Study Abroad Orientation well-done!

Preparing for COD Summer Study Abroad in Japan next month, all the participating students gathered for its orientation last weekend. 16 students are going to Japan in June and they are from COD, Harper CC/CLC, Waubonsee CC, NIU, DePaul, Johns Hopkins, Devry! It will be a good sized decent group, I hope! GTS is now ready for getting to Kansas City, MO for AP Japanese test reading for two weeks between 6/4 and 6/17! There will be a new part-time teacher at COD night class for Japanese 1101 (M/W 7-9) and she will be a good buddy for GTS beginning this fall. Don't think about avoiding GTS' famous educational 'torture' but I am sure everyone will love her class as well! By the way, Japanese 1101 in GTS class has already 14 students out of 75 slots! There will also be the field study in Japan during the Christmas break and 1 student registered as of now! Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!

Summer Practice in Japanese at COD!

http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/satsutan/tanoshii2010summer.doc

ALL Final Exam finished! Some couldn't survive:(

While all Japanese ANIME fan are enjoying ACen, GTS is busy working on grading! And finally realized 25 students survived at JAPAN 1102 out of 33 students. (75% survival rate this year!)Everyone passed at 2202 and 2252. Grade distribution is: 11 A's, 3 B's, 4 C's, 4 C's, 3 S's and 6 F's unfortunately in 1102. 2 A's 1 B and 4 C's in 2202. 2 A's and 4 C's in 2252. Hopefully those who could not survive will try it again in future!

Final Dinner in the 09-10 academic year went well!

Though GTS was a little late, over 15 royal members showed up and partied well. Some are going to Japan as a JET, some are ready to go to Japan for study abroad, some are looking for English teaching jobs in Japan, some are still be ready for the final in my class! The next dinner is planned on AUGUST 6 as soon as GTS comes back from Japan study abroad program! The final exam week is coming up and all the final exams on my class this year are SCANTRON! I am looking forward to seeing how everyone does! Now I have to Begin preparing the study abroad orientation! Before even going to Japan, I still have a big job as a AP Scoring reading leader in early June!

Already May!

A few more days before the Final Exam Week and every student must be busy in all the subjects. Students in Japanese classes must decide 'just to finish the course' or 'to ge the Pass/Fail option' or 'withdraw from the course.' This coming Friday will be the JCC/GTS dinner and would like to see many people!

GTS on Chicago Tribune!

Those who had the Friday Chicago Tribune, you may find my picture with a big smile on North Chicago Extra section about dual language program at the Dooley Elementary School of Schaumburg! Keep it if you have for fun! By the way I am going to ICE skating on Sunday! Well, I will see if I can still skate. Sure I will bring my own skating shoes that I brout from Japan years ago!

Almost the end of the academic year!

1102 has just finished its 5th test and the average score was just over 70%. It is almost the time for each students to decide how to finish the course! Some may have to withdraw to keep a good GPA, some may not care about the grade, some may switch from letter grade option to Pass/Fail option. About 35 students are still actively in class and hopefully some dozen students may continue onto 2201 in fall. We lose some good students by transferring to other institutions! Study Abroad Program is soon coming up and I will be busy preparing for it. There will be 16 participants this summer! The fall semester schedule book came out yesterday and four 1101 classes and one 2201 and 2251 as well as the famous honor seminar 1100 are listed. We will be getting a new part-time teacher this fall! 1101 will be at 10-11am and 11-12am daily, 5-7pm on Mon/Wed, 7-9pm on Tue/Thu. 2201 will be at 7-9pm on Mon/Wed. 2251 will be 2-5pm every Wednesday!