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Academic unit or major
English language courses
Instructor(s)
Haraga Makiko 
Class Format
Exercise     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Wed5-6(H113)  
Group
1
Course number
LAE.E232
Credits
1
Academic year
2021
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2021/3/19
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
English
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Course description and aims

“Oral Expression in English” courses are devoted to improving students’ skills in speaking. Apart from the context of giving presentations, effective speaking also involves effective listening, so the classwork and homework in these courses require students engaged in speech and listening exercises.

As an elective 200-level course, Oral Expression in English 6 extends the materials of Oral Expression in English 5, while maintaining the approach of generating effective oral communication involving listening and speaking between pairs of speakers. Objectives also include using vocabulary and grammar introduced in the textbook and classes.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to confidently discuss a BROADER selection of fairly complex topics to do with society and cross-cultural phenomena in one-on-one conversations with people they have not met before.

Course taught by instructors with work experience

✔ Applicable How instructors' work experience benefits the course
This course will be taught by a bilingual journalist who has been reporting and writing in both English and Japanese on a wide range of issues for a variety of publications. Throughout the course, the instructor will use her knowledge and expertise in the art of story-telling, to help students acquire communication skills that are necessary for presenting ideas effectively and clearly in English to people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Keywords

speaking, listening,oral communication, interactive

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

While we continue to explore a variety of issues, more emphasis is placed on developing communication skills that are becoming increasingly important in the global community: intercultural competence (the ability to work with people from culturally diverse backgrounds), active listening, and critical thinking. Students are expected to complete assignments, and come to class prepared for discussions. The class is highly interactive.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Course introduction Class activity Intercultural learning
Class 2 Developing listening and speaking skills Discussion: New technologies Students are expected to watch video clips, read articles, and prepare for discussions on new technologies.
Class 3 Developing listening and speaking skills Discussion and debate: Education Students are expected to watch video clips, read articles, and prepare for a discussion/debate on education.
Class 4 Lecture: Effective presentations Presentation practice Students will learn to deliver a presentation online.
Class 5 Presentation: The first group of students will deliver a presentation on a given topic. The details of the assignment will be provided on Week 4. Presenters are responsible for preparing a presentation. Students who are not presenting will provide peer reviews to the presenters.
Class 6 Presentation: The second group of students will deliver a presentation on a given topic. The details of the assignment will be provided on Week 5. Presenters are responsible for preparing a presentation. Students who are not presenting will provide peer reviews to the presenters.
Class 7 Presentation: The third group of students will deliver a presentation on a given topic. The details of the assignment will be provided on Week 6. Presenters are responsible for preparing a presentation. Students who are not presenting will provide peer reviews to the presenters.

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Handouts

Reference books, course materials, etc.

TED Talks https://www.ted.com/
VOA Learning English https://learningenglish.voanews.com/
NPR http://www.npr.org/
TED, VOA and NPR provide video transcripts.
Scientific American
(video and podcasts “60-second science”) http://www.scientificamerican.com/
BBC http://www.bbc.com/news
National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Assessment criteria and methods

The grade for the quarter will be determined as follows:
Class participation: 50% (Evaluation will be based on attitude, contribution, progress, and a willingness to learn.)
Presentation: 50%

Related courses

  • LAE.E231 ： Oral Expression in English 5

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

none

Other

It is recommended that students take this course in sequence with LAE.E231 (Oral Expression in English 5).

Attendance at the first session is compulsory for students planning to take this course.

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