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LE-EN1-SE12

履修条件・関連科目等

授業で使用する言語

日本語

授業で使用する言語（その他の言語）

授業の概要

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.

Global Issues 2 will focus on specific challenges as well as successes from Economic Globalization, which began in 1990, considering in more detail how people in developing countries are affected by it, led by wealthy countries, with a special focus on leaders from around the world who are challenging the structures of globalization, from Latin America to Asia to Africa. We will consider the textile industry, in particular, in India and Bangladesh. Students will learn more deeply about the following issues and topics: Child Labor, Democratic Power, World Water Crisis, Beliefs of Multinational Corporations, Profits and Workers Rights, Slave Labor Past & Present, and the Corporatization of Food.

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

The First Semester

• 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 and outlooks
• To give you practice in developing an opinion
• To give you practice expressing your opinion
• To give you practice summarizing important information
• To give you practice retrieving information from the internet
• To understand issues of "Corporate Power" from people in developing countries
• To consider how people in developing countries view Economic Globalization
• To consider the role of social protest in the assertion of human rights

The second semester:

∙ To help increase your listening ability
∙ To help increase your ability to understand a variety of accents
∙ To focus on global challenges, especially environmental challenges in different parts of the world
∙ To consider the opinions of those with different values and outlooks
∙ To give you practice in developing an opinion
∙ To give you practice expressing your opinion
∙ To give you practice summarizing important information
∙ To give you practice retrieving information from the internet
∙ To provide a context to study international organizations more deeply

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, both the good of it and the destructive.

授業計画と内容

Spring Semester:

Week 1: What Is Racism?
Week 2: What Is Racism?
Week 3: Does Consumerism Hurt?
Week 4: Does Consumerism Hurt?
Week 5: Profit & Public Health
Week 6: Profits & Public Health
Week 7: Radio Havana Cuba
Week 8: Radio Havana Cuba
Week 9: Al-Jazeera News
Week 10: Al-Jazeera News
Week 11: Al-Jazeera News
Week 12: Slave Labor Past & Present
Week 13: Slave Labor Past & Present
Week 14: Profits & Workers' Rights

Autumn Semester:

Week 1: Child Labor (China)
Week 2: Child Labor (Central America)
Week 3: People Power (Leaders for today: Malala, Ray Anderson, Wangari)
Week 4: Freedom of Speech & Corporate Dollars (Media owned by huge for profit corporations)
Week 5: Ryan's Wells (Program for clean water in developing countries)
Week 6: Avatar & Gaia (Nature as the giver of life)
Week 7: Democracy At Work (Employee owned businesses)
Week 8: Enron: A Lesson On Greed
Week 9: Canadian Safety (A friendly trip to Canada)
Week 10: Violent Movies Breed Violence?
Week 11: Fast Food: Its Dangers (The McDonald's Empire)
Week 12: Fast Food: Its Dangers (Health Challenges from Fast Food)
Week 13: Fast Food: Should It Be Legal (Environmental Damage from Fast Food)
Week 14: Fast Food: Should It Be Legal (Should governments protest citizens from Fast Food?)

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）

Every other class we will have a discussion (every two weeks). 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- assignments, for the necessary background information to help you develop an opinion and listening assignments. In listening to a variety of accents, some 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. Please make a copy of the video segments (I will provide the websites) every other 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.

Plan to spend a half hour on the homework each week doing the homework.

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。

成績評価の方法・基準

成績評価の方法・基準（備考）

Your evaluation will be from Listening/Internet/Discussion Questions, 80%; Presentations, 10%. Class participation 10%.

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 best to provide extensive feed back on each of your assignments, to help in your continual improvement.

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容

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／その他

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容（その他の内容等）

Students will be engaging each week with films, mostly documentaries, and with articles on the internet.

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

いいえ

【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

All materials will be provided by the instructor through Manaba. Students may print these out or use a computer for access to Manaba during class time.

その他特記事項

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