市ヶ谷リベラルアーツセンター（ILAC）ILAC Course

This is a content based English language course which uses horror films as the content of the course. Themes covered include shifting aesthetic standards and the history of Western moral values, cultural taboos and universals, iconography and censorship.

For first year students who have successfully completed their high-school English classes.
There will be an initial focus on listening and note taking skills supplemented by readings which both reinforce the lectures and introduce additional topics for writing and discussion. Throughout the semester writing skills will emphasize the production of paragraphs with proper topic and supporting sentences along with a clear conclusion . Students will comment on lectures and readings and ask and answer questions through the HOPPII system as well as (hopefully) zoom meetings from time to time.

各学部のディプロマ・ポリシーのうち、以下に関連している。法学部・法律学科：DP3・DP4、法学部・政治学科：DP1、文学部：DP1、経営学部：DP3

英語 / English

Students watch excerpts from selected films , listen to lectures, read transcripts of the lectures , read additional supporting materials , do worksheets and on line research in order to prepare writing assignments and ask and answers questions , make comments and take weekly quizzes.

あり / Yes

なし / No

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

Week 1：Introduction to the course Lecture #1 What Is Horror?

Transcript of lecture 1, worksheet and readings , writing assignment #1: Formatting

Week 2：Lecture #2 The Man of 1,000 faces: Excerpts from The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Transcript of lecture 2 , readings, Quiz #1

Week 3：Lecture #3 The Ugly and the Evil.
Excerpts from The Phantom of the Opera

Transcript of lecture 3 , readings, Quiz #2
Writing assignment #2; Compare and Contrast

Week 4：Lecture #4 The Real Monsters: Tod Browning's Freaks

Transcript of lecture 4 , readings, Quiz #3
Prepare for discussions.

Week 5：Class discussions in small groups on topics selected by students

Each group will have fifteen minutes to discuss the topic of their choosing while those not so engaged work on writing assignment #3: Topic sentences

Week 6：Lecture #5 Replacing Lon Chaney, Looking homeward. Excerpts from Waxworks, Cat and The Canary

Transcript of lecture 5 , readings, Quiz #4

Week 7：Lecture #6 The Man Who Laughs

Transcript of lecture 6 , readings, Quiz #5
Writing assignment #4 Supporting sentences

Week 8：Lecture # 7 Casting Shadows . Excerpts from Nosferatu and Shadow of The Vampire

Transcript of lecture 7 , readings , Quiz #6

Week 9：Lecture #8 Excerpts from Dracula

Transcript of lecture 8, reading , Quiz # 7
Writing assignment #5 concluding sentences

Week 10：Lecture #9 Excerpts from Shadow of the Vampire, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Interview with the Vampire

Transcript of lecture 9, reading , Quiz # 8
Writing assignment # 6 . Writing a whole paragraph .

Week 11：Lecture #10 Excerpts from Dracula, Nosferatu and Bram Stoker's Dracula

Transcript of lecture 10, reading , Quiz # 9

Week 12：Lecture #11 Excerpts from White Zombie

Transcript of lecture 11 , readings, Quiz #10

Week 13：Lecture #12 Excerpts from Vampyre

Transcript of lecture 12 , readings, Quiz #11
Prepare for Discussions

Week 14：Small group discussions based on essays completed for writing assignment #6

Each group will have fifteen minutes to discuss the conclusions they reached in their essay

本授業の準備学習・復習時間は、合わせて1時間を標準とします。/University guidelines suggest preparation and review should be around an hour a week for a one-credit course.
There will be homework assigned each week which will include both reading and listening assignments and may also include a writing component as well as research on line.
University guidelines suggest preparation and review are around 4hours a week for a two-credit course and around an hour a week for a one-credit course.

All the materials for this course will be provided by the instructor or will be available on line for free.

Students should familiarize themselves with how to use on line dictionaries.

There are three components to the grade . First, there are usually quizzes given each week except for when the discussions are held. This amounts to between nine and eleven quizzes in the semester . The lowest two quiz grades are dropped and the average of the remaining quiz grades will count for 60% of the total grade for the class. Writing assignments all together will count for 30% of the grade and the remaining 10% of the grade will be based on participation in the class discussions. As per the guidelines established by the University only three absences will be permitted during the semester .

Students have asked for more guidance in their writing assignments and so there will be more time provided for that as well as some additional support materials.