May 2nd lesson

Dear students,
Today you will start Unit 1 (The Mirror Images). Please download and bring the prints to class.
The Mirror Images
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

April 25th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will carry on with the lecture about culture. If we finish, you may work on your listening portfolio.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

April 18th lesson

Dear students,
The course grading criteria has slightly changed. Your portfolio will now be worth 50 points. This should contain the 10 lectures that you watched and studied at home (download below), the work you did in the first lesson, and any other class work that your teacher asks you to include.

Homework portfolio: You are required to keep a record of listening activities that you do outside of class. These activities should take up at least twenty hours of your time. You may listen to TED talks lectures, for example, or news stories, documentaries or movies. What you choose to listen to is up to you. Your portfolio should include notes, questions and answers, and a summary and a comment for each assignment. At the end of the semester, please hand in your portfolio to your teacher.

Grading

a)    40%   extensive listening portfolio

b)    25%   mid-term lecture listening quiz

c)    25%   final lecture listening quiz
d)    10%   class work that your teacher asks you to include in your portfolio

Download homework portfolio here:
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/as/portfolio.pdf

Today you will start Unit 1 of the Academic Skills textbook, which you can download here:
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/as/Hall's_Classification_of_Cultures.pdf

You may download the course book here:
http://www.cl.aoyama.ac.jp/~dias/pdfs/Academic%20Skills%202012.pdf

If you want to listen to the lectures again, the course videos may be accessed by clicking on the link below:
http://vimeopro.com/user13420562/academic-skills-videos

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Welcome to Chris Elvin`s Academic Skills

Dear students,
Welcome to the course.


Today you will watch a video about population growth.
https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth#t-578780


Please download the print below for your listening worksheet.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/as/in-class.pdf


Kind regards,
Chris Elvin