Friday, February 9, 2007

367th FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday,February 10th,2007
Time:2:30-4:30 p.m.
Place:(leave a message if you are interested in this meeting,please)
Program:" A Tour of Great Britain's Famous Landmarks"
by Mr.K. Griffiths


Mr. Griffiths was born in London(UK) and brought up mainly in the UK, though he spent three years in Boston ( USA ) for junior high school. He studied Russian and American history, politics and society at the University of East Anglia ( U.E.A ), Norwich. He came to Japan in 2001. He is currently teaching English as an NET (Native English Teacher) at junior high schools and elementary schools in Neyagawa. He is interested in history ( particularly European and Japanese).

Saturday, January 6, 2007

366th FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday,January 13,2007
Time:2:30-4:30 p.m.
Place:(leave a message if you are interested in this meeting,please)
Program:" The People - Native American in Canada"
by Mr.S. Hazelton


Mr. Hazelton was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He studied art & art history at the University of Toronto and Sheridan College.
He came to Japan in February, 2001. He is currently teaching English at the Third Junior High School in Neyagawa.

Saturday, November 25, 2006

365th FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Time:2:30-4:30 p.m.
Place:(leave a message if you are interested in this meeting,please)
Program:" Organic Farming and Permaculture Farming-History, Theory and Practice"
by Mr.O Hosking


Mr. H was born on a farm near Gin Gin, west of Bundberg, north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He graduated from the University of Queensland and Central Queensland University. He is currently teaching English as an ALT at Ikuno Senior High School. He is interested in organic farming, permaculture farming, animal rights, vegetarianism, environmental issues, political issues, the future of civilization, the brewing of beer at home, literature and ethics.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

English Rakugo

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.


Date:Sunday, November 26th
Time:Open 13:30 Start:14:00 (Free)Tel:06-6345-5000
Place:Comprehensive life-long study center Osaka 5F
13th Variety show (Ofuku-Yose)
1."A Big Mouth Frog" ・・by Showto
2."SARAYASHIKI" ・・・・・by Naoko
3."The Mask" ・・・・・・・by Shima
4."Lost and Found Office" ・・by Harito
-------Intermission-----------
5."Hospital" ・・・・・・・by Juen
6."Time Noodle"・・・・・・ by Ecolo Jiro
7."Three Years Later"・・・ by Sayohime

Monday, October 30, 2006

364th FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday, November 11th, 2006
Time:2:30-4:30 p.m.
Place:(leave a message if you are interested in this meeting,please)
Program:" Changes in the United States since 2001 "
by Mr.Brett Y.


Mr. Y was born in Maryland, the USA and raised in the Phillippines, New Jersey and Virginia in the USA. He studied history at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. He came to Japan in 2003. He taught at NOVA in Neyagawa until August this year and is currently a Japanese student at Doshisha University. He enjoys reading-fiction and nonfiction, playing sports and hiking.

Monday, September 18, 2006

363rd FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday,October 14th,2006
Time:2:30-4:30 p.m.
Place:(leave a message if you are interested in this meeting,please)
Program:"A Borad Overview of the United Kingdom-Sport and leisure, food and drink, literature, government, etc.- "
by Mr.Kieren G.


Mr. G was born in London (UK) and brought up mainly in the UK.
He studied Russian and American history, politics and society at the University of East Anglia(U.E.A), Norwich. He came to Japan in 2001. He is currently teaching English at junior high schools and elementary schools in Neyagawa. He is interested in history. This is his forst speech for us. He talked about British festivals & the English education system in July this year.

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.)

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

362nd FADIG Meeting

Date:Saturday,September 2nd,2006
Time:2:30-4:30 p.m.
Place:(leave a message if you are interested in this meeting,please)
Program:"A Tale of Three Cities-Chicago,Nagoya, and Osaka "
by Mr.Ted S.


Mr. S was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA and brought up in a suburb called Glenvies. He studied American History at Illinois State University and Japanese Studies at Hanzan University in Nagoya. The first time he came to Japan is in 1975. He is currently teaching English at International Buddhist University in Habikino. Hi is interested in sports, music, movies, etc. He also enjoys reading (biographies, historical novels, etc. ).