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Sagamihara Campus

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2008 Courses

4Oral English 2       
         Spring   Fall

4
Integrated Eng.  III (Writing)
         Syllabus   Checklist
 
4Academic Writing (PDF)
     
   Syllabus   Checklist

2007 Courses

4Oral English 2       
        Spring   Fall

4
Integrated Eng.  III (Writing)
        Syllabus   Checklist
4Academic Writing (PDF)
    
   Syllabus   Checklist

2006 Courses

4Oral English 2 (PDF)      
        Spring   Fall

4
Integrated Eng.  III (Writing)
        Syllabus   Checklist
4Academic Writing (PDF)
    
   Syllabus   Checklist
 

Previous Courses

4Oral English 2 (2005 Fall)
4Academic Writing (2005 Fall)


Recommended Books

 

Inner World
of the Immigrant Child

by Cristina Igoa
4 Japanese
 

The New Japan: Debunking Seven Cultural Stereotypes by David Matsumoto
4 Japanese

 


DVD & Video Guide (click here)

 
Finding Forrester (2001, Sean Connery, Rob Brown).  "A moving story   of a grizzled recluse and an inner-city teenager brought together by their shared passion for writing." [ PG-13 ]
4Japanese

Study Abroad Information for Students

Study in the U.S.A. (J)
Profiles of Foreign
    Students in the U.S.A.

Campus Life Abroad

Did You Know?

Be informed! Find out about alcohol, coffee, tobacco, etc. (by Eric H. Chudler)

Are you interested in the brain? Psychology? See Neuroscience for Kids

Instructor's Profile

Education
Doctorate in Education

    (Univ. Calif. Berkeley)
Master's in English
     (San Fran. State Univ.)
Bachelor's in Psychology
     (UOP)

Sabbatical
Visiting Scholar, Stanford Univ. School of Education

Haas Center


Memberships
AAAL, AERA, CCCC, NCTE, IRA, JACET, JALT, LET, TESOL

Interest Groups

CALL, Bilingualism, Global Issues, Materials Writing, Teacher Education, Testing & Evaluation, etc.


More Links for Students

 GENERAL
 4Dave's EFL Cafe
 
4Interesting Things
for EFL
    Students (by C. & L. Kelly).

 MOVIES
 4Movie Trailers (CMs) with
    quizzes (by A. Johnson
) ¹
 
4Movie Guides f
or English
    
learners include vocabulary
   
  notes, summaries and key
   
 sentences (by R. Weschler)

 SPEECHES
 4American speeches with
    audio and scripts
X
 
4Movie speeches
with audio
    and scripts
X
 
4
Nobel Prize speeches with
     audio and some scripts
X

 ACADEMIC LECTURES ¹
 4Carnegie Council
 
4Research Channel Org
 
4T-E-D Talks
 
4Univ. of Calif. TV Online

PRONUNCIATION & IDIOMS

 4Train Your Accent  Read and
     listen to a short talk and follow
     the pronunciation advice.
X
 
4EZ Slang
 Listen to the conver-
     sations and learn idioms.
X 

 JAPAN TODAY
4Japan Trends
4Japan Echo
4Japan Journal
4
Japan Video Topics

LITERATURE & BOOKS

4American Writers I  
4
American Writers II 

4Booknotes CSPAN
  
 Interviews with authors
¹

4Book TV CSPAN
    Interviews with authors ¹


4Featured Books (NEA) New
 
Literary History Find out about  authors and their books.
 

Literary Encyclopedia

 "A database of biographies, profiles of works and glossary of literary terms...Complete works lists for 5,000 writers."



Office:

Media Building
 5F  (B-520)

Dr. Melvin R. Andrade

Professor of English Language
Education & Applied Linguistics


Adjunct Instructor, Department of English -- (IE Program) -- Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara Campus, Japan




 

a  Style Guides from OWL:  APA   MLA

a  Style Guides from UCB:  Many types

a  "How to  Write E-mail to Your Teachers"
       
 Advice from Waseda (CELESE):
PDF

a  Today's Link: Alcohol & Healthå

a  Today's Link: Welcome to SADDå

a  Course Evaluation:
Jp   En  
 
 
a  Faculty Development: 
FD


a  Asia TEFL Presentation:
PPT
 


 
 
Watch interviews with executive men and women (Japan Internet TV). Featured interview: "Harumi Torii is the founder of the Kids Earth Foundation (KEF), a non-profit organization that works worldwide to promote peace and environmental conservation through the medium of children's art." (26 min.)   More interviews >>>

Too fat? Too skinny? Watch this university lecture: "Dietary Approaches to Weight Loss" (58 min.) More lectures, discussions, and interviews on University of California Television here (education, humanities, etc.)
 
Find news stories from around the world online: newspapers, news magazines, TV news, video, and radio news. (Selected links I compiled.)

Recent Presentations

 
4Interactive Book Reports (15th Annual Faculty
          Development Symposium on University English
          Teaching Aoyama Gakuin University, April
          2008).
Slides (PDF)   Handouts (PDF)
4Content-based vs. Language-based English
          Teaching in Japanese Universities: Is There
          Really a Difference?
(Japan Association for
          Language Teaching 33rd International
          Conference. National Olympics Memorial
          Youth Center, Nov. 22–25, 2007, Tokyo)

4
Learning about Global Issues Through Task-based
         Activities (2nd Int'l Conf. on Task-Based Lang.
         Teaching,  U. of Hawaii, Sept. 2007)

4 Teaching Writing to Japanese Learners of English:
         Observations, Discoveries, and Challenges.

         (The 35th JACET Summer Seminar. Kusatsu,
         Japan. Aug. 21-24, 2007)
4Managing English Use in the Classroom.
(PPT)
         (14th Annual Faculty Development Symposium
         on University English Teaching, Aoyama
         Gakuin Univ., April 7, 2007)

4 A Teacher's Home Page: Teacher-Centered or
         Student-Centered?
(41st TESOL Annual
         Convention, Seattle, USA. March 2007).
4 Effectiveness of a 15-Minute Writing Sample
         for Assessing Writing Ability.
(The 10th Japan
         Language Testing Association Conference,
         Kyoto, Oct. 2006)

4 Utilizing the English News Sites on the Web to
         Familiarize Students with Global Issues (World
         Englishes, Nagoya, Oct. 2006)

4
Autonomous Learning Through Online
         Listening. Asia TEFL, Fukuoka (Aug. 2006).
4 Self-Evaluation of  Writing and Speaking 
         (JACET Kanto, Waseda, June 2006)
 
  • I have compiled and edited the Proceedings of the Linguapax Asia Second International Symposium on Language in Society and the Classroom. Now online: Click here (PDF).
     
  • I served as the Program Chair and gave a presentation on "Helping Immigrant Students in the United States Learn English in Mainstream Classrooms: The SIOP Approach" at the Linguapax Asia Second International Symposium on Language in Society and the Classroom: Preserving Heritage and Supporting Diversity, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, June 11, 2005. Abstract    Power Point    References

  • Annual Faculty Development Symposium on University English Teaching, April 9, 2005. Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo. I gave a presentation entitled "Peer Revision in Academic Writing: One Teacher’s Experience."  
    Summary (PDF)  Power Point

  • Junior College English Education Research Group, December 11, 2004, Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College. I gave a presentation on "Teaching English Through Content vs. Teaching Content Through English."  Abstract   Power Point

  • 20th World Congress on Reading, International Reading Association, (IRA) July 26-29, 2004,  Manila, Philippines.  I gave a presentation on "Dual Skills Approaches to Reading Instruction: Reading-Writing vs. Reading-Listening vs. Reading-Speaking."   Abstract (PDF)   Power Point  
    OHP materials   References
     
  • Linguapax Asia 2004 First International Symposium on Language Diversity and Language Ecology, April 17, 2004, United Nations University, Tokyo. I gave a presentation on "Language Minorities and ESL/ Bilingual Education in California Schools."  Abstract   Power Point  References È

  • The 43rd National Conference of the Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET): Strategies for the Future of Foreign Language Education, August 2, 2003, Kansai Gaidai Nakamiya Campus. I co-presented a paper on "Classroom-Language Lab Integration: Handling Diversity in Student Abilities and Interests." Summary   Power Point


     

    Listen to News Stories about
    the Environment
    X

    4Living on Earth (script!)
    4Earth & Sky → Radio
               Shows → (Choose a
               topic) → Click  "Listen"
    4National Geographic
            
    Videos 
    News
     

    Psychology:
    Topics & Electronic 
    Resources  (UCB 
    Library)
    (Click)


    Listen to People in the UK & USA Talk About Important  Experiences in Their Lives  X

    UK Video    
    Nation

    4Great Teachers
    4
    Today's New Topics

    USA
    National Public Radio

    4"This I Believe" (script!)
    4
    "Story Corps"

    Jody Williams founded the 
     International Campaign  to Ban
     Landmines and shared the
     1997 Nobel Peace Prize. Read
     and listen to her story on
     NPR's "This I Believe."
    X  More...

    An Online Magazine for Learners of English (by S. Peters & T. Peters


    Students! What did you think of the listening passages? Click here to take a survey

     
    Learn
    how
    to
    type

    here

  Useful Links for Students

 
TOEIC & TOEFL Information
  About TOEIC
  4Japanese
  4English
  4Study Advice (J)

How many hours do you need to study to raise your TOEIC score by
100 points?
4Japanese 4English
 
  TOEIC Practice  
  4Grammar
  4Listening X
  4More Listening X
  4More Grammar

 About TOEFL
  4Japanese  
  4
English
  4Self-study textbook
 
Compare TOEIC and TOEFL scores
 4Table 1(British Council)
 4Table 2 (Longman)
 4Table 3  (IELTS & TOEFL)
 

Student Times Weekly

READ & LISTEN  X
  4
Campus Life Abroad
  4
News 
  4
Essay   
  4 Opinion
  4 Conversation
  4 More >>>
 

Current Events & Culture

BBC Learning English X
  4 Watch & Listen
  4 Interactive Radio

Voice of America X
  4Learn English
  4VOA Top Page

 
Australian English & Culture
Free online video courses!   Listening, conversation, idioms and vocabulary, academic English, etc.
 4Living English 
  Episode 1
 4English Bites   
  Archive
 4Business English
 4Study English (IELTS preparation)

 More Current Events

4 Time (R) for  Kids
4 BBC Talking Point
4 CNN News for StudentsX
4 National Public RadioX


Writing Resources

English Composition
 4 How to write a  report
 4  Model report (APA)
 4  Model report (MLA)
 4  Essays (all types)


Writing Guides (Top)
 4  Guide to Mapping
 4  Summary & Critique
 4  Avoiding Plagiarism
                       
4  More writing guides
Research? Find it here!
4 Internet Public Library
4 Librarians' Internet Index
4 AGU Sagamihara Library
 
4Fast Facts (refdesk.com)
4Wikipedia (encyclopedia)
4How Stuff Works
4Bilingual dictionary (Yahoo)

Watch Educational Videos X

Literature, teaching, and more!
 
4 Annenberg Media (USA)
 
4 ESL Infusion (Canada)
  4 Edutopia (Go to "Documentaries" tab.)
Free video English course online!
 
4 Connect with English X
 
4 How to register (PDF)

Optional: Order video scripts for a fee from www.amazon.co.jp
 

Listen to young people talk about their lives  X

Youth Radio (Top)
 4Education
 4Health
 4Jobs & Money


The World Fact Book È
(maps, statistics, etc.)


     4More country facts at  NationMaster

Academy of Achievement
Biography, Profile, Interview

"Did you know what you wanted to do with your life or did it just happen?"  (Click on photo.)
¹ X 

Public Service
The Arts
Business
Meet Your Mentor
 Photos (left to right):
 
Top: Amy Tan, Oprah
 Winfrey. Bottom: Maya
 Lin, Maya Angelou.

 Source:
 www.achievement.org

Topics in Japanese Education

Ministry of Education & Science
4International Exchange & Cooperation
4
Japanese with English Abilities
4Strategic Plan to Cultivate English
4Japanese Education at a Glance
Benesse Kyoiku Joho Site
4教育情報(大学・短大)
4英語教育における新しい評価
4SuperEnglishHighSchool研究開発
 実施報告書平成16年度(高知県)pdf


Online Journals for Research
 

 4Internet TESL Journal
 4TESL−EJ

 4Academic Exchange Quarterly
 4
Asian ESP Journal

 4Asian EFL Journal
 4Bilingual Research Journal
 4CALL-EJ Online

 4Elect. Journal of Foreign Lang. Teaching
 4
English Teaching Forum
 4Humanising Language Teaching
 4
Int'l Jour. Scholar. of Teach. & Learn.

 4JALT CALL Journal
 4Journal of Asia TEFL 
 4Journal of Computer-Mediated Instruction
 4Journal of Imagination in Lang. Learning
 4Journal of Intercultural Communication
 4Journal of Language and  Learning
 4Jour. of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

 4Language Learning and Technology
 4
Language and Literacy

 4Nexus--Teacher Development

 4
Practical Assessmen
 4Reading in a Foreign Language
 4Reading Matrix
 4TESOL Law Journal

 4
More Education journals (148)

 4GeNii: Nat'l  Research Database Japan

Find English textbooks (publishers & booksellers) here


Are you interested in kids and
computers?
See the case studies for Fuichinobe Elementary School (pdf) in Sagamihara and  Honcho Elementary School OECD).

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Top page updated April 24. 2008. Copyright©2004 to present by Melvin R. Andrade. All rights reserved. The external links and images on this site are for  non-commercial, educational use following fair use guidelines. The author of this site is not responsible for their content. Picture credits: Academy of Achievement (celebrity photos), Amazon (book covers, video jacket art), M. Andrade (photo of mural, photo of classroom scene), Microsoft Clip Art (clip art), and others. To access the author's personal home page for Sophia Junior College students, click here