● 英語セミナーＢ
―American Studies―

002-D-514

In this class, students will learn about various aspects of American history, society, and culture by reading articles, listening to lectures, engaging in discussions, and giving presentations. While most of the learning material will come from the textbook, other materials such as newspaper articles or TV news reports about current events will also be used as time permits. Students taking this class should already have taken a number of Advanced (上級), Special-Advanced (上級特), and/or Intensive Course classes, and will be expected to participate actively in class.

The main objective of the course is to improve students' overall English language skills in the areas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students will develop skills and strategies to improve their ability to read academically-oriented articles and listen to lectures. They will also improve their skills at summarizing (both orally and in writing) information they read or listen to, and will do their own reading and/or research on various topics and present their findings to their classmates. A secondary aim of the course is to develop students' knowledge of American history, society, and culture.

1	Introduction to the course
2	Unit 1, Chapter 1: The Foundations of Government
3	Unit 1, Chapter 1 (continued)
4	〃
5	Unit 1, Chapter 2: Consitutional Issues Today
6	Unit 1, Chapter 2 (continued)
7	〃
8	Unit 2, Chapter 1: The Origins of Diversity
9	Unit 2, Chapter 1 (continued)
10	〃
11	Unit 2, Chapter 2: Diversity in the United States Today
12	Uni 2, Chapter 2 (continued)
13	Unit 2, Chapter 2 (continued)
14	Evaluation
15	Independent study
16	Review of Spring Semester
17	Unit 3, Chapter 1: The Struggle Begins
18	Unit 3, Chapter 1 (continued)
19	〃
20	Unit 3, Chapter 2: The Struggle Continues
21	Unit 3, Chapter 2 (continued)
22	〃
23	Unit 4, Chapter 1: American Values of the Past
24	Unit 4, Chapter 1 (continued)
25	〃
26	Unit 4, Chapter 2: American Values Today
27	Unit 4, Chapter 2 (continued)
28	〃
29	Evaluation
30	Independent study

* Plese note that the above schedule is tentative. Changes may be made depending on how quickly students progress through the material and what their interests are.

This class will require active participation by all students. The topics covered in the class will be used a source materials for discussions and presentations, and students will be expected to think crticially about what they have read or listened to.

Students will be asked to prepare for class by completing exercises in the textbook or reading background material. Assignments such as lecture summaries and presentation outlines will also be given (approx. 30 to 90 minutes per week in total).

第１学期（学期末試験）：30％

第２学期（学年末試験）：30％

Assignments：20％

Participation：20％

Kim Sanabria, Carlos Sanabria, Academic Encounters: American Studies (Level 2, Listening and Speaking), （Academic Encounters） 2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN：9781107655164

履修者数制限あり。
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