Course title
English Presentation   [English Presentation]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 24  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 020187
Instructor(s)
ONWONA-AGYEMAN SIAW   [ONWONA-AGYEMAN Siaw]
Facility affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research Office   Email address

Course description
Outline (English Presentation) 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 through discussions on various issues of academic interests. This course is mandatory for second-year students as an introduction to the English curriculum of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
Expected Learning
Objectives: Students will develop English presentation skills and speaking ability so that they can make presentations and discuss about academic issues for an extended period of time. They should be able to follow normal presentation procedures used at conferences, and will be expected to use these skills, as well as skills learned during the English Discussion course, actively in every lesson. Finally, they should be able to do their own research on various topics and present them in front of their colleagues.
Course schedule
Week 1 Introduction to the course
Week 2 Presentation skills (use of gesture, conversational tones, and how to impress your audience); Q & A.
Weeks 3 - 4 Useful presentation tools 1 (basic formulas, symbols in English); Q & A.
Weeks 5 - 6 Presenting introductions and objectives; Q & A.
Week 7 - 10 Presenting methods, results or findings, and conclusions using model tables and figures; Q & A.
Week 11 Student presentations (Group 1)
Week 12 Student presentations (Group 2)
Week 13 Student presentations (Group 3)
Week 14 Review
Week 15 Summary and final test
Prerequisites
This course carries 1 credit. In addition to 30 hours that students spend in the class, they are recommended to prepare for, and review, the classes using the textbook and the reference books, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University for each class. Students must attend at least 2/3 of a course in order to receive credit for that course. If students do not fully attend the class for two times, it should be counted as one time of absence.
Required Text(s) and Materials
There are no required textbooks for this course, but handouts will be provided in class.
References
Assessment/Grading
Assessment
Participation: 30% (As per TUAT requirements, students must attend at least 2/3 of a course to receive credit for the course.)
The rest of the assessment will be based on class activities, presentation and the final test.
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Office hours
Thursdays 13:00 - 14:30
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Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
English
Last update
4/11/2019 1:52:52 PM