Writing English 2A: Special note for 7/18 class・7月18日の知らせ

Hello!

How are you? This is a quick note to let you know that next week (7/18), we will meet in Building 7, Room 232. So please do not go to our regular classroom - go to 7232!

7232 is a computer room, so please bring:

• Your finished typed writing files - your outline and your final version of the final writing assignment
• Also bring a USB. If you do not have a USB - buy one (they're cheap)!

If you are not finished with your writing, you can finish it in the computer room. I will look at your outline and final version, and give you advice, comments and any hints for it. Any changes you need to make you can then make on the computer, and then print out. 

See you next week in Room 7232!

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Culture through English 2A: Spring semester final presentation・前期末プレゼンテーション

Hello!

Here are the topics, deadline, and guidelines for our spring semester final presentations. This time, you can get together with your classmates to do a collaborative presentation! 

While I have already given all of you the handout about this final assignment, I am posting it here as well as another way to help remind you about what you can do for this assignment.

Topics

You can choose one (1) of these topics:

• The origins of some family names in Japan
• A different immigrant community to the one you already presented on
• A social problem or issue in Japanese society (such as hikikomori, karoshi, bullying [いじめ], 18-year-old voting age, or some other problem or issue)

Resources (材料) 
Here are some websites and links for you and your group to check out about the family names and social issues topics. 

For the social topics issues, I have selected examples of resources for you about hikikomori, karoshi, and bullying. But you are not limited to these topics - any social issues in Japanese society are okay to research and present about!  

About family names in Japan: 
Check these links here, here, and here. The first two are in English, but the last one is in Japanese. 

About social problems or issues: 
Check these links about hikikomori here, here, and here. The first two have videos and are mostly in Japanese with some English, and the last one is longer - it is a Japanese news report with video in Japanese. 

Check these links about karoshi here, here, and here. The first is a Japanese website about karoshi, the second is a short video in Japanese, and the third is an American report with a video that has interviews in Japanese. 

Check these links about bullying here, here, and here. The first is a Japanese website about workplace harassment (パワーハラスメント [パワハラ]), the second is a short video interview in Japanese about bullying in schools, and the third is a Japanese news story from this week. 

Deadline (締め切り)

Our presentation day will be on July 18th (7/18), so you have two (2) weeks to prepare them.

You must be there on the day to present! So please be ready.

Guidelines

You have a choice between doing a poster presentation or Power Point show with your group members. 

Good luck! I look forward to our presentation day on July 18th!

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