FALL 15. FINAL CLASS! 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Check the [[top ten news for 2017]] 3. Enter a chat room! For people who were absent, the passwords are alert4 and top104 4. Do the final quiz! And please continue to study English news! 14. 1/5 WELCOME BACK! This will be a special class! Make a group of 3-4 people and: 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. Fill in the quiz for this week: FINAL CLASS Let's check the top ten news 13. 12/22 TOP TEN NEWS FOR WORLD AND JAPAN! 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: FINAL CLASS Let's check the top ten news 12. 12/15 Trump, Jerusalem and the Middle East http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42274946 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: TOP TEN NEWS FOR WORLD AND JAPAN! 11. 12/8 Sumo scandal http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42178483 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: Trump, Jerusalem and the Middle East http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42274946 10. 12/1 Women and work http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/24/japanese-politician-barred-bringing-baby-council-session/ 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: Sumo scandal http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42178483 9. 11/24 We will have a special class on English in Hong Kong by [[http://www.cbs.polyu.edu.hk/staff-en/david-li.php?&output=r|Professor David C.S. Li]]. Here is your reading article: http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2105454/time-change-hong-kongs-language-policy-so-city-can-succeed 8. 11/17 Man on the Moon? https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171110_14/ 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBs-zDZkScU 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2105454/time-change-hong-kongs-language-policy-so-city-can-succeed 7. 11/10 Helping to Commit Suicide https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171110_18/ 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: Man on the Moon? https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171110_14/ 6. 10/27 https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Honda-repatriating-popular-motorbike-production-from-China 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: NO lesson--have a good school festival and keep posted for 11/10 5. 10/20 [[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/10/11/editorials/ican-says-world-can/#.WeBI0I-Cx0w]] 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Honda-repatriating-popular-motorbike-production-from-China 4. 10/13 [[http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/05/politics/nra-bump-stock/index.html|After the Las Vegas shooting]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/05/kazuo-ishiguro-wins-the-nobel-prize-in-literature]] 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: [[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/10/11/editorials/ican-says-world-can/#.WeBI0I-Cx0w]] 3. 10/6 [[https://www.vox.com/world/2017/9/28/16368162/japan-election-2017-surprise|Japan election!]] 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: [[http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/05/politics/nra-bump-stock/index.html|After the Las Vegas shooting]] 2. 9/28 [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41356836|Kim says 'deranged' Trump shows need for nuclear programme]] 1. Listen to latest news at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: [[https://www.vox.com/world/2017/9/28/16368162/japan-election-2017-surprise|Japan election!]] 1. 9/21 Welcome (back!) to Current events II 1. Listen to (1) dateline: 23 August 2017: Turkey Dropping Evolution From Curriculum (in class) AND (2a) dateline: 20 September 2017: Cyclist Makes it Around the World in 78 Days OR (2b) dateline: 13 September 2017: Hurricane Irma Batters Caribbean Islands at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41356836|Kim says 'deranged' Trump shows need for nuclear programme]] SPRING 15. 7/28 airbnb racism https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/racist_airbnb_host_punishment/ 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. All done! Have a great summer!! 14. 7/14 China's take on the Japanese political scene http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1055258.shtml 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For 7/28 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/racist_airbnb_host_punishment/ 13. 7/7 LOTS OF RAIN : http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/raging-waters-kill-3-leave-20-missing 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For 7/14 China's take on the Japanese political scene http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1055258.shtml 12. 6/30 MOBIKE: What do you think? http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/06/22/business/chinese-bicycle-sharing-startup-expand-japan-year/#.WUygEZKGN0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYxFiSP5rrQ#t=158.84657 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For 7/7 LOTS OF RAIN : http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/raging-waters-kill-3-leave-20-missing 11. 6/23 Japan's new Anti-conspiracy law http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40283730 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For 6/30 MOBIKE: What do you think? http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/06/22/business/chinese-bicycle-sharing-startup-expand-japan-year/#.WUygEZKGN0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYxFiSP5rrQ#t=158.846573 10. 6/16: Qatar Crisis [[http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/06/qatar-gulf-crisis-questions-answered-170606103033599.html]] 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For 6/23 Japan's new Anti-conspiracy law http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40283730 9．6/9 London Bridge Attack http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/07/three-men-arrested-late-night-london-bridge-attack-terror-swoop/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKzEzn0jtd4 1. Listen to the news story Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For 6/16: Qatar Crisis [[http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/06/qatar-gulf-crisis-questions-answered-170606103033599.html]] 8. 6/2 MAKE UP classwork for those WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE KGU-SZU 30th Anniversary International Conference 2017 0. READ the news story Chinese exam authorities use facial recognition, drones to catch cheats [[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/06/08/asia-pacific/chinese-exam-authorities-use-facial-recognition-drones-catch-cheats/#.WToowZKGN0w]] 1. Listen to the news story "Great White Shark Jumps Onto Fishing Boat" (31 May 2017) at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For 6/9: London Bridge Attack http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/07/three-men-arrested-late-night-london-bridge-attack-terror-swoop/ 7. 5/26 [[http://www.newsweek.com/trump-impeachment-odds-impeach-comey-611015|Could Trump be impeached?]] 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For 6/2: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/07/three-men-arrested-late-night-london-bridge-attack-terror-swoop/ 6. 5/19 [[http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/South-Korean-prime-minister-pick-seen-as-point-man-on-Japan|South Korea's new government]] 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For 5/26: [[http://www.newsweek.com/trump-impeachment-odds-impeach-comey-611015|Could Trump be impeached?]] 5. 5/12 [[http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Japan-s-Duskin-welcomes-its-first-foreign-housekeepers|First foreign housekeepers in Japan]] 1. Listen to the news story FOR MAY 3 [[https://www.englishclub.com/efl/listening-news/turkey-blocks-wikipedia/|(TURKEY BLOCKS WIKIPEDIA)]] at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For 5/19: [[http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/South-Korean-prime-minister-pick-seen-as-point-man-on-Japan|South Korea's new government]] 4. 4/28 Ongoing elections in France [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39663300|Terrorist attack and elections in France]] 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For 5/12: [[http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Japan-s-Duskin-welcomes-its-first-foreign-housekeepers|First foreign housekeepers in Japan]] 3. 4/21 Goodbye Mao [[http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003634253|Skate queen Asada brings end to sterling career]] 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39663300|Terrorist attack and elections in France]] 2. 4/14 [[http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/06/politics/donald-trump-xi-jinping-china-mar-a-lago/|Trump, Xi dine together while Syria strike underway]] 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: [[http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003634253|Skate queen Asada brings end to sterling career]] 1. 4/7 Introduction to Current events 1. Listen to the news story at [[http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm|English Club Listening]] 2. Do THIS WEEK’S QUIZ 3. Get your password and enter a chat room! 4. Discuss face-to-face in English 5. For next week: [[http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/06/politics/donald-trump-xi-jinping-china-mar-a-lago/|Trump, Xi dine together while Syria strike underway]]