Aoyama Gakuin College Occidental College, BA Economics University of California at Los Angeles, MA Economics
Retired from Japan Air Lines Advisor, Intage Corp., marketing research firm Lecturer, Bunkyo Gakuin College: Business Communications, Internet English
Invitation to Bunkyo students to go on a virtual tour of US.
There are many ways to learn a language. But it is never learned without actually using it in interaction. People learn to use it by reading it, listening to it, writing it and speaking it themselves. When you have acquired a certain level of vocabulary and have learned some grammar, it is important to go out of the classroom and read and listen to English as used in the real world of communication by native and non-native speakers.
The Internet is full of interesting information in English language. Wouldn't you, students of English language, like to swim out of the "Fish Bowl?" and swim out into the "Open Seas," to meet and communicate with people from around the world? If you would, join this class and go on a travel to USA across the "Open Seas" of the World Wide Web?
As we go out traveling you need to know many things. You would want to know by what transportation to get there, what you want to sightsee, which hotels to stay and restaurants to eat at. We've got to find out what time we arrive at the airport, how much per night it costs to stay. Wefll travel in virtual space and visit Tapped In to talk with some teachers and/or students. Hopefully, wefll find e-Pals to exchange e-mail with.
So, relax and wear casually to come on a US tour with me as conductor. When you arrive back at Narita, I'm sure you would have enjoyed the tour and found yourself a bit improved in communicating in English.
Ito sensei's paper is at
http://www.netlearne.com/sensei/index.htm
So read the paper above and go to TAPPED IN with the new interface. There, you will be able to discuss this topic with Ito sensei and others from around the world. TAPPED IN is open to everybody and the presentation will be done in English.
This event is open to anybody who is interested in the topic. It will be at After School Online Room at http://ti2.sri.com
Instructions to log in as a guest and get to the After School Online Room:
1. Go to http://ti2.sri.com
2. Click the "Guest Login" Button on the TAPPED IN home page
3. Fill in your name (up to 6 letters) and click on "Log in as a Guest"
4. When loading is done, you will be in the Reception area.
5. To talk, type in the message in the window next to the word SAY. Then press the SEND button or the ENTER key
6. In order to get to After School Online room, you can click on After School Online in the Featured Passageways.
You can view Introduction to the TI2 User Interface at http://ti2.sri.com/tappedin/web/ui.jsp
If you have problems connecting from a school computer, you may be behind firewall. Please read Firewall explanation in FAQ..
If you still need help, please mail TAPPED IN staff at ti2contactus@tappedin.org.
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