By the end of this course, the students should be able to prepare 5-minute English presentations, and they should understand the cultural norms of giving presentations in an English speaking context.
To this end, the students will be required to work on improving their English communication and presentation skills in the following areas as described in the textbook:
1) Creating a confident "Physical Message" which utilizes good posture, eye contact, gestures, and voice inflection.
2) Displaying a clear "Visual Message" with well prepared slides to support their speech.
3) Writing a well structured "Story Message" with a good introduction, body, and conclusion.
Outline:
The objective of this course is to develop the oral English communication skills necessary for making academic and professional presentations in English. The course will focus on strategies for creating and delivering presentations, and plenty of English language support will be provided by the textbook and the teacher as needed.
Style:
Every two weeks, teams of five students will prepare and perform a different type of English presentation, such as a sales presentation, a technical presentation, an academic presentation and so on. All team members will be graded for preparing the presentations. However, only one team member has to speak for each of these 2-4 minute "Solo Presentations." And, every presentation must be performed by a different team member each time, so that everyone performs a "Solo Presentation" once by the end of the semester. Then, in the last class, all of the presentation techniques covered in the course will be combined, and all 5 team members will speak in a final 8-10 minute English presentation.
Notice:
Active participation in English is essential for completing this course successfully. During this class, being more than 15 minutes late, doing coursework for other professors, sleeping, talking out-of-turn at length, playing smart phone games, and any similar actions that distract one's focus away from class will result in a recorded absence or a required make-up class.
合格の対象としない欠席条件(割合) 1/4以上の欠課
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| 2nd Semester |
| 3rd Quarter |
| 1st |
Preparation for the Option Presentation: Presentation teams will learn about how to prepare a presentation on options for fast-food restaurants, cell phone carriers, or airlines. Homework: Prepare an option presentation for Week 2. |
Develop skills in giving, evaluating, and summarizing options in English.
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| 2nd |
Performing the Option Presentation: One team member from each team will perform a solo presentation called the "Option Presentation." Homework: Practice online activities to review common English errors that will be on the Week 3 quiz. |
Focus on smoothness, loudness, expression, eye contact, and posture for making a good English presentation.
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| 3rd |
Common English Errors Quiz 1.
Preparation for the Proposal Presentation: Presentation teams will learn about how to prepare a presentation of a new project or club for their classmates to join. Homework: Prepare a proposal presentation for Week 4. |
Master the common English errors reviewed online.
Develop skills for emphasizing how special, different, and unique your ideas are.
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| 4th |
Performing the Proposal Presentation: One team member from each team will perform a solo presentation called the "Proposal Presentation." Homework: Practice online activities to review common English errors that will be on the Week 5 quiz. |
Focus on smoothness, loudness, expression, eye contact, posture and how to emphasize how special, different, and unique your ideas are.
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| 5th |
Common English Errors Quiz 2.
Preparation for the Sales Presentation: Presentation teams will learn about how to prepare a presentation to sell a new product. Homework: Prepare a sales presentation for Week 6. |
Master the common English errors reviewed online.
Develop skills necessary for creating interest, understanding, agreement, and action in your English presentation.
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| 6th |
Performing the Sales Presentation: One team member from each team will perform a solo presentation called the "Sales Presentation." Homework: Practice online activities to review common English errors that will be on the Week 7 quiz. |
Focus on the Physical Message, the Visual Message, and the Story Message.
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| 7th |
Common English Errors Quiz 3.
Review and feedback. |
Master the common English errors reviewed online.
Prepare for the mid-term test.
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| 8th |
Mid-term Test |
Master the common English errors reviewed online, as well as all aspects of the Physical, Visual, and Story messages presented in the textbook on pages 1 - 42.
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| 4th Quarter |
| 9th |
Preparation for the Technical Presentation: Presentation teams will learn about how to prepare a presentation on how a new technology overcame the limitations of an older technology. Homework: Prepare a technical presentation for Week 10. |
Develop skills for explaining problems, giving solutions, and talking about benefits and results in English.
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| 10th |
Performing the Technical Presentation: One team member from each team will perform a solo presentation called the "Technical Presentation." No homework. |
Focus on giving balanced peer feedback.
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| 11th |
Preparation for the Academic Presentation: Presentation teams will learn about how to prepare a presentation on the good or bad prospects of a particular country's future. Homework: Prepare an Academic presentation for Week 12. |
Develop skills for analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) and handling questions from the audience with ease.
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| 12th |
Performing the Academic Presentation: One team member from each team will perform a solo presentation called the "Academic Presentation." No homework. |
Focus on preparation for the question and answer session.
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| 13th |
Preparation for the Team Presentation: Presentation teams will learn about how to prepare a presentation of a "Co+Work" product as a team in English. The product can be one that was designed by any team member's Co+Work groups over the past 3 years. Homework: Prepare a Co+Work presentation for Week 14. |
Put all aspects of the course into one presentation and prepare for the question and answer session.
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| 14th |
Performing the Team Presentation: All team members will work together to do Co+Work presentations in English, followed by a question and answer period. |
Evaluate groups for their teamwork and their ability to apply what they should have learned from this course.
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| 15th |
Review and feedback.
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Check understandings and achievements from taking this course.
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| 16th |
期末試験実施せず |
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