市ヶ谷リベラルアーツセンター（ILAC）ILAC Course

This is a Fall semester ONLINE English course for Second Year students who have chosen English as their main Second Language. This class will assist students to further develop their English proficiency, by shifting to more content-based English-learning.
During this Fall Semester/Pandemic, we will be using 'ONLINE Learning' to study together, via Skype/Zoom. Cameras might not be used, to protect privacy...and to save Internet Bandwidth/speed. Please prepare your computer/Wi-Fi/headset/microphone/FREE Skype/FREE Zoom accounts/FREE 'Romaji' gmail account; & please test them WELL, long before we meet.

The goal of this course is to get students to better speak, listen, read, write, & COMMUNICATE in smooth, modern English. Some grammar-correction of assignments/submissions will be necessary. Assignment-revising may also be required.

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 will be challenged to integrate their skills in English listening, speaking, reading, & writing in an advanced manner, via exposure to authentic English materials such as English News videos & audio, and inspirational video/audio talks (including TED Talks). Students will then be required to practice their English communication skills via pair practice conversations with their classmates & professor.

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。

第1回：[NOTE: All SCHEDULE items are tentative...& might change, depending on class level(s); student abilities; & recent world events/Pandemic issues.] + ''How was your Summer Break?''

Discussing Summer events in smooth, Modern English, using the English Past tense. + News video #1/TED Talk video #1.

第2回：News or TED video #1, part 2: asking students to express active opinions in English.

How to write and speak your own opinions, in English...and how to EXPLAIN them.

第3回：Asking & answering about subway/train directions, and/or street directions, in spoken English.

Students will learn and practice how to reply to requests for subway/train and/or street directions, in spoken English.

第4回：Hallowe'en, part 1: what are Hallowe'en customs; and in what countries has Hallowe'en traditionally been celebrated? [Using the FUTURE Tense, in English.]

Students will be asked to investigate, write down, and discuss Hallowe'en traditions, in English, using the FUTURE Tense.

第5回：Hallowe'en, part 2: Using 'would' & 'will'.

Students will pair-practice correct use of 'would' + past tense, & 'will' + future tense, to describe possible Hallowe'en costumes & activities.

第6回：News video/TED video #2. + Expressing your opinions about Current Affairs News videos, in English.

News/TED Talk #2: students will be asked to say their views/opinions, in active, dynamic spoken English.

第7回：News video/TED Talk #2 (continued), with questions about it.

Students will continue to speak their opinions (in English) to classmates, about a Current Affairs topic/TED Talk.

第8回：Thanksgiving: customs & traditions; and what you're thankful for.

Pair practice: ''What are some things that you're thankful for?''

第9回：Thanksgiving (continued); and possibly a video/audio exercise about Thanksgiving.

Students may be asked to answer questions about a video/audio exercise about Thanksgiving...and to pair-practice in spoken English, five things that they are thankful for.

第10回：''The Seven W's'': (Questions about Who...?/What...?/When...?/Where...?/Why...?/ Which...?/ How...?)

Students will learn how to verbally ask others, and to reply in smooth English, to questions about ''the Seven W's".

第11回：What are your plans for Christmas and OhShoGatsu? Also: English video/song exercise about Christmas.

Pair practice: students will be asked to write down & then practice verbally (in English) their Future plans for Christmas/ OhShoGatsu.

第12回：Discussing answers to the Christmas video/song exercise...and to Christmas/OhShoGatsu plans.
+ Review/prep for the Exam.

Students will answer Christmas video/song questions; and will actively speak about Christmas/OhShoGatsu plans, using polite FUTURE Tense English.
+Review & practice of exam topics studied and discussed during the Fall 2021 semester.

第13回：SPEAKING exam, re: topics studied and discussed during the Fall 2021 semester.

Speaking exam. Students will be asked to reply, in smooth spoken English, to questions about the topics that we learned & practiced in the Fall semester.

第14回：''How was your OhShoGatsu?''
+ Students may be asked to speak about their Winter Break plans

Students will speak about their recent OhShoGatsu activities...and about their future Winter Break plans.

Please do homework well before the deadline [NOT ''ichiyazuke]; please learn to wake up early, and to arrive in class ON TIME [not late]; please don't work at part-time jobs excessively; and please keep a weekly notebook/binder for this class, using pen.本授業の準備学習・復習時間は各1時間を標準とします。
+ University guidelines suggest preparation and review of approximately 4 hours a week for a two-credit course; and approximately an hour or two hours a week for a one-credit course.

A textbook might be chosen, depending on students' levels & requirements. Also, some handouts will be distributed to students. In addition, some News videos & TED Talks may be assigned as in-class or at-home viewing (with questions about those videos).

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Tentatively, grading may depend on in-class responses (approximately 25%); speaking exams spoken replies (approximately 25%); attendance/on-time arrival (approximately 15%); class participation/motivation (20%); and homework (15%).
*IMPORTANT: A MAXIMUM OF THREE ABSENCES IS ALLOWED...& ONE 'LATE' IS EQUIVALENT TO HALF AN ABSENCE. MORE THAN THREE ABSENCES MAY RESULT IN FAILURE TO OBTAIN A CREDIT(S) FOR THIS CLASS.*

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Students will need 'ONLINE Learning' equipment: a computer; fast HOME Wi-Fi (NOT cafe Internet); FREE downloads of Skype & Zoom; computer microphone; AND headphones/earphones. [Cameras might not be used, to protect privacy...and to save Internet Bandwidth/speed.]
Please prepare your computer/ Wi-Fi/ headphones/ microphone/ FREE Skype account/ FREE Zoom account/ FREE 'Romaji' gmail account; & please test them WELL, long before we meet.
Please SOON set up your FREE gmail address with a 'Romaji' name such as 'KenTanaka@gmail.com', so that we can use Google Classroom. [Yes, you CAN set up a SECOND, free, 'Romaji' gmail address: it's easy.]
Please e-mail your teacher, LONG before our class starts, at tonydur2020@gmail.com.

Please participate ACTIVELY in class; and please speak together with your classmates, using lots of 'small talk'. If you're not sure about how to answer, please speak up and GUESS...instead of reflexively answering ''I don't know''.
* A MAXIMUM OF THREE ABSENCES IS ALLOWED...& ONE LATE IS EQUIVALENT TO HALF AN ABSENCE.*