特別ポスト: スピーキング練習のプレゼンテーションポスターズ

Hello!

How are you? Today I would like to show you some examples of the presentation posters you did on the topic of things that make you healthy and happy. These posters show your best advice on what you do to be healthy and happy, and what you believe over people can do too. 

You did a great job on these and I'm proud of your work. So here is a small gallery of your posters!

Good work and great job! Thank you for your hard work on the presentations, and I'll see you soon!

週1~5 - ECA (英語基礎表現) II (Super A): writing about places (Part 2)

Hello,

How are you? Do you remember the pictures I showed you in Part 1? I will now show you these pictures again, but with some links to background information about them.

Look at the picture above again. It looks like an ordinary country house or barn on the outside, but it has a unique story to it. Click on this link for more, and on this link here about the picture. 

Look at this next picture. It looks like a quiet beach now, but it was once a place where great history was made. Click on this link to find out more about this place.

Now look at this next picture again. This was the birthplace of a famous person from the 20th century. Click on this link here to find out about who the person was. 

Finally, while this final place has people in the picture, the place is very important. Click on the link here to find out more, and click on this link about the two people in the picture. 

I hope these are interesting for you. 

See you next time!

Images: Top photo - "Arromanches" by Bulo78 - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arromanches.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Arromanches.jpg/Barn - "Pollock-barn" by Dmadeo - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pollock-barn.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Pollock-barn.jpg/Building - Picasso’s birthplace - By Dominik (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Pablo-Picasso-Birthplace.jpg/

Couple - Woodstock couple by Burk Uzzle/image reproduced from file courtesy of Laurence Miller Gallery/laurencemillergallery.com

All images from except Woodstock couple from Wikimedia Commons. All rights reserved. I do not own the rights to these images. All images uploaded for educational purposes only.

特別ポスト: スピーキング練習のプレゼンテーションポスターの例え

Hello,

How are you? Here is a special post. I will show you some examples of poster presentations for speaking. Take a look at the one above! This was from a student from last year.

You can design posters like these for your speaking practices (スピーキング練習). Look at some more posters! 

See you next time!

週1~5 - ECA (英語基礎表現) II (Super A): writing about places (Part 1)

Hello,

How are you? Today, let's look at how to write about places. 

Take a look at the picture above. What is your impression (感想) of this place? Think about it, then imagine a story about this place, and write a paragraph about it.

Do the same with these pictures as well. Imagine stories for each of these places, then write about them:

I hope these are interesting for you. 

See you next time!

Images: Top photo - "Arromanches" by Bulo78 - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arromanches.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Arromanches.jpg/Barn - "Pollock-barn" by Dmadeo - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pollock-barn.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Pollock-barn.jpg/Building - Picasso’s birthplace - By Dominik (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Pablo-Picasso-Birthplace.jpg/

Couple - Woodstock couple by Burk Uzzle/image reproduced from file courtesy of Laurence Miller Gallery/laurencemillergallery.com

All images from except Woodstock couple from Wikimedia Commons. All rights reserved. I do not own the rights to these images. All images uploaded for educational purposes only.

週1・2 - ECA (Speaking) I & II (All, J, D & A): 人物の描写

Hello,

How are you? Let's learn more about how to describe people (人物を描写).

Activity/homework
Look at these pictures. Write about the people in these pictures. The picture at the top of this post is an example (例えば) :

This person has short white hair. He's older. 

Now try to write some extra details about their clothes (洋服がさらに細かい描写): 

He's wearing a cowboy hat and a navy blue bandanna with a brown vest and striped shirt. 

So, your description (描写) can look like this: 

This person is older and has short white hair. He's wearing a cowboy hat and a navy blue bandanna with a brown vest and striped shirt. 

Try with these other pictures! Choose 4 of these pictures, and say or write descriptions for them in your notebooks.

1.

2. 

2. 
3. 

3. 

4. 

5.

6. 

7. 

Have fun!

Photo credits: 1. "Beautiful Young Woman" (courtesy of posterize) 2. "Preparing For Dinner" (courtesy of imagerymajestic) 3. "Smiling little girl 

Images: Top photo (old man) - "Older Man With Hat" (courtesy of Rosemary Ratcliff)/1. "Preparing For Dinner" (courtesy of imagerymajestic)/2. "Seated African Child" (courtesy of africa)/3. "Beautiful Young Woman" (courtesy of posterize)/4. "Young Woman In Stylish Outfit" (courtesy of posterize)/5. "Genial Older Man" (courtesy of Rosemary Ratcliff)/6. "Old African Man" (courtesy of africa)/7. "Asian Woman Smiling On The Bedroom Floor" (courtesy of Feelart)/All pictures from FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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.

おかえりなさい！

Hello!

How are you? Welcome back to Seigakuin for September!   

I have made a list of pages on this blog. You can find hints and tips about grammar (文法) and vocabulary (ヴォキャブラーリ) on these pages. You can check these pages at any time. These pages can help you with English. 

I have these pages: basic grammar (基本的な文法), advanced grammar (進んでいる文法), and 

vocabulary (ヴォキャブラーリ). I also have a page about writing (書き) . I will make more pages soon. 

I have also made a page on student work, like presentations and student writing. Please look at these pages!

I'm happy to work with you this semester. Let's have fun learning more in English!

See you next time! 

Image: "Schoolboy Carrying Piggyback Ride" (courtesy of stockimages)/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

週12 ・13 - ECA (Speaking) I (C & A): 過程「話と行うこと」

Hello to my speaking All students,

Image "Take Off At Sunset" courtesy of Time Beach/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? Let's look at telling stories with action (話と行うことを言う) with pictures! 

Activity/homework
Look at these pictures. Make a story with these pictures (イメージに話を作り). (You can use the picture of the airplane at the top of this blogpost!) You can put them in any order you like (イメージの順番がなんでもいい). 

Rules (ルール) 
1. You can use seven (7) of these pictures - but you can use all of them if you want.
2. You have to tell your story (話すを言う) using words like then, next, after that, and finally in your story!

Try it!

Have fun!

Photo credits: Top photo - "Sunset Holiday" (courtesy of imagerymajestic)/Roofs - "Hiyama Tatsuno Hyogo Prefecture" (courtesy of 663highland)/ 

Photo credits: Sunset - "Beautiful Sunset" (courtesy of Photokanok)/Man in suit - "Handsome Young Businessman" (courtesy of imagerymajestic)/Poker chips - "Pocket Aces In The Hand" (courtesy of Grant Cochrane)/Young man - "Young Handsome Man" (courtesy of marin)/Wedding - "The Exit" (courtesy of Elwood W. McKay III)/Sports car - "Classic Porsche 959" (courtesy of M-Pics)/Woman - "Asian Model Woman" (courtesy of posterize)/Drink - "Singapore Sling" (courtesy of Antoine Henrich)/SUV - "Mercedes ML" (courtesy of M-Pics)/All photos from FreeDigitalPhotos.net 

特別ポスト- ECA (Speaking) I & II (C, W, A, & All): second speaking practice posters (Part 2)/スピーキング練習2ポスター(Part 2)

Hello all my speaking students! 

How are you? Here, I would like to show a Part 2 of your wonderful speaking practice posters about your hopes and dreams for the future.

Check these great posters out! 

Good job on these! I hope to keep putting more of your work up on these blog pages.

See you next time! おつかれさまでした！