| Course title | |||||
| 野生動物保全学実習 [Practice of Wildlife Conservation] | |||||
| Course category | general education courses | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | 1～4 | Semester | Fall | |
| Course type | Fall | Course code | 02t0038 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 吉田 央, 榎本 弘行 [YOSHIDA Hiroshi, ENOMOTO Hiroyuki] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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The ability to autonomously deepen academic knowledge in university is nurtured through researching about a particular topic, analyzing the data, and writing and developing an argument around the topic. As such, this course aims to help students to learn the basic structure of a paragraph and to acquire skills for writing cohesively and coherently in English. The classes are formed according to the degree of students’ English proficiency and advancement. This course is offered as an introductory writing course in the English curriculum of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. |
| Expected Learning |
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1) Students should understand the function of a topic sentence and how to structure a paragraph. 2) Students should understand how to write clearly and effectively with appropriate style. 3) Students should be able to use appropriate words and expressions to write with logical consistency. 4) Students should be able to identify appropriate support information for their paragraphs and use transitions between sentences to connect ideas. [Competency Development] Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Communication Skills, Reading Comprehension Skills, Effective Writing Skills |
| Course schedule |
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Week1: Orientation Week2：Unit 1 Need a Creative Boost? Nap Like Thomas Edison and Salvador Dali Week3: Unit 2 Curly the Curling Robot Can Beat the Pros at Their Own Game Week4:Unit 3 Italian Scientists Create Rising Pizza Dough without Yeast Week5:Unit 4 Plastic Waste Can Be Transformed into Vanilla Flavoring Week6:Unit 5 Gas Stoves Are Worse for Climate and Health than Previously Thought Week7:Unit 6 This Mushroom-Based Leather Could Be the Next Sustainable Fashion Material Week8:Unit 7 Scientists Build an Artificial Fish that Swims on Its Own Using Human Heart Cells Week9:Unit 8 Research Shows Checking Your Phone Is Contagious Like Yawning Week10:Unit 9 To Save the Corpse Flower, Horticulturists Are Playing the Role of Matchmakers Week11:Unit 10 Robot Jumps a Record-Breaking 100 Feet in the Air Week12:Unit 11 Space Is Destroying Astronauts’ Red Blood Cells Week13:Unit 12 These Scientists Plan to Fully Resurrect a Woolly Mammoth within the Decade Week14:Unit 13 Scientists Create First 3-D Printed Wagyu Beef Week15:Unit 14 Scientists Unveiled the World’s First Living Robots Last Year. Now, They Can Reproduce *This is a typical schedule for the Paragraph Writing course. A specific schedule for each class will be announced in each class. |
| 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 |
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Science in Progress More Articles from Smithsonian Magazine's Smart News published by Kinseido, 2023, ISBN 978-4-7647-4185-0 |
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| Assessment/Grading |
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Class participation (20%): Participation to class discussion and group work are evaluated. Tasks given in class (80%): Students are assessed whether they understood the lecture contents, and whether they can compose various paragraphs with logical consistency in English via various assignments: quizzes/tests, homework, term papers, and a final examination. |
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| Office hours are to be announced in class. |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| English |
| Last update |
| 3/18/2023 12:53:23 AM |