Final English Lecture for this year
Thursday, Feb 2
16:20 in Room 6206
Come and join us for a Festival of English for our final English Lecture for this year. We’ll have lots of different activities and presentations for you to enjoy. Lots of fun, and a chance to improve your English!
Here’s what we have planned:
- An activity by Ms Orleans about symbols used for branding cattle
- A short lecture by Malcolm Swanson about using technology for “The Paperless Classroom”
- Announcements of the winners of the Reading Marathon and Word Engine activities
- A “That was 2011” slideshow
- A sing-along with Mr Woolbright!
Please join us!!
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Last night we held our ESS Christmas Party. Rei and Haruka were the MCs for the event, and they organized games, a movie, and a present swapping activity. All the students helped to prepare cakes and other food…
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- The cake cooks
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- Finished product!
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- Saki is so messy!
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- Yumi at work
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- Our MCs
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- Preparing the table
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- Hungry Ami!
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- Bill, Aiko, & Chihiro
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- Okonomiyaki!
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- Food time!
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- Group picture!
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- Ticklish Andrew!
Every year we hold a Christmas Chapel, which 1st year students attend. It includes Christmas carols, a concert featuring organ, piano, handbells, and choir, a pageant, and a sermon by a guest speaker. Here are some photos….
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Today was our Christmas Intensive – an event when all our Year 1 students spend the day doing Christmas activities such as card-making, singing songs, making decorations, doing puzzles and quizzes, and generally learning about how Christmas is celebrated in different cultures. We also have a shared lunch, and the day ends with a visit from Santa who bring Secret Santa gifts for everyone…
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Christmas is on the way, and once again we can enjoy Prof. Woolbright’s Christmas decorations in the lobby of building 5. Not long till Santa comes!!
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Today was our annual PTA meeting where parents and students can join us to learn more about what is happening in our school. They can also talk to staff about specific issues.
This year, 5 of our students also gave presentations:
- Ayami Urano – Job hunting
- Mami Kawahara – Cultural studies in Canada
- Mayumi Nakata – Social dance circle
- Arisa Fujii – Volunteering in Tohoku
- Shoko Amioka – Zion Cup Speech
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On December 1, a group of 7 of our 4th year students who have succeeded in getting jobs were interviewed by our 3rd year students. They explained how they went about job-hunting, and gave advice on how to do well in job interviews and job applications. This was an extremely valuable event for all of our students. Many thanks to Prof. Yamamoto and the students who took part in it!
Next month is our annual Movie Month in the English Department. Once again we have 4 movies to show you:
- “Bingo” (with Ms Orleans – Friday, Nov. 4, 6pm in Rm 527)
- “The Legend of 1900″ – (with Mr Yahiro – Monday, Nov. 14, 6pm in Rm 527)
- “Tangled” (with Ms Maksymuk – Thursday, Nov. 24, 6pm in Rm 527)
- “The Holiday” (with Mr Zitzmann & Mr Swanson – Monday, Nov. 28, 6pm in Rm 527)
All students and faculty are welcome to attend.
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A Pathway to Your Future – Gaining Experience through Volunteer Work
Hiroko Ohta
Thursday, November 10 from 16:20 in Room 6206
ちょうど私が北九州へ移り住んだ今から25年ほど前、日本は国際化の流れの中にありました。外国人留学生の数がだんだん増え、北九州で快適な生活を留学生たちに送ってもらえるようにとインフラ整備が進みつつありました。私はフランスで生活した経験があり、当時フランス人に大変助けられたので何かできることがあればしてみたいと思っていました。
ちょうど折しも、北九州市が国際ボランティア養成講座を開講しました。それが私のボランティア活動への出発の第一歩となりました。私のボランティア活動をお分かちし、またその活動がどういう形で私の私生活またひいては仕事のキャリアに及んでいったかをお話ししたいと思います。ボランティア活動はきっとあなたの輝かしい未来へのカギとなることと確信しています。
When I moved to Kitakyushu 25 years ago, there was a movement of Internationalization in Japan. Even in Kitakyushu the number of foreign students was gradually growing, and the environment where those students can live comfortably was slowly being developed. I wanted to do something to be a part of it as I had lived in France and was helped by French people a lot when I was there.
Coincidentally the City of Kitakyushu organized the international volunteer seminar and I participated in it. It was my first step to volunteer experiences in international exchanges. I would like to share my volunteer experiences and also talk about how they developed in my personal life and even led to my career opportunities. I am sure volunteer work is one of the important clues for your brilliant future!!
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