English Communication Skills 2 - about presenting

Hello!

How are you? Here is today's video about presenting. As you will now begin working on your first presentations for this class, here are some things you need to know and some things I will look for in your presenting. 

Good luck! 

English Expression 2 - about the Solar System and new access for Google Form activities

Hello! 

How are you? Here is a short video about our new theme of the Solar System and also about one new change about the Google Form activities starting this week.

Take care!

English Communication Skills 2 - about electric motors

Hello!

How are you? Here is a video mini-lecture about some basics on the history and development of electric motors. 

I hope you find this interesting. Thank you!

English Expression 4 - about population growth

Hello everyone!

How are you? Here is a video mini-lecture about population growth, with a video share from YouTube about population growth in some parts of the world. 

I hope this can give you a little more background and some detail about issues in population growth. Thank you!

English Expression 2 - about the United Nations

Hello everyone! 

How are you? Here is a mini-lecture with a video share from YouTube about the United Nations. This is to give you a little more background as to how the U.N. works. 

Hope you find this interesting. Thank you! 

Short hello & explanation of syllabus and materials

Hello! 

How are you? Here is a video with myself explaining the syllabuses and materials for our classes. I know it's a little long, and a bit rough with the sound. But this way you can put my face and my voice to my name. 

Thank you once again for taking these classes!

English Communication Skills 1: Issues of the internet - Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal・インターネットの問題「フェスブック・ケンブリッジアナリティカスキャンダル」

Hello!

How are you? Today here is another video about an issue that is still timely, and the impact of it is still ongoing - the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal that began in 2014. This has become an issue of the internet that has a social point to it because of the data mining that collects personal information about users, which goes into issues of privacy.  

While data mining is not against the law in any country (including Japan), the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal is an example of data mining gone into questionable and possibly illegal areas. 

Activity

Watch the video below. Watch it as many time as you need. (If you have any trouble watching it directly here, go to the link here, or look for "Facebook's Cambridge Analytica data scandal, explained" on YouTube at https://youtu.be/VDR8qGmyEQg)

What do you think of this issue? When you visit some websites, especially those that use cookies, do you sometimes feel that you cannot trust it? Do you feel that some websites are gathering data about you in ways you cannot control and that you do not want them to? 

I hope this will add more understanding about this issue. 

Keep safe!

Image: By David Whelan - https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidpwhelan/26614834084/, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58020376

Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the content. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). uploaded for classroom purposes only.