基本情報/Basic Information

開講科目名 ／Course	Communication Skills／COMMUNICATION SKILLS
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	2024年度／2024 Academic Year　　春学期／SPRING SEMESTER
曜限 ／Day, Period	月1／Mon 1
開講区分 ／semester offered	春学期／Spring
単位数 ／Credits	2.0
学年 ／Year	2,3,4
主担当教員 ／Main Instructor	Ｒ．ジョーンズ／Roger Huw JONES
遠隔授業科目 ／Online Course	－

担当教員情報/Instructor Information

教員名 ／Instructor	教員所属名 ／Affiliation
Ｒ．ジョーンズ／Roger Huw JONES	英語学科／ENGLISH

授業の目的?内容 ／Course Objectives	Beat the Monday morning blues by studying in this dynamic class. All students, who are prepared to try hard, are most welcome. Interesting topics will be covered in the lessons, there will be a lot of fun, and plenty of opportunities to speak and discuss a variety of issues in English. You do not need a textbook in the class because materials will be given to you. At the end of the course if you have studied hard, you will have increased your English speaking, listening and vocabulary abilities a great deal. All students who seriously want to improve their English skills are welcome to this lesson.
授業の形式?方法と履修上の注意 ／Teaching method and Attention the course	This is a dynamic interactive English class. There is no textbook for this class because there will be specially made teacher handouts for you to use.You should download and print out a copy of the handouts to bring to the lessons. There are many opportunities in this class for discussion and speaking practice with pair and group work. In this class you need to bring a laptop computer or tablet computer to each lesson. In addition, be sure to have earphones or headphones handy, too. Be sure all devices are fully charged when the lesson starts. BE SURE TO ATTEND ALL THE LESSONS. If you miss a lesson, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed and catch up with any notes from the lessons and any homework set or other things you need to do. together.
事前?事後学修の内容 ／Before After Study	Students need to prepare for lessons, do homework and review lessons. Carefully go over the points covered in the handout paying particular regard to any new vocabulary (15-minutes). Go over and organise your notes on the lesson and review and prepare for any assignment mentioned in the class (45-minutes). Depending on your pace, you may take more time to complete your studies each week. ABSENCE IS NO EXCUSE FOR MISSING ANY OF YOUR STUDY. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR EDUCATION.
テキスト1 ／Textbooks1	書籍名 ／Title No textbook will be used in this class. 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/???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/???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/???名 ／Title 著者 ／Author name 出版社/URL ／Publisher ISBN ／ISBN その他（任意） ／other
評価方法 ／Evaluation	Teacher Points (Based on Effort) = 100 x 10% = 10 Class Handouts, vocabulary test and quizzes = 100 x 15% = 30 Weekly BIG THINK  Logs = 100 x 30% = 30 Final Oral Tests = 100 x 30% = 30 Several class handouts will be studied and they will receive points rounded to a percentage. In addition to this, regular vocabulary tests will be given in class. The average of these points will be 30% of your final grade. Each week weekly listening reports based on reference to the Big Think webpage. This will be awarded points out of 100. 30% of that will go towards your grade. At the end of the semester, there will be an oral examination in small groups whereby students are expected to discuss issues covered in the class. Points out of 100 will be awarded for that and 30% of this will go towards your final grade. Finally, if you make your best efforts and participate well in all the lessons and do all the assignments 10% of 100 points will be awarded to your final grade.
関連科目 ／Related Subjects
備考 ／Notes	Changes may be made to the exact content depending on the pace and interests of the students. テキスト：No textbook will be used in this class. Printed material will be given to the students.
到達目標 ／Learning Goal	適確な英語発話、コミュニケーションスキルを習得し、中級レベルのアカデミックな討議や口語伝達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	Introduction to the course of studies.	Introduction to the class and studies discussion. Getting to know the teacher and the students.	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
2	What makes an effective language learner.	What makes an effective learner? Students to discuss their early learning language experiences.	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
3	What does it mean to be fluent in a language?	The importance of acquiring vocabulary and vocabulary acquisition tips.	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
4	Reading to achieve fluency.	Students to discuss and talk about their current reading habits.	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
5	A key to language success - reading	How a reading strategy can lead to far more fluency in a target language.	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
6	Why learn English.	Students to discuss the reasons for wanting to learn and study English in today's society in Japan.	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
7	Negativity towards English as a lingua franca.	Students to examine a strong negative opinion towards compulsory English education and then discuss.	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
8	British attitude to languages.	Looking at the UK's attitude towards other languages.	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
9	Gaining nationality to another country	A case study of the situation in the UK. What does it mean and take to be British?	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
10	Introducing a famous artist Yoyoi Kasama	Students to express their opinions.	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
11	Ageing Society - who is it.	An introduction to the issues.	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
12	Talking care of the elderly in society	Who is responsible for the aged?	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
13	Comparisons of ageing situation in other countries	Discussions and research on the impact of the greying of society.	Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson. (One hour)
14	Review of Art and Aging Society Topics.	Overall investigation into the semester's study.	Final review of the lesson and handing in of any final assessments.