chile

Vladivostok, Russia

Ho Chi Minh City

Have fun with these! Have a great Golden Week!

Images: Top - By Howard the Duck - 投稿者自身による作品, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3375628/Seoul - By Foxy1219(montage), (WT-shared) Jpatokal, Svdmolen, Gleam, d. FUKA, Wei-Te Wong - All Source:File:Namdaemun Buildings.JPG by (WT-shared) JpatokalFile:Gyeongbok-gung palace-05 (xndr).jpg by SvdmolenFile:Seoul-01 (xndr).jpg by SvdmolenFile:Myeongdongchurch.jpg by GleamFile:63Building Yeouido-dong Seoul.jpg by d. FUKAFile:Wongwt N 首爾塔 (16941213800).jpg by Wei-Te Wong, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41919540/Seattle - By Rattlhed at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2488403/Santiago - By Rodrigo PizarroDavid PozoKyle SimourdValo3HasslerCarlos yoDario AlpernJaime Soto CeuraOsmar Valdebenito - Cerro Santa Lucía-003.jpg by Rodrigo Pizarro, {{cc-by-sa-2.0}}Santiago landscape (cropped).jpg by David Pozo, {{cc-by-sa-3.0}}Moneda Palace.jpg by Kyle Simourd, {{cc-by-2.0}}Inmaculadacerro.JPG by Valo3, {{PD-self}}Torre Entel vista desde la Alameda.jpg by Hassler, {{cc-by-2.0}}Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.jpg by Carlos yo {{GFDL}}, {{cc-by-sa-all}}Biblioteca Nacional Chile.jpg by Carlos yo {{GFDL}}, {{cc-by-sa-all}}Torre Telefónica en Providencia.jpg by Dario Alpern, {{cc-by-sa-3.0}}, {{GFDL}}Iglesia de San Francisco de Santiago.JPG by Jaime Soto Ceura, {{cc-by-sa-3.0}}Estación Central, 2010.jpg by Osmar Valdebenito {{cc-by-sa-2.0}}Montage by Oscaroyarzo, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20243722/Vladivostok - By Роберт Рэй - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33310970/Ho Chi Minh City - By Trần Thế Vinh, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48290395

ECA (英語基礎表現) II (P): 観光

Hello!

How are you? Today let's look at sightseeing (観光) places! 

Where would you like to go and what would you like to see? 

The picture above comes from my summer trip to Vietnam. I took it from my hotel room. I presented at a conference (研究会), then I went sightseeing after. The place I was in had a famous fort (砦), and I took some pictures. This place was so big! Here's a picture of one part of the fort, with me in it:

What sightseeing places would you like to go to in Japan, or other countries? 

Activity
Look at these pictures. Do you know what these places are? Do you know where are they? Take some guesses!

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Have fun!

Photo credits: A. "Business Meeting" (courtesy of Ambro) B. "Adorable Couple Watching TV" (courtesy of imagerymajestic) C. "Woman Asleep" 

Images: Top picture, #1, & 3 - personal photographs/2."New York Times" (courtesy of Antoine Henrich)/4. "Ancient Ruins In Delphi" (courtesy of thephotoholic)/5. "Angkor Wat Sunrise" (courtesy of J Frasse)/6. "Sydney Opera House At Night" (courtesy of Susie B)/7. Unattributed image from Taiwan  (downloaded directly from the internet)/Images #2, 4, 5, & 6 from FreeDigitalPhotos.net/all rights reserved on personal photographs.

ECA (Travel English): 海外の有名な祭り

Hello!

How are you? Today, for our last class of the year, let's do something a little different - let's look at some famous festivals (祭り) around the world! 

The picture above is of a unique festival held every year in the U.S. called Burning Man. It's held in the western desert, in Nevada, every summer. 

I won't tell you any more about it because today we'll do an activity about it, and some other festivals around the world, where you have to find out about it! Here's what we'll do:

Activity

1. Get together with others in a group. Look at the top picture again, and then look at the pictures of some other festivals in different countries. 

Tomatina festival, Spain

Rio Carnaval, Brazil

Tet festival, Vietnam

Oktoberfest, Germany

Canadian National Exhibition, Canada

Holi, India

2. Now your group choose one (1) event. Go on the Internet and find out the following things:

• Where exactly the events are located in the country
• What kinds of things people can do there
• When these events are held
• How to get to the location all the way from Japan

3. Now your group pair up with another group. Teach the other group about what you found out, and let the other group teach you about their festival. 

Have fun!

Images: Top - "Lightmatter burningman" by Aaron Logan. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lightmatter_burningman.jpg#/media/File:Lightmatter_burningman.jpg/Tomatina festival - "La Tomatina (25.08.2010) - Spain, Buñol 30" by flydime - La Tomatina (25.08.2010) / Spain, Buñol. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Tomatina_(25.08.2010)_-_Spain,_Bu%C3%B1ol_30.jpg#/media/File:La_Tomatina_(25.08.2010)_-_Spain,_Bu%C3%B1ol_30.jpg/Carnaval - "Grazieli Massafera como Rainha da Bateria da Grande Rio 1" by Team at Carnaval.com Studios - Grand-Rio-37.JPG. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grazieli_Massafera_como_Rainha_da_Bateria_da_Grande_Rio_1.jpg#/media/File:Grazieli_Massafera_como_Rainha_da_Bateria_da_Grande_Rio_1.jpg/Tet festival - "Thương xá TAX, Tết 2012" by Pinus - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Th%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_x%C3%A1_TAX,_T%E1%BA%BFt_2012.JPG#/media/File:Th%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_x%C3%A1_TAX,_T%E1%BA%BFt_2012.JPG/Oktoberfest - "Oktoberfest inside Hippodrom" by Aschuff - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oktoberfest_inside_Hippodrom.jpg#/media/File:Oktoberfest_inside_Hippodrom.jpg/Canadian National Exhibition festival - "Canadian National Exhibition 2012" by Kotsy - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canadian_National_Exhibition_2012.jpg#/media/File:Canadian_National_Exhibition_2012.jpg /Holi festival - "Samaj gathering during Lathmar hoil" by Narender9 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samaj_gathering_during_Lathmar_hoil.jpg#/media/File:Samaj_gathering_during_Lathmar_hoil.jpg

ECA (Travel English, English Through Songs, & Culture B): 中間プレゼンテーションポスター

Hello! 

How are you? I'd like to show a collection of poster presentations from some different classes - Travel English, Culture B, English Through Songs, and my great speaking classes.

I'm proud of your work and want to show it here to you and others! The posters here are from Travel English, English through Songs, and Culture B.

The one at the top is from Travel English, on some great presentations on food from other countries and cultures. This one is about the food of Vietnam. I'm hungry already!

Here are some more from Travel English:

Great! Now here are two posters from English through Songs on artists the students chose to present with songs of the artists they liked:

Aren't they great? Now here is a poster from Culture B on marriage customs from different countries and cultures. This one was on Germany:

That was a good one! 

Look for more displays to come. 

See you!

ECA (Travel English): パスポート・出入管理のヴォキャブラーリ

Hello!

How are you? Today we'll look at some things you will see at immigration control (出入管理) when you are at an airport in another country. 

This picture at the top is a visa for Vietnam. Americans need a visa to visit Vietnam, but Japanese do not. But there are things that Japanese travelers have to know before going to other countries. 

Look at the first picture below. See the word "transit" - what does it mean? Who can guess the meaning the fastest? Make a guess – then check the word in your dictionary! 

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Now look at these passport stamps in the next picture below. What names of countries do you see? Hint - they're mostly in Africa! 

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Activity/homework 
1. Look at these passport pages below. In 5 minutes or less, look for these words on the pages. You can get a partner to help you if you want:

arrival

admitted

departed
employment
entry

immigration
permitted

arrival

2. When you're finished, find the names of countries, cities or places on the pages. 

3. After you finish - check any words in the dictionary you don't know! 
4. Write sentences using four (4) of these words in your notebooks. I will check them in our next class. 

Have fun!

Images: Top - Personal photograph/1. "Passport Stamps" (courtesy of Arvind Balaraman)/2. "Travel Notes" (courtesy of africa)/Bottom images - "Passport Visa Stamps" (both courtesy of Christineg)/Images 1 and 2 from FreeDigitalPhotos.net/Bottom images from Dreamstime.com/Top image - all rights reserved.