Articles
Is the Sedgeford Hall Portrait Evidence of a Crime? (HTML) Tsurumi Review, No. 51, Sept. 2021 Meeting in the Middle: Myth-making in The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History (PDF) (HTML) Tsurumi University Kiyo, No. 55, Feb. 28, 2018 Making the Change From Essay Writing to Blogging JALT Conference Proceedings Article 2015 Screen English: A Practical Movie Course Guide JALT Conference Proceedings Article 2014 Intensive Reading, Extensive Reading and the English Reader Marathon at Tsurumi University Tsurumi University Kiyo, No. 50, March 2013 The rationale behind our promotion of graded readers at Tsurumi University and a summary of our annual graded reader contest, plus student feedback. How We Do It At Tsurumi University Extensive Reading in Japan, Vol. 5.2, 2012 ERJ (Extensive Reading in Japan) is the newsletter of the Extensive Reading SIG of the Japan Association for Language Teaching. This article explains our English Reader Marathon procedure and lists pros and cons of the contest format for promoting ER. The Pitfalls of Implementing TOEIC Preparation Courses Yoshinogawa Review. Vol. 26, 2003 This article discusses some problems with the trend of introducing TOEIC preparation courses in English programs in Japanese universities and vocational schools. Three obvious problems are: 1) Negative washback 2) Inappropriateness of TOEIC for low-level students 3) Poorly written materials Grammar Rules, Rules of Thumb & the Internet Corpus Yoshinogawa Review, Vol. 27, 2004 University entrance test items are often written to assess knowledge of grammar rules without taking into consideration the widespread use by competent, highly literate native speakers of forms that violate these rules, rendering them "rules of thumb" rather than inviolable rules. A quick look at the Internet Corpus can help determine how strictly certain grammar rules are applied in the real world. |
Blogs & Websites
Kevin's Movie Seminar - Blog for Tokubetsu Enshu II (movies)On this blog, I present information for Movie Seminar classes. The class meets on Thursdays, second period (10:40-12:10).
Blogging in English - Blog for Tokubetsu Enshu II (blogging)This blog supports my Blogging in English seminar class. It includes weekly schedules and links to sites we use each week in the Junior Seminar (特別演習II). There is also a website with the same name, Blogging in English Seminar.
Lifelong English Seminar - Blog for Senior Zemi
Another active blog, this one supports my Graduation Seminar. It includes weekly schedules and links to sites we will use each week. There is also a website with the same name, Lifelong English Seminar.
Tsurumi Eats! - Restaurant review site
This blog site has over 85 restaurant reviews submitted by my Essay Writing students (2010 - 2012) and by seminar students in the Blogging in English Seminar. This blog site is meant for the general public, and my students and I hope it proves useful for people looking for a place to eat in the Yokohama and Tokyo areas. Bon appetit!
English Every Day! - Oral Com. IIThis site supports my Oral Communication II class. It is mainly of interest to my Oral Com II students. It has schedules, quiz information, and links to be used in class.
Communication Skills 1
This blog supports my Communication Skills 1 class. It's new as of Sept. 2018 English Every Day - Blog for Essay WritingThis blog supports my Essay Writing class. There are class instructions, schedules, sample essays and student comments on this site. It's really not a site for the general public, though some people may be interested in the sample essays. We refer to this site in every Essay Writing class, which takes place in a computer room. [* I am no longer teaching Essay Writing, so this page is inactive as of April 2013.]
English Dept. Site
This is the website for the Tsurumi University English Department. There are blog entries and photos for the Open Campus and various events that occur during the school year. You can also find archived issues of the English Department Newsletter, which is published twice a year, in Spring & Fall. If you're a current student at Tsurumi University, or if you are thinking about joining us in the future, be sure to check this site out!
Tsurumi University Official Website
My page on Tsurumi University's site
PocahontasLives.com A personal hobby site about all things Pocahontas |