| 学部・研究科 | 総合政策学部 |
|---|---|
| 授業科目名 | 英語（２ｂ）Ⅰ |
| 学期名称 | 前期 |
| 配当年次 | 2年次配当 |
| 単位数 | 1単位 |
| 授業担当教員 | グリフィス，デイヴィッド ハルデイン |
| 教員カナ氏名 | グリフィス，デイヴィッド ハルデイン |
| 履修条件 | |
| 科目の目的・到達目標 | The Critical Reading courses focus on the comprehension and critical interpretation of English texts, with special reference to materials in the Policy Sciences and Cultural Studies. Work in the courses will include activities designed to help students recognise key issues in the texts under discussion, and to identify and make critical judgements about an author’s conclusions, stated or unstated premises, and methods of persuasion. Particular attention will be given to analysis of the structures of English arguments as they are manifest in the course readings. |
| 授業の概要 | Students will learn how to read key English texts in Cultural Studies and the wider Social Sciences with a deliberate critical perspective. Students will gain confidence in analysing an English text both for what it says and what it does not say. No matter how objective and learned the writing and its subject matter, an author makes many decisions during the research and writing process. This course will focus on these decisions, especially persuasive features such as metaphor, vocabulary, emotion and reason. Students will also build skills in identifying and examining an author’s assumptions and perspectives. |
| 授業計画 | Week 1 Introduction to critical reading Week 2 Mind-mapping Week 3 Special reading method Week 4 Academic word list Week 5 Strategies for active reading Week 6 Fundamental comprehension skills Week 7 Active reading and comprehension Week 8 Context clues in academic texts Week 9 Special topic: reading #1 Week 10 Special topic: reading #1 Week 11 Special topic: reading #2 Week 12 Special topic: reading #2 Week 13 Special topic: reading #3 Week 14 Cross referencing discussion |
| 評価方法 | Participation: 30% Midterm test: 20% Text summaries & other reading tasks 50% Note: Students who are absent four times or more during the semester will receive the grade ‘F’. |
| テキスト・参考文献等 | Instructor will supply all materials. There is no set textbook. |
| 授業外の学習活動 | Students are required to spend at least two hours per week studying textbooks, class materials, or handouts to prepare for the next class and also to review material studied in previous classes. |