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EC-EN2-14aX

履修条件・関連科目等

授業で使用する言語

英語

授業で使用する言語（その他の言語）

授業の概要

＜学位授与方針と当該授業科目の関連＞
この科目は、問題解決力（外国語とコミュニケーションの能力及びコンピューターを利用した統計・情報処理と分析の能力を用いて、科学技術及び社会の急速な変化に対応しながら、さまざまな問題を解決することができる）の修得に関わる科目です。

＜概要＞
Global Issues 1 The theme is on the hidden injustices all around us. Some of the topics you'll be considering this semester: racism, corporate control, freedom of speech, righting past wrongs, globalization and child labor, people power, and changes in capitalism. Several of the listening segments are about North America. In particular, we'll be thinking a little about how the small things people do to help can make a big difference. Most of class time will be spent reviewing your homework assignments, which are based on seven video reports from CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corp), NBC News (National Broadcasting Corp), and from recent documentaries. In addition, you will be watching several public service announcements, and music videos.

I hope the issues we consider in this class will enrich our understanding of life in many parts of the world. These issues can also be relevant for our everyday lives, many of which I believe are based of issues students are already studying and so reinforce important themes that all of us may be exposed to throughout our lives.

科目目的

∙ To help increase your listening ability
∙ To help increase your ability to understand a variety of accents
∙ To focus on social change and social protest in different parts of the world
∙ To consider the opinions of those with different values, religions, and social systems
∙ To consider how people in developing countries view the IMF and the World Bank
∙ To consider the role of social protest in challenging unjust policies
∙ To consider "freedom of speech" from the view of many cultures
∙ To offer you practice in developing an opinion
∙ To offer you practice expressing your opinion
∙ To offer you practice summarizing important information
∙ To offer you practice retrieving information from the internet

到達目標

We hope students will achieve all the goals listed above and they engage with important global issues and learn more about the international economic system we are all apart of, and more!

授業計画と内容

Spring term:

Week 1: What Is Racism? (Police killing of African Americans)
Week 2: What Is Racism? (The Worldwide Rise of Hate Groups)
Week 3: Does Consumerism Hurt? (Sweatshops in Central American and Bangladesh)
Week 4: Does Consumerism Hurt? (Fair Trade for Cash Crops in Kenya/Ethiopia)
Week 5: Profit & Public Health (Big Tobacco's Past Control of Government Policy)
Week 6: Profits & Public Health (Big Tobacco Held Accountable)
Week 7: Radio Havana Cuba (The Media/Radio in Cuba)
Week 8: Radio Havana Cuba (Healthcare and Education in Cuba)
Week 9: Al-Jazeera News (Arabic Language News in the Arab World)
Week 10: Al-Jazeera News (The Arab Spring--Democratic ferment)
Week 11: Al-Jazeera News (Democratic Change in Tunisia)
Week 12: Slave Labor Past & Present (Anne Frank and the Holocaust)
Week 13: Slave Labor Past & Present (Sweatshops around the world)
Week 14: Profits & Workers' Rights (A trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida)

授業時間外の学修の内容

指定したテキストやレジュメを事前に読み込むこと／授業終了後の課題提出／その他

授業時間外の学修の内容（その他の内容等）

Students are required to spend at least an hour per week studying textbooks, class materials, or handouts in order to prepare for the next class and also to review material studied in previous classes.

Every other class will have a discussion. This is for you to develop your opinion and perhaps to debate or at least to compare opinions with other students in your group. Every other week you will also have internet research, for the necessary background information to help you develop an opinion. In listening to a variety of accents, particularly from people whose native language is not English, you will first learn to get the general meaning of spoken English, though you may not understand every word.

Most of your work for the class will be done outside of class, to prepare for the class, especially for the discussions. I will give students the websites for the video segments. Please watch the segment each week as many times as necessary as you follow the instructions in your homework pages for the Vocabulary, Getting Main Ideas, Listening For Details, Fill In Blanks, Final Details, Internet Research, and Things To Talk About.

授業時間外の学修に必要な時間数／週

・毎週１回の授業が半期（前期または後期）または通年で完結するもの。１週間あたり１時間の学修を基本とします。
・毎週２回の授業が半期（前期または後期）で完結するもの。１週間あたり２時間の学修を基本とします。

成績評価の方法・基準

成績評価の方法・基準（備考）

I will try my very best to return your assignments in a timely fashion, with extensive written comments that I hope will help you improve your English!!

課題や試験のフィードバック方法

授業時間内で講評・解説の時間を設ける／授業時間に限らず、manabaでフィードバックを行う／その他

課題や試験のフィードバック方法（その他の内容等）

I will try my very best to return your assignments in a timely fashion, with extensive written comments that I hope will help you improve your English!!

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容

PBL（課題解決型学習）／反転授業（教室の中で行う授業学習と課題などの授業外学習を入れ替えた学習形式）／ディスカッション、ディベート／グループワーク／プレゼンテーション

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容（その他の内容等）

授業におけるICTの活用方法

実施しない

授業におけるICTの活用方法（その他の内容等）

実務経験のある教員による授業

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【実務経験有の場合】実務経験の内容

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験に関連する授業内容

テキスト・参考文献等

Own Material

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