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科目名
平成28年度入学者
Academic English 1
科目名
平成27年度以前入学者
オーラル・コミュニケーション1
教員名 キャラカー,リチャード / チルトン,マイルズ / ロディコ,マウロ / アンダーウッド,マイケル / ドゥルー,ウィリアム
単位数    1 学年    1 開講区分 文理学部
科目群 英文学科
学期 前期 履修区分 必修
授業テーマ The ways and means of studying English in the Department of English Language and Literature.
授業のねらい・到達目標 The main purpose of Academic English 1-2 is to introduce first-year English department students to the aims and methods of study they will need in order to progress through the entire curriculum. Specifically, the Academic English sequence aims to improve students’ abilities in the following: reading, understanding, and deploying the main concepts of linguistics; reading, analyzing, and interpreting literary works; writing academic essays; reading and evaluating classmates’ writing; listening to lectures; leading and participating in discussions; and giving academic presentations.
授業の方法 The first semester introduces academic writing skills in the first four weeks, then it introduces students to the rudiments of study in the main fields of the English department: literature and linguistics. The semester is divided into the Writing Unit, the Literature Unit, and the Linguistics Unit.
事前学修・事後学修,授業計画コメント Students are required to follow the instructions for preparation and homework for each class.
授業計画
1 Writing Unit
Introduction to the course
Introduction to academic writing
Writing a paragraph (from Academic Writing Skills 1)
Part 1 Getting ready to write
Section 1 What is a paragraph? (Exercise 1)
Section 2 The structure of a paragraph (Exercise 2)
Section 3 Generating ideas for writing – brainstorming (Exercise 3)
Section 4 Writing a topic sentence (Exercise 4)
Section 5 Choosing supporting points
Section 6 Making an outline (Homework: Exercise 5; to be handed in)
2 Writing a paragraph
Part 2 Writing a paragraph
Section 1 Supporting ideas with details (Exercise 1)
Section 2 Organizing supporting sentences (Exercise 2)
Section 3 Writing a concluding sentence (Exercise 3, 4)
Section 4 Choosing a title (Exercise 5)
Section 5 Writing the first draft (Homework: to be handed in)
3 Writing a paragraph
Part 3 Writing a coherent paragraph
Section 1 Coherence
Section 2 Using conjunctions (Exercise 1, 2, 3, 4)
Section 3 Using transitional expressions (Exercise 5)
Section 4 Avoiding run-on sentences and sentence fragments
(Homework: Exercise 6, plus whatever cannot be completed in class)
4 Writing a paragraph
Part 4 Editing a paragraph
Section 1 Academic writing style (Exercise 1)
Section 2 Editing the first draft
Section 3 Editing a paragraph (Exercise 2, in-class or for homework)
5 Literature Unit
“Charles”, Shirley Jackson
Preparing to Read
Think Before You Read
Picture Focus
Story Preview
Words to Know
Making Predictions
Idioms and Expressions (write sentences if there is time)
Literary Term: Characterization
Reading out loud
(Homework: read “Charles”, do Understanding the Story tasks)
6 “Charles”
Check homework
Thinking Critically
Discussing the Story
Making Inferences
Analyzing the Story: Characterization (if there is time)
(Homework: prepare a short dramatization based on Writing task 2 or 5)
7 “Charles”
Dramatizations
Writing task 1 (explain and model summary according to the handout)
(Homework: write a summary based on Writing task 1; summaries will be presented and handed in next class)
8 “Charles”
Presentations of summaries
Collect summaries (in time remaining [or prior to presentations] practice chunking, intonation, pitch and fluency)
9 Linguistics Unit
“Separated by the Same Language”
Accent and Identity
Preparing to Listen
Brainstorming British vs. American English vocabulary, accent and grammar
Discussion of accent, dialect, slang and jargon as they relate to identity
Vocabulary preview
Listening for Main ideas
10 “Separated by the Same Language”
Accent and Identity
Listening for Details
Making inferences
Discussion
(Homework: summarize discussion in paragraph format)
11 “Separated by the Same Language”
Codeswitching
Notetaking
Ss practice giving the lecture using their notes
Integrating the two listenings
Organize notes
Synthesize notes through three person interview
Discuss Dialect jargon presentations
(Homework: choose three terms from a social dialect, jargon or regional dialect and prepare presentations)
12 “Separated by the Same Language”
Presentation Skills
Skills: Three Vs (Verbal Message, Visual Message, Vocal Message); Verbal is S-U-C-C-E-S (simple, unexpected, concrete, credible emotional, and story); Visual is posture, eye contact, gesture, facial expression; Vocal is loud voice, pausing and inflection
Organization: Introduction – Body – Conclusion
Peer editing – presentations
(Homework: revise and practice speech scripts)
13 Presentations
14 No class
15 Evaluations
その他
教科書 Chin, Peter, et al. , Academic Writing Skills 1, Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-1-107-63622-4
Other materials will be provided by the instructor.
成績評価の方法及び基準 平常点(15%)、レポート(45%)、presentation, dramatization(40%)
オフィスアワー Please consult each instructor.

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