基本情報/Basic Information

開講科目名 ／Course	Writing Skills Ⅳ／WRITING SKILLS Ⅳ
開講所属 ／Course Offered by	外国語学部英語学科／FOREIGN LANGUAGES ENGLISH
ターム・学期 ／Term・Semester	2020年度／2020 Academic Year　　秋学期／FALL SEMESTER
曜限 ／Day, Period	月3／Mon 3
開講区分 ／semester offered	秋学期／Fall
単位数 ／Credits	1.0
学年 ／Year	2,3,4
主担当教員 ／Main Instructor	Ｐ．マッケビリー／Patrick McEVILLY

担当教員情報/Instructor Information

教員名 ／Instructor	教員所属名 ／Affiliation
Ｐ．マッケビリー／Patrick McEVILLY	英語学科／ENGLISH

授業の目的・内容 ／Course Objectives	The goal in the Writing Skills IV course is to develop students’ writing and critical thinking abilities in English, progressing from production of shorter to longer academic texts, and from writing on familiar topics to writing about more complex and academic ones. Students should be encouraged to use and integrate authentic text to reflect, react, write, and revise. Overall Objectives 1. To help students understand the typical structure of a ‘good’ essay 2. To help students understand (genre-specific) patterns of essay organization 3. To help students plan essays 4. To help students use a variety of references and utilize Internet sources 5. To help students revise and edit their essays 6. To help students develop computer literacy skills
授業の形式・方法と履修上の注意 ／Teaching method and Attention the course	7. To help students become more familiar with referencing and creating a bibliography (MLA or APA styles)
事前・事後学修の内容 ／Before After Study	Students are expected to spend 90 minutes each to preview and review course content and I recommend that they read English newspaper articles and watch BBC or CNN news programs.
テキスト1 ／Textbooks1	書籍名 ／Title Ready to Write – From Paragraph to Essay Book 3, Fourth Edition 著者 ／Author name Karen Blanchard  Root 出版社 ／Publisher Pearson ISBN ／ISBN 978-0-13-440065^5 その他（任意） ／other
テキスト2 ／Textbooks2	書籍名 ／Title 著者 ／Author name 出版社 ／Publisher ISBN ／ISBN その他（任意） ／other
テキスト3 ／Textbooks3	書籍名 ／Title 著者 ／Author name 出版社 ／Publisher ISBN ／ISBN その他（任意） ／other
参考文献等1 ／References1	書籍名/ｻｲﾄ名 ／Title 著者 ／Author name 出版社/URL ／Publisher ISBN ／ISBN その他（任意） ／other
参考文献等2 ／References2	書籍名/ｻｲﾄ名 ／Title 著者 ／Author name 出版社/URL ／Publisher ISBN ／ISBN その他（任意） ／other
参考文献等3 ／References3	書籍名/ｻｲﾄ名 ／Title 著者 ／Author name 出版社/URL ／Publisher ISBN ／ISBN その他（任意） ／other
評価方法 ／Evaluation	Class participation – 40%, Midterm Exam – 30%, Final Exam – 30%
関連科目 ／Related Subjects
備考 ／Notes
到達目標 ／Learning Goal	1年次の学習成果のうえに、より高度なアカデミック・ライティングができるようにする。

回 ／Time	授業計画（主題の設定） ／Class schedule	授業の内容 ／Contents of class	事前・事後学修の内容 ／Before After Study
1	Cause and Effect Essays	Using transition signals for cause and effect relationships
2	Cause and effect essay plan	Write a cause and effect essay about the explosion of the Internet
3	Comparison and Contrast Essays	Write a comparison paragraph about the similarities of two twins
4	The Language of Comparison and Contrast	Write a comparison-contrast essay about two characters in a book or movie
5	Problem-Solution Essays	Write a problem-solution essay about crime
6	Writing emails and letters	Writing to an Internet advice column, using a peer revision worksheet
7	Writing about social problems	the generation gap, access to the workplace for the disabled
8	Midterm Exam	Write a cause and effect or comparison^contrast essay, or problem-solution essay
9	Unity and Coherence	Writing one-paragraph summaries of newspaper or magazine articles,
10	The Importance of Coherence in Essay Writing	Examples of coherence in essays
11	Expressing your opinions	Using revising and editing checklists
12	Essays that express your opinion	Write a five-paragraph essay that expresses your opinion on a sample essay question
13	Writing a Statement of Purpose	Essay writing for graduate school applicationsm personal statement
14	Review  Exam	Write a five-paragraph essay with an opinion or statement of purpose