シラバス参照/View Syllabus |
科目一覧へ戻る/Return to the Course List | 2021/08/30 現在/As of 2021/08/30 |
開講科目名 /Course |
Writing Skills Ⅲ/WRITING SKILLS Ⅲ |
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開講所属 /Course Offered by |
外国語学部英語学科/FOREIGN LANGUAGES ENGLISH |
ターム?学期 /Term?Semester |
2021年度/2021 Academic Year 春学期/SPRING SEMESTER |
曜限 /Day, Period |
月3/Mon 3 |
開講区分 /semester offered |
春学期/Spring |
単位数 /Credits |
1.0 |
学年 /Year |
2,3,4 |
主担当教員 /Main Instructor |
P.マッケビリー/Patrick McEVILLY |
教員名 /Instructor |
教員所属名 /Affiliation |
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P.マッケビリー/Patrick McEVILLY | 英語学科/ENGLISH |
授業の目的?内容 /Course Objectives |
The goal in the Writing Skills III course is to develop students’ writing and critical thinking abilities in English, progressing from production of shorter to longer academic texts, and from writing on familiar topics to writing about more complex and academic ones. Overall Objectives 1. To provide an overview of what constitutes a ‘good’ essay 2. To help students understand various patterns of essay organization 3. To help students plan essays 4. To help students revise and edit their essays 5. To help students use a variety of sources 6. To help students develop computer literacy skills 7. To introduce the basics of referencing and creating a bibliography (MLA or APA styles) |
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授業の形式?方法と履修上の注意 /Teaching method and Attention the course |
One third of chapter from the text will be studied each week. The first part of each class will be used for reading and analysis of the text material. This will be followed by reviewing and checking the homework assignments together. For the remainder of the class students will be given an in-class exercise to complete. Note that the teaching method, text material covered, and assessment style may change due to the demands of the ongoing health situation. Updated and more detailed information will be provided in the first class. |
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事前?事後学修の内容 /Before After Study |
Students are expected to spend 90 minutes each to preview and review course content and I recommend that they read English newspaper articles and watch BBC or CNN news programs. | ||||||||||
テキスト1 /Textbooks1 |
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テキスト2 /Textbooks2 |
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テキスト3 /Textbooks3 |
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参考文献等1 /References1 |
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参考文献等2 /References2 |
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参考文献等3 /References3 |
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評価方法 /Evaluation |
Class participation – 40%, Midterm Exam – 30%, Final Exam – 30% | ||||||||||
関連科目 /Related Subjects |
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備考 /Notes |
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到達目標 /Learning Goal |
1年次の学習成果のうえに、より高度なアカデミック?ライティングができるようにする。 |
回 /Time |
授業計画(主題の設定) /Class schedule |
授業の内容 /Contents of class |
事前?事後学修の内容 /Before After Study |
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1 | Introduction: Paragraph Writing | Writing a letter about borrowing money, Subject, purpose, audience |
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2 | Pre-Writing: Getting Ready to Write | Recognizing the steps of the writing process Practice pre-writing techniques |
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3 | Editing Ideas | Brainstorming, clustering, and listing Write a paragraph about travel |
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4 | The Structure of a Paragraph | Writing topic, supporting, and concluding sentences | |
5 | Identifying and Writing Topic Sentences | Write a paragraph about your favorite season, violence on TV, or climate change | |
6 | The Development of a Paragraph | Using facts, reasons, and examples for support | |
7 | Peer Editing | Checking grammar, revising, spelling | |
8 | Midterm Exam | Write a paragraph about planning a weekend trip to another city | |
9 | Descriptive and Process Essays | Write a five-paragraph essay on the pressures of being a student | |
10 | Process Essays and Reasons for Writing Them | Writing a one^paragraph description of the process | |
11 | Opinion Paragraphs | Topics such as studying for an exam Living in a big city v, a small town |
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12 | Using Transition Words | Transition words for process essays | |
13 | Division and Classification Essays | Grouping ideas, Thesis statements for division and classification essays | |
14 | Review Exam | Write a process, opinion, or division and classification essay |