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- Instructor(s)
- Hirakawa Yahiro Yamamoto Hilofumi
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Mon5-6(W833)
- Group
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- Course number
- LAH.H112
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2019
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2019/3/18
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
Students will find topics to write about and acquire techniques for writing.
Student learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to write according to the format for academic papers as a result of practice.
Keywords
academic writing style, contents, writing habit
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
We will divide students into small groups in this course consisting of exercises.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Prepare contents to write. | Make an experiment for revealing what you want to know. |
| Class 2 | Style is simple. Problem, Objectives, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion with Bibliography. | Make a very short story according to the format of academic written style. |
| Class 3 | How to make a research question | Find a problem. |
| Class 4 | Describe a problem. | Pick up some sentences which address problems and make your notes in terms of the characteristics of problem sentences. |
| Class 5 | Analyze the structure of a paragraph. | Make a story using only topic sentences. |
| Class 6 | Do literature research while writing a paper. | Take notes if you find rules which you do not know in APA Manual. |
| Class 7 | Presentation | Prepare a presentation on a theme that you have chosen. |
| Class 8 | Summary and Assessment | Send comments on the last presentations by email. |
Textbook(s)
Not specified but your notebook will be your textbook. Buy a B5 size at a dollar shop (a.k.a 100 yen shop).
Reference books, course materials, etc.
"How to solve it" by G. Poliya, Maruzen.
Rikakeino Sakubungijutsu, Koreo Kinoshita, Iwanamishoten.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Asociation, Sixth Edition, Igakushoin.
Chicago Style Manual, online pdf. http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.orgabout16_facsimile.html
Assessment criteria and methods
We will assess students contribution to discussions, poster presentations, a final report.
Related courses
- LAH.C101 ： Tokyo Tech Visionary Project
- LAH.C301 ： Liberal Arts Final Report
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
None required.
Other
Students must submit homework by the time assigned. If you miss the homework deadline, you will not have any credit or scores. We will have four or five paper submission dues. In addition to that, you must submit the homework for each lecture day.
The paper presentation is mandatory in the middle of this course.
