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| 科目一覧へ戻る／Return to the Course List | 2025/03/25 現在／As of 2025/03/25 |
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開講科目名 ／Course |
Writing Skills Ⅳ／WRITING SKILLS Ⅳ |
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開講所属 ／Course Offered by |
外国語学部英語学科／FOREIGN LANGUAGES ENGLISH |
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ターム?学期 ／Term?Semester |
2025年度／2025 Academic Year 秋学期／FALL SEMESTER |
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曜限 ／Day, Period |
月3／Mon 3 |
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開講区分 ／semester offered |
秋学期／Fall |
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単位数 ／Credits |
1.0 |
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学年 ／Year |
2,3,4 |
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主担当教員 ／Main Instructor |
Ｐ．マッケビリー／Patrick McEVILLY |
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遠隔授業科目 ／Online Course |
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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 |
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授業の目的?内容 ／Course Objectives |
The goal in the Writing Skills for Academic Purposes I 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. This course focuses on improving students’ "vocabulary," "grammar" and "writing" skills, as stated in DP 2. Overall objectives are for them to acquire the basics of "written productive skills," as stated in the CP.[Unquote] 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 |
The Instructor will use the lecture method and then facilitate the students being interactive by working in pairs or groups. 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.. 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. | ||||||||||
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評価方法 ／Evaluation |
Class participation – 40%, Midterm Exam – 30%, Final Exam – 30% | ||||||||||
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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。 |
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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 | Cause and Effect Essays | Using transition signals for cause and effect relationships | Preview pages 130-135. Analzying causes and effects. |
| 2 | Cause and effect essay plan | Write a cause and effect essay about the explosion of the Internet | Describing causes and effects. Preview pages 136-144. Writing Essays about Causes. |
| 3 | Comparison and Contrast Essays | Write a comparison paragraph about the similarities of two twins | Preview pages 148-153. Showing the similarities and the differences. |
| 4 | The Language of Comparison and Contrast | Write a comparison-contrast essay about two characters in a book or movie | Prevew pages 154-161.Methods of Organization for Comparison and Contrast |
| 5 | Problem-Solution Essays | Write a problem-solution essay about crime | Preview pages 162-175. Analyzing solutions to a problem. |
| 6 | Writing emails and letters | Writing to an Internet advice column, using a peer revision worksheet | Preview pages 188-194. Expressing your opinion about a piece of art. |
| 7 | Writing about social problems | the generation gap, access to the workplace for the disabled | Writing about controversial issues, Expressing your opinions on exam questions |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | Write a cause and effect or comparison-contrast essay, or problem-solution essay | Review Chapters 8 and 9. |
| 9 | Unity and Coherence | Writing one-paragraph summaries of newspaper or magazine articles, | Preview pages 178-187. |
| 10 | The Importance of Coherence in Essay Writing | Examples of coherence in essays | Review pages 40-49 Develop Unity and Coherence |
| 11 | Expressing your opinions | Using revising and editing checklists | Review pages 188-198 |
| 12 | Essays that express your opinion | Write a five-paragraph essay that expresses your opinion on a sample essay question | Review pages 198-204 |
| 13 | Writing a Statement of Purpose | Essay writing for graduate school applicationsm personal statement | Preview pages 205-214. Topics for the Final writing exam willbe given by the Instructoe. |
| 14 | Review Exam | Write a five-paragraph essay with an opinion or statement of purpose | You can write a draft of your essay and bring it to our final class, |