71130011

Core Eng III Com-SA (G1)

2024年度3Q(後期)

外国語

英語

オリバー マッキー

1

2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  -  Sleep and daily rhythm
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                  - "Chronotypes"
                  - "Circadian rhythms"
                  - "Peaks and troughs"

Topic  -  Sleep and daily rhythm
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                   - Take the Chronotype Quiz
                   - What results did you get? Any surprises? What are the implications?

Topic  -   Backwards time planning
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                  - "Atomic habits"
                  - "Slow productivity"
                  - "Yearly, Monthly, Weekly, Daily."

Topic  -  Backwards time planning
                     
               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                    - "When does the daily 24-hour cycle start?"

Topic  -  Procrastination
                     
               (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                   - "Fear, Boredom, Frustration"
                   - "In the zone"
                   - "The Pomodoro technique"

Topic  -  Procrastination
                     
               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
 
                - "How can you design your environment to reduce the probability of getting distracted?"

Topic  -  Multitasking
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                - "Context switching"
                - "True multitasking"
                - "Uninterrupted focus"

Topic  -  Multitasking
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                 -  "How much focused attention is realistically possible each day?"

Topic  -  A change is as good as a rest
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                   - "Hard things first"
                   - "Wind down routine"
                   - "Tomorrow is a new day"

Topic  -  A change is as good as a rest
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
   
                   - "What is the difference between a habit and a routine? Can one become the other?"

Topic  -  Quality over quantity
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                   - "Pull versus push task management"
                   -  "Learning to say no"
                   -  "Automation and delegation"

Topic  -  Quality over quantity
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion

                   - "What explains the apparent wage gap between men and women?"

Topic  -  What are you aiming for?
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                  - "Value driven goals"
                  - "Discipline equals freedom"
                  - "Externally driven agenda"

Topic  -  What are you aiming for?
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
                  - "Which comes first: values, discipline, or motivation?"

Topic  -  Discipline beats motivation, hands down.
                     

              (1) Instructor lecture/comments, Group content/language analysis
                - "Follow your passion"
                - "If you know the why, you can live any how."
                - "Be, do, have."
                - "Fake it till you make it."

Topic  -  Discipline beats motivation, hands down.
                     

               (2) Group discussion/Class discussion
           
                 - "What have we leaned this term?"

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