Your teacher:

A wild and crazy guy who enjoys life in Japan very much.
Let's have FUN learning English together !!

                 with visiting students from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
                          (more pics here:  http://garywolff.com/utm)

Hobbies & Interests:

Mountain climbing
Cycling
Stargazing
Internet web page design
Karaoke
Terrorizing my friends with my harmonica
Singing in the shower

Meiji Summer Intensive Karaoke Options Class:

YouTube video of our final day performance:
https://youtu.be/wTGHDPw0aNE?list=UUi7Jxm2NxfM5LCdkpg3Nhxw

Cultural Exchange Discussion Session:

with Students from
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Meiji University, Academy Common Building, Room 309-G

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

10:40 am -12:10 pm

Photos:  http://garywolff.com/utm

Classes:

English Communication I & II

"Your Song" by Elton John  (music & lyrics)

"Your Song" by Elton John YouTube video (live at The Colosseum, Las Vegas 2005):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBCVEcjScTQ

YOUR SONG---Elton John (music with lyrics YouTube video)

"If We Hold on Together" by Diana Ross  (music & lyrics)

Diana Ross sings "If We Hold On Together" live in Japan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRRh_7OMsMw

Diana Ross, "If We Hold On Together," karaoke with Japanese (日本語) lyrics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtDGVf5nZQM

"I Want it That Way" by the Back Street Boys:
(lyrics)
YouTube video of the music plus lyrics (for karaoke practice)
YouTube official Back Street Boys music video

"A Whole New World" by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle (lyrics)
"A Whole New World" Sing-along Lyrics from Aladdin (YouTube video)
YouTube video:  "A Whole New World" by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle

Sample 3-day sightseeing itinerary

Top 15 Reductions and Contractions in Popular English Songs

Skimming and Scanning Reading Skills

Top 10 Most Popular Majors at U.S. Colleges

(photo credit: aliciateacher2.wordpress.com/)

Take an -ed vs. -ing adjective quiz here.

Science English 1 & 2

Technical Presentation Requirements/Schedule

Outline (概要) examples:
   Sample Technical Report Outline
    Research Paper Outline Examples

PowerPoint tips

Beginning & Ending your Presentation

Sample PowerPoint presentation by Taro Yamada, showing Outline Page

Another sample PowerPoint technical presentation (PPT file)

Sample technical paper written by a Meiji Science English student

Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides  (Penn State University)

PowerPoint 2021 for Windows のトレーニング  (日本語で）

Guy Kawasaki's 10/20/30 PowerPoint Presentation Rule:
YouTube video explanation:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liQLdRk0Ziw
Text version:  https://guykawasaki.com/the_102030_rule/  

10 Presentation Tips from Garr Reynolds 

Gary's Relaxation Technique 

Sample references

University of Texas engineering graduate starting salaries

My Favorite Online Dictionaries and Translation Tools:

Google Translate 翻訳:
http://translate.google.co.jp/ （日本語で）

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
(includes audio of correct English pronunciation---click on little blue speaker icons)

Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese Dictionary Server:
http://nihongo.monash.edu/cgi-bin/wwwjdic?1C （日本語で）  

DeepL Translation Tool:
https://www.deepl.com/ja/translator  (日本語で）

Rikai Translation Tool:
http://www.rikai.com/perl/HomePage.pl?Language=Ja  (日本語で）

Online reference sources for scientific research:

Google Scholar is a useful tool for broadly searching for scholarly literature & technical articles in your field of research interest, including from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other websites. To get the most out of Google Scholar, here are some helpful search tips.

Sample presentation by ​Kwansei Gakuin University students:

Sample presentation by Garr Reynolds:

Full-size video @ YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g8T8MsFIp0  

Shikaku Eigo

Useful Links:

New TOEIC L&R Test format (from May 2016 in Japan & Korea) （日本語で）

TOEIC Service List 1.01: Words 1-100

(explanation of TOEIC Sevice List on Dr. Charlie Browne's website)

TOEIC Japan website  (日 本語で）

TOEIC Test content

http://www.alc.co.jp/  (日本語で）

http://iknow.jp/content/toeic (iKnow! - Science-based language learning)  (日本語で）

Quizlet.com (digital flashcards & games for memorizing any study set)

• 125 million user-generated study sets
• 40 million users every month
• 1 in every 4 high school students in the U.S. uses Quizlet daily

TOEIC Test Data & Analysis 2021 (Japanese version) (日本語で）:
https://www.iibc-global.org/library/default/toeic/official_data/pdf/daa_japanese_2021.pdf  (see pp. 9-11 for school-related scores)

TOEIC Test Data & Analysis 2020 (latest English version):
http://www.iibc-global.org/library/default/english/toeic/official_data/pdf/DAA_english.pdf

Proficiency Scale (showing correlation between TOEIC scores and levels of ability):
http://www.toeic.or.jp/library/toeic_data/toeic/pdf/data/proficiency.pdf  (in Japanese)  (日本語で）

Preparing to take the TOEIC Test

Test-taking Strategies

Sample free TOEIC Prep iPhone/iPad apps from iTunes:

 
Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes

Irregular Verb Dictionary