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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 |
開講科目名 /Course |
Communication Skills/COMMUNICATION SKILLS |
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開講所属 /Course Offered by |
外国語学部交流文化学科/FOREIGN LANGUAGES TOURISM AND TRANSNATIONAL STUDIES |
ターム?学期 /Term?Semester |
2025年度/2025 Academic Year 春学期/SPRING SEMESTER |
曜限 /Day, Period |
月1/Mon 1 |
開講区分 /semester offered |
春学期/Spring |
単位数 /Credits |
2.0 |
学年 /Year |
2,3,4 |
主担当教員 /Main Instructor |
R.ジョーンズ/Roger Huw JONES |
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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R.ジョーンズ/Roger Huw JONES | 英語学科/ENGLISH |
授業の目的?内容 /Course Objectives |
Beat the Monday morning blues by studying in this dynamic class. All students, who are prepared to try hard, are most welcome. Interesting topics will be covered in the lessons, there will be a lot of fun, and plenty of opportunities to speak and discuss a variety of issues in English. You do not need a textbook in the class because materials will be given to you. At the end of the course if you have studied hard, you will have increased your English speaking, listening and vocabulary abilities a great deal. All students who seriously want to improve their English skills are welcome to this lesson. |
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授業の形式?方法と履修上の注意 /Teaching method and Attention the course |
This is a dynamic interactive English class. There is no textbook for this class because there will be specially made teacher handouts for you to use.You should download and print out a copy of the handouts to bring to the lessons. There are many opportunities in this class for discussion and speaking practice with pair and group work. In this class you need to bring a laptop computer or tablet computer to each lesson. In addition, be sure to have earphones or headphones ready, too. Be sure all devices are fully charged when the lesson starts. BE SURE TO ATTEND ALL THE LESSONS. If you miss a lesson, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed and catch up with any notes from the lessons and any homework set or other things you need to do. |
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事前?事後学修の内容 /Before After Study |
Students need to prepare for lessons, do homework and review lessons. Carefully go over the points covered in the handout paying particular regard to any new vocabulary (15-minutes). Go over and organise your notes on the lesson and review and prepare for any assignment mentioned in the class (45-minutes). Depending on your pace, you may take more time to complete your studies each week. ABSENCE IS NO EXCUSE FOR MISSING ANY OF YOUR STUDY. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR EDUCATION. |
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テキスト1 /Textbooks1 |
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テキスト2 /Textbooks2 |
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参考文献等1 /References1 |
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評価方法 /Evaluation |
Teacher Points (Based on Effort) = 100 x 10% = 10 Class Handouts, vocabulary test and quizzes = 100 x 15% = 30 Weekly Logs = 100 x 30% = 30 Final Oral Tests = 100 x 30% = 30 Several class handouts will be studied and they will receive points rounded to a percentage. In addition to this, regular vocabulary tests will be given in class. The average of these points will be 30% of your final grade. Each week weekly listening and discussion reports based on reference to a webpage. This will be awarded points out of 100. 30% of that will go towards your grade. At the end of the semester, there will be an oral examination in small groups whereby students are expected to discuss issues covered in the class. Points out of 100 will be awarded for that and 30% of this will go towards your final grade. Finally, if you make your best efforts and participate well in all the lessons and do all the assignments 10% of 100 points will be awarded to your final grade. |
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関連科目 /Related Subjects |
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備考 /Notes |
Changes may be made to the exact content depending on the pace and interests of the students. テキスト:No textbook will be used in this class. Printed material will be given to the students. |
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到達目標 /Learning Goal |
適確な英語発話、コミュニケーションスキルを習得し、中級レベルのアカデミックな討議や口語伝達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 to the course of studies. | Introduction to the class and studies discussion. Getting to know the teacher and the students. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
2 | What makes an effective language learner. | What makes an effective learner? Students to discuss their early learning language experiences. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
3 | What does it mean to be fluent in a language? | The importance of acquiring vocabulary and vocabulary acquisition tips. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
4 | Reading to achieve fluency. | Students to discuss and talk about their current reading habits. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
5 | A key to language success - reading | How a reading strategy can lead to far more fluency in a target language. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
6 | What is fake news | Students to discuss the reasons the concept and rise of fake news in today's society. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
7 | Truth in news and in general. | Why lie? A personal and societal examination and discussion. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
8 | Protection against fake news. | The steps that are necessary to protect against false stories and fake news. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
9 | What is happiness. | What makes a person and people happy - a first look. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
10 | Happiness around the world. | An international comparison and discussion on the findings. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
11 | The keys to happiness. | What does this mean and what are its implications. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
12 | Memory. | What is memory and what are its keys? | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
13 | Improving Memory | Discussions and research this issue. | Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour) |
14 | Review of the semester's study. | Overall investigation into the semester's study. | Final review of the lesson and handing in of any final assessments. |