【講義概要】
Building on the basic skills acquired in the lower level reading and debating class, students will develop intermediate skills for various reading and discussion activities, as well as strategies for developing effective and accurate reading and debating skills in wider communicative situations (such as discussing and debating what they read). Through various activities, students will learn how to read and think and then discuss various topics of interest to college students.
【学習到達目標】
By the end of the course, students will be able to read and discuss a variety of topics, and will, for example, be able to read and understand descriptions of events, expressions of ideas in short essays and other written contexts, and then be able to discuss and debate about what they have read.
【履修上の注意】
Constant attendance and active participation is necessary for successful completion of the course.
【事前準備学習】
Students must come to every class prepared to learn!
【教材】
※指定図書は担当教員が、学生が必読すべきものとして指定する図書のことです。
図書は図書館に置いてあり、１週間借りることができます。（一部貸出不可の図書もあります。）
| 教科書 | 『Twenty-Six Short Essays on English』 N. Akaso, W. Herlofsky, K. Shimizu Eihosha 2013 |
| 参考書 | －参考書は、登録されていません。－ |
| 指定図書 | －指定図書は、登録されていません。－ |
【評価方法】
Grades will be based on class participation (for which attendance is necessary) and various assignments and tests.
【講義テーマ】
| 回数 | テーマ | テーマURL |
| 1 | Course Introduction | |
| 2 | Word Formation in English | |
| 3 | Spelling and English Pronunciation | |
| 4 | The Importance of Language | |
| 5 | Language Learning | |
| 6 | Slang | |
| 7 | Language and Computers | |
| 8 | English in Scotland | |
| 9 | Pidgin English | |
| 10 | English and Other Indo-European Languages | |
| 11 | Modern Linguistics | |
| 12 | English Onomatopoeia | |
| 13 | English through the Ages | |
| 14 | Shakespeare and English | |
| 15 | Final Interviews | |
| 16 | 定期試験期間 | |