Last Updated on July 4, 2014
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 Wednesday, April 16, 2014:
(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 Friday, April 18, 2014.
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 6. You either recommend or not recommend a book or a movie in this speech.
6. [Nakashima, Ishiwata, Riona T., Fukuyama, and Nakatani] 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 23:
(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)
On Friday, April 18, we looked at a presentation "How to make stress your friend" by Dr. Kelly McGonigal. If you want to look at it again, click HERE. Enjoy! (Note: If you click on "View Interactive Transcript" which is located just under the presentation title, you can read the script of Dr. McGonigal's speech.)
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. 15-20, and Exercise W-1
(2) Tbk, 60-63, and Exercise R-2
(3) WE, Unit 5 (p. 33) 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 9. 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 Žö‹ÆŽx‰‡ƒTƒCƒg of keio.jp. Download and print out the file and finish the reading homework. You can also find the PowerPoint slides I used in Class #7 in this site. If you want to check your answers to the exercises we did in the class, download the slides to your computer.
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 Žö‹ÆŽx‰‡ƒTƒCƒg of keio.jp and download the PowerPoint slides for Class #8.
2. Finish the following and prepare for Class #9:
(1) Read the following and think about similarities and differences between a paragraph and an essay:
WE, p. 56
Tbk, p. 32
(2) Read Tbk (pp. 69-71) and review (i) introduction to the presentation section of Study Skills and (ii) body language of posture and eye contact.
(3) Read Tbk (pp. 73-77) and prepare for Class #9 in which we start thinking about presentations. Note we will move to the presentation skill section of Study Skills from next week.
1. Rewrite Paragraph #1
Before you submit the new and final version of your Paragraph #1 in this class, staple the following items:
(1) New Paragraph #1
(2) Blank copy of Tbk, p. 30
(3) Old Paragraph #1 and its evaluation sheet (Tbk, p. 30)
2. Read WE, p. 56, and Tbk, p. 32 and review the similarties and differences between paragraphs and essays.
3. Read Tbk (pp. 69-71, 73-77) , if you have not done so yet.
1. Presentation #2: Show and Tell
(1) Use the class handout (pp. 34-35 and its supplementary handous on pp. 18, 20-22) and prepare well for Presentation #2. Note that the topic is NOT about a book or a movie which you (do not) want to recommend. You (do not) recommend a book or a movie in Presentation #3, not in this presesntation.
(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 in Class #13 on Wednesday, June 4, 2014. We will prepare for it with a new handout in this class (Friday, this week) or on Wednesday, next week..
1. Use Class Handout (p. 37) and self-evaluate your Speech #2 BEFORE you start preparing for Mid-term 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. Yet, since you have only 90 seconds, rehearse with a watch and physical message a lot. You can download the teacher's evaluation sheet from Žö‹ÆŽx‰‡ƒTƒCƒg. 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 Wednesday or on Thursday. Get a document from him/her and show it to me on Friday. We can officially postpone your mid-term speech ONLY WITH SUCH A DOCUMENT.
Mr. Takano: Send an E-mail to Mr. Shimura as soon as possible and get help with HW 1 and 2 above.
1. Download this file (Handout, pp. 40-41) and print it out.
2. Using the handouts, think of two possible topics for your final presentation. Use one page of the handout for one topic. The final presentation is a persuasive speech, in which you present your opinion and pursuade your classmates (= audience) to change their opinion and agree with you. This means that your opinion should be the one which most of your classmates disagree with or the one which most of them are indifferent to. For example, if most of them agree with your opinion before your speech, there is NO need for your speech to persuade them to change their opinion. It is usually NOT easy to find a good topic and think of a good opinion, and the handout will help you find a good topic and a good opinion. Using the two pages of handout, find your topics and your opinion about them by Wednesday. Note that you do NOT have to finish the boxed sections in the handout, as we will use them in class on Wednesday. Just finish the top sections above the boxes (i.e., Items 1-4).
If you have any questions about this homework for the next class, send me an email. Note that it will probably take a little more time for me to reply to it than usual. I apprecaite your patience.
The Study Abroad Fair will start on Monday, June 9, and a variety of guidance sessions will be held until Thursday. If you are interested in studying abroad even a little bit, find pink posters or little pink booklet for the fair which you can find throughout the Hiyoshi campus. Do not forget to get the official guidebook on study abroad for Keio students, which gives you information not only about studying abroad through exchange programs but also other types of study abroad.
1. Use Handout (pp. 44-45) and prepare for the introduction section of your final speech with five posters. You will give the introduction section (with Items 1-4) in less than one mintue and also show your five posters to your classmates and Mr. Shimura. Since you will keep improving your posters, they are not the final versions.
Inuzuka, Kunii, Kondo, Hashimoto: Finish Handout (pp. 40-41) with 7 classmates and report your presentation topics to your instructor by email. He can give you comments about your topic selection.
Ishiwata and Nakano: (1) Have you finished the homework for the last class (Handout, pp. 40-41) and selected a topic for your final speech? If not, do it ASAP. You need to talk to 5 to 7 classmates to find a good topic by using the handout. (2) Download this handout (which we used in Class #15 on Wednesday) and print it out. (3) If you want, you can give the introduction section of your final speech with five posters in this class. In fact, this class will be your last chance to have your classmates and me check the introduction section of your final speech and your posters, as we will begin rehearsals of the final presentation from next week and we will use the whole class time on the rehearsals.
All Students: Keizai students get very busy academically from now on until the last day of the spring semester exam period (i.e., August 1). As I said in our first class in April, one of the most important study skills to "survive" in the Faculty of Economics is time/schedule management. Use your schedule book and start managing your schedule better.
1. Finish self-evaluation of Speech #3 (Handout, p. 43).
Akiyama to Takano: Give a rehearsal of your final presentation. It is always a good idea to think that this is your final version. Do not take this in-class rehearsal lightly. Manage your time/schedule well and DO YOUR BEST with this rehearsal. You must use five posters in this rehearsal.
Ishiwata: Send an email to Shimura ASAP. You need the teacher evaluation sheet (p. 43) for the homework above.
Maho T. to Harunori T.: Give a rehearsal of your final presentation. It is always a good idea to think that this is your final version. Do not take this in-class rehearsal lightly. Manage your time/schedule well and DO YOUR BEST with this rehearsal. You must use five posters in this rehearsal.
Note: This is like the final examination for other courses. If you get so sick that you cannot give your final presentation according to the schedule, see you doctor and get a document about your illness from him or her. We cannot postpone your final speech WITHOUT such a document.
Note: This is like the final examination for other courses. If you get so sick that you cannot give your final presentation according to the schedule, see you doctor and get a document about your illness from him or her. We cannot postpone your final speech WITHOUT 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.
The PowerPoint slides used in this class is available for your reference and review in keio.jp's Žö‹ÆŽx‰‡ section.
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).
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.
1. From keio.jp's Žö‹ÆŽx‰‡, download the PowerPoint slides and the handout for Class #22 on July 4.
2. Look at the slides and catch up with your classmates.
3. Read the handout and learn how to use references in essay.
4. Start writing the essay this weekend.
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.