Week 11 - Complaints

Complaints

We will do some listening and pairwork in class re. the topic of 'complaints'.

Coming soon ...

Quiz #2B will be in two weeks (Dec. 13).

Next week (Dec. 6), I will show you the quiz questions in class. Please don't be absent.

English Reader Marathon will finish tomorrow at midnight. However, you still have time to read 4 books for Com Skill 1 homework, due Dec. 20.

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Week 10 - Relationships

Students who didn't present last week (survey topic) will present first. This will be your last chance to present.

Forever Single PDF / Audio 🔊 / Backup Audio 🔊

Finding the Right One PDF / Audio  🔊 / Backup Audio 🔊 

International Relationships

What do you think about international relationships? Does it matter which country the person comes from? Would you live in your partner's country or in Japan?

International Relationships Video - LINK

Questions

1) Petra wants to marry someone from another country.  True or False?

2) Petra wants to live in her partner's country.  True or False?

3) Petra thinks she will not have cultural problems with her partner.  True or False?

4) Petra does not want to have children.  True or False?

5) Petra thinks her parents and possibly her brother and sister may help her with her children.  True or False?

6) Petra does not want to travel to her partner's country.  True or False?

7) Petra is looking forward to learning the foreign language of her partner.  True or False?

8) Petra is not interested in her partner's culture.  True or False?

Opinion Questions

9) Would you like to have an international relationship? Why or why not?
10) If you marry someone from another country, would you like to live in Japan or in your partner's country? Explain.

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Week 9 - Presentations

Presentations Today (Nov. 15)

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Week 8 - Presentation preparation in class

Last week's quiz results were pretty good (except past tense verbs 😠).

Today (Tues, Nov. 8) you will work in rotating pairs to prepare your presentation. You will speak to many partners. If you don't come on this day, you cannot present the following week. You will lose many points. Please don't be absent!

The English Reader Marathon will end on Nov. 30. Also, don't forget to read four books on Xreading and take the quizzes. Do this by Dec. 20. (Homework #4)

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