Tag Archive: education – beginner

  Pre-reading questions: Have you ever attended to a job interview? Are job interviews important? Why?   The NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) West Corp. made a program at Kansai University. The program examined students’ practice job interviews. Kansai University worked on their first interviews with 17 students last August and September. The results shows that the interviewers like students who answered smoothly. But for unexpected questions, the interviewers gave higher score to students who answered with smiles.   Vocabulary: examine – [verb] test pulse – [noun] beat interviewee – [noun] one who is interviewed; respondent interviwer – [noun] one who asked questions unexpected – [adjective] sudden   True or…
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Pre-reading questions: What is a safe place? Do you think there are bad people? Justice Secretary Liz Truss plans to send young offenders to schools instead of jails. The government wants them to study so that they will not do bad things anymore. Young offenders will study basic subjects such as English and Math. They will also be taught to work so that they can have a good life. Vocabulary: offender- [noun] a person who breaks the law jail- [noun] a place where a person who breaks the law is sent basic- [adjective] simple True or False: Liz Truss is a Justice Secretary. Justice Secretary Liz Truss plans to send…
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Pre-reading questions: What do/did you want to be when you grow up? What do/did you like most about your school/university?   A magazine named Times Higher Education announced that University of Oxford is the best in the world. The magazine checked the universities based on teaching, research, knowledge, and international impact. The University of Oxford ranked first because they improved their research facility. California  Institute of Technology ranked second this year.   Vocabulary: impact – [noun] influence; effect improve – [verb] to bring into more desirable or excellent condition. facility – [noun] something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service. rank – [verb]…
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  Pre-reading questions: Do you want to study in another country? Have you met a student from another country?   Colleges in the United States want students without proper documents to go home before Donald Trump becomes President. Donald Trump plans to throw out 2 to 3 million foreigners. California State University want their students who are studying in another country to come back. 200 more colleges want their students to study further in a foreign country.   Vocabulary: college – [noun] higher education documents – [noun] paper president – [noun] leader of a country foreign – [noun] another country further – [adverb] more   True or False: Colleges in…
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  Pre-reading questions: Have you ever experienced studying abroad? What do you think is the best university in Japan?   The University of Tokyo ranked fourth in best university in Asia. National University of Singapore took the Asian crown. Tsinghua University in China also moved up. The University of Tokyo, was beaten again by Peking University. The rankings set standard for teaching. World university rankings are now in their 13th year.   Vocabulary: rank – ランク[noun] give (someone or something) a rank or place; list; group Asia – アジア[noun] Earth’s largest and most populous continent move up – 初級する[verb] move upward; go up beaten – 負かす[verb] having been defeated standard…
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  Pre-reading questions: How long do you study at night? Would you like to go to night school?   Around 97,000 junior high school students don’t go to school. The government asked the students to attend night schools. These night schools use the same textbooks as regular schools. At Kyoto’s Rakuyu Junior High School, they study with older students. The ministry said that this will help them attend classes, yet students must be careful when traveling at night.   Vocabulary: night school – 夜学校 [noun] a school that gives evening classes. textbook – 教科書 [noun] a book used for the study of a particular subject regular – 普通の [adjective] ordinary…
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  Pre-reading questions: What is the meaning of the word bullying? Do you think students can stop bullying?   Experts want the education ministry to say what is “serious” school abuse. New rules say that schools will respond to abuse. The experts say that the police’s action to abuse is not good. The education ministry must give examples of discipline to school abuse. Teachers, students and parents do not know much of anti-abuse rules. Schools must have a meeting so that there will be no more abuse in their schools.   Vocabulary: experts – 専門家 [noun] skilled people abuse – 悪用 [noun] bad behavior against other people respond – 返答する…
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Pre-reading questions: What is your favorite computer game? Do you think computer is important to people? Many private classses teach programing in a fun way. Programming classes will start in elementary schools in 2020. The classes need to teach creativity in children. A second-grade pupil actually made a computer game, where he used a parrot that helps the monkey by fixing blocks that says change the X coordinate by 10. Programming lets users run a computer program the way they want to. Today, the use of blocks in drawing pictures makes programming easier for children. Vocabulary: parrot – オウム [noun] an animal, a kind of bird computer – コンピューター [noun]…
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