Today’s agenda
- Introduce Akane and Saki
- Progress report on Nobita’s research and make a plan.
- Talk about the Kitakami Project
Introducing Nobita, Ohiru-chan, Penelope and Rocky
Ohiru: Siam U, Japanese major, 20, from Thailand (Samut Prakarn)
Goals: More Japanese language skills
Nobita: 22, does kendo, likes singing (karaoke competitor), piano, catches colds easily, 4th year
Goals: Make criteria as soon as possible, get past tests, decide job
Penelope: 21, traveling, piano & singing, 3rd year, tennis & swimming
Goals: Get job, thesis about team teaching, get a high score on TOIEC
Rocky: Kippei, 20, basketball, lives near the ocean, sings for the guitar club, likes drawing
Goals: Become a teacher, finish thesis, get more English speaking and teaching skills
James: Jamie, 40, tennis, like sports (frisbee, cycling anything), traveling, 3 children (Masato, Misaki, Mina)
Goals: Write a dissertation, finish Myanmar, raise my children
Helping Nobita
Comparing TOIEC Test to the Iwate Teacher’s Employment Test
Step 1: Learn about how tests evaluate communicative ability; learn what kind of knowledge English teachers need
Step 2: Evaluate the Iwate prefecture test & TOIEC test from the following perspectives: how do they test English skill? how do they test for the kind of foreign language skills that English teachers needs?
To Do
Make the criteria (rubric) by 11/4
Get the tests!
Analyze
Talking about the Kitakami Project