基本情報/Basic Information

開講科目名 ／Course	Debate & Critical ThinkingⅡ／DEBATE & CRITICAL THINKING II
開講所属 ／Course Offered by	外国語学部交流文化学科／FOREIGN LANGUAGES TOURISM AND TRANSNATIONAL STUDIES
ターム・学期 ／Term・Semester	2022年度／2022 Academic Year　　秋学期／FALL SEMESTER
曜限 ／Day, Period	月1／Mon 1
開講区分 ／semester offered	秋学期／Fall
単位数 ／Credits	2.0
学年 ／Year	2,3,4
主担当教員 ／Main Instructor	Ｎ．Ｈ．ジョスト／Neal Howard JOST

担当教員情報/Instructor Information

教員名 ／Instructor	教員所属名 ／Affiliation
Ｎ．Ｈ．ジョスト／Neal Howard JOST	交流文化学科／TOURISM AND TRANSNATIONAL STUDIES

授業の目的・内容 ／Course Objectives	PLEASE NOTE: This class is OPEN to ALL students in the Department of Tourism and Transnational Studies. This course introduces students to the dynamics of debate and will help you develop more fluency in English. Students can expect to learn how to formulate opinions on issues related to values and opinions, express their ideas within the format of a debate and refute the argumentation of others. Through various task students will learn how to develop critical thinking skills. In-class reading & writing activities will help students develop skills necessary for researching & organizing a successful debate. Students will also have the opportunity to observe various kinds of debate associated with the West. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to debate issues that are familiar to them. It will also introduce the idea of Persuasion and how it applies to debate and indeed ordinary life.   The course focuses on improving students' "speaking" and “listening" skills and their "competence to think critically in English as well as hold discussions in English, without using Japanese," to obtain comprehensive English proficiency and to engage in logical discussions using English. Classroom time will be utilized by having students present their ideas from assigned readings, and will collectively establish formal debate topics for our classroom debates. Please feel free to contact the instructor if you have any questions.   njost@dokkyo.ac.jp
授業の形式・方法と履修上の注意 ／Teaching method and Attention the course	To develop advanced critical thinking skills for active debate in English. To look deeper into the more troubling or perplexing issues that face the world, and to critically analyze them in terms positives and negatives utilizing the four skill areas: reading, writing, speaking & listening. Based on research, analysis and reflection, students will formalize argumentation for debates, and finally to debate with a higher level of precision.
事前・事後学修の内容 ／Before After Study	Students need to prepare for class debates by researching the topic and by gaining a full understanding of it in advance of class.  They will also need to formulate their opinions and shape them for our debates. Additionally, students will be asked to defend their positions.
テキスト1 ／Textbooks1	書籍名 ／Title Material will be provided by instructor based on current events from around the world. 著者 ／Author name 出版社 ／Publisher ISBN ／ISBN 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 Longman Dictionary of American English 著者 ／Author name 出版社/URL ／Publisher Pearson ELT 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	Students are evaluated according to (1) their participating in group debates (50%), (2) completion of classroom tasks (25%), and (3) skill in managing class debate (25%).
関連科目 ／Related Subjects
備考 ／Notes
到達目標 ／Learning Goal	上級者のためのクリティカル・シンキング（批判的思考方法）技能を向上させ、英語によるディベートを活性化させる。「読むこと」「書くこと」「話すこと（やり取り・発表）」「聞くこと」すべての能力を活用しながら、世界が直面するより困難で紛糾する問題を深く見ていき、肯定／否定の両面から批判的に分析していく。英語のコミュニケーション能力と流ちょうさ、それにクリティカル・シンキングの技能向上を図る。調査、分析、熟慮にもとづきディベートのための論証を明確化して、最終的により高度な厳密さを伴うディベートをしていく。

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	Orientation & Course Outline Self Introductions	Overview & guidelines will be presented
2	Looking at advanced debate. Lecture and Q & A	What is debate? Lecture and Q & A
3	Survey on the various kinds of debate with Q & A	Students present topic and engage in discovery debate
4	Critical Thinking tasks & techniques for advanced	Topic of debate will conclude with summations
5	Critical Thinking tasks & techniques for advanced	Topic overview and debate
6	Critical Thinking tasks & techniques for advanced	Students present topic and engage in debate
7	Focused reading & writing tasks for development	Students present topic and engage in developmental debate
8	Arranging arguments for 1st debate	Topic of debate will conclude with summations
9	Debate 1 (selected groups) & reflection	Topic overview and debate
10	Description, & analysis of  Western debate	Reflecting on strengths and concerns
11	Analysis, & discussion of Western debate	Understanding argumentation
12	Tasks for the development of argumentation	Applying content/contest to debate
13	Looking at Strengths and Concerns of Debate	Discussion areas of considerations
14	Summation & conclusion	Students present summations