ICR Class 3: Sharing out-of-class listening: Note-taking & explaining notes

Summary: You shared your out-of-class listing with all classmates. We also explored different ways of not taking notes and of explaining them. We also made sure to upload homework, use the websites, and really start your graded reader program. 

Finally, you wrote reflections in your Google Doc to discuss your English learning progress. The questions are:

1. How did you participate in class today? Please describe as best you can.

2. What did you learn about your issue? Your speaking pairs issues? 

3. What are your next SMART (simple, manageable, attainable, reasonable, timely) learning goals? 

Homework due uploaded to your Google Drive Shared file by Sunday at midnight before Class 04: Please upload the pictures of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section “第 3 回 Sharing Out-of-class Listening: Note-taking & Explaining Notes”

In the Spring Semester, you do out-of-class listening (10 times, about two pages each time) and read and talk about a minimum of 8 graded readers from the:

Chuo Library’s Maruzen eBook Library of graded readers. Please see the links and instructions below. The main thing is to do some homework in every class. You can do it little by little at your own pace. However, your English will not improve much, and you will be paired with someone or a group with nothing to say, so please enjoy the freedom to choose your listening and reading content.

You take notes on paper and feel free to use charts, diagrams, and colors as you like. Then, can you take pictures of them and put them in your shared drive file with me? 

On each homework note-taking, please write if it is a “Listening” or “Graded Reader” and write your name and the number, like Listening 1 or Graded Reader 1.

Graded Reader Note-Taking Sample A:

Graded Reader Note-Taking Sample B:

Graded Reader Note-Taking Sample C:

The Steps for the Graded Readers in The Maruzen eBook Library6 Spring Semester: Downloading and reading e-books” in the links above and below are very important to follow. Please download your book quickly and save it because we can only download one book at a time at Chuo University.

However, there are other book options:

  1. The online selection of stories at A2 level (for pre-intermediate students) in the Reading Zone on the British Council website for ICR students: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/a2-graded-reading
  2. Series also in the Maruzen eBooks Library
  • Macmillan Readers – Starter & Beginner levels
  • Cengage Page Turners – levels 2, 3, 4 & 5
  • Cambridge Discovery Readers – levels A1, A1+ & A2

3. Other series:

  • Oxford Bookworms – Stages 1 & 2
  • Penguin Readers – 1 (Beginner) and 2 (Elementary) levels
  • Scholastic Readers – Starter Level and Level 1

And here is are the ICR links and docs for your homework below for your convenience:

ICR Website

Different Ways of Listening 英語の説明

Listening to the News

Notes on Listening to News

Downloading and Reading e-books: Maruzen eBook Downloading Service

ICR Information Sheet

ICR Useful Phrases to Remember

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