EEC NEWSLETTER

June 2021
Volume 44

ENGLISH EDUCATION CENTER, EHIME UNIVERSITY

Contents■ Hello Aidai Students!

Hello Aidai Students! - A Message from a New Teacher■ Join The Book Club!
■ My Favorite Local
Destination■ Pro-Course Report

Desi TOM
Hello! My name is Desi Tom.
I am from the United States.
I was born and grew-up
near Los Angeles andmoved to San Francisco after high school toattend university. I have lived in Japan foralmost 20 years total. Before moving to Matsuyama, I lived in Nagoya, Miyazaki andNagasaki.
I have many hobbies. I like to play golf, jog,
go to the gym, cook and listen to podcasts.
However, my biggest passion is coffee. I am
proud to say that I am a coffee-otaku. I often read coffee blogs on the internet,

Newsflash: “Let’s Enjoy
English!” to Start in June!
“Let’s Enjoy English!”, anextracurricular conversation class, is going to startfrom the late June.
The classes are held online(using Microsoft Teams) thisyear, and you must apply
during the specific application period, between
June 7th to 11th, throughan application form on adedicated webpage. (TheURL of the form will be in
the Shugaku Shien System.)Classes are held on weekly
basis, so you have tochoose one which you
can join every week. Itmeans the members ofeach class are fixed
throughout the term.
More details are to be announced through Shugaku
Shien System in the earlyJune.

watch YouTube videos on coffee making
and travel all over the world to drink coffee
from famous cafes. My dream is to buy amini-café truck and travel all over Japan tosee its beautiful sights, meet interesting people and to introduce
tasty coffee to those whoare unfamiliar to very
good coffee.
I am glad to be in Matsuyama and want to explore it more. I look forward to visiting thecastle, Dogo onsen and of course, the nicecafes. I am happy to meet students, so if
you see me around campus, please don’t
be afraid to say “hello”.

Join The Book Club!
Are you interested in speaking English ?
This means you will use “daily use” English
such as greetings, common expressions andSNS slang. The Book club is for you! Especially for those who would like to learn andpractice English. Also, it will motivate you.
The concept of “ゆる～く学ぶ” is very important. That is why our rules are: “You canjoin or skip activities depends on yourneeds.” & ” Just 1 hour a week with us .”- Schedule & Time Every Friday, 10:00~11:00 am
10:00~10:10 Reading / TED / Free talk
10:10~10:55 Topic for the day ※10:55~11:00 TED※In this semester, we’re going to focus on
speaking and reading skills. For example,
we will go over pronunciation, how to understand movie/news, speed reading etc.

- Members Nanami, Law and Letters: I love Pokémon,Ms. Adverb. I'm studying English just for thepassion.
Fumi, Science: I love Minions, movies, andmusic. I’d like to use English in business.
Sayako, Law and Letters: I love capybaras
and café-hopping. I’d like to enjoy talking
with people of various cultures.
Soichiro, Law and Letters: The chance tostudy English is when I have taken the exam
to get into here. The faster I can read English, the more I like English.
…and so on!
The account name is hidden for personal informa on protec on. If you would like to e-mail toFumi, ask the EEC oﬃce (eec@stu.ehime-u.ac.jp)
for her contact address.

The Book Club is for those who would like tohave opportunities to use English, and havelearning mates! Until now (global pandemic), you must feel interested in English. You
can get the experience that you can speak
English, talk with us, and learn using naturalexpressions. Don’t you want to study English? Why don’t you?
Join us! If you are interested
in joining or have any questions or concerns, please
send an email to Fumi! ↓↓Fumi Saiki :@mails.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp- by Nanami Yano (Faculty of Law & Letters)

June 2021 Volume 44

Upcoming Events

My Favorite Local Destination

GTEC Academic (Online)
for 1st year students

To the many students who have joined Aidai,
but who are not from Ehime, I would like tointroduce to you my favorite place, MountIshizuchi. With travel restrictions, now is theperfect time to explore locally. It is also great
all year round! Summer, winter, autumn andspring, all offer a different side of nature toenjoy.

Jul 26 - 30

Open Campus
Aug 7 - 8

School Holiday
Aug 7 - Sep 30English Education CenterEhime University
2nd floor, Aidai Muse,
3 Bunkyo-cho,When I write this in spring, it is a greatchance to approach Mount Ishizuchi fromthe Omogo Valley. There are many beautiful
waterfalls and rock pools at the base, and as
you elevate, there is a very special treat foryour hard work. There are beautiful flowers
here, that I have been told are called akebono tsutsuji, or in English a type of azalea.
My pictures cannot do justice to the beautyof these flowers, please climb and see foryourself! I think it rivals cherry blossoms in its
beauty.
Summer is very hot, and climbing the mountain from the bottom can be exhausting, so I
recommend cheating with the ropeway.
You can take a swift ride up, and then you
only have a threehour hike to thesummit! Amazing!
The
views
are
breathtaking, andbecause of thewarm
weather,

there is no ice in the more dangerous spots,
like the climbing chains, or the nerve racking
crossing of the stone ridge, to the highest
point, Mount Tengu.
Autumn is yourlast chance to
see the summit,
before the heavy
snow falls make itimpossible for theaverage hiker like
Autumn Ishizuchi
me. The stark difference of the top between Summer andAutumn in unbelievable. To look down fromthe summit, and see patches of vibrant red
dotting the forests of Shikoku, while the skeletal frost covered branches reach up towards
the peak in the early hours, is worth it.
The last and probably most underutilized
time to visit Mount Ishizchi is winter! There arewebsites that will advise when the road isclear of ice, and the ropeway itself drops
you off above the snow line! You can hireany kind of winter sports equipment you like,but I strongly recommend just making snowmen, having snowball fights, and enjoying
the thick blanket of snow. All year round,please visit, but challenge me to a snowballfight if you see me there in winter!
- by Andrew Strange (Assistant Professor)

Matsuyama, Ehime
790-8577

English Professional Course Report
Phone & FAX(089)927-8340

E-maileec@stu.ehime-u.ac.jp

Webpage
http://web.eec.ehime-u.
ac.jp/[Eng. Page] http://web.
eec.ehime-u.ac.jp/english/

Do you know the English Professional Course? It is a specialized curriculum for students
who wish to acquire skillful and practical English ability. Here is a report from a graduate student who completed the course last year.
Hey guys! I am Keisuke Mizoka. I graduatedthe English Professional Course last year. Currently, I am a graduate student in the Faculty of Engineering, studying fluid dynamics(water, air flow, and machine learning). Letme give you my impression.
The students in this program are comprisedof 2nd year students and above from all departments except the medical school. They
like English or are interested in different cultures. We do group work in class, there weretimes it was not easy to exchange our opinions or agree on everything as a group.
However, it was fun. There were times when
the assignments were difficult, but becauseof my Pro-course classmates, they helpedme get through it.
Not only did my English skills improve, also I
learned other skills such as presentation,
speech, writing academic paper, discussion
and so on. I could not learn them in my departmental courses, so it was exciting for me.
If you are interested in learning new things,
you can find these classes with unexpectedresults. In my opinion, you will beabletoapply
them in your studies.

- by Keisuke Mizoka(Graduate School of Science & Engineering)