Dear Class,
If you are leading a discussion on Fisher, this message is just a quick reminder to you that the requirements have changed. We discussed the changes Friday, but you do need to made yourself properly familiar with them. Here is the original message outlining what presenters need to do from now on.
Thank you, Owen.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
ARW Information: How to Sign up for a Tutorial.
Dear Class,
From today onwards, please sign up for a tutorial on the DIY Textbook. You can sign up for times for the whole semester.
Tutorials are for you to receive individual help. You should take at least two tutorials this semester but you can take as many as you like, two is just the minimum. Students who take regular tutorials find ARW a lot easier and more enjoyable, and their English improves more quickly. In the ELP, there are two (2), one-hour tutorial sessions a week. Each tutorial is twelve (12) minutes, so there are ten (10) tutorials available every week. Sometimes many students want a tutorial just before an assignment is due and some always miss out, so you need to plan ahead and never leave doing an assignment until the last minute. Having your own personal tutor is an exceptional opportunity, you should grasp it and ask me how I can help you improve your English.
To book a tutorial, go to the Homepage, then DIY Textbook, and click Tutorial Sign Up. Click the 'Edit the content' button. Look for the date you want a tutorial, and then type your name. Click the 'Save' button. If you need to cancel your tutorial, you must delete you name; anytime before your tutorial is fine, but to simply not turn up is not acceptable practice in the ELP (or anywhere).
From today onwards we will not organise tutorials in class, this will leave us more time for fun stuff!
If you have any questions, click reply, and send your question to the class.
Thank you, Owen.
From today onwards, please sign up for a tutorial on the DIY Textbook. You can sign up for times for the whole semester.
Tutorials are for you to receive individual help. You should take at least two tutorials this semester but you can take as many as you like, two is just the minimum. Students who take regular tutorials find ARW a lot easier and more enjoyable, and their English improves more quickly. In the ELP, there are two (2), one-hour tutorial sessions a week. Each tutorial is twelve (12) minutes, so there are ten (10) tutorials available every week. Sometimes many students want a tutorial just before an assignment is due and some always miss out, so you need to plan ahead and never leave doing an assignment until the last minute. Having your own personal tutor is an exceptional opportunity, you should grasp it and ask me how I can help you improve your English.
To book a tutorial, go to the Homepage, then DIY Textbook, and click Tutorial Sign Up. Click the 'Edit the content' button. Look for the date you want a tutorial, and then type your name. Click the 'Save' button. If you need to cancel your tutorial, you must delete you name; anytime before your tutorial is fine, but to simply not turn up is not acceptable practice in the ELP (or anywhere).
From today onwards we will not organise tutorials in class, this will leave us more time for fun stuff!
If you have any questions, click reply, and send your question to the class.
Thank you, Owen.
ARW Information: Fisher discussion sessions. Who? What? When?
Dear AD & AF,
The times for our Fisher discussions next week are below, please note that Monday is a holiday. If the list is missing your name and you have not already lead a discussion on Birk & Birk, please tell me so we can organise your session and you will not miss out. If there are any other errors at all, or if you have any questions, please reply to this message so that your email goes to the whole class.
Thank you, Owen.
Important changes
1. Use the preparation forms. For Fisher and all other sessions from now on Discussion Leaders must use the forms on the Homepage. Go to Assignments, see ARW Class Discussions, click instructions. (10 secs)
2. Type your work. The preparation form is on your computer screen, select the whole page & copy it. Go to your word processor program. Open a new document. Paste in the form. (30 secs)
AD
Wednesday 9/26
Chiaki 79-81 L.25
Misaki 81 L.26-83 L19
Aya 83 L.21-86 L.25
Masatada 83 L. 21-86 L. 25
Li Hwa 86 L.26-88 L.38
Friday 9/28
Ken 89 L.32-92 L.19
Ikue 92 L.21-94 L.34
Masaru 94 L.36-96
Taichi 94 L.36-96
AF
Wednesday 9/26
Megumi 79-81 L.25
Yuki 81 L.26-83 L19
Haruna 83 L.21-86 L.25
Shoko 86 L.26-88 L.38
Friday 9/28
Rutsuko 89 L.32-92 L.19
Misa 92 L.21-94 L.34
Haruka 94 L.36-96
Rei 94 L.36-96
The times for our Fisher discussions next week are below, please note that Monday is a holiday. If the list is missing your name and you have not already lead a discussion on Birk & Birk, please tell me so we can organise your session and you will not miss out. If there are any other errors at all, or if you have any questions, please reply to this message so that your email goes to the whole class.
Thank you, Owen.
Important changes
1. Use the preparation forms. For Fisher and all other sessions from now on Discussion Leaders must use the forms on the Homepage. Go to Assignments, see ARW Class Discussions, click instructions. (10 secs)
2. Type your work. The preparation form is on your computer screen, select the whole page & copy it. Go to your word processor program. Open a new document. Paste in the form. (30 secs)
AD
Wednesday 9/26
Chiaki 79-81 L.25
Misaki 81 L.26-83 L19
Aya 83 L.21-86 L.25
Masatada 83 L. 21-86 L. 25
Li Hwa 86 L.26-88 L.38
Friday 9/28
Ken 89 L.32-92 L.19
Ikue 92 L.21-94 L.34
Masaru 94 L.36-96
Taichi 94 L.36-96
AF
Wednesday 9/26
Megumi 79-81 L.25
Yuki 81 L.26-83 L19
Haruna 83 L.21-86 L.25
Shoko 86 L.26-88 L.38
Friday 9/28
Rutsuko 89 L.32-92 L.19
Misa 92 L.21-94 L.34
Haruka 94 L.36-96
Rei 94 L.36-96
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
ARP 1: Works Cited & Class Discussions (Fri)
Dear Class:
Barna, LaRay M. "Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication." Intercultural Communication: A Reader. Eds. Samovar, Larry A., and Richard E.
For AD: Shintaro, Juri, Ryosuke & AF: Anna, Julia, Miho, please note that your section is Slanting by Charged Language + the Conclusion.
Owen.
Barna, LaRay M. "Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication." Intercultural Communication: A Reader. Eds. Samovar, Larry A., and Richard E.
Porter. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1994. (In The ELP Reader, 2007. 60-76)
For AD: Shintaro, Juri, Ryosuke & AF: Anna, Julia, Miho, please note that your section is Slanting by Charged Language + the Conclusion.
Owen.
Monday, September 10, 2007
ARW Class Discussions: Advice & Improvements
Dear AD and AF,
Most leaders set a good standard in AF in ARW on Monday. Thank you for your efforts and for bravely going first!
However, like all things done for the first time there were a few problems. These are my suggestions based on my observations in class and on the activity forms of group leaders. I encourage everyone who will lead a discussion next and participants to be sure to do these well:
Leaders
Have a summary. Your summary needs to be complete.
DO NOT refer to the text. The only notes you need is your summary.
Deal with vocabulary in your summary. Select enough vocabulary. Two or three items is not likely sufficient.
Have three discussion questions, not two.
Participants
Interrupt politely. Ask for the leader to clarify or elaborate on any points you do not understand. Confirm your understanding, e.g. So, you are saying that.......
Groups
Organise your groups yourselves. Start when you are ready, no need to wait for the teacher tell you.
Have a timekeeper. Timekeepers need to actively assist the leader to keep a good pace and stay on time.
Thank you, Owen.
Most leaders set a good standard in AF in ARW on Monday. Thank you for your efforts and for bravely going first!
However, like all things done for the first time there were a few problems. These are my suggestions based on my observations in class and on the activity forms of group leaders. I encourage everyone who will lead a discussion next and participants to be sure to do these well:
Leaders
Have a summary. Your summary needs to be complete.
DO NOT refer to the text. The only notes you need is your summary.
Deal with vocabulary in your summary. Select enough vocabulary. Two or three items is not likely sufficient.
Have three discussion questions, not two.
Participants
Interrupt politely. Ask for the leader to clarify or elaborate on any points you do not understand. Confirm your understanding, e.g. So, you are saying that.......
Groups
Organise your groups yourselves. Start when you are ready, no need to wait for the teacher tell you.
Have a timekeeper. Timekeepers need to actively assist the leader to keep a good pace and stay on time.
Thank you, Owen.
Friday, September 07, 2007
AD ARW homework for Monday, September 10.
Dear AD student,
Welcome to Spring ARW, this is Owen, your teacher this semester. I am looking forward to meeting you on Monday. This message is going to your ICU email and to the ARW Homepage.
I am sending this because we missed class yesterday, and if you did not do any homework this weekend it would make next week much more difficult for you. In other words, your work does not disappear, you would just have more to do in less time. This is a very busy term, you will read about one text per week, compared to just two texts for first semester - there is a lot more
reading.
So this weekend I want you to do your very best to read and annotate (mark) the first text Barna, Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication. You then will lead a discussion session on one part of Barna Wednesday, Friday, or Monday (I will explain what you need to do next class, do not worry now). Therefore, it is important to read the whole of Barna by Monday.
Barna is about 15 pages and I want you to try to finish in about three hours - this works out to be about 12 minutes a page at most. You need to be train yourself to read more quickly than first semester because of the extra amount of reading. On a first reading there will be parts you wont understand, but that is OK because your purpose is to get a general understanding.
If you think you may be the first to get this message, please contact your classmates via keitai and let them know - they will appreciate your concern to let them know.
Sincerely,
Owen James
Welcome to Spring ARW, this is Owen, your teacher this semester. I am looking forward to meeting you on Monday. This message is going to your ICU email and to the ARW Homepage.
I am sending this because we missed class yesterday, and if you did not do any homework this weekend it would make next week much more difficult for you. In other words, your work does not disappear, you would just have more to do in less time. This is a very busy term, you will read about one text per week, compared to just two texts for first semester - there is a lot more
reading.
So this weekend I want you to do your very best to read and annotate (mark) the first text Barna, Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication. You then will lead a discussion session on one part of Barna Wednesday, Friday, or Monday (I will explain what you need to do next class, do not worry now). Therefore, it is important to read the whole of Barna by Monday.
Barna is about 15 pages and I want you to try to finish in about three hours - this works out to be about 12 minutes a page at most. You need to be train yourself to read more quickly than first semester because of the extra amount of reading. On a first reading there will be parts you wont understand, but that is OK because your purpose is to get a general understanding.
If you think you may be the first to get this message, please contact your classmates via keitai and let them know - they will appreciate your concern to let them know.
Sincerely,
Owen James
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
How to register for the DIY Textbook (wiki)
This five minute video will walk you step by step through joining the DIY Textbook as a registered user. Originally created for my ARW and Sophomore English students, the video explains the basic process involved in registering, simply change the details you use to register as a student in TW.
How to create your ARW Portfolio (blog)
This five minute video will take you step by step through setting up your ARW Portfolio.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
