386th FADIG Meeting

386th FADIG Meeting
Saturday, Jan 10, 2009, 2:30-4:30pm
at Ten-noji Gakkan High School
by Mr. Justin Rajala
Program : An Outlaw Town: The History of Denver

Mr. Rajala was born in Tucson, Arizona and brought up in Colorado, USA.
He studied religion, focusing on Hinduism and Christianity in America
at the University of Denver.
He also studied in Madurai, India for three months in 2005.
He came to Japan in 2006, and is currently teaching English
at Osaka Ichiritsu High School in Hirakata.
This is his second lecture for us.
His first one in September was about ”The Religious Face of America”

FADIG Lecturer Debut NHK!

Dear FADIG members and lecturers,

Mr. Duane Levi will be appearing NHK "Eigo de Shabera Night"
(英語でしゃべらナイト）.
This program will be on air 11:00-11:30pm Monday, December 8th 2008.
He gave us lectures twice this year and his third speech will be about English Rakugo on February 14th 2009.
Please don't forget to tune in.

385th FADIG Meeting

385th FADIG Meeting
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008, 2:30-4:30pm
at Ten-noji Gakkan High School
by Ms. Odia Vassell
Program : Environmental Practices:
Comparing Japan & Overseas

Ms. Vassell is from Massachusetts, USA,
and studied at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.
She came to Japan in Sep. 2004,
and teaches English at Hannan University.
Her hobbies include, Kyudo, kickboxing and travel.
She has visited Thailand, Korea, Philippines and Vietnam.

Rakugo in English

15th Ofuku-Yose "Rakugo in English"

Welcome to English Rakugo World!Have you heard English Rakugo?
Rakugo,comic story, is one of Japanese traditional speech.
It is fun. This group have a show once a year.
(http://ofuku.wisnet.ne.jp/)(http://ofukuyose.blog9.fc2.com/)
Admission Free.You do not have to make reservations
but the number of seats is only 150.

Date:November 16th(Sun),2008
Time:Open 1:30pm Start:2:00pm (Free)
Place: Municipal Life Long Learning Center 5F
http://osakademanabu.com/umeda/
（at Daini-building in Umeda）
1.This is Rakugo by Shima & Juen
2.Monkey by Hasshow
3.Tsuru by Sinocchi(debut)
4.Myogaya Inn by Koito /(intermission:15minutes)
5.The raccoon and the gambler by Kanan(debut)
6.Kouzu Shrine by Showto

384th FADIG Meeting

384th FADIG Meeting
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, 2:30-4:30pm
at Ten-noji Gakkan High School
by Mr. Duane Levi
Program : Why I believe what I believe

Mr. Levi was born in Los Angeles and brought up
in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
He studied psychology and political science at
the University of North Carolina Charlotte.
He came to Japan in 2001 and has lived in Osaka since 2004.
He has his own music company, Shalestone Music, http://shalestonemusic.jp. and
he also works at different companies as an industrial psychologist.
This is his second lecture for us.
His first one in July was entitled ”Thee things you may or may not know about
western culture”.

383rd FADIG Meeting

FADIG 383rd Meeting
Saturday, Oct 11, 2008, 2:30-4:30pm
At Ten-noji Gakkan High School
by Ms. Omara Turner
Program : Gender Roles

Ms. Turner was born and brought up in Kingston, Jamaica.
She studied “literatures in English” and “political science” at college.
She came to Japan in July 2007, and is currently teaching English
at Kumeda Senior High School in Kishiwada.
She is interested in foreign language acquisition and cultural studies.
This is her second lecture; her first one in June was about Jamaica
and its language, and she also gave us an enjoyable English writing puzzle.

Dear members;
We would like to collect our membership fee ¥2,000 for the second half of this
year in October.
(Our annual fee is ¥4,000.)

382nd FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday,Sept 13th, 2008
Time:2:30-4:30 p.m.
Place:Ten-noji Gakkan High School
Program:The Religious Face of America
by Mr. Justin Rajalaby

Mr. Rajala was born in Tucson, Arizona and brought up in Colorado,USA. He studied religion, focusing on Hinduism and Christianity in America at the University of Denver. He visited many countries in Latin America and Europe, and also studied in Madurai, India for three months in 2005.
He came to Japan in 2006, and is currently teaching English at Osaka Ichiritsu High School in Hirakata.
He enjoys long-distance running, reading and cooking.

381st FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday,July 12th, 2008
Time:2:30-4:30 p.m.
Place:Ten-noji Gakkan High School
Program:3 things you may or may not know about western culture

by Mr.Duane Levi

Mr. Levi was born in Los Angeles and brought up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He studied psychology and political science at University of North Carolina Charlotte. Before coming to Japan, he visited Canada, England, Korea, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and Austria.  He came to Japan in 2001 and lived in Yamaguchi City, then moved to Osaka 2004.

Now he has his own music company ,Shalestone Music,

http://shalestonemusic.jp, and he also works at different companies as an industrial psychologist.  He also performs English Rakugo in many places in Kansai.

380th FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Time: 2:30-4:30p.m.

Place: Ten-noji Gakkan High School

Program:" Boston: from the Past to Japan "

by Mr.Gordon Gaul

Mr.Gaul was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, the USA.  He studied biology at Tufts University. He came to Japan in 2004 and is currently teaching English as an ALT in Kaizuka City. He is interested in dance , language, and meeting people from other countries. He studies Japanese and is interested in Japanese culture. He made a speech about " Salsa" for us in April last year.

379th FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday, May 17, 2008

Time:2:30-4:30p.m.

Place:Ten-noji Gakkan High School

Program: " Northern USA & Southern USA Compared "

by Mr.Stephen Hackney

Mr.Hackney was born in Atlanta, Georgia in the USA.  He grew up in both Atlanta, Georgia and Tallahassee, Florida.  He majored in Anthropology and Asian Studies at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. He came to Japan in August last year.  He is currently teaching English as an ALT at Ikino High School in Matsubara City.He enjoys studying Japanese language,Japanese history and Japanese art.  He loves leaning about other cultures.

This is his third speech for the FADIG meeting.  He made a speech for us in October and December last year.

378th FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Time: 2:30-4:30p.m.

Place: Ten-noji Gakkan High School

Program : " Foreign Culture Communities in the United States " 

by Mr. Russell Fronk

Mr.Fronk was born and raised in Florida, the USA.  He Studied criminology at Florida State University.  He came to Japan most recently in August, 2006.  He is currently teaching English at Osaka Ichiritsu High school.  He is interested in studying or furthering the field of criminology in Japan.

We would like to collect our membership fee 2000yen for the first half of this year in April.(Our annual fee is 4000yen.)

377th FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday,February 16th,2008
Time:2:30-4:30p.m.
Place:Ten-noji Gakkan High School
Program:"My Hometown-Minnesota and Myself" 

by Mr.Todd Dahlquist

Mr.Dahlquist was born and brought up in Brooklyn Park,Minnesota in USA.He studied Japanese Studies and International Business at Gustarus Adolphus College.He came to Japan in August,2007.He is currently teaching English at Ichioka High School.He has been to China, England, Scotland and Australia.He is interested in go (3 dan),stock market,music,movies and business.

376th FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday,January 26th,2008
Time:2:30-4:30 p.m.
Place:Ten-noji Gakkan High School
Program:" A Year in Toronto: Holidays, Festivals & Cultural Events"

by Mr.Shawn Hazelton

Mr.Hazelton was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He studied at the University of Toronto and at Sheridan College in the Co-op Art and Art History program. He came to Japan in February, 2001. He is currently teaching English as a NET (Native English Teacher) at junior high schools and elementary schools in Neyagawa.
He finds many things interesting. He often thinks about the inner workings of the human mind.
He has made a speech at our FADIG meeting before.