●本授業の目的およびねらい
学会や社会で求められるプレゼンテーションを行えるよう、リーディング・スピーキング・リスニング・ライティングの各能力を高め、また4技能の統合を目指すことを目的とする。研究拠点大学たる名古屋大学の学生に相応しい学術英語を使いこなす能力を、実際の運用を前提とした学習活動を通して養う。自分の考えをその根拠とともにいかに説得力ある論理的な英文に組み立てるかというこれまで英語(基礎)・(中級)で養った知識・技能と、英語(コミュニケーション)で培ったコミュニケーション能力に加え、プレゼンテーションに必要な知識や技能を習得し、学術英語を使いこなす能力を更に発展させる。
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●履修条件あるいは関連する科目等
None.
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●授業内容
Each lesson of the course will be divided into a speech giving section and an extensive reading section. In the speech giving half of the lesson, student will take it in turns to give short (approximately 10 minute) oral presentations in English on any academic topic they choose. The aim here is to break away from dependence on textbooks or simulated communication and move instead towards genuine communication organized by the students themselves. Accordingly, students will not be obliged to talk about particular topics but will be free to speak about anything that interests them and which they feel will be of interest to their classmates. Students will be expected to prepare and give up to three presentations, depending on the number of students who take the course. After each presentation the teacher will provide the presenter with a detailed feedback report on his or her overall performance. Emphasis will be put on logical sentence organization and justifying opinions.
In the extensive reading half of the lesson, students will make use of a series of short and interesting books known as Graded Readers. These are books with different levels of difficulty written specifically for learners of English. Students will be expected to progress through the series of graded readers, reading at their own pace but aiming to gradually increase both their speed and their level of reading comprehension. At this stage, after reading each book, students will be required to write a brief report, giving their personal reaction to the book and describing their experience of reading it. Finally, students will be given the opportunity to discuss their reading with the instructor who will review their written book reports and give them feedback and advice on how to further improve their reading and writing ability.
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●成績評価の方法
25% based on the number of pages of Graded Readers that each student reads; 25% will be based on students' speeches; book reports (20%); attendance (10%); out-of-class e-learning activities and tests (20%) as described below.
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●教科書
None. Students will be responsible for producing handouts for their own speeches. All the graded readers are available for borrowing in the Central Library of the university.
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●参考書
None. However, students may find it beneficial to use an English-English Learners Dictionary, either in printed or electronic form. One of the best such dictionaries currently available is the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
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●注意事項
対面授業に加え、課外学習として電子教材「eFACE」を課し、その成績に基づく評価を授業全体の評価の20%とする。なお、5回以上欠席をした場合、「欠席」の評価がつく。履修取り下げ制度は採用しない。
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●本授業に関する参照Webページ
None
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●担当者からの言葉(Webページのみ表示)
初回の授業を欠席した場合は、課外学習の説明資料をアカデミック・イングリッシュ支援室のサイト ( http://elearn.ilas.nagoya-u.ac.jp/access/ ) からダウンロードすること。
Students thinking of taking this course should expect it to integrate their English reading, writing, listening and speaking skills with particular reference to Academic English. However, in addition, they should also expect the unexpected!
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