2010 fall semester, mon4 elective course for freshmen in humanities, education, or law E315 English III introductory 1 Helping people course overview

updated goh kawai 2 informed consent goh: distribute forms your speech and actions may be recorded, archived and, without revealing your identity, used and made public for research and education purposes 学生の言動を録音し、保存し、匿名としたうえで 研究と教育のために利用したり公開する可能性が ある

updated goh kawai 3 welcome to goh's gym goh kawai noriko kawai nobuyasu obata yuka wakatsuki chifumi goto call everybody by their first name

updated goh kawai 4 instructor Goh Kawai ( 河合剛 かわいごう ) born in Tokyo, raised in Toronto came to Sapporo in contact info

updated goh kawai 5 class and office hour schedule check web for latest info!

updated goh kawai 6 goh’s academic background University of Tokyo BA linguistics, 1984 ICU (International Christian University) MA educational technology, 1986 Stanford University linguistics (dropout) University of Tokyo PhD information and communication engineering, 1999

updated goh kawai 7 goh’s vocational background Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Palo Alto, CA SRI International Menlo Park, CA Univ of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA Oregon Graduate Institute Beaverton, OR University of Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium

updated goh kawai 8 goh’s interests research educational engineering speaking and writing activities in computer-aided language learning personal interests flying, boating, kayaking, cycling, running, snowshoeing

updated goh kawai 9 all-English class we talk mostly in English no Japanese! you may ask questions in Japanese for starters: shake hands say hello introduce yourself

updated goh kawai 10 find a partner take turns being Mark and June

updated goh kawai 11 American formal handshake stand smile offer right hand grip firmly shake twice release grip lower arm

updated goh kawai 12 say hello 1.Mark(SMILES AT JUNE) (OFFERS RIGHT HAND) Hi, I'm Mark. 2.June(SMILES AT MARK) Hello, I'm June. (GRIPS MARK'S HAND) 3.Mark(SHAKE) Nice to meet you, June. 4.June(SHAKE) Nice to meet you, Mark. (RELEASE GRIP) (LOWER ARMS) say the other person's name

updated goh kawai 13 introduce yourself 1.Mark(SMILES AT JUNE) Where are you from, June? 2.June(SMILES AT MARK) I'm from Thailand. I'm here on vacation. 3.Mark (SMILES AT JUNE) That sounds wonderful! I'm a student here at Hokudai. 4.June(SMILES AT MARK) What does Hokudai mean, Mark? 5.Mark (SMILES AT JUNE) It's short for Hokkaido University. say the other person's name

updated goh kawai 14 ask questions 1.June(SMILES AT MARK) What are you studying? 2.Mark(SMILES AT JUNE) I'm an undeclaredhumanities major. education law 3.June (SMILES AT MARK) What does that mean? 4.Mark(SMILES AT JUNE) It means that I'm a humanities major but haven't chosen a specific area of study. 5.June (SMILES AT MARK) It must be exciting deciding what to do! match!

updated goh kawai 15 a few words and phrases What year are you in? I'm afreshmanfirst-year master student sophomoresecond-year master student juniorfirst-year PhD student seniorpostdoc What's your major? I'm undeclared. I'm an undeclared humanities major. I'm inlinguisticsGerman literature school administrationcourseware design criminal lawconstitutional law

updated goh kawai 16 work in threes find two partners two actors + one director director can say Smile more! Look at your partner! Talk and shake hands at the same time! take turns being the director

updated goh kawai 17 next week find different partners make up your names and stories memorize!

updated goh kawai 18 slideshow if there's time

updated goh kawai 19 what our course is about you will learn to help people ask questions give help read the course offering duate_program/courses/mon4/ mon4.html

updated goh kawai 20 prepare - talk - review prepare by learning, creating, and memorizing phrases talk with classmates and conversation partners you will grade them, and they will grade you review your performance

updated goh kawai 21 explain sites on or near campus examples of local tourism info oro.jp/english/index.html sapporo.or.jp/periodicals/whats on/whatson.html

updated goh kawai 22 important dates no class on final (last class) mandatory

updated goh kawai 23 red means attendance mandatory assignment points are given to assignments due on that day (i.e., for assignments given in the previous class) schedule wkdateactivity class pt asnmt pt intro holiday class class class class class no class class class42 wkdateactivity class pt asnmt pt class class holiday holiday holiday class final10

updated goh kawai 24 point grades in class 60% some classes worth more points assignments 30% final exam 10% mandatory bonus points up to 20% volunteer, extra work

updated goh kawai 25 letter grades p: your point grade shuu (outstanding) p >= 87 yuu (excellent) 86 >= p >=74 ryou (good) 73 >= p >= 61 ka (fair) 60 >= p >= 48 fuka (fail) 47 >= p you fail if you miss the final regardless of your point grade

updated goh kawai 26 study globally sapporo-portland speech contest deadline usa (fullbright) at the US consulate hokudai exchange student program 北大交換留学 deadline → 北大生の留学情報 海外留学説明会 2010 in 札幌

updated goh kawai 27 pronunciation practice if there's time

updated goh kawai 28 assignment read the course offering i might give you a quiz prepare and memorize questions and answers for today's conversation we will practice again

updated goh kawai 29 see you next week!