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Internet Study Skills Seminar 2005
Seminar 2005

Once again, the students in the Internet Study Skills Seminar made original web pages about topics of local interest. Check them out by clicking on the links below at right. For more sites from past years, scroll further down.

2005 Internet Study Skills Students
Some skills covered
in this seminar:
  • understanding html
  • using tables for layout
  • text, cell, and background colors
  • using Netscape Composer 7.1
  • photo editing
  • making simple gif graphics
  • verifying results on different browsers
  • evaluating webpages

Speech & Writing Classes
上級
Random Faces: the English Dept On-line Magazine!
Articles by 3rd Year English Dept. Students - Check it out!

平成１６年度　第２回　教育問題懇話会


教育問題懇話会（平成１６年度 第２回）について　記録：篠原信子

アクテイブ・ラーニング　パワーポイントプレゼンテーション　（簡略版）


惑星についてテキスト ジグソー活動の原稿

Some Hot Potatoes
on-line quizzes in Japanese
about planets!

・　どの惑星か？

・　英語の名前・ローマの神々

・　○　か　×　か？
Faculty Development
Mark Fennelly ・ Kevin Miller		 Presentation Photos - March 2, 2005

Internet Study Skills Seminar 2004
Ponpoko Danuki

Read about tanukis, both real
and legendary, and see how
Komatsushima has a close
connection with tanukis.

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Shiroyama

Learn more about the
ancient site of Tokushima Castle.
Awa Wasanbon Sugar

Learn more about the
traditional art of making
Awa Wasanbon Sugar

About Internet Study Skills 2004

The Internet Study Skills Seminar is a year-long course with three main goals: 1) to learn what resources are available on the Web that support English study and research; 2) to research a topic of local interest; and 3) to make an original English website that introduces the topic researched to the public.

We mainly used two types of software in this seminar - Netscape Composer 7.1 to make html files and Photoshop Elements for graphics and photo editing. One student also used Microsoft Paint to create original graphics, and some students used Button Generator for top page buttons. Please click on the links above and check out the original web pages from 2004!

If you'd like to see more student web pages, check out Internet Study Skills 2003 below.

Speech & Writing 上級　Class 2004 (Spring Semester)
Kaori's presentation on the interests of
junior high school students in Japan.		 Aki's presentation on the
aging population of Japan.

Speech & Writing III Class is an elective subject for 3rd year English majors that meets twice a week for 90 minutes. The goals of the course are to improve writing, word processing, and speech presentation skills. In 2004, students gave 5 speeches and one song/poem recitation. Two of the speeches were done using PowerPoint, and three were done as standard speeches without visual aids. In general, students had to memorize their speeches in order to maximize eye contact. Two students from the class, Kaori and Aki, are shown above introducing their PowerPoint presentations. The main requirements for this presentation were that it had to contain a graph or table and the students had to include references for their data on the slides. Note: The presentations shown here were converted to html using the "save as web page" function of PowerPoint, so they may not be viewable on some browsers.

* The content of this class will likely change for 2005, as the 2nd year students of 2004 have already covered many of the skills learned in this upper level class.

Also ... Photos and comments from Speech & Writing 2003 Class!

Internet Study Skills Seminar 2003
Fall Semester Project

During the fall semester of 2003, each student in the Internet Study Skills Seminar researched a topic of her choice and made a webpage on the topic with Netscape Composer. The topics had to be local so that students could take their own photographs and post them without infringing on copyrighted photos from the Net. Check out the results of their research by clicking on the links below at right.

* Shikoku University does not endorse
any business, organization, or political
viewpoint. The webpages posted here
are the work of the students and
represent their personal thoughts
on the subject matter.

2003 Internet Study Skills Students
Some skills covered
in this seminar:
  • understanding html
  • using tables for layout
  • text, cell, and background colors
  • using Netscape Composer 7.1
  • photo editing
  • making simple gif graphics
  • verifying results on different browsers
  • evaluating webpages


Some events from 2003

SmileTrain Charity at Shikoku University's Fall Festival "Horansai"
Kevin's 2003 Special Lectures at Shikoku High Schools
At the 2003 "Horansai" festival at Shikoku University, several students and teachers volunteered their time to raise money for the international charity, SmileTrain. See photos and learn more here!
Click here or on the photo above to see 2003 pix from Jonan High School, Matsuyama Kougyou High School, and Muroto High School.


TOEIC - articles and commentary on TOEIC by Kevin Miller

Commentary on TOEIC Booster column of April 30, 2004
"A new-look TOEIC possible," from The Daily Yomiuri

The Pitfalls of Implementing TOEIC Preparation Courses
Yoshinogawa Review, Vol. 26, March 2003

Commentary on TOEIC Booster column of Oct. 24, 2003
"Vocabulary Muscle Counts," from The Daily Yomiuri.

Review of Oxford preparation course for the TOEIC test
The Language Teacher - Dec. 2003, Vol. 27, Number 12

Extended on-line review of Oxford preparation course for the TOEIC test
Supplement to The Language Teacher review


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