WWU AUAP Newsletter September 2018 wwu.edu/auap Integrated English Skills • Research Projects—Interview questions • Strategies for learning English through music and movies Career Exploration • Exploring myself, outside myself and marketing myself • Started study abroad portfolios • Setting job & career goals American Studies • Reviewed U.S. states and regions • Prepared for first lecture • Introduction to American culture and geography • Reviewed lecture topic Functions • Practiced understanding and giving directions • Campus and downtown Bellingham scavenger hunts • Strategic time management TOEIC • Parts of TOEIC • Online tools—Quizlet, Kahoot, Socrative • TOEIC textbook’s online LMS オリエンテーションも終わり、正規の授業に親しんできた学生たちは教員やクラスのボラン ティアと交流しながら充実した日々を過ごしています。 アメリカンスタディーズの授業では、アメリカに関する知識についてのアクテビティに参加 し、リスニングの練習とノートを取る練習をしてから、初めてウェスタンの教員による講義 に参加しました。ファンクションの授業ではベリンハムの街を回るスカベンジャーハントに 参加し、チームに分かれてベリンハムの名所を巡る競争が一番の楽しみでした。更に、ウェ スタンの学生やベリンハムに住む人とさらに交流を深められるよう、家族の説明などの英 会話練習に励みました。 IESの授業では学生たちはリサーチトピックを選び、インタビュー の質問の作成を始めました。授業態度からも、英語のコミュニケーションスキル向上が見ら れます! Students are settling into their regular AUAP classes, getting to know all their teachers and are meeting many AUAP Classroom Volunteers! In American Studies class, students started off with an activity checking their knowledge of basic information about the U.S. and learned some listening and notetaking strategies in preparation for their first American Studies’ lecture titled, “Introduction to American Culture and Geography.” In Functions class, students prepared for the downtown Bellingham scavenger hunt by completing a scavenger hunt on WWU Campus. These skills will give them more confidence when they travel in and around campus. They also practiced how to talk about their families and how to describe them, so they can deepen their relationships with WWU students and community members. In Integrated English Skills class, students have begun working on their Research topics by choosing their topics and developing interview questions. They have begun to use CANVAS, an online Learning Management System, for their coursework and are steadily gaining better and clearer communication skills in English!