Final Version!
NOTES on Abbreviations: P = Presentation, W = Writing, R = Reading, Tbk = SS Textbook, WE = Writing Essays (Writing Textbook), HW = Homework, Ex = Exercise, Ch = Chapter, OP = Optional.
1. Read the following sections of Study Skills (SS) Textbook (Tbk) and review the class on Friday, April 13, 2012:
(1) pp. 4-5 for very important information about SS.
(2) pp. 9-11 for goals and structure of SS.
(3) "Goal of the Section" on p. 13 for goals and tasks in the writing section of SS.
(4) pp. 13-14 and this web site to learn more about English dictionaries.
(5) "Goal of the section" on pp. 49-50 for goal of the reading section of SS.
(6) "Goal of the Section" and "Outline of the Section" on p. 69 for goal and outline of the presentation section of SS.
(7) pp. 70-71 for body language of (a) posture and (b) eye contact.
(8) p. 72 and p. 86 for your self-introduction speech.
2. Read Tbk, pp. 13-14 ("Using Dictionaries When Writing" and "E-E dictionarries") and p. 51 ("Two Rules for Effective Reading") and prepare for the class on Wednesday, April 18, 2012.
3. Bring an E-E dictionary to this class.
4. See Tbk, pp. 18-19 (and books on Microsoft Word, if necessary) and start learning how to write English with computers. Remember, somtimes, your classmates are the best teachers to help you learn how to use computers. Go to any of our on-campus computer rooms at Hiyoshi with your friend who knows a lot about computers.
5. Start looking for a book or a movie to talk about in your speech "Book/Movie Review" on June 1. You either recommend or not recommend a book or a movie in this speech.
6. [Ichijo, Kubono, Kwon, Takazawa, Tanabe, and Nakajima (<- Nakazawa?)] Prepare for your self-introduction in this class.
1. Read the following and review Class #2 on April 18:
(1) "Effective Reading in Two Steps," Tbk, pp. 52-54
(2) "Using Dictionaries," Tbk, p. 55-56"
(3) "Introduction to Paraphrasing," Tbk, 57-59
2. Read the following and prepare for Class #3 on April 20:
(1) WE, UNIT 1 and UNIT 2
When you read UNIT 2, find the answers to the following questions:
(i) What is a paragraph?
(ii) What is a paragraph made of?
(iii) What do these sentences in Question (2) do in a paragraph?
Finish #2 in Unit 2 (p. 13)
1. Read the following and review Class #3:
(1) WE, p. 3: "The six steps of the writing process
(2) WE, Unit 1, pp. 5-8: Step 1 "Choosing a topic" and Step 2 "Brainstorming"
(3) WE, Unit 2, pp. 11-15: "The Structure of a Good Paragraph"
2. Read the following and prepare for Class #4:
(1) WE, Unit 2, Ex. #2 (p. 13), Ex. #4-6 (pp. 14-15)
(2) WE, Unit 3, pp. 17-19 and Exercises #6 and #8
(3) Tbk, pp. 59-61: How to Paraphrase
1. Read the following and review Class #4:
(1) WE, Unit 3, pp. 17-19
(2) Tbk, pp. 15-20, pp. 59-61
2. Finish the following and prepare for Class #5
(1) Do Ex. R-2 (Tbk, pp. 60-61), esp. Sentences 4 and 5
(2) Do Ex. W-1 (Tbk, pp. 21-22)
(3) Read WE, Unit 5 and do Exercise 1.
1. Read the following and review Class #5:
(1) Tbk, pp. 21-22, and Exercise W-1
(2) Tbk, 60-63, and Exercise R-2
(3) WE, Unit 5 (pp. 33-35) and Exercise 1
2. Finish the following and prepare for Classes #6 and #7:
(1) Do Exercise R-3(1), Tbk, p. 63
(2) Read "Connectors," WE, p. 30
(3) Start writing Paragraph #1 by using Class Handout, pp. 6-7. This homework is due in Class #7 on Friday, May 11. Do your best with this assignment, as 10 percent of your final grade depends on this homework.
1. Read the following and review Class #6:
(1) Tbk, pp. 63-64 on Steps 1 and 2 in academic reading
(2) WE, p. 30 on connectors and Tbk, pp. 25-27 on transiition words and phrases
(3) WE, Unit 5 (pp. 33-35) and Exercise 1
2. Finish the following and prepare for Classes #7:
(1) Writing #1 (Handout, pp. 6-7): Do NOT forget to attach a copy of Page 30 of Tbk.
(2) Ex. W-3 "London" (Tbk, p. 28)
(3) Read WE, Unit 11 (= Not Easy) and answer the following three questions:
Q1: What is unity?
Q2: What is coherence?
Q3: What are cohesive devices? What do they do?
1. Read the following and review Class #7:
(1) WE, Unit 11 (esp. pp. 78, 80-83, 85)
(2) Tbk, p. 24 and p. 28
2. Finish the following and prepare for Classes #8:(1) Read WE Unit 6 (esp. pp. 40, 42-45) and answer the following questions:
Q1: What is the difference between Comparison Paragraph and Contrast Paragraph?
Q2: What are comparative and contrastive structures?
Q3: What are two methods for writing a comparison/contrast paragraph?
(2) Finish Ex. #3 and #4 in WE Unit 6.
(3) Handout (pp. 8-9) which is available from φΖxTCg of keio.jp. Download and print out the file and finish the reading homework. Note: The slides for Class #7 (on May 11) is also available from this φΖxTCg.
Note: Although I said that Ex #6 (WE, p. 85) will be the homework, we already have so many homework assignments that I have decided NOT to make it a homework. Just finish (1) to (3) above.
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1. Read the following and review Class #8:
(1) Unit 6, WE
(2) Handout (pp. 8-9 and 14-15). If you want to find out example summaries, look at φΖxTCg of keio.jp and download the PowerPoint slides for Class #8.
2. Finish the following and prepare for Classes #9:
(1) Select one movie you have seen or a book you have read.
(2) Look at the example summary in φΖxTCg of keio.jp.
(3) Summarize the move or the book of your choice in one simple paragraph. Some of you will be asked to read your summaries to the class, and the class will guess the titles of your movies or books.
1. Rewrite Writing #1.
2. Read Tbk, pp. 69-71, 73-77.
1. Presentation #2: Show and Tell
(1) Use the class handout (pp. 34-35) and prepare well for Presentation #2.
(2) Rehearse with a watch and physical message as many times as possible, until you are ready 150 percent! Remember to observe the time limit (of 1 to 1.5 min.), as you will be stopped after 1.5 min.
2. Continue to think of a book or a movie which you will (not) recommend in the mid-term presentation on Friday, next week. We will prepare for it with a new handout in this class (Friday, this week) or on Wednesday, next week..
3. Those who did not attach old Writing #1 to new Writing #1 in Class #10 must submit the old writing and its checklists in this class.
1. Get the worksheet for the mid-term presentation (Speech #3) from keio.jp's φΖxTCg and think of the content of the presentation. We will prepare for it with this handout on Wednesday.
1. Use Class Handout (p. 37) and self-evaluate your Speech #2 BEFORE you start thinking about Speech #3.
2. Use Class Handouts (pp. 38-39 and its supplmentary handouts on pp. 18-27 on presentation skills) and prepare for Speech #3, the mid-term presentation. As you can see in the handout, you will need to talk a lot about a book or a movie of your choice. Since you have only 90 seconds, rehearse with a watch and physical message a lot. After 90 seconds, you will hear a beep of a timer. Then, whether you have covered all your points of your story message or not, you must finish within 10-15 seconds. Yo can download the teacher's evaluation sheet from φΖxTCg. Cover all the points there within 90 seconds. Good luck!!!
Note: If you get so sick on this day that you cannot give your Speech #3, see your doctor on Friday or on Saturday. Get a document from him/her and show it to me on Wednesday, next week. We can postpone your mid-term speech ONLY WITH SUCH DOCUMENT.
1. Introduction Section with Five Posters of Final Speech
2. Self-evaluation of Speech #3 with DVD
3. If you were not able to select a good topic for your final speech on Wednesday, select one on your own by checking the new topic with your classmates by Thursday and do 1 above.
Friday, June 8, 2012: Introduction Section with All Five Posters [Kozuka to Yamamoto & Kosuge to Aoike]
Wednesday, June 13, 2012: Final Presentation Rehearsals I: From Yamamoto to Kozuka
Friday, June 15, 2012: Final Presentation Rehearsals II: From@Kosuge to Aoike.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012: Final Presentation I: From Yamamoto to Kozuka.
Friday, June 22, 2012: Final Presentation II: From Kosuge to Aoike.
1. Common Weak Points:
(1) Transition Phrases in the Body Section --> Read Class Handout, p. 27.
(2) Use of Posters #2-4 --> Read Class Handout, pp. 32-33 and Review 3 Steps of Introduction, Explanation and Emphasis. Many people forgot to read the titles (Step 1: Introduction), skipped Step 2, and talked too much about details (Spep 3).
2. Posters #2-4: Posters with Data:
(1) Answer the following two questions:
(i) Can you use these posters in three steps (Handout, pp. 32-33)?
(ii) Can you cover each poster with 6-8 sentences?
If your answers to these questions are "no," your poster may not match your main supporting point. When there is such a mismatch, you need to talk a lot. If the content of a poster matches with your main supporting point, you do not have to talk a lot, and you can finish each supporting point very fast with about 6-8 sentences.
(2) Write sources of information. Write enough information for us to find the original data.
Note: If you get too sick to give your final presentation on these dates, see your doctor on the day or the next day. Get a document from him/her and show it to your instructor. Your final presentation will be postponed only with such a document.
1. Read Unit 8, WE, and answer the following questions:
(1) What is an essay? What is it made of?
(2) What is a thesis statement? What are the characteristics of good thesis statements?
(3) What is the relationship between a thesis statement and body paragraphs?
(4) How can you develop a thesis statement from a topic?
2. Read Unit 9, WE, and answer the following questions:
(1) What is an outline of an essay?
(2) What is an outline made of? In the example outline on Page 65, what are Sections I to V? What are Itesm A, B, C, etc. and Items 1, 2, 3, etc. in Body Paragraphs?
3. Read Unit 10, WE, and answer the following questions:
(1) What is an introduction (paragraph) of an essay?
(2) What are the characteristics of a strong introduction (paragraph)?
(3) How can you make your introduction (paragraph) interesting for your readers?
(4) What is a conclusion (paragraph)? What are the characteristics of a good conclusion (paragraph)?
Note: Bring SS Textbook and WE to this class.
1. Write your essay outline. You may want to look at example outllines (WE, p. 65 and p. 69; Tbk, p. 34 and p. 37). Also, the PowerPoint slides for Class #20 on Friday, June 29, 2012 are available in keio.jp's φΖxTCg.
2. Bring copies of information you used in your final presentation. The following info should be included; authors' names, year, month, and/or date of publication, title, magazine/news paper names, publisher, page numbers, URLs, and dates on which you retrieved the info from the internet.
3. Bring dictionaries.
1. Read Tbk, 66-67 on Step 3 in Academic Reading (i.e., Critical Evaluation)
2. Start writing your essay by using (1) the outline we examined in class on Wednesday, July 4, and (2) the Essay Writing Checklist (Tbk, p. 31).
3. Bring dictionaries, as we do a reading exercise in preparation for the reading section (Section I) of the final examination.
NOTE: The PowerPoint slides for the class on Wedneday, July 4 are available in keio.jp's φΖxTCg. If you were absent from or late for this class, you must look at these slides BEFORE you start writing our essay.
1. Finish your essay (covering 10% of your final grade)
(1) Copy the Essay Writing Checklist (Tbk, p. 31) and attach it to your essay.
2. Bring dictionaries, as you will evaluate your classmate's essay in this class.
1. Finish Part I of Handout (pp. 14-15) in 35 minutes and compare your answer with that in HO, p. 16. Then, write your summary.
2. Submit Essay (the Final Version). [10%]
3. Bring Tbk (esp. p. 30).
Section I on Reading (Writing a summary)
*Review how to write a summary.
Section II on Writing (Writing an opinion paragraph)
*Review "Paragraph Writing Checklist" (Tbk, p. 30)
*Bring dictionaries.