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Core Eng IV Com-SA (G1)

2024年度4Q(後期)

外国語

英語

オリバー マッキー

1

2.00単位

火曜1限、木曜2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  -  Personality
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                - "Personality traits"
                - "Emotional intelligence"
                - "IQ"

Topic  -  Personality
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                - "What is and what is not part of your personality? How can personality be measured?"

Topic  -  Know thyself
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                - "The Big 5 model of personality."
                - "Feel the fear and do it anyway."
                - "Personality is not destiny."

Topic  -  Know thyself
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                - Take the personality quiz
                - "What were the results? Any surprises? What are the implications?"

Topic  -  Wisdom
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                - "Play to your strengths, manage your weaknesses."
                - "If you're not struggling, you're not growing."
                - "Success is a journey, not a destination."
                - "I love my job, but that doesn't mean I love every part of it."

Topic  -  Wisdom
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                 - "What aspects of your personality will be the biggest hindrances in pursuing your goals?"
                 - "What can you do to manage them?"

Topic  -  True happiness
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
               - "Work/life balance"
               - "The hierarchy of needs."
               - "Love is an action, not an emotion."
               - "Euphoria" "Joy" "Contentment"

Topic  -  True happiness
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion

               - "How is it that there is a relationship between social media consumption and unhappiness?"

Topic  -  Creativity
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
               - "Originality" "Creativity" "Innovation"
               - "Money talks."
               - "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door."

Topic  -  Creativity
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                - "What is it that might make some people more creative than others?"

Topic  -  The creative brain
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                - "Default Mode Network"
                - "Practice makes creative."
                - "Quantity has a quality all of its own."

Topic  -  The creative brain
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                 - Take the creativity quiz
                 - "What were the results? What are their implications?"

Topic  -  The fearless are not brave
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
               - "Everyone is the star in the movie of their life."
               - "No one thinks about you as much as you think about yourself."
               - "Once we accept that we are on our own, we a free to choose our path."

Topic  -  The fearless are not brave
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion

               - "What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?"

Topic - review of the term and year
         - exit interviews one on one (in English) with the instructor

Final administration
    - Attendance record confirmation
    - Feedback from students to instructor
    - Closing comments

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