We will be practicing translation and interpreting in this class.

You will be part of an exciting research project in translation for 4 of our classes, and the other 11 will concentrate on interpreting.

The schedule will be as follows

10/1 MT translation project 10/8 MT translation project 10/15 MT translation project review, introduction to interpreting 10/21 Interpreting practice E-J consecutive 10/29 Interpreting practice J-E consecutive 11/5 Interpreting practice E-J simultaneous 11/12 Interpreting practice J-E simultaneous 11/19 Interpreting practice TED Talks (E-J) 11/26 Interpreting practice TED Talks (J-E) 12/3 Interpreting practice TED Talks, choose your talk 12/10 Interpreting practice TED Talks, practice your talk 12/17 Interpreting practice 12/24?? Interpreting practice 1/7 MT translation project 1/14 MT translation project 1/21 Interpreting presentation

Welcome to Honors English IV Class!!

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Yui Sawatari ex.

• 7/20 Final remarks

Toshihiro Okamura ex.

Yuki Matsui

Tomohide Kodama ex.

Ayaka Morio

Yumie Miyoshi ex.

Yuki Nishiyama ex.

Kanako Yamaguchi

Narisa Yoshizato ex.

Yukiko Kawaguchi

Ayano Yokoyama ex.

Hiromi Nakahara ex.

Asaki Kai ex.

Mizuho Kudo

Saki Kuwamoto

Megumu Nakamura ex.

Yui Sawatari

You will need to research and prepare for BOTH SIDES of the debate. Please watch these videos to get a feeling of what debate is:

• 4/20 Principles of debate and debate formats
• 5/11 Steps to debate--the four squares
• 5/25 Constructive speeches
• 6/8 Cross-examinations
• 6/22 Rebuttals and final remarks
• 7/6 Mini-debate
• 7/20 Final reamarks

We will be studying debate, using the Asian parliamentary debate style.

For 4/20 Please watch these videos to get a feeling of what debate is:

Welcome to Honors English III Class!!

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1st semester

We will be studying debate.

Resolved: Futenma Base should be moved to somewhere outside of Japan.

You will need to research and prepare for BOTH SIDES of the debate.

For 4/20

2nd semester

We will be practicing translation and interpreting.

FUN LINKS

1. HOW TO PLAY "Free Rice!"

2. Grammar Girl http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/default.aspx

3. VOA Special English http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/words_and_their_stories.cfm

4. Vocabulary Builder http://syndicate.com/index.html

5. Really Good Stuff Vocabulary Page http://www.reallygoodstuff.com/pdfs/302230.pdf

1st year