市ヶ谷リベラルアーツセンター（ILAC）ILAC Course

The primary objective of this class is to develop basic paragraph writing skills. The course provides practice in writing, structuring and ordering paragraphs in clear communicative English. Students will compose short 2-paragraph to 5-paragraph papers on a wide range of subjects and purposes.

This subject aims to equip learners with the basics of written communication in English. It will help learners become familiar with clear paragraph structure. Starting from writing short 2-paragraph papers, students will finally be able to write longer well-structured 5-paragraph pieces.

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、法学部・国際政治学科：DP1、文学部：DP1、経営学部：DP3、国際文化学部：DP1

英語 / English

In this subject, classes will be conducted in English and will cover each unit of the textbook. Supplementary activities will be provided to increase familiarity with frequently used, but non-specific, academic language. Students will read and critique each others' essays and learn from the strengths of the best papers selected by the class. This will be done anonymously to prevent any embarrassment. Individual feedback will be provided.

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Orientation：Overview of the course and warm up

Overview of Academic Writing I subject and explaining rules for assignment submissions and how the best assignments will be selected.

Unit 1a：Writing a paragraph about me

Prewriting preparation, brainstorming main ideas, how to write expository paragraphs and topic sentences

Unit 1b：Analysis of written assignment 1

Reading and selecting best paper. Focusing on paragraph format

Unit 2a：Writing a paragraph about another students possible career

Prewriting preparation, brainstorming main ideas, how to write logical conclusions

Unit 2b：Analysis of written assignment 2

Reading and selecting best paper. Focusing on the use of conjunctions

Unit 3a：Writing a paragraph about your partner's future success

Prewriting preparation, brainstorming main ideas, how to support topic sentences with facts and examples

Unit 3b：Analysis of written assignment 3

Reading and selecting best paper. Focusing on direct and indirect speech

Unit 4a：Writing a paragraph about an invention

preparation, brainstorming main ideas, how to write definition paragraphs and attention getters

Unit 4b：Analysis of written assignment 4

Reading and selecting best paper. Focusing on avoiding repetition

Unit 5a：Writing a paragraph about an important event in your life

Prewriting preparation, brainstorming main ideas, how to write cause-and-effect and introductory paragraphs

Unit 5b：Analysis of written assignment 5

Reading and selecting best paper. Focusing on cause-and-effect words

Unit 6a：Writing a paragraph about an exciting destination

Prewriting preparation, brainstorming main ideas, how to write process paragraphs and make suggestions

Unit 6b：Analysis of written assignment 6

Reading and selecting best paper. Focusing on using modifiers

End-term assignment：Final assignment feedback

Final assignment feedback

Students are expected to edit, type up and print out a written assignment once every 2 weeks.

University guidelines suggest preparation and review are around 4 hours a week for a two-credit course and around an hour a week for a one-credit course.

Writing from Within 2 (2nd Edition) Curtis Kelly and Arlen Gargagliano Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-0-521-18834-0

A good Japanese-English dictionary

Assessment will consist of in-class participation (40%), 7 written assignments (60%)

Supplementary activities have been added to increase familiarity with frequently used, but non-specific, academic language.

In principle, no more than 3 absences per term are allowed.