WELCOME TO CURRENT EVENTS IN ENGLISH I and II 2011!
Instructor: Judy Yoneoka judy@kumagaku.ac.jp
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| STUDENT NEWS ROOMS | WORLD NEWS ROOMS | COMMUNICATION ROOM |
| Student Times Essays | CNN News (US) BBC News (Britain) | THIS WEEK’S QUIZ |
| English Club | Japan Times Mainichi Yomiuri | OPINIONS CHAT |
| 2011 archives | World news digest World Newspaper links | in-class discussion |
CLASS 11 6/28/2011
Listen to the news story for 6/21 at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/ Do you drive? What if you couldn't? Read Saudi women defy driving ban at http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/06/17/saudi.women.drivers/index.html
3. Chat questions
a. Why can't women drive in Saudi Arabia? b. What else can't women do in Saudi Arabia? Why? c. Do you think women and men are equal in Japan now? Why? d. Do you think women and men should be equal in Japan now? Why? e. 100 years ago, what couldn't women do in Japan? f. Do you drive a car? What would you do if you couldn't?
For 6/28/2011
Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/ Lady Gaga sued!! Read all about it at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2008775/Lady-Gaga-sued-making-money-Japan-earthquake-aid-wristbands.html
CLASS 10 6/21/2011
Listen to the news stories for 6/7 and 6/14 at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/ Rain Rain GO AWAY! Read Heavy rain continues to fall in southwestern Japan at http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110613a2.html
3. Chat questions
a. Do you like the rainy season? Why or why not? b. Have you had any trouble because of the recent rains? If yes, what? c. Have you ever seen a flood or a landslide? When? d. Do you know the song "Rain rain go away"? http://www.gfes.tpc.edu.tw/board/abc-song/raingo.swf e. How do you come to school when it rains? f. What did you think of the child artist? Can you paint like that? g. What did you think of the contortionist? Have you ever seen contortionists? Where and when?
For 6/28/2011
Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/ Do you drive? What if you couldn't? Read Saudi women defy driving ban at http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/06/17/saudi.women.drivers/index.html
CLASS 9 6/14/2011
1. Read Apple unveils 'iCloud' storage, new operating systems at http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/06/06/apple.wwdc/index.html?iref=allsearch
2. Watch the CNN video at http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/06/06/apple.wwdc/index.html?iref=allsearch
3. Chat questions
a. What kind of internet-enabled devices do you have? b. Do you have trouble finding your data? c. What do you think of smart phones? Do you have one? Do you want one? d. Do you understand cloud computing? Explain your understanding. e. Do you want a keyboard on your portable device? f. Do you think people are bad at f2f communication nowadays?
For 6/21/2011
Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/ Rain Rain GO AWAY! Read Heavy rain continues to fall in southwestern Japan at http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110613a2.html
CLASS 8 6/7/2011
1. Quiz about the Japanese political situation at http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110531a4.html
2. Listen to the Youtube news at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMoXuwkq2_8
3. Chat questions
a. Do you think Prime Minister Kan is doing a good job? Why or why not? b. Do you think anyone could do a good job now? c. In America Presidents must serve for four years. Do you think this is a good idea or not? d. What do you think of the no confidence vote system?
For 6/14/2011
Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/ Read Apple unveils 'iCloud' storage, new operating systems at http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/06/06/apple.wwdc/index.html?iref=allsearch
CLASS 7 6/1/2011
1. Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/
2. Read about vacations in America at http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/vacation.in.america/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1
3. Chat questions
a. Were you surprised that many American workers have no paid vacation? b. What do you think is important in a job, money, security, or benefits that give quality of life? c. What kind of job do you want to do in the future? d. What kind of work do you do now?
For next week 6/7/2011
1. Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/
2. Quiz about the Japanese political situation at http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110531a4.htm
CLASS 6 5/17/2011:
1. Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/
2. Quiz and listen to Student times article about yakiniku
3. Chat questions
a. What did you think of this news? b. Have you ever eaten yukke? c. Have you ever experienced food poisoning? d. How do you think the restaurant should treat their customers who got sick?
For 5/31
Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/ Read http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/vacation.in.america/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1
CLASS 5 5/17/2011:
1. Listen to (and read) Obama's speech at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNYmK19-d0U
Also watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwQMQXrpmJc for background on Osama bin Ladin
2. Quiz about Obama's speech on the execution of Osama Bin Ladin
3. Chat questions
a. Do you remember when you first saw 9/11? b. Do you think Osama bin Laden's death will help future world peace? c. How old did you think Osama bin Laden was? d. Do you think it was right for the US to kill Osama? What else could they have done? e. Do you think terrorism could happen in Japan? f. What did you think of today's quiz? What questions were difficult and why?
For 5/24
Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/ Read Student times article http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/english_news/news/current/nm20110513/nm20110513main.htm?print=noframe
CLASS 4 5/10/2011:
1. Listen to newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/
2. Quiz about the royal wedding article at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13181999
3. Chat questions
a. What did you think of the Royal Wedding? b. Do you think the Prince of Bahrain should have attended? Why or why not? c. Who is Prince William's mother? What happened to her? d. When do you want to get married? Do you want a Western or Japanese style wedding?
For 5/17:
Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/ Read http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20058783-503544.html and
CLASS 3 4/26/2011:
1. Listen to news story from 2/22 at http://edition.englishclub.com/listening-news/20110222/
2. Quiz about the cultural side of the revolution in Libya
3. Chat questions
a. If you were in Libya now, what would you do? b. Do you think Japan can or should do anything for Libya? c. Do you think governments should be able to control internet? d. Why do people in Libya want the ability to change their government? e. Did you vote last weekend? Why is voting important?
For 5/10:
Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/ Read about the royal wedding at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13181999
CLASS 2 4/19/2011:
1. Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/
2. Quiz about differences in Japan Crisis news in the World
3. Chat questions
a. How did you get your information about the Tohoku earthquake? What about the nuclear situation? b. Did you get information in Japanese only, or in another language? c. Commercials are also information. Why are there so many AC commercials nowadays? d. Did you hear a rumor about an earthquake in Kumamoto? Do you believe it? Why or why not? e. How can we best get correct information?
For next week:
Listen to the newest news story at http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/ Read about the cultural side of the revolution in Libya
CLASS 1 4/12/2011 Introduction to current events CURRENT EVENTS DESCRIPTION
Welcome to the class！
1. First we will listen to http://edition.englishclub.com/listening-news/2011-03-15/
2. Then let's take a quiz.
3. Now, we will chat about these questions:
a. How often do you read news in Japanese? in English? b. How do you read news? (newspaper, magazine, net, cell phone, etc.) c. How did you get news about the earthquake and tsunami? d. What do you think will be on the top ten news this year in Japan? in the world?