授業コード 20087706 クラス 06
科目名 Writing Ⅳ 単位数 2
担当者 U.M. Styczek 履修期 後期授業
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授業題目 Writing IV 06
授業の概要 This course focuses on developing academic writing skills. The desired outcome of Semester 2 is for students to become familiar with a range of paragraph styles and to gain a deeper understanding of what constitutes successful academic writing.

By the end of this course you should increased confidence in your ability to meet new writing tasks, to correct basic grammar mistakes, and to use a variety of writing skills, such as the following:
- editing your partner’s writings,
- taking notes and writing from notes,
- organizing different forms of writings,
- using appropriate language for different writing types,
- writing descriptions and stories,
- writing your opinions on various issues,
and others.
Every two weeks we will have short reading tests to prepare you for fast reading and comprehension.
学習の到達目標 The overall aim of the Writing course is for students to gain confidence in effectively structuring sentences, paragraphs, and longer passages of written academic English.

Become a self-confident English writer and reader by encountering different kinds of reading and writing..
授業計画 第1回 General introduction to the course, writing reports on holidays.
第2回 Uni 1 : The sentence and the Paragraph: capitalization and end punctuation
第3回 Unit 2: Descriptive Paragraphs Part 1 : adjectives in descriptive writings
第4回 Unit 2 : Descriptive Paragraphs Part 2 : adjectives in descriptive writings
第5回 Unit 3 : Example Paragraphs Part 1 : subject-verb agreement
第6回 Unit 3: Example Paragraphs Part 2 : subject-verb agreement
第7回 Unit 4 : Process Paragraphs Part 1 : time-order words in process paragraphs
第8回 Unit 4 : Process Paragraphs Part 2 : time-order words in process paragraphs
第9回 Unit 4 : Process Paragraphs Part 3: time-order words in process paragraphs
第10回 Unit 5 : Narrative Paragraphs Part 1: order of events in narrative paragraphs
第11回 Unit 5 : Narrative Paragraphs Part 2: order of events in narrative paragraphs
第12回 Unit 5 : Narrative Paragraphs Part 3 : order of events in narrative paragraphs
第13回 Unit 6 : Opinion Paragraphs Part 1 : because of and because to give reasons
第14回 Unit 6 : Opinion Paragraphs Part 2 : because of and because to give reasons
第15回 Unit 6 : Opinion Paragraphs Part 3 : because of and because to give reasons
16.The final test: writing a composition on a selected topics.
授業外学習の課題 Using ONLY English-English dictionaries.
Finishing reading, writing and looking up new words or doing exercises at home if we do not have enough time to do so in class.
Almost every second week you will be assigned to write an essay. Write them at home and bring them REGULARLY to class.

Practice Online (Internet) must be done regularly after each unit
Please preview 2-3 pages ahead of each new unit, and review the part of the material from the completed unit. You are supposed to study at least 120 minutes per week. I will be checking your reports online (Google Classroom), so please read my comments.
履修上の注意事項 You will be required to correct your mistakes and your partners' mistakes in the assignments, write questions and comments to them; to practice writing during class; to finish uncompleted written assignments in your own time; to submit your essays on time.

The classes will be conducted face-to-face.
対面授業を実施します

As a general rule, credits will not be granted if a student is absent more than 4 times. In addition, contact needs to be made in advance of any absences.
原則として4回を超えた欠席をした場合、単位は認められません。
また、欠席については事前に連絡をすること。
成績評価の方法・基準 The grade for the semester is composed of :
1. active participation in class (sleeping is not allowed!): reports and exercises in your textbook written during the class, regular submission of your writing projects prepared at home (submitted regularly and on the scheduled time). Be careful: essays given once at the end of the semester will not be accepted. (50%)
2. comprehension tests: a timed writing test after each unit and the final test in a form of an essay (50%).
There will not be any midterm tests.
Regular attendance is necessary to complete the whole course
If a student is absent from a class, it is the STUDENT'S responsibility to contact a classmate or the teacher to find out about the classwork/homework.
テキスト Effective Academic Writing Second Edition 1 The Paragraph
by Alice Savage and Masound Shafiei

Oxford University Press

ISBN 978-0-19-432346-8
English-English dictionary.
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質問・相談への対応
I do not have my own office at this university, so please do not hesitate to approach me and ask for any advice. Let’s make a deal to speak only in English. Remember: nobody is perfect but we have to do our best. I will be communicate with you also though Google Classroom. Contact me also by email styczek@alpha.shudo-u.ac.jp

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