Hi everyone,

Many of you seemed a little sleepy in today's class.  Hope you can get some more sleep tonight.  

Halloween Interactions:
We had a Halloween-themed interactions in today's class.  As usual, the feedback is the Interactions Feedback file at the end of this summary. 

From next week, you'll be starting your second interactions.  If you chose a psychology theme for your first interaction, you'll need to choose a media theme for your second one.  The same applies if you chose a media theme for your first interactions.   

Cambodian Letter #2:
In the second part of our lesson, we learned how to describe cultural practices and artifacts.  You'll need these skills to write Letter #2 to your Cambodian partner.  After, you got your second letter from your partner and had some time for discussions.  

Homework:
1.   Interactions (see schedule)
2.   Presentation Research
3.   Blog Comment #6
4.   Cambodian Letter #2

• Please see the slide presentation below for how to describe cultural practices and the guidelines for Letter #2.  

Blog Comment #6:

1. Which cultural practice are your going to describe for your Cambodian partner?  Which cultural artifacts are a part of this practice?
2. Which cultural practice did your Cambodian partner describe in his/her letter?  Is there a similar practice in Japan?  

*Write 10-12 sentences.
*Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
*Submit by Tuesday, November 5 by 6:00pm.

Hi everyone,

Since our class was cancelled last week because of the typhoon, we had two groups of interaction leaders.  We've now caught up to our schedule!  As usual, the feedback from today's Interactions are in a file at the end of the summary. 

Halloween Interactions:
For next week's interactions, group leaders will have to choose a Halloween theme.  You can choose from this list of movie trailers.  After you choose your movie trailer, please email me to let me know your topic.  

Corpse Bride
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
The Conjuring
The Shining
Ghost Busters
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Six Sense
Psycho

Cambodian Letter #2:
In next week's lesson, you'll receive your second letter from your Cambodian partner.  If you are not in class, you will need to ask one of your friends to get your letter for you.  Our theme for your second letter is a Japanese festival.  We'll learn how to describe cultural activities in our lesson next week.  

Homework:
1.   Interactions (see schedule)
2.   Really English Units #9-12
3.   Listening Report #4
4.  Blog Comment #5

Blog Comment #5:

For your Cambodian letter next week, you will need to choose a Japanese festival or cultural activity.  Which festival or cultural activity would you like to describe to your partner? What do you know about this festival/activity?  Why do you want to describe it?

*Write 8-10 sentences.
*Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
*Submit by Tuesday, October 29 by 6:00pm.

Hi everyone,

Can you smell the ginko nuts on campus?  They were really stinky this morning!

Interactions:
We had our first round of listening interactions.  I was really impressed that ALL of you remembered many of our discussion skills from last semester, such as using showing interest and making eye contact. 

The feedback from today's interactions is attached at the end of this entry.  For next week's leaders, please include these pointers into your interactions.  

Really English:
I gave you new registration cards for the Really English website, and you were able to register for the program. 

We have 35 units to complete for this program, so try to do 3-4 units each week.  If you do this, you won't have any homework over the Christmas break.  

To log-in to your account after you have registered, you need to go to this link:

http://ac.reallyenglish.com/aoyama/account

If you missed our lesson, you will need to set up your Really English account by yourself. 

Listening Activity:  Phobias and Superstitions
In the second part of our lesson, we had a listening lesson about phobias and superstitions.  

There were a few new vocabulary terms from the dialogue:
a.  surpass = overcome
b.  conversely = oppositie of something
c.  freak out = become crazy

You did a good job with your discussions afterwards.  I never knew that snakes will come if you whistle in the evening! 

Homework:
1.  Listening Interactions preparation (see schedule)
2.  Listening Report #2
3.  Really English Units 1-5 
4.  Blog Post #3

Blog Question #3:

Tell me about your experience in your first Listening Interactions in today's class.  

For example, if you were the group leader, what did you do well? what were some difficulties? etc.

If you were a group member, what did you think of the activities?  What were some difficulties? etc.

*Write 8-10 sentences.
*Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
*Submit by Tuesday, October 15 by 6:00pm.