| Course title | |||||
| コミュニケーション演習 （英語・東京農工大学） [English Seminar on Academic Communications(in English, at TUAT)] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 1 | ||
| Department | Year | ～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 96006 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| ONWONA-AGYEMAN SIAW [ONWONA-AGYEMAN Siaw] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address | |
| Course description |
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Every Monday from October 19, 2020 to February 1, 2021 10:30〜12:00 Online Lecture This course is designed to provide graduate students with numerous opportunities to use English in scientific communication. The ultimate goal is to train students to write reports based on their own research work and to effectively communicate with other researchers and scientists in English. To achieve this goal, students will be required to read and discuss sample publications. In addition to the topics below, there will also be discussions on global issues to broaden the knowledge of students interested in working in an international organization. There will also be discussions on the search for sustainable ways of utilizing global resources to satisfy our energy, food and fiber needs. |
| Expected Learning |
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At the end of the lecture, students should be able to acquire enough oral communication skills to enable them to: (1) present their research work orally in English. (2) participate in seminars, workshops, discussions, ask questions and express their opinions in English. (3) write reports based on their own research and to effectively communicate with other researchers in English. |
| Course schedule |
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Week 1: Orientation: Explanation of the course content and grading criteria Week 2: Communicating in multi-cultural societies Week 3: Scientific journals and impact factors Week 4: Making research titles attractive Week 5: A brief explanation of the main components of a scientific paper (Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, References, Acknowledgement) Week 6: Sentence and paragraph connectors frequently used by native English writers in scientific papers Week 7: Identifying and correcting errors in scientific reports Week 8: Writing reports based on “model experiments” ? Questionnaire-based surveys, Laboratory and Field experiments Week 9: Writing Research proposals Week 10: Ethical and legal issues in Scientific Communications Week 11: Citing references in scientific reports and captions for figures/tables Week 12: Presenting research findings in scientific reports Week 13: Presenting research findings in oral/poster sessions Week 14: “Gender neutral” expressions in English reports Week 15: Presentation and submission of final reports |
| 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 |
| Handouts will be provided in the course of the lecture. |
| References |
| Basic Steps to Writing Research Papers by David E. Kluge and Matthew A.Taylor |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Assessment of students will be done on the following basis. Evaluation of Assignments (80%): Ability to clearly express opinions, completion of assignments and a final presentation at the end of the course. Class Participation (20%): Class attendance and group discussion |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| This is a communication class, so I expect all students to participate actively in the discussions. |
| Course keywords |
| Scientific report writing, Effective communication, Academic issues, Global issues, Oral presentation skills |
| Office hours |
| Every Wednesday (8:45 ? 10:15) at Fuchu campus |
| Remarks 1 |
| Information will be provided in the course of the lectures |
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| Last update |
| 9/9/2020 10:31:29 AM |