ICR Class 8: Cycle 2 sharing news stories & graded reader 5: making quick notes
Summary:
When you have time this week, please write reflections in your Google Doc to think about 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 on Friday before Class 8 at 1 p.m.: Please upload the pictures of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section “第 8回 Cycle 1 Small-Group Presentations– Super Book Talk.
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.
By note-taking, please 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?
The Steps for the Graded Readers in The Maruzen eBook Library “6 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.
You can also read online here, and with old-fashioned hard copies of the books:
- 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
- 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 are the ICR links and docs for your homework below for your convenience:
Different Ways of Listening 英語の説明
Downloading and Reading e-books: Maruzen eBook Downloading Service
第8回 Cycle 4 sharing research notes 1: Basic information -11/14/2022
Summary of Class 08: We had two presentations, you discussed the basic information of your new issue in Cycle 4, you wrote reflections, and I helped you with MLA.
Homework is due on 11/14/2022, by 12 PM. Please upload the pictures of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section “第 8 回 Cycle 4 sharing research notes 2: Basic Information/Cases.”
Please, research the SAME research issue using 2 Internet, book, newspaper, or journal articles about a topic you are passionate about discussing. The theme should be on what is the Basic Information and what are the Cases of Your Issues.
Then take one to two pages of notes for each reading or viewing using the keywords on the pages. Remember to write in your notes and on the Google Doc. the author’s name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers if you use direct quotations. These actions will help you not copy/paste when you are note-taking and summarize with your own words or use quotation marks using the authors’ exciting thoughts, data, and vocabulary.
Again, if you read this, please remember to make notes on where you got your work, including the author’s name, date published, publication, URL, and which section or paragraph number you go your information from in your Google Doc.
It is also helpful to know where you got your information to discuss with your classmates in the breakout rooms and on your presentation day.
Moreover, here is are the IRD links and docs for your homework below for your convenience:
Resources for students and teachers in Basic and Improving Research & Discussion
Note-taking on Age Discrimination
Note-taking on a Right to an Education
And more search engines:
Carrot 2 Carrot helps you find topics related to your search term. After entering the term you enter and then click on ‘search,’ you can choose to see the results as a list, tree map, or pie chart that helps you visualize your issue and narrow your search at the same time.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): DOAJ is a community-designed and maintained online journal directory that provides you access to robust, open access, peer-reviewed journals. This search engine is independent, and it is free including being indexed in DOAJ. Please use this engine for topical issues and authors, and you might find research that provides evidential content for your academic essay. DOAJ is an educational outreach search engine that focuses on high-quality applications and submissions.
Google Scholar: Google scholar helps you do a broad or narrow search of articles. It also helps you cite your “references” for APA and “work cited” for MLA! You can also get the quick guides to both systems below.
CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the largest open-access research database in the world giving free access.
And important quick guides for how document your sources through references or works cited. You do not have to be perfect on the system and the focus is more on the content of your research:
Finally a useful phrases sheet that I use in the ICR classes:
第7回 Cycle 3 pair and small-group presentations; reflection and self-evaluation/assessment; student interests and goal-setting for Cycle 4; student choice of issues -11/07/2022
Summary of Class 07: We had our second week of robust student presentations on reflection; I hope you cite and say your in-text citations as your present much more to credit the people that help write your ideas.
You learned more about goal-setting, introduction to social, political, and business issues; web-based research and websites; and student-choice of researching the issue you would like to research for Cycle 4.
Homework due uploaded to your Google Drive Shared file before class on 11/11/2022 at 12 PM. Please upload the pictures of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section “第 7 回 Goal Setting for Cycle 4 Sharing Research Notes 1: Basic Information.”
Step 1: Please upload your notes in this shared Google drive file I need to create and send to you with your name on it.
Step 2: Please, research the SAME research issue using 2 Internet, book, newspaper, or journal articles about a topic you are passionate about discussing. The theme should be Basic Information.
Then take one to two pages of notes for each reading or viewing using the keywords on the pages. Remember to write on your notes, the author’s name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers if you use direct quotations. These actions will help you not copy/paste when you are note-taking and summarize your own words or use quotation marks using the authors’ exciting thoughts, data, and vocabulary.
Moreover, here is are the IRD links and docs for your homework below for your convenience:
Resources for students and teachers in Basic and Improving Research & Discussion
Note-taking on Age Discrimination
Note-taking on a Right to an Education
Finding Research: Successful Presentation
Academic-Essay-Writing-SurveyDownload
MLA Resourses
More Database Engines for Your Convenience to Collect Research
Carrot 2 Carrot helps you find topics related to your search term. After entering the term you enter and then click on ‘search,’ you can choose to see the results as a list, treemap, or pie chart that helps you visualize your issue and narrow your search at the same time.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): DOAJ is a community designed and maintained online journal directory that provides you access to robust, open access, peer-reviewed journals. This search engine is independent, and it is free including being indexed in DOAJ. Please use this engine for topical issues and authors, and you might find research that provides evidential content for your academic essay. DOAJ is an educational outreach search engine that focusses on high-quality applications and submissions.
Google Scholar: Google scholar helps you do a broad or narrow search of articles. It also helps you cite your “references” for APA and “work cited” for MLA!
CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the largest open-access research database in the world giving free access to the world.
Learning About Global Issues: Specifically in relation to Chuo University Faculty of Law English courses, this website has been designed by Andy Barfield and his research team for supporting student research from 2014 in the Basic Research and Writing (English ‘C’) and Introduction to Communication and Research (Listening and Speaking ‘P’ Level). More generally, his team hopes that this website is useful for students and other people in Japan (and in other countries) to develop our knowledge and critical understanding of different global issues. Thank you, Andy!
ICR Class 7: Cycle 1 sharing news stories & graded reader 4: Super Book Talk Presentations
Summary: You shared your Super Book Talk Presentation with your classmates and asked insightful questions. 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 on Friday before Class 8 at 1 p.m.:
Group B, 8 Students: Could you email me your Super Book Talk presentation file by Friday, 1 p.m., before Class 8, so I can check it?
Group A, 9 Students: Please complete your usual listening to news and graded reader homework in your Google Doc by Friday at 1 p.m. before Class 8.
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 little by little at your own pace, so please enjoy the freedom of choosing 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.
See Class 06 for Graded Reader Sample Note Attachments.
Graded Readers in The Maruzen eBook Library “6 Spring Semester: Downloading and reading e-books” in the link below is very important to follow. Please download your book quickly and save it because we can download only one book at Chuo University at a time:).
Rachel’s English
Rachel’s English [Photo Credit: Lauren Damaskinos]: This website is an excellent fluency resource bank for learners of English and their teachers. There are over 500 free videos available on English pronunciation and spoken English. Rachel’s videos have received over 70 million views are particularly useful because she not only explains the pronunciation and and supportive position of your mouth to speak well, she also shows the phonetic spelling and that help improve listening comprehension. She has helped me teach English US pronunciation and provides courses on at Rachel’s Academy. Rachel also seems to love learning other languages, which adds to her immense knowledge as a teacher and a learner too. She can help you immediately : http://www.rachelsenglish.com/
ICR Class 6: Cycle 1 sharing news stories & graded reader 3: developing your ways of making notes
Summary: After speaking about your exciting weekend activities, you got to share your out-of-class listing with others at the tables. We also explored different ways of presenting for a super book talk. 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?
Your Super Book Talk Presentation Homework:
1. Choose the best graded reader that you have already taken notes on to make your Super Book Talk presentation.
2. Review the Super Book Talk Guidelines for Success:
-Fulfill or do the Super Book Talk task
-Use some sentence variety with some challenging vocabulary
-Make effective use of relevant and accurate details from the book read
-Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the book read
-Make inferences from the book and have a clear focus
-Easy to listen to with a sense of voice
3. Digital sharing is best like PowerPoint or Google Slides.
4. Please email me with your attachment, or put your file in our shared Google file, and I will be notified.
5. There are many students, and I would like to check and help with your English.
Group A 9 Students: Could you email me your Super Book Talk presentation file by Friday, 1 p.m., before Class 7, so I can check it?
Group B 8 Students: Please complete your usual listening to news and graded reader homework in your Google Doc by Friday at 1 p.m. before Class 7.
6. See some examples of Super Book Talk presentations from Chuo Law University students.
7. Please do not copy/paste the words from the book. It is better to summarize them as best you can in your own words. However, if there are some really cool phrases or sentences from the book you would like to share, please use “quotation marks.”
8. The title of the book, the author’s name, and your name need to be included.
9. Usually, each Super Book talk should last five to seven minutes, with time for questions and answers from the audience.
10. Also, could you remember to make a thank you, question, and answer page at the end.
Sample Super Book Talk Slide Shows:
第6回 Cycle 3 pair and small-group presentations -10/31/2022
Summary: You discussed in pairs the possible actions and solutions to your issue. Then, we discussed ways to prepare for your presentation on October 31st or November 7th. Finally, you reflected on the three questions in your Google Doc.
Summary: Guidelines for your Presentation in addition to the information in the presentation of your issue document.
1. Your talk should be about 7-8 minutes and then 2-3 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.
2. There are usually 12 to 16 slides.
3. You’ll have a Reference page to show where you got your work from. Please include the author’s name, date published, the organization or publisher, and the URL link.
4. In the slideshow, please write and say where you got the information from in the form of in-text citations such as (Miller, 2020, para. 3). You can also do narrative in-text citations such as Suzuki (2020, p. 5) suggested that… If you use the author’s exact words, you need to use “quotation marks,” but you do not need quotes if you summarize in the keywords.
5. Here are two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:
6. Samples of Chuo Students’ IRD PowerPoint Presentations
Homework due on Friday, 11/04/2022 by 4 PM (for ? of the ? students) 第6回 Cycle 3 pair and small-group presentations (Assigned on Class 05) Please email your PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation to svye001@g.chuo-u.ac.jp via attachment and not in your Google Document due to formatting. Please look for the email I will send you with feedback on your presentation. Please use the show that I send back to you.
Note: The ? presenters need to send their final revised slideshow via email, thank you!
IRD_Presentation-ChecklistDownload
And important quick guides for how document your sources through references or works cited. You do not have to be perfect on the system and the focus is more on the content of your research:
Finally a useful phrases sheet that I use in the ICR classes:
Workshop 15: APA Essay Presentation Day 2
Summary: Have a lovely spring break. Go out and explore the world around you. Make good use of your time!
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
~Benjamin Franklin
Workshop 13: APA Presentation Design
“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.”
~ Peter Drucker
Summary: We worked on designing and developing techniques to enhance your presentation and communication, so that other students and guests can learn more about your academic essay.
“Communication – the human connection – is the key to personal and career success.”~Paul J. Meyer
Guidelines for your APA Presentation Draft that are not included in the document.
1. Your talk should be about 8-10 minutes and then 3-5 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.
2. It is good to practice your presentation several times, recording yourself, so you can focus on your content while speaking to the camera and study your communication skills.
3. There are usually 16 to 20 slides.
4. Your Reference page is single-spaced with APA formatting.
5. The APA in-text citation guide is provided, and the parenthetical in-text citations look like this (Miller, 2022, “Fairtrade Possibilities” section, para. 2) or Sakamoto (2019, p. 45). You can also use narrative in-text citations, such as Suzuki (2022, para. 3) or Tanaka (2016, “Ecotourism Explained” section, para. 1), who suggested that…
6. Here are two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:
Homework is due one day before class by 1 pm.
1. Do your best in preparing a draft for your presentation slideshow. The Word document of the presentation guidelines is helpful to follow when adding content and your script in notes in PowerPoint, based on synthesizing your notes.
2. Last Chance! Write & Improve is due by the next class, so this week and the weekend are your last chance to improve on all five essays.
Documents:
Session 05: The APA Academic Essay -More Note taking on the Solutions and/or Recommendations
Summary: We reviewed the agenda for this session and focused on some key APA formatting guidelines. Then, you discussed notes #5 and #6 for your academic essay and provided APA references. Lastly, we discussed homework note-taking #7 and #8, which cover the solutions to your issue for the next class, as well as a required Write & Improve submission entry, one of your five essays.
A Writer’s Quote to Consider:
“Notes are like Velcro. As you try to skim them, they ensnare you, and pretty soon you can’t see the story from the details. The story is not in my notes. The story is in my head.”
–Jane Harrigan, Professor of Journalism at the University of New Hampshire
Review:
Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 07: Close reading
Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 08: Give your material order
Homework due at 1 pm the day before Session 06.
A. Take photos of your notes and insert all the photos in your Google Document under the title Research Article #7 & #8 in your shared Google document.
B. You are also required to write one essay in Write & Improve, and then enter again based on the guidance and your improvement. Do not use pure AI, I will know. You may use spell and grammar checkers, but the work should be your own.
Instructions for Homework Content for Part A:
1. Researching and taking notes on articles #7 and #8. Take about two pages of notes for each article using the keywords on the pages. Remember to write the author’s name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers if you use direct quotations. Try to summarize your work.
Then, could you please put the pictures of your notes in your shared Google Document under ‘Research Articles #7 and #8 in your shared file so I can edit your APA References?
2. Typing the APA reference of your research: As best you can, type the American Psychological Association (APA) formatted references typed in the document above your notes for Research Articles #7 and #8. You can download two APA quick guides below for your reference.
The details needed are:
Last name, initial. (20??). Title of the article. Publisher. https//:…..
Attachments for Class and Homework:
Finding Research: Successful Paper
Academic-Essay-Writing-SurveyDownload
Free Database Engines off-campus to collect research for your APA Paper:
New! Zenbird Media: Topics & Issues: Do you often think about researching issues related to your local community, or Japan in general, but find the data in the Japanese language? Then, Zenbird Media is for you!
Carrot 2: Carrot helps you find topics related to your search term. After entering the term and clicking on ‘search,’ you can choose to see the results as a list, treemap, or pie chart, which helps you visualize your issue and narrow your search at the same time. However, please refrain from using Wikipedia.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): DOAJ is a community-designed and maintained online journal directory that provides you access to robust, open-access, peer-reviewed journals. This search engine is independent and free, including being indexed in DOAJ. Please use this engine for topical issues and authors, and you might find research that provides evidence for your academic essay. DOAJ is an educational outreach search engine that focuses on high-quality applications and submissions.
Google Scholar: Google Scholar helps you do a broad or narrow search of articles. It also enables you to cite your “references” for APA and “work cited” for MLA!
CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the largest open-access research database in the world, providing free access to informative and easy-to-understand information, where you can find research on your specific issue.
Learning About Global Issues–Specifically in relation to Chuo University Faculty of Law English courses. The team hopes that this website will be helpful for students and others in Japan (and other countries) to develop their knowledge and critical understanding of various global issues.
3. An option to do Write & Improve practice essay:
Please follow the instructions as best you can, following one of the five essays you chose to write this quarter. You can write again and again, following the guidance to improve your score. All essays are due at 1 pm before Session 15 in January.