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English Professional Course●The Touch World Cup●Goodbye Ehime University2012

English Professional
Course 2012
The course is open to students from all faculties in their second year. Thirty
students are accepted into the course each year. Applicants should score
160 or above on the TOEIC Bridge in their 1st year, or receive a similarscore on an equivalent test. Registration takes place in February after yourfirst year, and notification will occur in late March. Students wishing to apply for the Professional Course should get an application from the English
Education Center, fill it out completely, and submit it during the application period stated below.

Application period : 6th Feb 2012 - 17th Feb 2012
Visit the English Education Center office for application
Credits

Course Name

Required
Courses

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courElectiveCourses

Oral Communication

2

Speaking & Reading Strategies

2

Effective Presentations

2

Writing Workshop

2

Course Name

Credits

TOEIC Intensive

2

Business English

2

Discussion Skills

2

Writing Strategies

2

Introductory Interpretation

Professional Course students
must complete four required
courses and four electivecourses. Upon successful
completion of the course,students will receive a Certificate of Completion.

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“International English Experience” - New Elective course“International English Experience” provides you with exciting and positive experiences ofstudying and living in Hawaii. This course is elective for Professional Course students whoare interested in studying abroad.

Hawaii Post Essay - Yusuke Suganuma (a professional Course student)
I experienced many things in Hawaii. I will introduce three impressive
experiences in Hawaii. One is home stay. I was concerned about it;
however, my homestay family were all very kind and friendly. So, I
didn’t need anxiety. I often helped with their work, and then I talkedwith them. I and my host father climbed a mountain on the first day ofmy home stay. I was very tired, but it was very exciting. I will neverforget that experience. Second one is about my class and class event.
We studied not only English but also Hawaiian culture. A Hawaiian
style picnic was held in a park. I was glad to communicate with otherclasses’ students. The last special program was a dinner cruise. We ate
various foods, and saw a Polynesian dance. I think these three things
are impressive experiences in Hawaii. Therefore, I want to go to Hawaii again, and I can recommend this new elective course for English
Professional Course students. They should go to Hawaii, because I
think their motivation of English will beraised up.

February 2012
19EMULVO●

Let’s try some tongue twisters!

●EEC INFORMATION

Glen Campbell
The Touch World Cup
Last June from 22nd -26th, 2011, I was lucky
enough to participate in the Touch World
Cup, held in Edinburgh, Scotland. Touch is agame that is a mixture of Rugby Union andRugby League, but with fewer players and notackling. It is the most popular summer sport
in Australia and New Zealand and is becoming more well known
overseas.
The Touch World Cup is held every four years (one was held inKumagaya, Japan in 2003) and this year over 28 countries werecompeting. I had been asked to play for the Japanese over 30's
Men’s team ( I played competitive rugby and Touch in New Zealand)
and as I have lived in Japan for 3 years, was eligible under Touch
Federation Rules to play, even though I am not a Japanese National.
I was the only member from Shikoku and only 2 of us were fromoutside Tokyo. The other players were made up of Tokyo clubteams.
I travelled to Tokyo every second week during March and April andevery week in May and June before the tournament. It cost me a lotof time and money, but was worth it.
The World Cup Tournament in Edinburgh
was amazing. Lots of spectators, players,
referees and strange Scottish weather madeevery day exciting. Our team played Fiji,
Luxembourg, Germany, Australia, England, South Africa, Scotland,
Wales and France. We won 5 games, lost 4 and drew 1. We came inat sixth place. I was disappointed as I thought we could do better,but had a wonderful time.
I was very honored to have played for Japan and wear the Japanese
Touch uniform.
I hope to start a Touch team here at Ehime University. Maybe you
can join? The next Touch World Cup is in Australia in 2016. Let's gofor it!

I’m here!!

Goodbye Ehime
UniversityTimothy (Toby) Curtis

Let’s trysome tongue twisters!
LEVEL 1
Knapsack strap
LEVEL2A big black bug bit a big black bear.
LEVEL3To all of my first-year, make-up, elective and intensive class students,Talk! Talk! Talk! takers, Japanese survival course and kanji class members, badminton teammates, co-workers, colleagues and all otherfriends at Ehime University: thank you for a wonderful few years atEhime University. Alas, my time here has come to an end. I had hoped
to be able to continue living and working in Matsuyama for a long time,
but sometimes your career makes you do things a little differently thanyou had planned.
But (here I am, breaking the very rule I have taught to my writing classstudents, to not start a sentence with a conjunction) I am terribly excitedabout where I am headed next: Hiroshima! I will be moving to Hiroshima City in March 2012, and in April, beginning a new English-teaching
job at Hiroshima Shudo University. It’s only a 4-year stint, though, so I
may wind up back in Ehime before you can say Bob’s your uncle.

How much wood would a woodchuckchuck, if a woodchuck could chuckwood?

INFORMATION

FromEEC

BOOK CLUBFor students who want to enjoy reading books and talk about
them with other people. More information at the EEC office.

First: thanks for the memories everyone… field trips to Dogo, pizza on
the last day of class, Halloween parties, making class magazines and web
pages, Nou-bado, classes held outdoors, Little Miss Sunshine, inter-office
antics… all part of a very “special” experience.

Second: good luck in the future! For English language students, please
persevere, and get out there and use English in the real world. Goabroad! University is one of the best times to travel, and studying inanother country can broaden your horizons and do wonders for yourEnglish. This past summer, I went to Greece (my first trip to Europe) for
two weeks and had a delightful time visiting ancient sites like the Parthenon, experiencing Greek culture, food, and music, practicing listening toand speaking the little Greek I studied in college, and of course, islandhopping and relaxing on the beach. You can have your own unique andexciting language-building experience in the exotic location of yourchoice. And don’t forget – English is YOUR language. Just because youwere born in Japan doesn’t mean that English is a language of“foreigners”. Make English a part of you.

Finally: keep in touch! You can find me on Facebook (“Toby Curtis”),
Twitter (“tobytimothy”), Mixi (“Toby”), and a myriad of other timewasting yet addictive social networking sites.
Catch you on the flip side!

Activity schedule: 12:50-14:20 every Monday
at the student Chat Room (2nd floor, Aidai Muse)

English Gang
Reading “Little Charo” now!
All students and staff members of the Ehime University arewelcome!
Activity schedule: 12:30-13:00 every Friday
at the student Chat Room (2nd floor, Aidai Muse)EHIME UNIVERSITYENGLISH EDUCATION CENTER
2nd floor, Aidai Muse,
3 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama

TEL: 089-927-8340
E-mail: eec@stu.ehime-u.ac.jp
Office Hour: 8:30-17:15
HP: http://web.eec.ehime-u.ac.jp/