Materials Resources things you need things to help

Notebooks You should make your own style of notes. For this, lines and squares

Notebooks 2 You should make many notes. You should fill at least 1 notebook

Visual Mapping Visual mapping is a way to help you write things in a

Make your own style If the notes are meaningful and useful for you, don’t

Files, folders I give every student a file for the TALK system. If you’re

Dictionaries An English-English dictionary is very useful for your study. It’s important that definitions

Some good dictionaries Oxford Learner’s Wordfinder Dictionary Word. Power Fully-Bilingual Dictionary (Ei-Ei-Wa Jiten) Longman

The library Most English books are on the third floor. English readers are usually

Tape library The tape library has many (language center) videos (mainly movies) There a

Learning English with movies: Use English (at least a fewsubtitles hints sometimes) if available.

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Materials & Resources things you need & things to help you in your English study

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.

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.

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. 1||Ma 51

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Make your own style If the notes are meaningful and useful for you, don’t worry what they look like. Your notebook should look different from other students’ notebooks.

Files, folders I give every student a file for the TALK system. If you’re lucky and have a big one, you may like to keep your B 5 papers in the file. Anyway is OK, but make sure you don’t lose handouts.

Dictionaries An English-English dictionary is very useful for your study. It’s important that definitions & explanations are easy to understand.

Some good dictionaries Oxford Learner’s Wordfinder Dictionary Word. Power Fully-Bilingual Dictionary (Ei-Ei-Wa Jiten) Longman Essential Activator Longman Kirihara Shoten Gendai Ei-Ei Jiten

The library Most English books are on the third floor. English readers are usually in the 800’s (around 830) Search the library at: http: //wwwlib. pu-kumamoto. ac. jp/cgibin/limedio/limewwwopac/

Tape library The tape library has many (language center) videos (mainly movies) There 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/

Learning English with movies: Use English (at least a fewsubtitles hints 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.