Second
Semester 4th Year
English Communication Class 2008-9
Mondays 120-250
The second semester for 4th Year students has recently covered these
topics:
How work has changed and is changed - including reducing child
labour, people increasingly working beyond retirement age, and
automation.
The current economic downturn and its effects - including looking at
newspaper and TV news reports on:
The issue of bonuses when companies are receiving government bailouts
Leading by example - an airline boss takes a reduced salary and 'perks'
Jobhunting pressures for students in China
On 22nd December we also heard from Shogo

about his experiences studying in Vancouver: Canada.
Graduation Thesis Development:
In the Autumn, students presented their 'chuukan happyo', the interim
report
on their graduation theses. Following that, students are now
explained
their progress in small groups in this class. Nami is shown here
on 17th November talking to Tuswadi and Yuriko:

