English Education Center NEWSLETTER
English Education CenterNEWSLETTER

JUNE, 2009

■ ENGLISH PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSE STARTS■ NEW STUDENT SELF-LEARNING ROOM TO OPEN

■ TALK! TALK! TALK! TO START■ INFORMATION ABOUT S1 CLASSES■ NINTENDO DSi FOR NEW STUDY TOOL

■ WHAT IS “KOGYO-EIKEN”?

■ SELF-LEARNING SYSTEM ROOM OPEN

■ INTRODUCTION OF NEW TEACHERS

English Professional Training Course Starts
The new advanced English course aims toNintendo DS i For New Study TooldevelopFor students who want to study English more enjoyably,students’ English ability and skills sophisticatedly andwe have installed Nintendo DSi and software. You can use

practically to be capable in regional and international

the DSi after you leave your student ID card at the EEC.

societies. This course offers four required classes, with an

You can choose English learning software as below:

additional eight or more elective classes, in order to raise
students’ practical English levels. The target of the course“DS training for TOEIC/EIKEN”“DS WORD MAGIC” and more..

is 2nd year students or above, and the total number ofstudents in the course is limited to thirty. The students

SelfSelf-Learning System Room Open

who successfully finish this course will receive a

Self-Learning System Room has moved to middle wing ofcertificate.

Aidai Muse, 2nd floor. Now, it’s open for students whoThis year, we had sixty-five applicants for the course! It iswant to study language by themselves. 50 brand new PCs

great that so many are interested in studying English!

are installed, so you are able to study English using
software like NetAcademy2 and 3 Round System.

Open: 9:00-20:00 Mon-Fri (Apr-Oct)
9:00-19:00 Mon-Fri (Nov-Mar)(except university holiday)

Talk! Talk! Talk! To Start
You will have a chance to talk with native speakers in asociableatmosphere.

Students

cantake30-minuteconversation lessons in a small group(max 5 participants).
If you want to join this program, please sign up at theEEC office in advance.

Come and check it out in your spare time!
＊We had Guidance of the System
On 21st and 22nd of April, the guidance of Self-Learning
System was held. About 100 participants learned how toEvery term, “ Talk! Talk! Talk! “ isuse the on-line software “NetAcademy2” and tips to learnvery popular, so, sign up quickly!

English.

Class Start : From June 8th
Application : Sign-up at the EEC office beforehand

Even if you didn’t come up tothe guidance, don’t worry,
just come to the EEC office!!

schedule Monday

Charmain Winter 16:30-17:00

Tuesday

Timothy Curtis

14:40-15:10

Wednesday

Soren Kerr

10:30-11:00

Thursday

Adrian Heinel

16:30-17:00

Friday

Willem de Goei

10:30-11:00

NEW Student SelfSelf-Learning Room To OpenA new room to study English in a quiet atmosphere will beopen in June. You can read various types of English books
for TOEIC/TOEFL/EIKEN and also graded readers.
Several PCs will be installed for your learning. The room
will be located next to the Self-Learning System room.

Take the chance to get a measure of your English!

Information About S1 Classes

10676 Fuki Nakai

S1 intensive classes will be provided during the summer
holidaysforstudents

whowanttoenhancetheircommunication skills in this five-day course.

Schedule : Aug.6-11 8:30-14:20
Registration: From Jul. 13 until Jul. 30 at
EEC

Theme: Learning the secret ofnative-English speech sounds

10677 Yoshie Ochi
Theme: Introductory Steps to Interpretation

What is “Kogyo“Kogyo--EikenEiken”” ?

“Kogyo-Eiken”
is a test of technical writing in English. Technical writing, a form of technical communication, is a style of“Kformal writing and is used in fields as diverse as computer hardware and software, chemistry, the aerospace industry,robotics, finance, consumer electronics, and biotechnology.

Why don’t you give it a try?

Please come to the EEC office if you are interested in this test!

Introduction of New Teachers
Hi, my name is Charmain Winter, I’m
29 years old and from the UK. I have
only been in Japan for 6 weeks but
have already fallen in love with it! I am
extremely interested in learning about
the culture and the language, and hopethat I can help anyone who’s interested
to learn about my culture and language
also.
Actually, travel is one of my hobbies because I find otherplaces, languages and cultures so fascinating. I also enjoy
doing and teaching yoga, meditation (another reason I
was so keen to come to Japan), painting, reading, writing(especially poetry), music, singing, movies, playing theguitar and flute (very badly!) and meeting new people. So,
that’s a little bit about me, I’m looking forward to meeting
you all and finding out about you also!

Hi, I’m Akira Nakayama.
Nice to meet you, everyone. I was bornand raised in Ibaraki prefecture. I am anative speaker of Ibaraki-ben (wow). It’s
really nice ‘Hogen’ I think. Since 1996, I
have been teaching English.
First, I became a high school English teacher in Hyogo.
Then I entered ICU as a Ph.D. student. After obtaining adegree, I have been working as an associate professor in aJapanese university. My former work place was Ashikaga
Institute of Technology in Tochigi. Now I live in Matsuyama
city where we can enjoy delicious seafood and ‘Onsen.’
Living in different places in Japan let me know how Japanis “different” even though some people say that Japan is“same” or “uniform”. No! Anyway, let’s enjoy studying
English with us. Thank you.

Hi! My name is Hiroyuki Matsumoto.
I’m from Sapporo City, Hokkaido
Prefecture. I’m 49 years old, and I have
my wife, two daughters, a dog, and acat. I’m sorry that they are all separate
from me because they are still living inSapporo.
My hobbies are jazz music, books, and camping & driving.
I used to drive my car for camping with my family, but now I
don’t have my car and my family is apart!
So, instead, I must do my best to teach and study here at
Ehime University. I’m very happy to be here with good
students, colleagues, and staff members.
Thank you for your kindness.

Hi! My real name is Timothy Bradford
Curtis, but everyone calls me Toby. I
am from a small town called Ho-Ho-Kus,
in New Jersey. It’s about 30 minutes
from New York City by car. I lived inMinara in Toon City for my first year inJapan, working at Ehime University
Medical School.
I went back to America after that, but I missed Japan toomuch, so I came back! After working in Yokohama for twoyears, I returned to Ehime. Now I live in Dogo Himezuka,with my dog, Punch.
My hobbies are playing Mah Jong, listening to music,
studying kanji, playing the clarinet and piano, and most ofall, going to karaoke. Please invite me to karaoke anytime– I will say yes! Nice to meet you…let’s enjoy learning
English this year!

When you meet them,say “Hi!” in English!

EHIME UNIVERSITYENGLISH EDUCATION CENTER

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