English for Specific Purposes B

1Grade

2.00Credits

semester not specified

Brett Collins

This course is taught in English.

Togane Campus

Effective communication skills are becoming essential for success academically, professionally, socially, and personally in our globalized world. The ability to compose and convey a message clearly and persuasively can be a key to success. This course focuses on developing the communication skills that will give students the confidence to take advantage of the wide range of opportunities they will have in their lives to communicate their experiences, knowledge, ideas, and opinions.

This course focuses on developing students' ability and confidence to communicate their ideas and opinions in a clear and well-structured manner to a small audience. Throughout the semester, students will explore various ideas on everyday topics, as well as learn topic-based vocabulary, presentation language and sentence patterns, and ways of organizing ideas. As part of their assessment, students will be required to give presentations and submit reports on various topics.

Course Orientation and Introduction. Preview of Unit 1

Unit 1.1:
Lesson: A person to admire. Exploring the topic; Talking about admirable people and completing a questionnaire about the qualities of people you admire

Unit 1.2:
Lesson: Focusing on Language; Describing an admirable person’s life history and achievements and talking with classmates about why you admire some famous people

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Opening and closing strategies I

Unit 1.3:
Lesson: Adding impact; Learning about the parts of a good introduction and conclusion and learning about various types of openers and closers. Preview presentation techniques

Unit 1.4:
Lesson: Developing presentation techniques; Making effective note cards and using eye contact to connect with the audience. Planning a presentation about yourself.
Preview:

Reporting achievements

Presentation 1

Preview Unit 2

Unit 2.1:
Presentation 1
Lesson: A great vacation idea. Exploring the topic; Discussing various types of vacations and interviewing classmates about their travel preferences
Unit 2.2:
Lesson: Focusing on Language; Describing various travel destinations and talking about vacation activities and accommodations

Presentation 1 Feedback

Opening and closing strategies II

Unit 2.3:
Lesson: Adding impact; Beginning a presentation with questions to the audience and ending a presentation with a proverb, saying, or quotation
Preview: Using PowerPoint

Unit 2.4:
Lesson: Developing presentation techniques; Using PowerPoint and body language: gesture and movement. Planning a presentation about a vacation you recommend

Vacation activities

Presentation 2. Preview Unit 3

Unit 3.1:
Review: Presentation 2
Lesson: Young people today. Exploring the topic; Talking about survey topics, questions and results, and conducting a class survey
Preview: Survey methods

Unit 3.2:
Review: Conducting a survey
Lesson: Focusing on Language; Describing a survey’s topics and methods and reporting survey results
Preview:

Opening and closing strategies III
Visual Aids

14. Unit 3.3:
Lesson: Adding impact; Beginning a presentation with a raise-your-hand survey and ending a presentation with a look to the future

Survey results

Unit 3.4:
Lesson: Developing presentation techniques; Making and using effective visual aids and emphasizing key information. Planning a presentation about a survey you conducted


Presentation 3.

Unit 4.1:
Lesson: Let me explain. Exploring the topic; Quizzing your classmates about world trivia and discussing questions and answers for a Fact or Myth quiz

Preview Unit 4

Opening and closing strategies III

Context and background

Unit 4.1:
Review: Presentation 3
Lesson: Let me explain. Exploring the topic; Quizzing your classmates about world trivia and discussing questions and answers for a Fact or Myth quiz
Preview: Context and background

Unit 4.2:
Review: Facts and myths
Lesson: Focusing on Language; Providing the context and background for a process and explaining the steps and stages of a process
Preview: Opening and closing strategies IV

Unit 4.3:
Review: Stages of a process
Lesson: Adding impact; Beginning a presentation with an interesting fact and ending a presentation by emphasizing the topic’s importance
Preview: Presentation 4

Review: Presentation 3

Presentation 4. Preview of Unit 5

Adding impact; Beginning a presentation with an interesting fact and ending a presentation by emphasizing the topic’s importance
Presentation 4.

Stages of a process

Preview of Unit 5

Lesson: In my opinion. Exploring the topic; Discussing current issues and surveying classmates about their opinions on current issues

Unit 5.2:
Lesson: Focusing on Language; Expressing opinions and supporting opinions with reasons

Presentation 4

Opening and closing strategies V

Unit 5.3:
Lesson: Adding impact; Beginning a presentation with a common viewpoint and ending a presentation with a “call to action”


Presentation 5. Preview Unit 6

Supporting opinions

Summarizing

Unit 6.1:
Lesson: In the news. Exploring the topic; Talking about news headlines/stories and conducting a news consumer questionnaire

Presentation 5

Presentation 6: Preview Final Report

Final Report Explanation

Presentation 6;


Final Report Due

Presentation 6 Preparation
Final Report

None

Oral Presentations (6 x 5%): 30%
Written Presentations (6 x 5%): 30%
Homework and Manaba Assignments: 10%
Class Participation: 10%
Final Report: 20%

Explanation during next class or written comments

As part of this course, students are expected to preview upcoming class content, as well as to review the content of the previous classes. In addition to this, teachers will assign preview and review activities as part of the regular homework assignments. Assessment of how fully students are previewing and reviewing the lesson content, as well as how successfully they have completed the preview and review activities assigned, is included in the homework and class participation section of the assessment guidelines set out below. Students will engage in a minimum of 1 hour of both preview and review study for each lesson. Preview and review of course content is an essential aspect of language learning, therefore, in order to pass this course and achieve a good passing grade, please ensure that you do this to the best of your abilities.

Present Yourself 1: Experiences (Second Edition)

Steven Gershon

Cambridge University Press

978-1-107-43563-6

Graded readers from the JIU library and the Center for Language Education

English language newspapers from the JIU library and the Center for Language Education

Evaluation exam and grading

The student will be assessed on an ongoing basis during the semester according to the following criteria.

Please refer to room number on individual class schedule.

Given directly from teacher.

https://www.jiu.ac.jp/visitors/students/detail/id=1001