Course title
English Presentation   [English Presentation]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 24  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 020133
Instructor(s)
KENT HILL   [Kent Hill]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
This course aims to improve each student’s ability to plan and deliver effective presentations in English. Students will also continue to develop their speaking fluency and communication skills in English.

Expected Learning
Objectives:
・Students should develop the ability to research, plan and organize effective presentations in English.
・Students should develop the ability to confidently deliver presentations in English, using clear speech, body language, and visuals.
・Students should improve their speaking and listening skills through interaction with classmates.
・Students should be engaged in student-to-student interaction for the majority of the lesson.

Course schedule
Class 1 Course, Syllabus and Evaluation Explanation. Introducing the Issues: What’s an Issue?
Preparation: Read from pages 1 - 6
Class 2 Science Issues (1): Warm-up questions, discussion strategy, conversation vocabulary
Preparation: Read from pages 62 - 65
Class 3 Science Issues (2): Idioms, discussions, brainstorming issues, critical listening
Preparation: Read from pages 66 - 68
Class 4 Business Issues (1): Warm-up questions, discussion strategy, conversation vocabulary
Preparation: Read from pages 69 - 72
Class 5 Business Issues (2): Idioms, discussions, brainstorming issues, critical listening
Preparation: Read from pages 73 - 75
Class 6 Environment Issues (1): Warm-up questions, discussion strategy, conversation vocabulary
Preparation: Read from pages 76 - 79
Class 7 Environment Issues (2): Idioms, discussions, brainstorming issues, critical listening
Preparation: Read from pages 80 - 82
Class 8 Science, Business and Environment Discussions (1): Preparing discussions
Preparation: read from pages 83 - 85
Class 9 Science, Business and Environment Discussions (2)
Preparation: Read from pages 86 - 89
Class 10 Global Issues (1): Warm-up questions, discussion strategy, conversation vocabulary
Preparation: Read from pages 90 - 92
Class 11 Global Issues (2): Idioms, discussions, brainstorming issues, critical listening
Preparation: Read from pages 93 - 94
Class 12 The Most Important Issue of the 21st Century (1): Warm-up questions, discussion strategy, conversation vocabulary
Preparation: Read from pages 95 - 96
Class 13 The Most Important Issue of the 21st Century (2): Idioms, discussions, brainstorming issues, critical listening
Preparation: Read from pages 97 - 99
Class 14 The Most Important Issue of the 21st Century (3): Preparing presentations
Preparation: Read from pages 100 - 105
Class 15 The Most Important Issue of the 21st Century Presentations
Preparation: Read from pages 106 - 113
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
Tackle the Issues
References
Assessment/Grading
Assessment: Presentation 35%, Discussion 35%, Participation 15%
Attendance: 15% (As per TUAT requirements, students must attend at least 2/3 of a course to receive credit for the course.)
Message from instructor(s)
Students should bring a Japanese/English dictionary to class and research their issues for approximately one hour outside of class each week.
Course keywords
Issue, background, problem, solution, opinion
Office hours
The instructor will be available in the classroom before and after class.
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Last update
3/20/2018 11:50:11 AM