Summary: We ensured that your homework and uploads were complete and accurate, and you got into pairs with new playing cards with cat quotations that might be also interesting for you to discuss. Class 04 Homework on Your Identity and Culture: Please take 3-4 pages of notes on two readings or viewings from the offerings below in keywords and use summarizations as much as possible. Whenever you can, especially using “direct quotations,” note the page and paragraph number to help you know where you got the information. These actions will also help you avoid plagiarism. Please… Read More

Summary: We ensured that your homework and uploads were complete and accurate. Then, I shared more about what self, both, and all mean in terms of identity. ‘All’ is a term loosely related to intersectionality (a term defined by Kimberle Crenshaw, Professor of Law, UCLA and Columbia University). Southern Poverty Law Center. (2016, May 19). Intersectionality 101 [Video]. Teaching Tolerance: Southern Poverty Law Center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6dnj2IyYjE Class 02 Homework on Your Identity and Culture: Please take 3-4 pages of notes on two readings or viewings from the offerings below in keywords and use summarizations as much… Read More

Summary: We studied and discussed the layers between identity and culture, as well as the multiple dimensions of diversity and culture, and your own identity. You also learned more about your classmates and me. We reflected on the dimensions of our identity and culture. Features of Culture Statements:  Features of Culture Questions: Framework and Standards: Everyone has a culture(s). It shapes how we see ourselves, others, and the world.  Essential questions:  Lesson adapted from Peace Corps: Features of Culture Class 02 Homework on Your Identity and Culture: Please take 3-4 pages of notes on… Read More

Summary: First, we had an orientation to the course, and you learned what you will be able to do by the end of the course based on the syllabus page in Manaba. Then, we studied and discussed the layers of diversity of a person’s identity/personality, language, and culture. You also learned more about your classmates and me. How will my grade be calculated for the Spring Semester? The Diversity Wheel That Shapes Identity Following the orientation, we worked on the communication framework and standards below in pairs and used the questions in worksheet… Read More

Summary: Today, we focused on discussing your first Cambridge English Write & Improve essay in pairs with individual support from the teacher: Writing Academic English at Saitama University: The reasons you are taking this Academic Essay Writing (AEW1) course Please use these question prompts to help you with a 200-250 word essay.​What kind of academic essay writing have you done so far in English?What is puzzling for you about academic essay writing (i.e., what questions do you have about academic writing)? Which writing concepts/skills do you most want to develop this semester? Why? How? Please… Read More

Summary: First, you learned about making useful research questions and categorizing notes for your upcoming essay. Then, I shared Synthesizing your notes on 3 pages of a Word doc to attach. Afterward, you shared your research and gave feedback, and your pair asked questions and useful comments. “Research is something that everyone can do, and everyone ought to do. It is simply collecting information and thinking systematically about it.” – Raewyn Connell Remembering the sequence of your notes is similar to making your research questions, which are called ‘points’ in the Alex Essay Writing Tool videos:… Read More

Summary: We learned more about and formatting Modern Language Association (MLA) Works Cited. Then, collaboratively, we made sure you know more about the steps of the research process, the key terms of academic writing, narrowing down a research topic, finding reliable and solid research material, and taking useful notes. We also carefully considered and followed the activities of Alex Essay Writing Tool, steps 7 – 8 to focus on your close reading. Outline of our Research Process: Documents: Quick Guide to Citing in MLA 9th Edition MLA 9th Quick Guide “”Get it down. Take… Read More

Summary: Happy New Year!! 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. Here are our lovely Cycle 4 Webpages! Could you all please read your classmates posts? I was hoping we’d have more time to read and reflect, yet many students were late to publish and needed extra support, so please click on the title and read: Poverty in the World and Japan Has an Urgent Assignment for the Global Society The Condition Where LGBTQ People are Not Respected and Life is Difficult:… Read More

Summary: You got to put all of your group work together to upload it on Adobe Express. How to create a webpage in Adobe Express

Summary: You got to put all of your group work together to upload it on Adobe Express. How to create a webpage in Adobe Express Create, host, and share a single-page webpage using Adobe Express: <– this is the Adobe Express Webpage instructions from the company website. Please click on the link and the information is provided below: Create single-page webpages for portfolios, resumes, presentations, blog posts, photo galleries, and more. You can also use these webpages to showcase a product catalog, advertise a special offer, or act as a weekly or monthly newsletter… Read More