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授業情報/Class Information

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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
木4/Thu 4
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
B.D.タッチャー/Benjamin David TUTCHER

担当教員情報/Instructor Information

教員名
/Instructor
教員所属名
/Affiliation
B.D.タッチャー/Benjamin David TUTCHER 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
This lecture course will be conducted face-to-face.
The course follows on from Writing Skills I and II.
The work for this course is all written and will be submitted online through manaba.
Feedback will be provided either face-to-face in class or through manaba, depending on the circumstances at the time.
事前・事後学修の内容
/Before After Study
Work quantities will vary throughout the semester. The required work before and after the classes will be as such:
Reading textbook sections indicated by the teacher, checking difficult vocabulary and completing any tasks indicated in the textbook or requested by the teacher. (1-2 hours)
Researching required information for composition of essays. (2-4 hours)
Writing essays. (2-4 hours)
Answering questions about other students' work in peer review (2 hours)
Reviewing and improving work. (2 hours)
テキスト1
/Textbooks1
書籍名
/Title
Great Writing 4 - Great essays
著者
/Author name
出版社
/Publisher
Cengage
ISBN
/ISBN
978-1-285-19494-3
その他(任意)
/other
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/Textbooks3
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参考文献等1
/References1
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/References2
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参考文献等3
/References3
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評価方法
/Evaluation
Assessment will be based on in-class performance (20%) and final essays (40% each for two)
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。

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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 Welcome Introductions and course outline. Q and A with teacher. Reviewing information and language acquired in classroom. 30 minutes.
2 Getting to know you Group conversation activities. Conversation activities to get to know other students. Preparing questions, reviewing language acquired in classroom. 30 minutes.
3 Exploring essays The hook and introduction. Looking at the structure and components of hooks and introductions. Reading relevant pages in textbook. Review of techniques and ideas studied. 60 minutes.
4 Exploring essays The body and conclusion. Looking at the structure and components of body and conclusion paragraphs. Reading relevant pages in textbook. Review of techniques and ideas studied. 60 minutes.
5 Stories Analyzing narrative essays. Reading narrative essays and answering questions about them. Reading relevant pages in textbook. Review of techniques and ideas studied. 60 minutes.
6 Developing narrative essays Outlining narrative essays. Completing outlines of narrative essays. Researching and preparing outline of narrative essay. 60-120 minutes.
7 Narrative essay First draft peer review. Reading and answering questions about other students' essays. Preparation of first draft for peer review. Revision of first draft. 60-90 minutes.
8 Narrative essay Second draft peer review. Reading and answering further questions about other students' essays. Preparation of second draft for peer review. Revision of first draft. 60-90 minutes.
9 Final draft submission Informing and explaining. Reading, checking and improving your own work. Proofreading final draft. Reviewing information acquired in class. 60 minutes.
10 Class work Analyzing comparison essays. Reading comparison essays and answering questions about them. Reading relevant pages in textbook. Review of techniques and ideas studied. 60 minutes.
11 Developing comparison essays Outlining comparison essays. Completing outlines of comparison essays. Researching and preparing outline of comparison essay. 60-120 minutes.
12 Comparison essay First draft peer review. Reading and answering questions about other students' essays. Preparation of first draft for peer review. Revision of first draft. 60-90 minutes.
13 Comparison essay Second draft peer review. Reading and answering further questions about other students' essays. Preparation of second draft for peer review. Revision of first draft. 60-90 minutes.
14 Final draft Submission and course review. Submission of final essay and discussion of course objectives. Proofreading final draft. Reviewing information acquired in class. 60 minutes.

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