【講義概要】
This course is intended to help students develop their writing skills in English. In the second part of this first-year. course we will concentrate on writing summaries. These summaries may be about articles that we have read or programs that we have listened to. This summary writing practice is intended to help students gain the academic writing skills that they need in order to take essay examinations or write reports based on their reading. Although this is primarily a writing course, there will be listening tasks and discussion related to the writing topics. Students will complete writing assignments each week and will also revise and resubmit assignments from previous weeks.
This course is taught entirely in English.
【学習到達目標】
The goal of this course is to master basic writing skills and to produce various types of English texts, and in particular, writing summaries, A secondary goal is for students to gain skill producing English texts using word processors.
【履修上の注意】
To be successful in this course, it is very important that students complete the regular writing homework assignments, as well as participating in classroom discussions and activities.
In the event of online (non-face-to-face) classes, lessons will be conducted using a combination of software, including Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
【事前準備学習】
There are no prerequisites for this course.
【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 | 『Weaving It Together 1』 by Milada Broukal (fourth edition). Cengage Learning
IMPORTANT: Students must buy a NEW textbook - not used. You may be asked to purchase another textbook if this is the case!
ISBN-13: 978-1-305-25164-9.
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| 参考書 | The teacher will provide prints and reference information for students. |
| 指定図書 | －指定図書は、登録されていません。－ |
【評価方法】
Evaluation is based on weekly writing assignments and class performance
【講義テーマ】
| 回数 | テーマ | テーマURL |
| 1 | Greetings, class overview, and introduction activities. | |
| 2 | Food. | |
| 3 | Food. | |
| 4 | Food. | |
| 5 | Inventors and Their Inventions. | |
| 6 | Inventors and Their Inventions. | |
| 7 | Inventors and Their Inventions. | |
| 8 | Mid-Semester Review. | |
| 9 | Amazing People. | |
| 10 | Amazing People. | |
| 11 | Amazing People. | |
| 12 | Readings from Literature. | |
| 13 | Readings from Literature. | |
| 14 | Readings from Literature. | |
| 15 | End-of-Semester Review & Course Wrap-Up. | |
| 16 | 定期試験期間 | |