2017 English Language and Cultures 16

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Academic unit or major
English language courses
Instructor(s)
Saeki Yasuki 
Class Format
Exercise     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon1-2(H103)  
Group
-
Course number
LAE.E484
Credits
1
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/17
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

n this course students will be expected to pick up salient points of argument from English texts rich in broad cultural implications and discuss them in classes, through which they will comprehend the implications.

The course will provide students with means to read quality texts as subjects of fully-fledged cultural research.

Student learning outcomes

At the end of this course students will be able to:
・pick out points of argument from each chapter of the text.
・analyze each chapter critically.

Keywords

English speaking cultures, English speaking texts

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

(1) Every student is supposed to read a paper on the assigned section of the text at least once in a single quarter. (2) Toward the end of class, Q and A session will be held. It is highly desirable for all the students to join the discussion regarding the questions the paper raised.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Myth 7 To be announced in the classroom
Class 2 Myth 8 To be announced in the classroom
Class 3 Myth 9 To be announced in the classroom
Class 4 Myth 10 To be announced in the classroom
Class 5 Myth 11 To be announced in the classroom
Class 6 Myth 12 To be announced in the classroom
Class 7 Myth 13 To be announced in the classroom
Class 8 Recapitulation, Final discussion Review

Textbook(s)

Laurie Bauer and Peter Trudgill eds., Language Myths(Penguin Books)

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Useful sources will be referred to as necessary.

Assessment criteria and methods

Activities in class 50%
Paper 50%

Related courses

  • LAE.E483 : English Language and Cultures 15

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

saeki[at]ila.titech

Office hours

See the rotation table of the couseling room for foreign language learning. The instructors for a special mission are available on Mondays and Thursdays.

Other

It is recommended that students take this course in sequence with Seminar:Language and Culture(English) 15.
Attendance at the first class is compulsory for students planning to take this course.

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