May 28

Newspaper Reading Guide Part 1 - What to Study

1.  Print out 1 page of a Japan Times article of your choice.  It should be one page full of text (no big pictures or short articles).

2. Newspaper Vocabulary List

If a student learns all 2000 words in this vocabulary list, what percentage of the article you printed could they read?


a. Check all nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in your news article against the vocabulary list. Ignore everything else.
b. Total Words - Count all the words in the article.
c. Unlisted Words - If there is a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb in the article, but not in the list, mark the word.
d. Total Words - Unlisted Words / Total Words = % that the student can understand
e.  Read the article and write your comments.

3.  Animals and Pets

May 21

This week will be the same routine as last week.

1.  Listening Test

 Answers

2.  Japan Times - Write a summary and comments.

3.  Today's Speaking Topic:  Food and Eating

May 14

May 14

1.  Download the Toeic Listening pdf file.  I will play the CD.   The test is 45 minutes.

Toeic Listening

Answers

2.  Read any Japan Times Article and write your comments. (3 sentences minimum)

3.  I will walk around and talk to everyone.  If you have time, why don't you make the most of this time and speak to your friends in English today?  Today's theme is amusement parks.

4.  Submit your test results and comments at the end of class.

May 7

May 7
    Comics
May 14
    Amusement Parks
May 21
    Food & Eating
May 28
    Animals & Pets
June 4
    Childhood
June 11
    Computers
June 18
    Education
July 2
    Culture
July 9
    Disabilities and Handicaps
July 16
   Martial Arts