Malcolm Swanson on January 9th, 2010

A Festival of English
Thursday, January 21, 4:20-5:50 in Rm 6206
Come and join us for a Festival of English for our final English Lecture for this year. We’ll have lots of different activities and presentations for you to enjoy. Lots of fun, and a chance to improve your English!
Programme:

A talk by Professor Ono about his life [...]

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Malcolm Swanson on November 6th, 2009

Use of English Language for International Development Work
Amihan April Mella-Alcahar
Thursday, November 19 from 16:20 in Room 6206
In order to appreciate the relevance of studying English, students must be able to relate their own interests to their study. In addition, studying English must be supplemented with practical experience using the English language. In this lecture, we [...]

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Malcolm Swanson on October 31st, 2009

We’ll be holding our 1st Film Festival Month in November. During that time we’ll be screening four movies, then following them up with activities and discussions.

Dates:
Nov 2 – “Notting Hill”
Nov 13 – “Slumdog Millionaire”
Nov 16 – “Iron Giant”
Nov 24 – “Shakespeare in Love”
Place & Time: Room 527 from 6:00pm
Cost: Free of charge

Movie month poster

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Malcolm Swanson on October 19th, 2009

Biculturalism in Canada
Andrew Zitzmann
Oct 29, from 16:20 in Room 8101
Canada. Big. Cold. Lots of nature. Everyone wants to visit it. But not many people know that it has a double identity, because of its English and French cultures. In this lecture, Andrew Zitzmann will introduce you to the biculturalism of his home province of Quebec, [...]

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Malcolm Swanson on October 19th, 2009

Our 4th Zion Cup English Contest was held on Saturday, October 17. The previous day, a semi-final contest had been held, and the best 3 students in each year group selected.
Results
Year 1 students

1st place – Kanako Mine – Learning from the past
2nd place – Rin Shouen – Friendship
3rd place – Mami Adachi – JAM Project

Year [...]

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