English Education Center NEWSLETTER
English Education CenterNEWSLETTERNOVEMBER, 2009

■ CHECK OUT THE STUDENT SELF-LEARNING ROOM!

■ REPORT FROM ENGLISH S3 COURSES■ NEW BOOKS ARE HERE!

■ KOGYO-EIKEN AT EHIME UNIV.

■ STUDENT CHAT ROOM OPEN

■ TALK! TALK! TALK! TO START UP!

■ STUDENT VOICE BOX■ REMEDIAL ENGLISH CLASS BEGIN

Check Out the Student SelfSelf-Learning Room!

Student Chat Room OpenFor students who want to study in a quiet atmosphere,

A new room for talking and chatting in English has

the Student Self-Learning Room has opened at the middle

opened at the middle wing of Aidai-Muse, 2nd floor, inwing of Aidai-Muse, 2nd floor. You can read and borrow

front of the Student Self-Learning Room. This room isover 2,000 English books, and paperbacks. Over 200

opened to students who want to talk in English andEnglish study guide books are available for self-study andimprove their English speaking skills. This room is also

there are several kinds of examinations. You can also readused for English conversation classes such as “Talk! Talk!

English newspapers, “International Herald Tribune” andTalk!” and the English recitation group, “English Gang”.

“The Daily Yomiuri” in this room. Also, new English study

When there are no activities in this room, English news

software has been installed into brand new PCs.

programs like CNN, ABC, BBC are on the TV, so you can

You can watch English movies from over 100 selections

pop in and see what’s happening in the world in English.

with a new TV using a head-set.

It is a good way to improve your listening skills, too.

There are many ways to improve and brush-up yourEnglish skills, so why don’t you come and check it out? If
you would like to know how to use or how to study in thisroom, ask the EEC staff!
Hmm…everyone is studyingvery hard.

Sometimes used forEnglish classes

World news is on
a big screen

Information“English Gang” is waiting for you!
We are reading English conversation skits in a group.
Activity schedule: 12:30-13:00 on every Friday
at the Student Chat Room
All students and staff members of the Univ. can join.

Open: 9:00-17:00 (Mon-Fri)
New Books Are Here!

Student Voice Box

200 new English reading books have arrived in theStudent Voice Box has been set up on the board ofStudent Self-Learning Room. All books have been

Student Self-Learning Room. If you have any questions

categorized by the reading level. The level indicates how

when you study English, or you want to request books or

many headwords (number of vocabulary) can be read inDVDs, write down your ideas and put them in the box!

each book. This chart will be a measure when you selectComments and questions will be answered by the EEC orbooks. Let’s enjoy reading English books!

English teachers, and requests will be effective when weorder books and DVDs.

Book level by color
EASY

MEDIUM

HARD

purpleredyellowgreen
bluepinkwhite

200 headwords
300-400 headwords
600-800 headwords
1000-1400 headwords
1400-1800 headwords
1800-2300 headwords
2500-3800 headwords

I’m trying green
level,
how about you?

We welcome any questions or comments from you!
Voice fromStudents
We welcome

Voice from Students

I want to watch“ET “ and“Star Wars”…

Talk! Talk! Talk! To Start Up! ☺

Report from English S3 Courses
We have 6 types of English S3 courses in the second

You will have a chance to talk with native speakers in asemester. S3 courses are for students who want to studysociablemore practical English. Two courses are limited forconversation lessons in a small group (max 6 participants).

students of the English professional course, which has

If you want to join this program, please sign up at thestarted from this year. The rest of the courses are open toEEC office in advance.

general students. Let’s see one of S3 courses!

“ Talk! Talk! Talk!” is very popular,Teacher : Akira Nakayama
Theme : Developing Reading and Writing Strategies

atmosphere. Students

can take 30-minuteso, sign up quickly!

Class Start : From November 25th
Application : Sign-up at the EEC office beforehand■ Class contents

schedule

The aim of this course is that students understand thebasic idea of essay writing and the underlying structures

 Monday

Timothy Curtis

13:50-14:20

in different passages. In each class period, students study Tuesday

Adam Serag

16:20-16:50

the structures of essay writing and are asked to write Wednesday

Soren Kerr

10:30-11:00

Charmain Winter14:00-14:30

 Thursday

Timothy Curtis

13:50-14:20

 FridayWillem de Goei

10:30-11:00

Charmain Winter14:00-14:30

some paragraphs based upon the topics they chose such as“My pet”, “My Favorite Food”.

■ Comment from a student taking this course
I am really excited at this class!! I can hardly finish theassignment! This class gives students lots of assignment everyweek. Moreover, at the end of semester, we have to submit
assignment of 3,000 words to teacher. It’s hard for me but it’spretty good for me!

Remedial English Class“Yarinaoshi Eigo Jyuku”
Jyuku” BeginFor students who want to restart to learn English andGo for it!!

Kogyo Eiken at Ehime Univ.
Univ.

Kogyo Eiken is an examination to grade engineering
English skills backed by the government. “Kogyo-Eigo”
requires technical writing and technical communication.
Nowadays, technical English is MUST for communicationin the field of information technology or international
trade. There are 5 grades in this test and each grade is aseparate test with tasks designed for their ability levels
like Eiken.
■3rd grade: Univ. students level (Science/Engineer)(style: multiple-choice test)■2nd grade : practical level(style: written test)

also have questions about studying English, we will startan extracurricular English class, "Yarinaoshi Eigo Jyuku”
from Nov 5th. In this class, a Japanese teacher will help
and teach in an atmosphere like a “Jyuku”, so students
can ask anything about English learning, you don’t needto talk in English in the class. This is a basic English
class that will be particularly helpful for students who
have difficulty learning English or keeping up with theirusual English classes.

Class Start : 17:00-18:00 (Every Thursday)
From November 5thIf you are interested in, come to the EEC office!
Autumn has come…
It’s a good season tolearn English, isn’t it??

This year, 10 students will try to take this test inNovember at Ehime Univ. Now, they are preparing forthe test, and are studying with a teacher. If you areinterested in this test, come to the EEC office.

Test schedule in 2010 : May and November(If 10 students gathered, the test would be held at Ehime Univ.)

EHIME UNIVERSITYENGLISH EDUCATION CENTER

2nd floor, Aidai Muse,
TEL: 089-927-8340

The EEC is planning more new English learning
programs ! Please look forward to them!!

3 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama
E-mail: eec_jimu@eec.ehime-u.ac.jp HP: http://web.eec.ehime-u.ac.jp/