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授業情報/Course information

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科目名/Subject 英語IIA4(E262A4)
担当教員(所属)/Instructor ホルスト マーク (商学部)
授業科目区分/Category 昼間コース 外国語科目等
開講学期/Semester 2023年度/Academic Year  後期/Fall Semester
開講曜限/Class period 水/Wed 3
対象所属/Eligible Faculty
配当年次/Years 2年 , 3年 , 4年
単位数/Credits 1
研究室番号/Office
オフィスアワー/Office hours
更新日/Date of renewal 2023/02/20
授業の目的・方法
/Course Objectives and method
This course develops students reading, writing and presentation skills through investigating culture. The course has two aims:
(i) To develop students' English fluency - especially presentation,  discussion and writing skills.
(ii) To consider national identity and how it affects intercultural communication.
達成目標
/Course Goals
By the end of the course students should have developed their speaking and listening skills in English and be able to understand how culture influences our behaviour and communication. This will be achieved through:
- Weekly discussions on aspects of culture
- Gathering data on cultural, social, economic and political information of various countries (homework assignments to prepare for class).
- Writing assignments examining theoretical and practical aspects of various countries cultures to develop academic writing skills.
- Group research project into an aspect of a specific country, presented to the rest of the class during the latter part of the course.
授業内容
/Course contents
Lesson Format
* Teacher introduces information about culture (20 minutes)
* Students present aspects of culture about their country to each other.
* Discussions about specific issues related to the topic of the lesson.

Week 1 Orientation: What is culture?
Week 2 Individual Identity
Week 3 National Identity
Week 4 Nations and National Groups
Week 5 Social Identity and Political Systems
Week 6 Individualism v Collectivism
Week 7 Food & Drink
Week 8 Education systems.
Week 9 Gender, Culture & Work
Week 10 Religion
Week 11 Marriage & family structure
Week 12 Work & leisure patterns.
Week 13 Art & Music
Week 14 Multiculturalism, immigration, citizenship
Week 15 Language and Culture; Intercultural communication.
事前学修・事後学修
/Preparation and review class
* Two writing assignments. (About 800 words each)
* Weekly research on socio-economic aspects of a particular country
* Preparation for group presentation.
* Group presentation report.
使用教材
/Teaching materials
Weekly handouts and lecture materials drawn from online and textual sources will be uploaded and available for students on Manaba. Also, we will often be using the following websites:
* The Hofstede Centre: https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/
C.I.A World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
• The Good Country Index: https://goodcountry.org/good-country/data-treatment
• World Values Survey: http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSContents.jsp
成績評価の方法
/Grading
* 2 Written Assignments:  40%
* Presentations: 35%
* Presentation reports:  25%
成績評価の基準
/Grading Criteria
Written assignments are graded as follows:
* How well the essay answers the essay topic
* English fluency and accuracy
* Persuasiveness of the argument
* How well the essay conforms to academic writing conventions.

Presentations are graded as follows:
* Successful completion of research task.
* English fluency & accuracy
* Organisation of the content (how coherent and coherence)
* Presentation skills - persuasiveness and use of visual aids.
履修上の注意事項
/Remarks
* The medium of instruction of this course is English - there are  Japanese versions of some of the written materials, but all class discussions and written work are in English. Please feel free to contact the instructor if you would like to take the course, but you are concerned about your English language abilities.

* Classes will be conducted face to face on campus (対面授業)
実務経験者による授業
/Courses conducted by the
ones with practical
experiences
該当しない/No
授業実施方法
/Method of class
①面接授業/Face-To-Face class
遠隔授業
/Online class
遠隔授業/Online class
追加情報
/Additional information
地域(北海道)に関する学習内容を含む/Includes learning content on region(Hokkaido)
シラバス作成のためのガイドラインに従って作成した
/made this syllabus according to the guidelines
はい/YES

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