Thursday, October 27, 2005

Hello Students:

Here's a video about tomorrow's class. Dr. J will bring breakfast and have your corrected dialogues. We will practice our dialogues tomorrow in class and film them NEXT WEEK! YEAH. So you have more time to practice them!

Good job. Have a good night!

Dr. J

Friday, October 21, 2005

Japanese Movies with English Subtitles

Japanese Movies with English Subtitles: "Top 5 Japanese Movies with English Subtitles
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Our selection of good Japanese movies, which have English subtitles.
1) Tampopo
A Japanese woman named Tampopo tries to run a ramen noodle shop. It's a great movie directed by Juzo Itami.
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2) Shall We Dance?
A Japanese accountant, Mr. Sugiyama, decides to learn ballroom dancing. This movie might seem a little unusual compared with other Japanese movie, but it brought a ballroom dancing boom in Japan.
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3) Rhapsody in August
It's a story about a family in Nagasaki in present days. Akira Kurosawa directed this movie and featured the memories of bombing through the eyes of an old woman.
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4) Rashomon
This movie is one of the best Japanese classic films directed by Akira Kurosawa. It features four different stories about a same incident of murder.
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5) Seven Samurai
It's one of the most "

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Saturday, October 15, 2005

Description of next week's quiz and description of next week's 2-3 paper assignment. Please watch this presentation several times.

Thanks,
Dr. J.

Saturday, October 01, 2005

CLASS #3 (September 30, 2005)

Hello Students:

Thank you for being such a good class. Please remember that your homework is to read over all of Unit One and to look over the entire textbook and become familiar with its format and the CD that came with the book.

You should listen to the CD several times, at least once a day for three or five minutes. Also, the DVD is important for later parts of the class; we will discuss this. Remember not to violate copyright rules.

Please keep practicing the step-up and step-down methods we discussed in class. We will be doing an activity related to 'what I did this weekend' next week.

Thank you and please remember to come to class on time and prepared. ;-)

Dr. J.