71120012

Core Eng II Com-SA (G2)

2024年度2Q(前期)

外国語

英語

オリバー マッキー

1

2.00単位

火曜2限、木曜1限

This course is strongly rooted in the concept of integrated content and language learning (CLIL.) You will be improving your English comprehension
and your higher order thinking skills at the same time. Content topics are based on what is considered most useful (and thus motivational) for graduates
of the typical Japanese high school curriculum, as well as what has been popular in the previous years of this class. Some examples include; personality,
creativity, time management, and personal finance. In dealing with more challenging topics and language, you will greatly expand your vocabulary and
create a habit of constructing your English communication around the structure of the topic, rather than just around the English language structures that
you have been hitherto most comfortable using. This will be good not only for your English but for your curiosity and life skills too.

1. You will greatly increase both your passive and active vocabulary.
2. You will improve your ability to express concepts and thoughts at intermediate and advanced levels.
3. You will gain confidence and ability to understand and respond to ambiguity and broken communication.

Participation 70%*,  Quizzes and presentations 30%**   (*Students cannot receive participation scores for classes they do not attend.)

**Online quizzes to review and confirm understanding of key topics will be given regularly. At various points during the course, students will
be required to give short presentations to the class reporting on their experiences with the ideas covered in these classes. In both cases,
sufficient notice and opportunity to prepare in class will be given.

There will be little, if any, formal study for homework. Instead, students will be encouraged to implement the techniques covered in class in their daily lives and prepare to report back their experiences.

Topic - The critical importance of sleep

               (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                    - The longer-term negative effects of insufficient sleep
                    - 'Making up' for lost sleep.

Topic - The critical importance of sleep

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                     How can you tell if you are getting sufficient sleep?

Topic - The optimal amount and timing of sleep

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                    Take the sleep quiz using data collected in your sleep diary

Topic - The optimal amount and timing of sleep

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                     What results did you get on the sleep quiz? How good or bad were they? Are you surprised or not?

Topic - summary of sleep    

                (1) Student individual presentation to the class
                      What hard decisions do I have to make regarding my sleep schedule?

Topic  -  The keys to success (however defined)

               (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                    - "90% of success is just showing up."
                    - "'Genius' is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
                    - "'Luck' is when preparation meets opportunity."

Topic  -  The keys to success (however defined)
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                    - What components of success do we and do we not have control over?
                   - (What can we change and cannot change about ourselves in the service of success?)

Topic  -  The ability to act (not just think!) long-term

               (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                    - "He who laughs last, laughs longest."                    
                    - Compounding
                    - Virtuous and vicious circles

Topic  -  The ability to act (not just think!) long-term
                                       

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                    - What immediate temptations could you realistically forgo?
                    - What would be the benefits? How could you keep motivated?

Topic  -  Where does the time go?

               (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                    - "We all have the same 24 hours in a day."
                    - "Time is money."
                    - "Money is time."

Topic - Where does the time go?
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                    - "Why do some people get paid much more than others?"

Topic - What do you have to offer?

          (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                - "Personal integrity."
                - "Reliability"
                - "Experience"

Topic - What do you have to offer?

           (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
            "How should you select your first job?"

Topic  -  Urgent versus important

               (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                    - The Urgent/Important grid
                    - The difference between urgent and important
                    - The irrelevance (and danger) of exciting versus boring

Topic  -  Urgent versus important
                     
               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                    - "What goes in each quadrant? Is there room for interpretation?"

Term 2 culmination

               (1) Individual student speech
                - "What not-urgent activities which would increase my usefulness to others at graduation am I neglecting to do?"

A laptop computer, a smartphone, or a notepad and pencil.

Some research and source references will be pointed out as materials are distributed during the course.

ojmackie@dhw.ac.jp