VOLUME 23

NEWSLETTER

English Education CenterTopics★English S1 classes★New ENGLISH GANG★BOOK CLUBJuly 2013

★Tongue Twister!
★Introduction of New Teachers

English S1 classes
Two S1 intensive classes will be provided during the summer holidays for students who want to enhance their communication skills inthis five-day course.

10924
Teacher : Yoshie Ochi
Theme : Introductory Interpretation
Student Year : 2nd year and above
Class Schedule
August 7-12
8:30-14:10

10925
Teacher : Piotr Rosne
Theme : Travel English
Student year : 1st year and above

Please come to the EEC office andregister beforehand!

Registration period : July 8-26

NEW ENGLISH GANG♪

Tongue Twister!

English Gang is a study group composed by staff and students
who want to learn English. Now we read ” NHK Radio English
Conversation Program ” from 12:30 to 13:00 on Thursdays in theStudent Chat Room.
In this group, you can enjoy studying English and also meet a lotof nice people who have the same interests and aims as you do.

It's very difficult to say tongue twisters in English so don't worry if
you can't do it very well at first, just have fun!

Peter PiperPeter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

BOOK CLUB☺
BOOK CLUB is a study group for students who want to improvetheir reading skills : discuss books, short stories and articles inEnglish. Activities are from 10:30-11:30 on Fridays in the student
Chat Room.

sea shells
She sells sea shells on the sea shore;
The shells that she sells are sea shells I'm sure.
So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore,
I'm sure that the shells are sea shore shells.

Listening to tongue twisters is one way to improveyour English pronunciation. Why don’t you search for
tongue twisters on the internet:-)Introduction of New Teachers
Welcome to EHIME University!

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MahendHi, my name is Mahender and I’m from Hyderabad – an oldcity in south India.
I grew up eating curry almost every day, but definitely notthree times a day as we usually don’t eat curry for breakfastin India. You may wonder, curry with naan or rice? While innorth India, curry is eaten with naan, but in the south wehave it with rice.
There are many languages spoken in India. The official language of my state is called Telugu and the letters look like this– కచటతప గజడదబSouth India is hot. It gets over 46°C in summer. It’s usually
sunny every day in India except for the rainy days. During therainy season, we used to receive a lot of rain. However, lackof rainfall in the recent years made many people from villages
move to big cities. So, Indian cities are heavily populated.
From agriculture being the main source of economy, there
are various new industries which are now the back bone ofIndian economy –Information Technology (IT) is one of them.
Learning languages is the way of my life. I speak five and I’mhungry to learn more languages. At school, I played Kabaddi
and basketball. If you are interested to learn Kabaddi, I canteach you how to play.

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Megan ellis

Hi everyone, my name is Meg. Originally I come from Brisbane,
Queensland in Australia. It’s a lovely part of the world with great
weather, and beautiful beaches and National Parks nearby. Lastyear I lived in Gifu, and really enjoyed exploring the prefectureon the weekends. My favorite places there were Takayama andGujo Hachiman. I came to Matsuyama in March this year.
In my free time I especially love walking, so this is a great placeto live. The city is so pretty, and I’m looking forward to seeing
more of Ehime and Shikoku. My other interests include watchingmovies (especially action movies!) and reading history, scienceand psychology. Japan has a really interesting history and I lovelearning about it. Dancing is fun too, and a great way to relievestress!
I love teaching English because of the wonderful people I meet.
Talking to my students is always interesting for me, so please sayhello when you see me – don’t be shy!

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MuHi, I’m Mutsuko Nagasaki. The kanji of myfirst name is 睦子 and it can be translated as a “friendly child(person)” in English. I think I’m very friendly, as my name says.
I came to Matsuyama just a few months ago from Kasukabe,in Saitama. It is known as the city where the famous Crayon
Shinchan is living. But I’m originally from Wakayama and grewup there. So I can speak “Kansai-ben (dialect),” besides standard Japanese and English. (Now, I’m interested in learning
Korean.)I think that Matsuyama and Wakayama have a lot of thingsin common, such as delicious oranges, fresh seafood, and spas(Onsen), which makes me feel very comfortable living here. Inaddition, I’m a big fan of the novel, “Saka no Ue no Kumo” byShiba Ryotaro. I already visited the Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum and the birthplace of the Akiyama brothers in the pastfew months. Anyway, I’m very happy to be living in Matsuyama. But above all, I’m so excited to be working at Ehime
University and learning English with all of you.
Finally, I lived and studied in Toronto for a year and in Philadelphia for two years. If you are interested in studying inNorth America or if you have any questions about studying
English, please feel free to come to my office and talk to me.
You know, I’m very friendly!

ENGLISH EDUCATION CENTER @EHIME UNIVERSITY
2nd floor, Aidai Muse, 3 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama TEL: 089-927-8340 E-mail: eec@stu.ehime-u.ac.jp
HP: http://web.eec.ehime-u.ac.jp/