| Course title | |||||
| English Discussion [English Discussion] | |||||
| Course category | general education courses | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | 1～ | Semester | Fall | |
| Course type | Fall | Course code | 01EL0303j | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| KAREN MCGEE [Karen Mcgee] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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Course Outline: This course aims to improve each student’s basic speaking fluency and ability to communicate in English, through the discussion of a variety of general and academic topics. |
| Expected Learning |
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Objectives: ・ Students should be engaged in student-to-student interaction for the majority of the lesson. ・ Students should improve their speaking and listening skills through interaction with classmates. - Students should develop the ability to talk about themselves and express their opinions. - Students should develop the ability to listen actively (e.g. reacting, asking questions). - Students should develop the ability to negotiate meaning when misunderstandings occur. ・ Students should participate in discussions on both general and academic topics, based on their own experiences |
| Course schedule |
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Course Schedule: Class 1. Course Orientation, Real-life Greetings, Circle Introductions and Follow-up Questions Class 2. Introduce a Classmate Presentations, Class 3. Discuss Food Preferences, Vocabulary Exercise (HW Special Foods) Class 4. Vocabulary Quiz, Discuss Special Foods, Take Restaurant Preferences Survey; Discuss Restaurant Preferences; (HW Analyze Restaurant Reviews) Class 5., Discuss Restaurant Reviews, Content and Format; Choose teams and plan original Restaurant Review (HW Restaurant Review Project) Class 6. Discuss Restaurant Experiences, Work on Restaurant Review Project (HW Finish Project) Class 7. Restaurant Review Project Due; Class Q & A; Practice Asking and Answering Questions (HW TED Talk science-related report) Class 8. Developing confidence with ideas; TED Talk report discussion in pairs Class 9. Food Vocabulary Test; Discuss Personality (HW Special Personality) Class 10. Vocabulary Quiz; Discuss Special Personality; Personality Vocabulary Exercise (HW Answer Survey) Class 11. Discuss Personality; Work on Original Personality Survey (HW Finish and Make Copies!!) Class 12. Work on Original Personality Survey Class 13. Test at least ten students with Original Personality Survey; Write Report (HW Finish Report) Class 14. Personality Vocabulary Test; Presentations on Personality Survey results; (HW My Favorite Trip) Class 15. Discuss continued English improvement; Create goals |
| Prerequisites |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Instructor will provide all materials. |
| References |
| Assessment/Grading |
| 75% of the grade will be based on an average of the 8 assignments and quizzes; 10% will be based on level of class participation, and 15% on Attendance (As per TUAT requirements, students must attend at least 2/3 of a course to receive credit for the course.) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Please come to class prepared to actively speak and listen every day |
| Course keywords |
| Team projects; Group and Pair Conversations |
| Office hours |
| Before or after class on Friday or at lunchtime by appointment. |
| Remarks 1 |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| English |
| Last update |
| 3/27/2018 5:47:32 PM |