Fall Semester in the Academic Year 2009-2010
English Theme 60 (Tuesday 9:00-10:30 8-410)
English Theme 68 (Tuesday 10:40-12:10 8-410)
English Theme 39 (Wednesday 10:40-12:10 8-409)
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Copyright and Licence Agreement
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Copyright © 1998-2010 Yasunari HARADA. All rights reserved.
First drafted Dec 9th, 1998. Last revised January 11th, 2010.
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This web page is compiled for the students enrolled in English Theme 60 (Tuesday 9:00-10:30), English Theme 68 (Tuesday 10:40-12:10) and English Theme 39 (Wednesday 10:40-12:10) at the undergraduate School of Law, Waseda University. It is not intended for use by outside parties.
General Notices
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- In order to help maintain computers, network wiring and other resources in good conditions, no eating or drinking is allowed inside this computer-installed classroom.
- You should not bring in drinks in opened containers. If you do have such opened containers, go outside and put them in proper receptacles.
- Drinks in PET bottles are permitted but be careful not to spill.
- Place your umbrellas, especially when wet, in proper holders in the classroom or in the hallway.
Consult your instructions for other important notices.
Class Policy
- Classes begin on time. If you come late, you are going to disturb other students. For this reason, you will be penalized for a late arrival and you may have additional difficulty in catching up. It is advisable that you arrive at least five minutes in advance.
- Absense from class would not affect your grades seriously if it does not exceed once in a semester, but repeated and / or consecutive absense may result in failure. Also, repeated late arrivals may adversely affect your grade or possibility for obtaining credit.
- If you are absent from a session, you should submit your homework the next time. However, submitting homework does not suffice to completely make up for your absense.
- No term-final exam will be given for this class. Grades are given based on your attendance, participation, contribution and other factors. Attendance does not mean just being physically present in the classroom. You have to participate seriously in the activities and do your best in assignments.
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In this class, we mainly engage ourselves in the following activities.
- small-group presentations and essay writing
- peer review and revision of essays
- inter-group presentations and class presentations
Schedules, Activities and Assignments
- September 29th(tue) / 30th(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: mod 1
- filling out student questionnaire
- automated spoken English test
- oral response practice: Summer Holidays 1-10
- essay writing: Summer Holidays
- homework
- Take the automated spoken English test. Bring your test paper.
- Complete your essay. Bring your file and six printed copies.
- October 6th(tue) / 7th(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: mod 2
- Submit your test paper for the automated spoken English test.
- oral response practice: Science and Technology 1-10
- small-group presentations: Summer Holidays
- peer review and evaluation / revision of essays
- video jam: g-speak (a la Minority Report)
- homework
- Revise your essay. Bring the file and one printed copy.
- October 13th(tue) / 14th(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: mod 3
- oral response practice: Science and Technology 11-20
- SFC Prosody Experiment
- essay writing
- homework
- Complete your essay. Bring your file and six printed copies.
- Prepare for your topic presentations.
- October 20th(tue) / 28th(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: mod 4
- peer review and evaluation / revision of essays
- preparations for topic presentations
- topic presentations
- group organizations
- organizational meetings
- video jam: invisibility cloak (a la Harry Potter)
- homework
- EnglishCentral:
http://www.englishcentral.com
- Revise your essay. Bring the file and one printed copy.
- Prepare for your presentations. Bring the PowerPoint file.
- October 21th(wed)
- October 27th(tue) / November 4th(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: based on your groups
- preparations for inter-group presentations
- inter-group presentations
- organizational meetings
- Start working on your research summary.
- Start working on your activity report.
- homework
- November 3rd(tue)
- national holiday: no class
- November 10th(tue) / 11th(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: based on your groups
- preparations for class presentations
- class presentations
- submit your peer evaluations
- organizational meetings
- homework
- November 17th(tue) / 18th(wed)
- November 24th(tue) / 25kth(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: based on your groups
- Submit your summary reviews.
- Revise your research summary based on summary reviews.
- video jam: TED
- homework
- EnglishCentral:
http://www.englishcentral.com
- Complete revision of your research summary based on summary reviews.
- Prepare for your topic presentations. Bring the PowerPoint file.
- December 1st(tue) / 2nd(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: mod 5
- Submit your revised research summaries.
- preparations for topic presentations
- topic presentations
- seating assignment: mod 6
- topic presentations
- group organizations
- homework
- December 8th(tue) / 9th(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: based on your groups
- preparations for inter-group presentations
- inter-group presentations
- Continue working on your research summary.
- Continue working on your activity report.
- homework
- December 15th(tue) / 16th(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: based on your groups
- preparations for class presentations
- class presentations and peer review / evaluation
- organizational meetings
- Continue working on your research summary.
- Continue working on your activity report.
- homework
- December 22nd(tue) / January 6th(wed)
- January 12th(tue) / 13th(wed) [We are here.]
- activities
- seating assignment: mod 1
- oral response practice: End-of-Semester
- essay writing
- automated spoken English test
- can-do-statements
- homework
- EnglishCentral:
http://www.englishcentral.com
- Revise your research summaries.
- Complete your 500-word essay on "End-of-Semester". Bring the file and six printed copies.
- Take the automated spoken English test. Bring the test paper.
- Fill out your can-do-statements. Bring the file.
- Prepare for your final presentations on Achievements and Scores.
- January 19th(tue) / 20th(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: mod 7
- Submit your revised research summaries.
- Submit your can-do statements.
- final class presentationsand peer evaluation: Achievements and Scores
- Submit your peer-evaluation.
- peer review and evaluation / revision of essays
- homework
- January 26th(tue) / 27th(wed)
- activities
- seating assignment: mod 8
- Submit your revised 500-word essay.
- final class presentationsand peer evaluation: Achievements and Scores
- Submit your peer-evaluation.
- homework
講義要項原稿
- 副題
国際情報社会に生きるための英語リテラシー中級：テーマ『科学技術と社会』
- 講義概要
この授業では 1 年 Bridge / Gate などで英語を勉強してきた受講生がさらに継続して法学部生にふさわしい学術的な英語運用能力を身につけるための学習活動を進めます。ここでいう学術的な英語運用能力には以下が含まれます。
- 問題点を明確にする能力
- 必要な資料を検索する能力
- 資料を読みこなす能力
- 集めた情報を整理する能力
- 整理した情報をわかりやすく発表する能力
- 整理した情報を正確な文書にまとめる能力
- 関心を共有する仲間を募って共同作業を進める能力
- 自ら日程を設定して共同作業を限られた時間の中で進めていく能力
授業では受講生が自らの興味・関心に基づいて、他の受講生の興味・関心との接点を探しながら、主体的に少人数のグループを構成して、自ら設定した課題についての調査・報告・資料整理を進めます。こうした共同作業や、グループ間相互の発表を通じて、受講生同士がお互いによく知り合う機会が豊富に得られます。
授業開始直後には、各受講生の自己紹介やどういう課題に興味を持っているかの発表を少人数で行います。相互の興味・関心がわかったところで 3, 4 名のグループを構成して、調査・報告を行います。まとめの文章を作成してグループ間で相互にチェックしたところで、第二回目のグループ活動に入ります。一回目とはグループのメンバーができるだけ重複しないようにと制限することで、これまでとは違う受講生と活動することになり、新たな仲間が増えることになるでしょう。
- シラバス
第1回：自己紹介：発表と文章作成
第2回：自己紹介：相互チェックと文章修正
第3回：意見交換：発表と文章作成
第4回：意見交換：相互チェックと文章修正
第5回：発表テーマ提案とグループ構成
第6回：グループ間発表と相互チェック
第7回：クラス全体発表と相互評価
第8回：まとめの提出と相互チェック
第9回：まとめの修正と再提出
第10回：発表テーマ提案とグループ構成
第11回：グループ間発表と相互チェック
第12回：クラス全体発表と相互評価
第13回：まとめの提出と相互チェック
第14回：まとめの修正と再提出
第15回：今学期の成果発表と相互評価
- 教科書
特に指定しません。
- 参考文献
授業中に必要に応じて指示します。
- 評価方法
評価の対象となるのは (1) 出欠状況 (2) 授業中ならびに授業前後のグループ活動への参加状況と貢献度 (3) 個人での作文 (Word ファイル）やプレゼンテーションのスライド（PowerPoint のファイル）などの提出物 (4) グループでの発表ととりまとめの文書 (5) そのほかの授業中ならびに課外の活動状況などです。
- 備考
上記のシラバスは予定であり、授業の進行に応じて調整します。
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