Today, is the first meeting for the 3rd year students!!
Today, we will talk about out goals and possible areas of interest.
Self Introductions of Members
- Sakuranbo:
- 4/27, twin sisters, lived in Luxembourg, likes English on youtube ,
- Goal for 3/2018: Pre-1 level Eiken, JHS teacher employment (Iwate)
- Tsushi:
- 9/25 (21!), one sister (15), Aomori (Misawa), likes TV (enta- no kamisama)
- Goal for 3/2018: Take TOIEC and get over 700, be an elementary school teacher (Aomori)
- Chika(tetsu):
- 9/16 (21!) + children sang ‘happy birthday,’ one sister (26) and one brother (19), Aomori (Hachinohe). likes Arashi, will go to their concert
- Goal for 3/2018: She will communicate with many people in English (100)
- Coney Island:
- 1/22 (20!), one sister (15-17) in HS, Ofunato, likes cycling, traveling & watching baseball. His new hobbies are going to the forum and watching movies like kimi no nawa and he wants to see ハドソン川の奇跡. After teaching practice he gave Mr. Y two tickets to the movie
- Goals for 3/2018: eiken pre-1 on 1/22 with Sakuranbo (birthday!!!), JHS teacher employment in Iwate, read many books about English education, know a lot of Japanese culture (Rakugo, peace in Hiroshima, Japanese food)
- Shin-chan:
- 4/4, one sister (26 – kindergarten teacher), Utsunomiya city in Tochigi, likes watching baseball and american football as well as movies (non-fiction). Recently he watched “ES”
- Goals for 3/2018: He wants to take Eiken pre 1 on 1/22 with Sakuranbo and Coney I., he wants to take TOIEC with Tsushi and get over 750. He wants to be a teacher @ elementary school in Tochigi
- James:
- 11/29, 3 children (12,5,2), Boston, Red Sox, busy,
- Goals for 3/ 2018: He learns how to teach phonics, helps write the 2nd grade English textbook for Myanmar, writes my dissertation, cycles to Hokkaido, moves to a bigger house.
Possible Topics for Theses
Elementary school:
- Module
- Phonics instruction
- Techniques for practicing: Shadowing
- Picture books
- Comparative education
General
- Principled communicative approach
- Student interaction in various activities
- Textbook analysis: vocabulary, content, grammar usage
- CLIL