Course title
科学英語   [Scientific English]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 1  Semester YearLong 
Course type YearLong  Course code 71VD51007
Instructor(s)
山﨑 朗子(岩), ONWONA-AGYEMAN SIAW, 田中 知己   [YAMAZAKI Akiko, ONWONA-AGYEMAN Siaw, TANAKA Tomomi]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
(Lecture outline)
This course is designed to provide graduate students with numerous opportunities to use English for scientific communication. The ultimate goal is to prepare students to write reports based on their own research work and to effectively communicate with other researchers and scientists in English. In addition to the topics below, there will also be discussions on global issues to deepen the understanding of students interested in working in a multicultural environment. 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
At the end of the lecture, students should be able to acquire enough communication skills to enable them to:
(1) present their research work orally in English.
(2) participate in seminars, workshops, discussions ask and express their opinions and comments in English.
(3) write reports based on their own research work and to effectively communicate with other researchers and scientists in English.
(4) write research proposals in English.

Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy:
See the curriculum maps.
https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/
Course schedule
Week 1: Orientation: An explanation of the course content and expectations.

Week 2: Similarities and differences among scientific journals and writing styles

Week3: Choosing appropriate research titles and captions for figures and tables (II)

Week 4: The main components of a scientific report (Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, References, Acknowledgement)

Week 5: Commonly used sentence/paragraph connectors in scientific reports (II)

Week 6: Choosing sentence/paragraph connectors in scientific reports (exercise)

Week 7: Identifying and correcting mistakes in scientific reports

Week 8: Writing reports based on "model" Laboratory experiments

Week 9: Writing reports based on "model" Field experiments

Week 10: Writing reports based on "model" Questionnaire-based surveys

Week 11: Citing references in scientific reports (II)

Week 12: Presenting statistical results in scientific reports (II)

Week 13: Writing of acknowledgement

Week 14: Commonly used expressions in oral/poster presentations

Week 15: Presentation and submission of final reports
Prerequisites
In addition to 30 hours that students spend in the class, students are recommended to prepare for and revise the lectures, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University and using the lecture handouts as well as the references specified below.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Handouts will be provided during each class.
References
To be announced during the lectures.
Assessment/Grading
Assessment of students will be done on the basis of attendance, completion of assignments and a final presentation.
Message from instructor(s)
This is a communication class so I expect all students to participate actively in the discussions.
Course keywords
Office hours
Thursdays (13:00-14:30)
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
English
Last update
2/15/2021 4:19:40 PM