things you need

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Materials Resources

• things you need things to help you in your
  English study

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Notebooks

• You should make your own style of notes. For
  this, lines and squares are not good.
• Recommendation brown notebook from Mujirushi
  (180 yen) or Sketch book by Maruman (180 yen),
  available at Amatrias, etc.

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Notebooks 2

• You should make many notes. You should fill at
  least 1 notebook in the semester.
• Making notes helps you remember. Making notes in
  a different way of the same information helps
  even more.
• A good way is to take quick notes in a class
  then make better notes after class on the
  opposite page.

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Visual Mapping

• Visual mapping is a way to help you write things
  in a meaningful and attractive way.
• It helps you see the RELATIONSHIPS between things
  and ideas.

see the book Mapping Inner Space, by
Margulies, Nancy Call no.
153.1Ma 51
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An example (high school science)
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Another science example
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Lecture notes
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Make your own style

• If the notes are meaningful and useful for you,
  dont worry what they look like.
• Your notebook should look different from other
  students notebooks.

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Files, folders

• I give every student a file for the TALK system.
• If youre lucky and have a big one, you may like
  to keep your B5 papers in the file.
• Anyway is OK, but make sure you dont lose
  handouts.

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Dictionaries

• An English-English dictionary is very useful for
  your study.
• Its important that definitions explanations
  are easy to understand.

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Some good dictionaries

• Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
• WordPower Fully-Bilingual Dictionary (Ei-Ei-Wa
  Jiten)
• Longman Essential Activator
• Longman Kirihara Shoten Gendai Ei-Ei Jiten

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The library

• Most English books are on the third floor.
• English readers are usually in the 800s (around
  830)
• Search the library at
• http//wwwlib.pu-kumamoto.ac.jp/cgi-bin/limedio/li
  mewwwopac/

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Tape library (language center)

• The tape library has many videos (mainly movies)
• There are a few DVDs, too. Some have English and
  Japanese subtitles (jimaku).Music DVDs are
  hidden. You need to search or ask.
• Search the tape library at
• http//www-flec.pu-kumamoto.ac.jp/

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Learning English with moviesa few hints

• Use English subtitles (at least sometimes) if
  available.
• Choose a short segment (2-5 minutes). Watch 10
  times.
• Buy the Screenplay book (daihon, available in
  Kinokuniya).
• If you enjoy a movie, watch the same one 2 or 3
  times.