Hi Takashi--- I knew I would be making this test for you!^^ Here is your assignment:
THIS IS A TAKE-HOME TEST. You can take as much time as you want and you can do it at school or at home. You can find this page online at http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/~judy/cgi/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.ForTakashi
YOU MUST FINISH BY MARCH 7, 2007 (Weds)
1. Read the following articles:
(ア) A Tsunami every Month (Dec. 7) http://www.softcom.net/webnews/wed/bp/Uus-hivtsunami-briefing.RoZp_GNU.html
(イ) Pope Benedict arrives in Turkey (Nov. 30) http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/28/turkey.benedict/index.html?eref=rss_latest
(ウ) Cultural Inroads http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0003/ (Nov. 9) (Pick ONE of the articles listed to read)
(エ) Child suicides prompt probe into bullying (October 26) http://www.crnjapan.com/articles/2006/en/20061017-child_suicides.html (There are two articles here. Scroll down and read the SECOND ARTICLE)
(オ) Google’s Youtube purchase shows it’s beating competitors to the punch (October 19) http://www.newsobserver.com/128/story/497221.html
(カ) Drought to ravage half the world within 100 years (October 12) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article659423.ece
2. Do the quizzes for EACH article on page http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/~judy/cgi/quiztest/quiztest.cgi
3. Enter a chat room with your nickname and the password “takashi”. Discuss each article. http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/~judy/cgi/engchat/index.html
4. DO the 2007 TOP TEN NEWS 2007! news quiz on http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/~judy/cgi/quiztest/quiztest.cgi?2007toptennews2007 (Dec. 21)
5. Compare your answers with the correct answers at 2006 top ten. Then do the TOP TEN NEWS FOR 2006 RESULTS quiz on http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/~judy/cgi/quiztest/quiztest.cgi?toptennewsfor2006results (Jan. 11)
6. Discuss the 2006 top ten news in the same chat room (password "takashi").