Archives for FALL 2007]
For Jan. 21 THIS WILL BE A MAKE-UP CLASS FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SCORES TO GET a passing grade ONLY. If you are unsure, please come and check.
IT'S HERE!!! THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS FOR 2008
Jan. 7 TOP TEN NEWS STORIES for 2007 (ANSWERS)
Let's guess them! Think about what you think the top ten domestic and international news stories were in 2007! We will discuss them in class and make a list.
How did you do? Read through the following Yomiuri editorials to check your lists from the last class.
Dec. 17 THE LAST DAY OF CLASS FOR 2007
TOP TEN NEWS STORIES for 2007
Let's guess them! Think about what you think the top ten domestic and international news stories were in 2007! We will discuss them in class and make a list.
IF YOU ARE ABSENT, MAKE SURE YOU DO THE QUIZ AND WRITE IN YOUR OWN ANSWERS! There are no chat rooms today.
Dec. 10 Pick your sport
BASEBALL Baseball: Japan edges S. Korea to move closer to Olympic berth
SUMO Mongolian sumo star returns to Japan, apologizes for creating stir over skipped exhibition
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base1 or sumo1 if you are 1-22番
base2 or sumo2 if you are 23-45番
base3 or sumo3 if you are 46-番
Dec. 3: How can Japanese universities become more globally competetive?
Japan's schools flunking at global level: symposium
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Nov. 26: Japanese whaling expedition: good or bad?
Japan prepares to hunt humpbacks for first time since '63
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For today Nov. 19: the advance of Uniqlo: Japan in the world!
Uniqlo – the generic brand with mass appeal
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Nov. 12 A bit of Kyushu culture - the connections with Korea
You can CHOOSE one of the following articles:
On the Korea-Japan Cultural ExhibitExhibition shows ancient cultural exchange between Korea and Japan
See also the museumm home page at http://www.museum.go.kr/eng/display/sub_02_01.jsp
On the Yatsushiro Korean Mask Korean mask missing for 400 years appears to be in Japan
(see a picture of the mask here)
- Nov. 5 The Antiterrorism Bill: Should it be renewed or not? Lower House takes up new MSDF bill Japan: still a team player
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- Oct 29: Attempted assassination in Pakistan Karachi eyewitnesses: From joy to horror
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Oct 23: A Nobel Prize Winner
If you have a chance, watch "An Inconvenient Truth" on DVD! Gore Wins the Nobel. But Will He Run? gorea goreka goresa goreta gorena gorema
Oct. 15: Bad News in Iran Japanese kidnapped by bandits in Iran
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Oct. 1, 2007
Fukuda Takes Office in Tokyo, and First Issue Is the Crisis in Burma
Test your listening with Special English!
- CHAT DISCUSSIONS
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Archives for SPRING 2007
4/16 Questionnaire questions
- 1. How often do you read newspapers in Japanese? Why?
- 2. How often do you read newspapers in English? Why?
- 3. What newspapers do you read? (e.g. Kumanichi, Asahi, New York Times, etc.)
- 4. How often do you watch the news on TV? Why?
- 5. What kind of news are you most interested in? (e.g. sports, music, world news, local news, crime news, etc.) Why?
- 6. What kind of news do you think is the most important for you to know? Why?
- CHAT DISCUSSIONS
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4/23 UNIVERSITY ISSUES
Professor fired after student kills herself over too much homework
- CHAT DISCUSSIONS
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5/7 Simultaneous murder events in Japan and the US!
Nagasaki votes for new mayor amid gun fears
Those who knew gunman return to classes
Cho family apology: We feel 'hopeless, helpless and lost'
- CHAT DISCUSSIONS
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5/14 Exploring the Student Times (Japan times student newspaper) http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/
Do one of the following for next week;
1. Read the world and national news on the front page
2. Read some of the proverbs at the bottom of the front page
3. Read something from the back issues of news バックナンバー>> ニュース
4. Read something from the back issues of opinion バックナンバー>> オピニオン
5. Read something from the back issues of editorial バックナンバー>> 社説
6. Read something from the back issues of essay バックナンバー>> エッセー
7. Do something else! Explore games, TOEIC etc.
- CHAT DISCUSSIONS
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5/21 Recent World Events
Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan
- CHAT DISCUSSIONS
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5/28 Kumamoto Makes National News
Father leaves preschooler in baby hatch
- CHAT DISCUSSIONS
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6/4 Cannes film festival !!
Quick guide: Cannes Film Festival
Romanian drama wins Cannes gold
Press views: Michael Moore's Sicko
- CHAT DISCUSSIONS
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6/11 NEWS FROM EAST ASIA
China: At least 3 killed, hundreds hurt as quake hits Chinese city
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Koreas and Japan: 4 N. Koreans may be harbinger / But govt ill-prepared to cope with possible exodus of defectors
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/618 THE G8 and global warming (with audio!) 2007-06-08 The G8 Leaders Meet
Listen to the interview transcript with Mr. Mandil from the INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY (IEA)(first 5 minutes) for the answers to the following questions:
1． How involved is the IEA in the G8?
2. What small example did Mr. Mandil give of energy efficiency?
3. Is the IEA more focused on individuals or industry?
4. Why is the main difficulty in the transport sector?
5. What part of the transport sector has a solution?
6. What is the future of hybrid technology?
6/25 Social security numbers: a solution to the pension problem?
if your birthday is in January or March
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7/2 Please read this article for next week.
Japan regrets US move for sex slave apology
Let's listen to this report from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2007_13_wed.shtml
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7/9 More national scandals over history.
Under LDP pressure, Kyuma retracts A-bomb comments
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070702a1.html
Japan changes name of Iwo Jima
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7/17 FLASH! FINAL HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT