授業コード 02132471 クラス 71
科目名 英語読解研究Ⅳ 単位数 2
担当者 MCGETTIGAN, Martyn John 履修期 後期授業
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授業題目 English Reading Comprehension IV
授業の概要 The overall aim of the course is to allow students to develop their reading skills, with a particular focus on specific areas. From the textbook, students will acquire or strengthen their ability to:

find the main idea in a text
identify supporting evidence in a text
guess meaning from context
find support for claims
the ability to write summaries of texts
Identify paragraph types
Organise essays

Students will also acquire or strengthen various critical thinking skills through the use of the textbook. Specifically, students will develop their ability to:

differentiate between fact and opinion
identify writer purpose
recognise generalisations
identify bias in a text
Identify non-sequiturs
Identify half-truths
Identify analogies and overstatements
Identify null hypothesis and ad hominem arguments
Identify the difference between correlation and causation
Identify hyperbole
Identify false assumptions

Students will also develop various skills through supplementary materials, separate from the textbook. These will include:

skimming and scanning skills, through supplementary materials created by the teacher
extensive reading, through keeping an extensive reading log
the ability to write a critical book review
学習の到達目標 The focus of this course will be on developing and expanding reading skills and strategies, as well as critical thinking skills, through extensive practice.
授業計画 第1回 Finding the main idea
Identifying fact vs opinion
Self introductions
Introduce reading logs
Writing a travel brochure
Choosing a book
第2回 Identifying support
Identifying writer purpose
Sharing our choice of book
How to write a short summary
Prepare a short presentation
Write a summary of 1 (or 1 part) of a book in reading log
第3回 Finding the main idea
Identify generalisations
The difference in summaries of fiction/non-fiction reading
Group presentations
Make a poster
1 reading log summary
第4回 Finding the main idea
Identifying non-sequiturs
Poster presentations
Introduce scanning
Make handouts
1 reading log summary
第5回 Identifying cause and effect
Supporting opinions
Present handouts

Write an animal profile
1 reading log summary
第6回 Finding the main idea
Identifying half-truths
More scanning practice
Make a poster
1 reading log summary
第7回 Guessing meaning
Analogies and overstatements
Poster presentations
Prepare a short pair presentation (2 weeks)
1 reading log summary
第8回 Review
Mid-term test
1 reading log summary
第9回 Examples and explanations
Understanding rhetorical quesitons
Short presentations
Writing an article
1 reading log summary
第10回 Finding the main idea
The null hypothesis
Introduce skimming
Make a presentation
1 reading log summary
第11回 Identifying support
Identifying ad hominems
Introduce book reviews
Group presentations
Make a presentation
1 reading log summary
Write a book review (3 weeks)
第12回 Organising essays
Correlation / Causation
Group presentations
Write the story of a food
1 reading log summary
第13回 Identifying paragraph types
Emotive language
Skimming practice

Write a restaurant review
1 reading log summary
第14回 Organising essays
Hyperbole / euphemism
Skimming and scanning
Make a short presentation
1 reading log summary
第15回 Essay introductions
Identifying false assumptions
Final review
Revision
授業外学習の課題 The written tasks, presentation preparation, and reading log tasks given above for each week will be the homework tasks for those weeks.
履修上の注意事項 Though only worth 10%, it will not be possible to resit the mid-term and final exams. As such, please do not miss those.
【この科目はレベル3以上の学生のみ履修可能です。】
成績評価の方法・基準 Mid-term exam: 10%
Final exam: 10%
Weekly homework: 3% x14* = 42%
Reading log: 20%
Book review: 10%
Attitude: 8%
テキスト Asian Issues 3. Abax. ISBN: 978-1-78547-089-9
参考文献 An advanced learner's English dictionary is highly recommended.
主な関連科目 英語読解研究Ⅲ_71
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質問・相談への対応
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添付ファイル 英語読解研究Ⅳ Syllabus.pdf 説明 PDF version of the syllabus

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