Summary of Class 03: You shared your research notes with different groups and pairs by discussing the causes or cases of your issue. Our focus was more on documenting, organizing your work. Furthermore, making reflection questions about your issues to get informative research for your discussions and presentation. We also focused on help with doing online searches, note-taking, and mind-mapping to help make sense of and discuss your research. Homework due on 10/13/2023, Friday by 2 PM Please upload the pictures of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section Class 04 Cycle… Read More

Summary of Class 02: You shared your research notes with different groups and pairs by discussing the basic information about the issue of your choice. We also looked at ways of shifting the research from basic information to cases or causes related to your issue. Students who did not do the homework did so in class. This is rare. Is everyone alright? Finding Research: Successful Presentation or Paper Samples of Chuo Students’ IRD PowerPoint Presentations Homework is due on Friday, 10/06/2023 at 2 PM. Please upload the pictures of your notes in your Shared… Read More

Summary of Class 01: We had an orientation to autumn course explaining the documents below, including what is expected of you and how you can excel with the new research. You learned about the course introduction and requirements, 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. You will be doing research and uploading it to your Google doc. You will not need to read graded readers or listen to the news this term. APA (for Cycle 3) Kurokawa,… Read More

Summary: Six students successfully presented their proposals. I did not provide student samples other than the instructions because this is a writing class, but on reflection, I will provide presentations examples in the future. If you would like to volunteer to put your presentation on this website, please let me know. We had an excellent presentation day and you have the video recording in your inboxes. Stratvert, K. (2020, July 24). How to properly present PowerPoint slides in Zoom [Video]. Youtube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNOZRa089-U How to properly present PowerPoint slides in Zoom Summary: Guidelines for your Presentation… Read More

Summary: The summary is up to you and your progress. I will update when I get feedback closer to the workshop. Guidelines for your MLA Proposal 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 on ZOOM so you can focus on your content while speaking to the camera.  3. There are usually 16 to 20 slides. 4. Your Reference page is single-spaced with MLA… Read More

Summary: Guidelines for your MLA Proposal 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 on ZOOM so you can focus on your content while speaking to the camera.  3. There are usually 16 to 20 slides. 4. Your Reference page is single-spaced with MLA formatting.  5. The MLA in-text citation guide is provided, and the parenthetical in-text citations look like this (Miller “Fairtrade Possibilities”… Read More

Summary: I showed a good example of a paper and its sources. Also how to edit your third draft in-text citations. Homework due via email (Sending earlier than the deadline is great for quick feedback to you!): Do WAVE for your essay before emailing your final MLA draft! W = Put your paper through MLA Essay Write & Improve A = MLA Style -Owl Purdue V = Veritus Certify! Check against Plagiarism -Leander HughesE = Check all Explanations attachments, download “Instructions-for-MLA-Writing_AEW2,” and type your paper directly in the document. Once finished your draft, please email it to me. “Explanations” Attachments: Instructions-for-MLA-Writing_AEW2-2Download AEW2__MLA-Midterm-Assessment-GuidelinesDownload OWL-Purdue-MLA-9th_PPt-3Download MLA… Read More

Summary: Everyone did the Faculty Survey in Manaba at the top of “My Page” under 大学からの課題・アンケート / Specific Assignments/ Surveys, and you also wrote your 3 question self-reflections on your own so we can take a special trip on this Tama Monorail! For Online English Practice Resources for this Summer! Freerice:  is an amazing learning app of many subjects and languages that you can learn from and grow. The more correct answers you get, you can feed children in need faster, and make groups with your friends to get high scores. The educational tutorial about… Read More

Summary: We had Super Book Talk Day! In Class 14 will we enter the class survey on 07/17/2023, and then go on a special outing!  Please complete your three-question reflections about your Google Document for the last class on your own time.

Summary: We are almost finished with your sharing listening to news stories (10) and graded readers (8). 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? You speaking pairs issues?  3. What are your next SMART (simple, manageable, attainable, reasonable, timely) learning goals?  Sample Super Book Talk Slide Shows: Mrs.-Kim-s-Ketchup Download Picture-Puzzle Download Marco Download Anna-and-the-Fighter Download… Read More