● 英語Ｒ（上級特）Ｎ全Ｂ

This course is designed for students who wish to improve their English reading and speaking abilities by examining current events. Topics may include bioethics, e.g., the transplant and brain death controversies; prejudice and discrimination with regards to race, age, and sex; changing cultural trends in Japan and abroad; educational issues; as well as topics decided on by the class. The textbook for this class will be Mosaic 2. Since this is a Special Advanced Reading Course, students MUST have ADVANCED English proficiency in reading and discussion skills.

１	Course Introduction
２	Language and Learning
３	Language and Learning; article introduction
４	Article -- presentation and discussion
５	Danger and Daring; Extensive Reader introduction
６	Danger and Daring
７	Gender and Relationships
８	〃
９	Extensive Reader -- presentation and discussion
10	Beauty and Aesthetics
11	Transitions
12	〃
13	Article -- presentation and discussion
14	Course Review
15	Supplementary Study
16	Summer Reading presentation and discussion
17	Article -- presentation and discussion
18	Bioethics
19	Transplants
20	Extensive Reader -- presentation and discussion
21	Breakthroughs
22	Art and Entertainment
23	〃
24	Article -- presentation and discussion
25	Conflict and Reconciliation
26	Extensive Reader -- presentation and discussion
27	The Mind
28	Working
29	Course review
30	Supplementary study

The course will cover the topics in the book but the weekly schedule may be adjusted according to the level of the students. The instructor will provide supplementary materials as needed. Students are expected to use English only in class. Extensive readers such as Oxford Bookworms texts will also be assigned during the year.

Class members will be expected to actively participate in whole class as well as small group discussions.

Participation, Reports, Presentations

Brenda Wegmann and Miki Knezevic, Mosaic 2 Reading, Silver Edition, Silver Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2007

履修者数制限あり。

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