June

2011

TOPICSNEWSLETTER

17EMULVO●Yarinaoshi Eigo Juku & Step up English●Let’s Learn English through Ghibli●Study Abroad Stories●Poster Session for Study Abroad●

TALK!TALK!TALK!

●New Intensive Course in English●

Voice From Students●Welcome To Ehime University!

This is the NEWSLETTER made by S3 class members!
MESSAGE FROM TOBY— the teacher of S3 ClassHi everybody! This semester I am teaching an elective class at Aidai called “English inEhime”. We have been talking about how Japanese students can use English in Matsuyama
now and in the future. The English Education Center at Ehime University is one place in Matsuyama where English is used a lot, so as a project, we made this newsletter for you. Enjoy!

“Yarinaoshi Eigo Juku” & “Step Up English”
Are you poor at English? Do you
want to speak English well? If you
think so, please join this class. It
started on May 11th. This course
is taught by the Japanese teacher,so you can feel comfortable toask ques$ons. You can s$ll apply
for this class. Please try!

Schedule
Every Wednesday 17:00~18:00 Since May 11th
In M32 (3rd Floor, Aidai Muse)
Applica$on: Sign-up at the EEC oﬃce

Study Abroad Stories
Should we go study abroad to learn English? First, try to think about
the purpose you want to learn English. Unless you only need English forreading in the library, or ﬁnding some material for your report, studying abroad is a great experience, and an enjoyable way to learn English:
visit somewhere, meet someone new and maybe write some stories
about yourself. You don’t need to think only about the study you aredoing, but also you can experience it as an adventure. Keep your humor, dare yourself, be enthusias$c, and you can have an interes$ng
story for your friends or your future children one day when you comeback to your country. I don’t have a story now, but this is my friend’s
story: …

A romanc story
from Paris.
It was the start of the third week of our traveling around Europe withmy family. I was gePng desperate: how I missed my soul mate backhome. I was in Paris, in the lovers’ city and I just needed to buy something cute and adorable for her. I was at the top of the Eiﬀel Towerwhen I saw it: a small Eiﬀel Tower ﬁgure with a boy and a girl siPng on
it and holding a heart. I saw us as that small couple and I just needed tobuy it. But my mother convinced me to buy somewhere else; ‘cause on
the tower is the most expensive place to buy souvenirs. I listened toher. We went down, and I searched all over the city for the same ﬁgurine, but could not ﬁnd it anywhere… We got back to our camper andwere planning to leave, when I said: No I s$ll need that small statue. SoI ran back to the Eiﬀel Tower, explained the $cket vendor the situa$on I
am in and she was so impressed that she let me through for free and I
did not have to wait the queue. Finally I bought 2 of them – one for me
and one for my girlfriend. When I gave it to her, and told her the story
she said: ¨And you did everything for me…¨ and started crying.
Now aHer 4 years, we are not together anymore, but we are friends. AsI come to visit her, I s$ll see the small Eiﬀel Tower statue0e with thelovers on it in her most precious place at home.
Now, why don’t you make a plan to study abroad one $me and tell me
your stories? Have a fun $me!

TALK!TALK!TALK!
Do you know “TALK! TALK! TALK!”? It is anac$vity that you can talk with a na$ve English
teacher in English. If you want to improve yourEnglish speaking skills or get the opportunity
to communicate in English, one ac$vity takes
30 minutes and only six people can a0end.
Please come to this ac$vity. But, you need to sign up in the English Educa$on Center before you a0end this ac$vity.

Voice from Students
Do you know “Voice from Students”? Or, do you have any messages forthe EEC? If you don’t know about that, or you have messages, post yourle0er to the box of “Voice from Students”!
With “Voice from Students”, you can ask the EEC to buy English books
and DVDs which the self-study room doesn’t have. If you have somecomments for the EEC, send a le0er! The staﬀ of the EEC will answer
your le0er. And if it is possible, the EEC will meet your request!
How to post a le0er is very easy. There are sheets that you can write
messages on and a mail box in the self-study room. Of course, you may
send it anonymously.
Let’s make the self-study room be0er together!!

Let’s Learn English through Ghibli
Do you know the Student Self-Learning Room? The room has a lot ofthings to do in order to improve your English skill. For example, you canenjoy watching many DVDs and reading comics in English. You can ﬁndHayao Miyazaki’s works such as My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Kiki’s
Delivery Service, Castle In The Sky, and Nausicaä of The Valley of The
Wind. They are famous, aren’t they?
If you watch the movies aHer readingthese comics, you can enjoy more!
Maybe you remember a li0le of thesestories, so you can enjoy the diﬀerences between Japanese and English
words.

Poster Session for Study Abroad
Do you want to study abroad? If so, Ehime University gives you manychances. There are various programs. For example, you can go to theUK, Indonesia, Canada, the Philippines, New Zealand, and Hawaii.

New Intensive Course in English
This program is available to English Professional Course students. You
can study English at the University of Hawaii from Aug. 1-19, 2011 orFeb. 6-24, 2012. Ehime University can pay 100,000 yen for each student as a subsidy. If you are interested in the program, don’t miss it!

Welcome to EHIME UNIVERSITY!!!
We interviewed our new teachers!!
Ashley Peace●From: America●Hobby: Wri$ng poetry●Free $me: Watching TV, Drinking a lot of tea, Sleeping a lot●Has been to countries: England, France, Italy, Greece●Family: Father, Mother, Younger brother●About Japan: Safe country●Favorite (1) Japanese culture: Tea Ceremony, Cloth (Ex: Kimono)(2) Japanese words: お茶,やっぱり(3) Japanese singer: monkey magic, Greeeen, EXILE●About Japanese people: Japanese people study English very hard.
She has lived in Japan for two and a half years. And she has taught English in Ehime for three months.
But, she has one problem, which is that Japanese students don’t laugh at her jokes. Therefore,Ashley

everybody should laugh at her jokes more and more. In addi$on, please come in her oﬃce any$me. She is wai$ng for you.

Mike Delve
Mike is from the UK. There are 5 people in his family, including his parents and 2 brothers.
He likes football, and would like to cycle around Shikoku. When he was in the UK, his impressions of Japan werethat it was a very tradi$onal country, people were polite, and he thought Japanese ate sushi a lot. In England,people go to the park and the beach on sunny days, but some Japanese people don’t go out and they cover theirskin, he thinks.
He likes Matsuyama because the city isn’t so big. So he can relax. He says he can’t speak Japanese well. But now
he prac$ces Japanese in EPIC.

Mike

He is friendly but shy. He is planning to stay here for 3 years. I hope he has wonderful days here.

Sarah Faherty
Sarah Faherty is from London. Do you know Wembley Stadium? She said this is a famous place in London which most Japanese don’t know about, and at the stadium, there have been big games of football. She taught in France just aHer she
graduated from her university, and then, she arrived in Japan 5 years ago. The ﬁrst place in Japan which she came to isMatsuyama!!

S ar ahHer hobby is jogging. She is going to take part in the marathon of Shodoshima. So, cheer her! She said Matsuyama is agood place and likes the sea and mountains of Ehime. She gave us, who are learning English, a piece of advice. Watch
movies and dramas in English. Through them, you can feel relaxed and keep your mo$va$on to study English. She said
“Don’t be shy. And, talk with teachers when you have free $me. And, use the great opportunity to speak English in Aidai!”Let’s talk to her, of course when she has $me!!

Kristin Armitage
Let’s get to know about Kris$n!

Kristin
INFORMATION

She is from Australia, and has been living in Japan for 18 years. Her favorite places are Emiful, Sogo Park, Mitsukoshi,Starbucks, and so on. Matsuyama is her husband’s mother’s hometown, and her husband is half Japanese and half
Australian. She has a son, age of 8, and spends $me with him in her free $me. In the future, she hopes to build ahouse.
Kris$n is a very ac$ve woman. She goes to the gym 3 or 4 $mes a week, and her hobby is dancing salsa. She has been
to many countries so far. Furthermore, she wishes she could go to Italy to learn Italian cooking someday. If you talk toher, you can have a good $me. For she has a sense of humor!