ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION 1 (ADVANCED III)*

共通 - 言語教育研究センター

LENG6511

コース情報

担当教員: KOVALYOVA Angelina

単位数: 2

年度: 2024

学期: 春学期

曜限: 月1, 木1

形式: 対面授業

レベル: 300

アクティブラーニング: あり

他学部履修: 可

評価方法

その他

40% Main essay (the main product of your research and critical thinking skills in AC1) 60% others. Details will be announced in the first class.

100%

詳細情報

概要

This course prepares students to study a subject in English at university level. You will develop your thinking skills through a four-skills integrated approach to well-equip them to listen to lectures, read and talk about academic texts related to social issues and write essays in English. The course will take a task-based, learn-through-doing approach with writing as an end product, starting from finding and evaluating academic sources and developing research questions, through to editing and discussing written work. You will write about topics related to issues in society that interest them. Classes will consist of input on academic writing skills from the teacher, in-class writing exercises and practice, teacher and peer feedback on students’ written work, and discussion of students’ assignments. You will learn how to write an argumentative essay. Through writing, students will learn how to organise ideas logically and develop them by interacting with the texts that they read and supporting their ideas with references that are relevant and trustworthy.

目標

On this course, you will learn how to write a summary, based on academic texts related to a topic/subject dealt with on the course. You will listen to lectures and be able to make notes about the main points. You will be guided to skim and scan authentic academic articles of over 2,000 words and read in order to understand the gist of the content and report about it verbally. You will learn how to write academic texts of around 1,000 words, using the correct academic conventions, and focus on paragraph structures, logic and cohesion. You will also learn how to edit your texts and review your own writing critically, as well as present / discuss the content in class.

授業外の学習

Based on the content of the syllabus and textbook materials, students will be asked to preview/review the lessons. Homework in connection to the lessons will be given every week. Homework will include textbook exercises, writing assignments (short paragraphs and essays), and preparation for in-class discussions and presentations. Homework may take around 45 min.

所要時間: 45 minutes

スケジュール

Getting to know you Overview of the course Talking about an academic subject of your interest
Writing an introductory essay about your learning interest: Description of subject and stating reasons why you are interested in the subject.
Reading and summarising an academic article Listening to a lecture related to an academic article
Learning how to use the library proficiently to find sources relevant to your research question Giving a lecture on academic articles.
Identifying areas of interest for research Listening to a short lecture on the above. Developing research questions and reading about the chosen topic
Listening to a lecture with an argument: identifying fact/opinion. Learning about the difference between descriptive and argumentative writing
Writing an academic bibliography or summaries of texts related to your research question Evaluating academic sources for credibility and relevance to your research question
Presenting an article from an academic bibliography for seminar discussion Preparing for a seminar discussion
Peer review of seminar discussion: Justification of seminar topic and research questions
Editing and rewriting seminar discussion plan based on teacher / peer feedback.
Using IT tools to help you edit your own work
Analysing and discussing a sample argumentative essay
Planning and structuring an essay
Structuring paragraphs effectively
Effective and complex sentence structure in academic writing
Hedging and intensifying in academic writing
Short presentations on students’own inquiry and feedback in class
Knowing when and how to paraphrase, summarise and quote
Synthesising ideas from a number of academic sources
Using reporting verbs effectively
Learning how to develop arguments logically and avoid logical fallacies
Writing argumentative essays based on research of 1500-2000 words
Using in-text citation and writing reference lists according to APA style
Peer review of essays
Effective discussion skills for leading a seminar discussion
Asking critical questions in seminar discussions on written work of your classmates Presentation of essays in seminar groups 1
Presentation of essays in seminar groups 2
Reflection on your progress in class Evaluation/Exam TO BE DISCUSSED

教科書

著者名/Authors :Chin, et al. 書名/Title :Academic Writing Skills Student's Book 3 出版社・出版年/Publisher.Year :Cambridge University Press 2013

参考書

Not applicable. Please refer to in-class syllabus.