授業の概要（ねらい）

The purpose of this course is to help students plan, compose, and deliver an effective presentation in English. Students will be guided through the process of selecting a suitable topic, considering useful language for the topic, brainstorming ideas for interesting contents, organizing the ideas into an outline, adding impact with a strong introduction and conclusion, and enhancing the presentation with relevant physical and verbal techniques. During the course, students are required to show their understanding by taking short tests and to demonstrate their proficiency as well as by giving presentations in English. The final goal of the class is to write a short paper on the topic of their choice.

授業の到達目標

The aim of this course is to enable you to:
1. structure the content of a presentation in a logical sequence
2. use effective techniques for delivering a presentation in English
3. evaluate a presentation according to objective criteria

成績評価の方法および基準

Your final grade will be based on the following:
20% Attendance, Participation and Preparedness
25% Short Tests
30% Presentations
25% Final paper

教科書・参考文献

準備学修の内容

You are expected to come to class fully (or at least adequately) prepared.

その他履修上の注意事項

In order to learn correct, natural, real English, you must avoid using online translation services such as Google Translate. You are strongly recommended to use an English-English (rather than English-Japanese) dictionary.

授業内容