基本情報/Basic Information

開講科目名 ／Course	Writing Skills Ⅲ／WRITING SKILLS Ⅲ
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	2023年度／2023 Academic Year　　春学期／SPRING SEMESTER
曜限 ／Day, Period	水1／Wed 1
開講区分 ／semester offered	春学期／Spring
単位数 ／Credits	1.0
学年 ／Year	2,3,4
主担当教員 ／Main Instructor	Ｎ．Ａ．カナロス／Nicholas Augustine CANALOS

担当教員情報/Instructor Information

教員名 ／Instructor	教員所属名 ／Affiliation
Ｎ．Ａ．カナロス／Nicholas Augustine CANALOS	英語学科／ENGLISH

授業の目的・内容 ／Course Objectives	The goal in the Writing Skills III 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. Overall Objectives 1. To provide an overview of what constitutes a ‘good’ essay 2. To help students understand various patterns of essay organization 3. To help students plan essays 4. To help students revise and edit their essays 5. To help students use a variety of sources 6. To help students develop computer literacy skills 7. To introduce the basics of referencing and creating a bibliography (MLA or APA styles)
授業の形式・方法と履修上の注意 ／Teaching method and Attention the course	The class will be conducted in a seminar style. We will examine the textbook and discuss its contents. Many of the weekly assignments will be done on Manaba. Classroom time will be spend on discussion of the textbook and reviewing our weekly writing assignments. There will be a longer in-class writing project at the completion of each unit in the book. We will complete three units by the end of this course.
事前・事後学修の内容 ／Before After Study	Read the specified portion of the textbook and make note of specialized terms. Complete assignments in the textbook in that same portion. (1 hour) Complete a shorter writing task each week. Submit writings to Manaba on the topic specified in class. (1 hour)
テキスト1 ／Textbooks1	書籍名 ／Title Effective Academic Writing 2 著者 ／Author name Alice Savage and Patricia Meyer 出版社 ／Publisher Oxford University Press 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 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	classroom participation 35%, short essays 45% (15% each), final writing 20%
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	Course introduction	Introduction to the course and the textbook.
2	Paragraph to Short Essay - 1 (Paragraph structure)	How to structure paragraphs, topics and themes.
3	Paragraph to Short Essay - 2 (Unity and Coherence)	Unity and coherence in writing. How to maintain clarity.
4	Paragraph to Short Essay - 3 (Short Essay)	Expanding paragraphs into essays.
5	Paragraph to Short Essay - Timed Writing	In-class timed writing assignment. Graded.
6	Descriptive Essays - 1 (Descriptive Organization)	How to organize a descriptive writing essay.
7	Descriptive Essays - 2 (Prepositional Phrases)	Expanded use of prepositional phrases. Descriptive details.
8	Descriptive Essays - 3 (Metaphors and Similes)	Use of metaphors and similes in descriptive essays.
9	Descriptive Essays - Timed Writing	In-class timed writing assignment. Graded.
10	Narrative Essays - 1 (Narrative Organization)	How to organize a narrative essay.
11	Narrative Essays - 2 (Sequencing)	Use of subordinating conjunctions in sequencing a narrative.
12	Narrative Essays - 3 (Past Time Clauses)	Various uses of past verbs and clauses in narrative essays.
13	Narrative Essays - Timed Writing	In-class timed writing assignment. Graded.
14	Final in-class writing	In-class timed writing assignment. Graded.