English Education Center NEWSLETTER
English Education CenterNEWSLETTERNOVEMBER, 2015

■ REPORTS FROM SEA PROGRAM (Study English Abroad)■ NEW BOOKS AND DVDS ARE HERE!

■ TALK! TALK! TALK!

■ MORE INFORMATION■ REMEDIAL ENGLISH CLASS –YARINAOSHI EIGO JYUKU-Reports from Aidai SEA Program
SEAProgram (Study English Abroad Program)provides students with a wide range of learning■ Kasumi Takeda

experiences in English speaking countries. Here are two(Faculty of Agriculture, Biological Resources)

reports from Bangor, UK.

During BANK HOLIDAY Monday, I climbed amountain with my host family. The mountain is located■ Shunsuke Hamamura(Faculty of Education, International Understanding)
My Stay in “CYMRU”
At present, I'm staying in Wales, “ Cymru ” in theWelsh language.

next to the one which is the highest in the UK. Japanesemountains ordinarily have a lot of trees. On thesemountains though, there were no trees but grass instead
and we could see many sheep around us. It was a pretty
day but chilly and windy so it was very good for walking.

Here I've learned many things and met many people.
Now I'm in a home-stay with Mr & Mrs Mills family.
They are really kind and always smiling. Every weekend,
I visit many places and experience many things. The mostimpressive thing is the scenery in Wales, especially thelandscape and a seascape where I strolled around with myOn the way to the top, I saw pieces of slate on either side.

host mother. I've touched a beautiful scene and talked

Some of these are used for building houses here and there.

about many things with her.

After an hour and a half from when we started to walk,Through many fieldtrips, I've also learned many things.

we had lunch. Then we reached the steep section of path.

which I visited onSome of the rocks and grass were wet because of theSeptember 2, and actually, the No.1 place I wanted toshadow of the mountain and I almost slipped. The view

visit, it was really amazing. Here is the set of a famousfrom the top was so beautiful. I could see Caernarfon,movie animation in Japan. It reminded me of a beautiful

which is the town I stayed in. Then we started to go down.

scene in the film.

This way, we had only a gentle slope. Before we went backEspecially, “ Caernarfon castle ”

Also, I am having lots of new challenges here.

home, my host father took us to an ice cream shop. I felt it“Cycling” is one of the things I started. I got a lot of

was so delicious. I was surprised that I had taken 22,611

advice from my host father. Surprisingly, although only

steps in the day. I was tired but it was a very fulfilling

three days have passed since I started cycling, I could joinday.

the cycling festival in Wales, for the first time in my life I
have joined something like this. The mileage was 33
miles; it was really long journey for me. But eventually, I
cycled the whole 33 miles with my host father. This is anexperience I shall remember all my life.

I'm deeply grateful to many people, especially my hostfamily and the school's staff who have supported us any
number of times. The rest of the time the stay in Wales isshort. I feel already that Wales is mysecond home, I really love it here. I
would like to make wonderful memoriesof the rest of my stay.
Diolch!!

Now on -Talk! Talk! Talk!

New Books And DVDs Are Here!

Talk! Talk! Talk! is a free English conversation class.

500 new English reading books and 40 DVDs have

You will have a chance to talk with native speakers in aarrived in the Student Self-Learning Room. All bookssociable30-minute

have been categorized according to the reading level. Theconversation lessons in a small group (max 6 participants).

level indicates how many headwords (the number ofMany students have already signed up for the class tovocabulary) can be read in each book and Yomiyasusa

enjoy talking with native speakers of English. If you wantlevel. The classified table by color will be a measure when

to join this program, please sign up

you select books. Let's enjoy reading English books!

atmosphere.

Students

cantakeat the EEC office in advance.

EASY

Schedule MondayMike Delve

13:00-13:30

 Tuesday

Luke Draper

13:00-13:30

Chris Connelly

14:30-15:00

Kristin Armitage

16:30-17:00

Meg Ellis

10:30-11:00

Danielle Kurihara

13:00-13:30

Andrew Tidmarsh

16:20-16:50

 Wednesday

Watching movies will begood help to study
English as well!

Book level by color“ First come, first served!”

 Thursday

Mahender Gakkula 10:15-10:45

 Friday

Glenn Magee

MEDIUM

HARD

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It's a good season to read
English books, isn't it??

Student Self-Learning Room
Open: 9:00‐17:00 (Mon‐Fri)

11:00-11:30 ※※Changed.

More Information■ Knitting Club

Remedial English ClassDo you know “KNITTING CLUB”?

“Yarinaoshi Eigo Jyuku”
For students who want to restart to learn English andDo you want to knit a muffler for your boyfriend/girlfriend
for Christmas? Come and learn how to knit.

also have questions about studying English, we started an

When: Tuesdays from 5:00 pm

extracurricular English class, “Yarinaoshi Eigo Jyuku” on

Where: Student Chat Room1 (Muse second floor)

Oct 20th. In this class, a Japanese teacher helps andTeacher: Kristin Armitage

teaches in an atmosphere like a “Jyuku”, so students can■ Book Clubask anything about English learning. You don‘t need totalk in English in the class. This is a basic Englishclass that is particularly helpful for students who havedifficulty in learning English or keeping up with their

We enjoy reading books and talk about them with eachother. Please feel free to join us.
When: Fridays, 14:30-15:30
Where: Student Chat Room2 (Muse second floor)

regular English classes.

Class Schedule: 16:30‐17:30 (Every Tuesday)■Business English 101
If you are interested in business English, please contact
the EEC office.
When: Mondays, 17:00-17:30

Application : Sign‐up at the EEC office beforehand

EHIME UNIVERSITY

Where: Student Chat Room2 (Muse second floor)

ENGLISH EDUCATION CENTER

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/