Freshman English Reading B: Fall semester final presentations・後期期末 プレゼンテーション

Hello!

How are you? Here are the guidelines and deadline for our fall semester final presentations (後期期末プレゼンテーション). 

The guidelines are the same as for the mid-term (中間) presentations. Like before, you will choose a different book from the library, read it, and present about it. 

So go to the library on your own. This is a very important point! Next week (12/11) - have a book to show me!

Please have these points in your presentation:

• A summary (要約) about the story - what is it about?
• The main character(s) of the book
• The qualities (質) or characteristics (性状) of the main character(s)
• The most interesting or exciting situation or event in the story
• The character you liked the most - and what qualities he or she had 

Guidelines

For this presentation like before, you make a Power Point show. You have to have a title slide, 5-7 slides with pictures and text on it, then a concluding slide that is colorful and interesting to look at. 

Deadline (締め切り)

We will do these presentations on January 15th, 2020 (1/15/20), so you have more than one (1) month to work on these.

In our next class (12/11), please show me what you are reading and will present on and we will make some time to do some work in class on the presentations. I would like to see your work and give you some advice on what you can do to make the best presentations you can. Please be ready to present on 1/15/20! 

Now here are the board notes for our class on 12/4 & 11 (I'm very sorry my first picture is not straight!). First, here are the notes for 12/4: 

Now here are the board notes for 12/11:

Good luck! I look forward to our presentation day! 

Images: Top - by Andy Mabbett - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26006913/Board notes - personal photographs. All rights reserved.

Freshman English Reading B: Fall semester final presentations・後期期末 プレゼンテーション

Hello!

How are you? Here are the guidelines and deadline for our fall semester final presentations (後期期末プレゼンテーション). 

The guidelines are the same as for the mid-term (中間) presentations. Like before, you will choose a different book from the library, read it, and present about it. 

So go to the library on your own. This is a very important point! Next week (12/11) - have a book to show me!

Please have these points in your presentation:

• A summary (要約) about the story - what is it about?
• The main character(s) of the book
• The qualities (質) or characteristics (性状) of the main character(s)
• The most interesting or exciting situation or event in the story
• The character you liked the most - and what qualities he or she had 

Guidelines

For this presentation like before, you make a Power Point show. You have to have a title slide, 5-7 slides with pictures and text on it, then a concluding slide that is colorful and interesting to look at. 

Deadline (締め切り)

We will do these presentations on January 15th, 2020 (1/15/20), so you have more than one (1) month to work on these.

In our next class (12/11), please show me what you are reading and will present on and we will make some time to do some work in class on the presentations. I would like to see your work and give you some advice on what you can do to make the best presentations you can. Please be ready to present on 1/15/20! 

Now here are the board notes for our class on 12/4 & 11 (I'm very sorry my first picture is not straight!). First, here are the notes for 12/4: 

Now here are the board notes for 12/11:

Good luck! I look forward to our presentation day! 

Images: Top - by Andy Mabbett - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26006913/Board notes - personal photographs. All rights reserved.

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

Hello! 

How are you? Today I will introduce our final presentation assignment. Here are the topics, deadline, and guidelines.

Topics

You can choose one (1) of these topics:

• The origins of some family names in Japan
• An immigrant community in Japan (such as Koreans or Chinese born in Japan) or immigrant/unique ethnic community in another country

For the first topic choice, be sure to show:

• The ranking of the family name in Japan (for example, how common is the name) and number of people in Japan with this name
• Any changes in the kanji of the family name over time
• Any differences in kanji within the same family name (for example, the difference between 渡辺 and 渡邉) and reasons for this difference
• The different parts of Japan that the family name has migrated to and the parts of Japan that the name is most often found in 

For this second topic choice, here is a list of some unique communities and ethnic groups in some different countries. You do not have to choose one of these - you can think of an ethnic group or community of your own. But you can choose one (1) of these if you like:

• The Travelers (Ireland)
• Bretons (northwestern France)
• The Basques and their language (northwestern Spain/southwestern France)
• The Sorbs and their language (eastern Germany/southwestern Poland)
• German minorities of Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan
• Hungarian minority of Romania
• The Sami people (northern Norway and Finland)
• Metis people of Quebec (Quebec, Canada)
• The Haida First Nations (British Columbia, Canada)
• Hasidic Jews of New York (U.S)
• The Lumbees (east central cost of the U.S.)
• Cajun (Acadian) people of Louisiana (the U.S.)

Special note about the deadline (締め切り)
I know that in our class today, I had said that we would do these presentations on July 24th.

I have made a mistake. I have found out that in fact our last day of class is July 17th. This is my fault and I am very sorry about my mistake. So, this means that our presentation day will be on July 17th (7/17), so you have two (2) weeks to prepare them.

I am very sorry once again about my mistake on this. I will give some extra points towards all of your final grades for my mistake.

Guidelines

You have a choice between doing a poster presentation or Power Point show. 

You will also write a summary (要約) about the presentation topic. You will hand this in on the day of the presentations.

Here are the board notes for our class on 7/3: 

Good luck! I look forward to our final presentation day on July 17th! 

See you next week!

Image: Top - by Angie from Sawara, Chiba-ken, Japan - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=639426/Bottom - by (WT-en) Bobo12345 at English Wikivoyage - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23702671

Freshman English Reading A: Spring semester final presentations・前期期末プレゼンテーション

Hello!

How are you? Here are the guidelines and deadline for our spring semester final presentations (前期期末プレゼンテーション). 

Because we will not be here next week (6/26), I will show you this project now. 

The guidelines are the same as for the mid-term (中間) presentations. Like before, you will choose a different book from the library, read it, and present about it. 

But this time, you will go to the library on your own. This is a very important point! When we meet again - have a book to show me!

Please have these points in your presentation:

• A summary (要約) about the story - what is it about?
• The main character(s) of the book
• The qualities (質) or characteristics (性状) of the main character(s)
• The most interesting or exciting situation or event in the story
• The character you liked the most - and what qualities he or she had 

Guidelines

For this presentation, you can design a small poster or make a Power Point show. 

If you design a poster, I would like you to follow these guidelines:

• It has to be on A3 size paper
• You have to have 4-5 pictures on it (hand-drawn or photos, or a mix)
• It has to be colorful and interesting to look at

If you make a Power Point show, I would like you to follow these guidelines: 

You have to have a title slide - then 5-7 slides with pictures and text on it - then a concluding slide.

It has to be colorful and interesting to look at. 

Deadline (締め切り)

We will do these presentations on July 17th (7/17), so you have more than four (3) weeks to work on these.

In our next class (7/3), please show me what you are reading and will present on and we will make some time to do some work in class on the presentations. I would like to see your work and give you some advice on what you can do to make the best presentations you can. Please be ready to present on 7/17! 

Now here are the board notes for our class on 6/19:

Good luck! I look forward to our presentation day! 

Image: By Johannes Jansson/norden.org, CC BY 2.5 dk, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25008623 

Freshman Reading 1B: Fall semester final presentations・後期期末 プレゼンテーション

Hello!

How are you? Here are the topics, deadline, and guidelines for our fall semester mid-term presentations (後期期末 プレゼンテーション).

Look at the picture above. It's of me in front of a statue of Ho Chi Minh in Hue, Vietnam in 2016. The place was the high school he graduated from when he was young. This is an example of one of the topics you could review - about travel in another country.

Topics

You have a choice of topics to present on. Choose one (1) of these: 

• How to travel in another country cheaply
• A person you admire (such as a parent or other family member, a teacher, or a famous person such as a singer, actor, writer, or a historical figure)
• A cultural tradition or unique cultural heritage site in another country 

Guidelines

For this presentation, you can design a small poster or make a Power Point show with an outline.

If you design a poster, I would like you to follow these guidelines:

• It has to be on A3 size paper
• You have to have 4-5 pictures on it (hand-drawn or photos, or a mix)
• It has to be colorful and interesting to look at 

If you make a Power Point show, I would like you to follow these guidelines: 

• You have to have a title slide - then 5-7 slides with pictures and text on it - then a closing slide
• It has to be colorful and interesting to look at
• Bring your own computer!

Deadline (締め切り)

We will do these presentations on January 16th (1/16), so you have three (3) weeks to work on these.

Next week (12/19), please have a topic idea to show me and we will make some time to do some work in class on the presentations. I would like to see your work and give you some advice on what you can do to make the best presentations you can. Please be ready on 1/16! 

Good luck! I look forward to our presentation day!

See you next time!

Image: Personal photograph. All rights reserved.

Culture through English 2B: Fall semester final presentations・後期期末プレゼンテーション

Hello!

How are you? Here are the topics, deadline, and guidelines for our fall semester final presentations (後期期末プレゼンテーション).

Look at the picture above. It's of the Manasa myth, a famous Hindu legend from India. Manasa was a folk goddess of snakes who sought out human followers. 

Is there a Japanese legend that is similar that you know of?

Topic

For this final presentation, we will focus on myths and legends from another culture. Choose a country and culture and present about a famous myth or legend from that country. In it, show the following points:

• The time around when the myth started
• Any holidays or celebrations (if there are any) about the myth that may exist  
• Any similarities with any Japanese myths

Deadline (締め切り)

Our presentation day will be on January 16th (1/16), so you have three (3) weeks to prepare them.

Please be ready on the presentation day. If for any reason you cannot be there to present on the day, you must talk to me and present on your topic one week early.

Guidelines

As always, you have a choice between doing a poster presentation or Power Point show. But this time there will be some other differences:

• You will have a short summary and an outline ready on the presentation day, with the summary and outline reviewed by me before the presentation day 
• Each one of you will present to a larger group than before

I will have some notes for you about summary writing in the next class. 

Good luck! I look forward to our presentation day on January 16th!

See you next class!

Image: By London, Harrap (Publisher) - Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1914) by Nivedita, Sister, 1867-1911; Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish, 1877-1947, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20164930