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Waseda /PSU TNP English

Waseda /PSU TNP English. LING 399 Academic English, Wk 1. A NNOUNCEMENTS. Party in the Park (PSU Park Blocks) TOMORROW: Thursday, September 27 11:00-3:00 FREE FOOD! Check out the clubs ! Online Idiom Resources (on class website’s front page). Cultural observations (Part A only).

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Waseda /PSU TNP English

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  1. Waseda/PSU TNP English LING 399 Academic English, Wk 1

  2. ANNOUNCEMENTS Party in the Park (PSU Park Blocks) • TOMORROW: Thursday, September 27 • 11:00-3:00 • FREE FOOD! • Check out the clubs! Online Idiom Resources (on class website’s front page)

  3. Cultural observations (Part A only) • Take out the cultural observation sheet. • **Did you find people with the same or opposite ideas? Or all different?

  4. Cultural observations (Part B)(Education) (Share) • What about the education system? • What have you had to adjust to?

  5. Cultural observations (Part B)(Education) Small groups • Discuss Questions 2& 3. Discuss what is comfortable now, what is uncomfortable for you, and why. • If you have time, on the back of the paper in small groups take one example: What’s the activity? What’s the purpose? What’s the value?

  6. Kyoiku Mama

  7. Take a class poll—Is there any consensus? (general agreement shared by all)

  8. NPR Listening

  9. What are schools for? • (What are different purposes for education (elementary, middle, and high school)(Brainstorm Ideas)

  10. Brainstorm in groups: Purpose: *Think about education (What things do you remember from elementary, middle, and high school? College? Activities? Homework?)

  11. Random telephone survey of 1,422 adults nationwide. (1999) NPR/KAISER/KENNEDY SCHOOL EDUCATION SURVEY

  12. Let’s take a class poll (Purpose)

  13. Important role for schools? (purpose) 21A. Which is a more important role for schools — to give students academic skills and other knowledge to prepare them for a job, a career, or college OR to develop students' character so they can make responsible decisions as adults in society about such things as drugs, sex, family, and money?

  14. What should schools provide? (purpose) 21B. Which of the following two statements comes closer to your view: Schools need to return to their main function of giving knowledge to students, OR schools need to focus on teaching children how to think critically rather than worrying about how much detailed knowledge they have?

  15. Back to basics (reading, writing, math)? Or Teach more in our complex world? (purpose) 21C. Which of the following two statements comes closer to your view: Schools have gotten too far away from the basics, like reading, writing, and math, OR schools need to teach about a broader range of subjects than they used to, because the world is more complex today?

  16. NPR News report based on the poll

  17. What’s the main idea?

  18. Listen and take notes • Organize by speaker—top of handout • *Joel Spring has dates.

  19. Review notes and answer questions (small groups)

  20. The Purpose of Education Assignment#1 (an introduction) • You have spent several years in an education system. Now you have experience abroad too. • Consider: What is the purpose of education? What are your reasons for pursuing education? What are the goals of a specific society for an educated populace? • In class, we will be working with this topic. Stretch yourself. Brainstorm. Talk to people. • As you are thinking, reflect back on readings/topics in class to incorporate in the paper.

  21. Discuss • Are individual needs & national needs the same or different? • Hirsch said US schools started for many reasons: _____create citizens who are informed citizens so they can vote _____create a literate populace _____teach students how to function in the modern world _____give everyone an even start Rank Japanese schools on how well they do the following (0-10, 10 is best). Discuss the rank you gave with your classmate. • What’s more important for schools to try to achieve? • Prepare students for good job or create good character? • Impart knowledge or teach students to think critically • What are schools for?

  22. HW • **Bring Am Ways textbook on Friday** Homework: • HW: Complete K.Mamaworksheets: vocabulary and question sheet (Turn in Friday). • HW: Read the Purpose of Education Essay Assignment Handout & Think about EDUCATION! The activities, purposes, and underlying values. (Friday) • Do the NPR listening from the class website Remember: • Buy PTI (Bring Monday) • Xerox Elective syllabus (Turn in when you can)

  23. Brainstorm in groups: Purpose: *Think about education (What things do you remember from elementary, middle, and high school? College? Activities? Homework?)

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