NEWSLETTERMay 2017

VOLUME 32

ENGLISH EDUCATION CENTER－Topics－■

Two Good Old Teachers Came Back■Information■Amazing Rice Cooker Cake

■Letʼs Read Books in English■Good Luck, Luke

Two Good Old Teachers Came Back Hello everyone, I’m Kristin and I come from Melbourne, Australia although I’ve lived in Matsuyama fora long time. I remember the days when some of my favorite places didn’t even exist. Takashimaya was Sogo,
there were no Starbucks and people hadn’t even started planning Emiful! I really enjoy living in Ehime,
close to the sea and not far to the mountains. My dream is to do the 88 temples pilgrimage of Shikoku. Myother dream is to do a cooking course in Italy. Cooking is a hobby I share with my husband too. We bothlove cooking and eating! A few years ago we bought a restaurant-style oven that has four gas burners and a
60cm wide oven. Besides cooking, I’m busy trying to keep up with our son Jack. Of course Jack’s Japaneseis much better than mine and his kanji is great. I’ll have to study harder! I wish you all the best with yourEnglish studies and look forward to talking with you all sometime.

Adrian Heinel

Kristin Armitage

Hello there. My name is Adrian Heinel. Let me tell you a little about myself.
I'm from the USA. I grew up in a city called Eugene in Oregon state but I was born in Matsuyama's
sister city: Sacramento, in California state. I've been living in Japan for 20 years now and honestly, thesedays, I feel like Japan is more my home than the States.
I am a family man. I have thee daughters, two of which are identical twins. All three of them arepowerful and they are my treasures. My father also lives in Japan. In fact, he lives here in Matsuyama!
Maybe you've seen him around. Just look for the long haired man who looks like Santa.

In my free time I enjoy exercising, cooking, spending time outdoors, watching Netflix, playing all kinds of games, and testingout new technology. Recently I've been experimenting with Podcasting. I have made 3 podcasts. Do you know what podcasts
are? They are like radio shows that you download from the internet. If you are interested in podcasts there are a lot of good onesout there you can listen to in English. Give it a try!
Goodbye for now. I hope to see you around campus!

Information ●Now on - Letʼs Enjoy English!

●Participants Invited - SEA Program“Let’s Enjoy English!” is a theme based free English
conversation class. You will have a chance to talk with native
speakers in a social atmosphere. Students can take a
45-minute conversation lesson in a small group (maximum 6participants). Many students have already signed up for thisexciting and interesting class, so check out the new line-up.
If you want to join this program, please sign up at the EEC
office (English Education Center office) in advance.

We are presently looking for students who would like tojoin SEA Program (Study English Abroad Program) during
summer recess. The program provides students with a wide
range of learning experiences in English speaking countries.
≪Program Schedule≫
Country(Mon) 13:00‐13:45

Lexi(Tue)

9:00‐9:45

Danielle

June 23 (Fri)U.S.A.

University ofWashington,
Sea leAug. 25 ‐ Sep. 19

Early June

U.S.A.

University ofCalifornia,
Los Angeles

Aug. 27 ‐ Sep. 17 June 28 (Wed)CanadaUniversity ofBri sh Columbia

Aug. 27 ‐ Sep. 17

July 28 (Fri)

IrelandDublin City
University

Aug. 19 ‐ Sep. 17

July 21 (Fri)U. S. A.

University of
Hawai’i, Manoa

July 30 ‐ Aug. 19

June 30 (Fri)“Learning Communica on Strategieswith NEMO”

14:30‐15:15 Zhou

“Real Simple Conversa on”(Wed) 10:30‐11:15 Adrian“New Media”(Thu)“Conversa on Through The Use of Music”

9:00‐9:45

Chris

16:20‐17:05 Andrew “Comedy and Culture”(Fri)

9:00‐9:45

Kris n“Life Skills”

14:30‐15:15 Sco“Robo cs & Lego”

15:30‐16:15 Magee“Reading and Discussing Culture Ar clesfrom the Japan Times in English”

Appl. Deadline

Bangor University Aug. 28 ‐ Sep. 20“Freedom Fighters:
Influen al People Around the World!”

PeriodU.K.

“First come, first served!”
ScheduleLoca on◆ Latest Informa on: h p://web.eec.ehime‐u.ac.jp/SEA/index.html

Amazing Rice Cooker Cake Letʼs Make an Orange Cake with a Rice Cooker- by Andrew Tidmarsh

Do you have a rice cooker? Do you have an orange? Why don't you make a delicious
orange cake? That's right! If you have a rice cooker, you have the technology to makethis tasty snack, and you will make new friends who will instantly eat it! Let's go!
●Here are the instructions (RECIPE):
1. Using kitchen paper, drain the yogurt for 5 minutes.
2. While you are waiting, peel the orange and grate the peel. Slice the orange.
3. Put the eggs, sugar, yoghurt and grated peel in a bowl and mix with a whisk.
4. Now add the pancake mix, lemon juice and melted butter. Mix again.
5. Use a little butter to grease the rice cooker pan. Coat the butter with a little sugar.
6. Now cover the pan with the orange slices, then put in the cake mix.
7. Cook using the standard rice cooking setting.

You will need (MATERIALS):
・1 large orange≪HINTS≫
A. When cooking finishes, put a knife into the middle of the cake. The knife is clean
when you take it out, the cake's ready. If not clean, cook a little longer.
B. You can give the cake a stronger flavour by using the juice of 2 lemons.
C. You might need to alter the cooking time depending on the size of rice cooker you
are using.

・100g yoghurt
・2 eggs
・60g sugar
・150g pancake mix・lemon juice (1 lemon)
・50g melted butterLetʼs Read Books in English -Reading English books improves your English. About 3,000 books are in the Student Self-Learning Room on thesecond floor of the Aidai Muse building. You can check out books anytime with your EEC Library ID card
(open: 9:00-17:00, Mon-Fri).

Aidai Hanako■How to borrow the books
1st - Find books that you want to read (Maximum: Three books at a time)
2nd - Come to the English Education Center Officewith your EEC library ID card and the books
3rd - Letʼs enjoy reading books (The lending period is up to two weeks)
4th - Return the books by putting them into
the return basket in the EEC office

Good Luck, Luke -After three years of teaching English here at Aidai, it is time to say “goodbye” as I return home to theUK. I have seen a lot of changes to the EEC during my short time here and wish the center the best incontinuing toward success. The experiences I have gained here have been so vital to my professional
development. To my colleagues, I say thank you for putting up with me and extend my gratitude for yourfriendship and support. To the huge amount of students I have stood in front of over the years, I would liketo respectfully say: It is a competitive world out there and complacency – as well as silence – is your truest
enemy. Since teaching in Japan, the words of André Gide have seemed to always ring true: “Man cannot
discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” I believe you are all capable ofdoing yourselves proud. I leave you with the words of Aesop and bid you all a fond farewell…

Luke Draper“Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get
swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.”

ENGLISH EDUCATION CENTER @EHIME UNIVERSITY
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