Course Objectives
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"
3) Writing a well structured "Story Message" with a good introduction, body, and conclusion.
Rubric
| 理想的な到達レベルの目安 | 標準的な到達レベルの目安 | 未到達レベルの目安 |
| Physical Message | Stand up straight, look at the audience, use natural gestures and appropriate voice inflection | Stand up straight, look at the audience, use planned gestures, and experiment with voice inflection | Slouch as you read without gestures or voice inflection |
| Visual Message | Prepare very interesting and meaningful slides and synchronize them perfectly with your speech performance | Prepare easily understood and meaningful slides and use them appropriately | Prepare crowded slides that are hard to read without practicing slide synchronization |
| Story Message | Make sure you have a well-structured presentation with all of the components of a speech described on page 57 of your textbook. | Create a good English speech introduction, body, and conclusion | Fail to make your message clear or fail to organize your message in a logical order |
| English | Speak clearly with excellent English vocabulary and grammar | Speak clearly with understandable English vocabulary and grammar | Use only katakana to speak English |
Assigned Department Objectives
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Teaching Method
Outline:
The objective of this course is to develop the oral English communication skills necessary for winning a high school levelEnglish speech/presentation contest. The course will focus onstrategies for creating and delivering presentations, and plentyof English language support will be provided by the textbook andthe teacher as needed.
Style:
Every two weeks, we will practice a different technique for displaying confidence in English presentations, such as making good eye contact, showing natural gestures, using audience-friendly visual aids, and so on. Each technique will be practiced in a short (2-minute) speech. Then, all of the techniques will be combined and used for a final, 5-minute English presentation.
Notice:
Active participation in English is essential for completing thiscourse successfully. During this class, being more than 15 minuteslate, doing coursework for other professors, sleeping, talkingout-of-turn at length, playing smart phone games, and any similaractions that distract one's focus away from class will result in arecorded 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
Course Plan
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| 1st Semester |
| 1st Quarter |
| 1st |
Course Introduction: What is a Good Presentation?
Explanation of course requirements. Self-Introductions. Analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of presentations recorded in textbook videos and Hollywood films. |
Understand the basic dos and don'ts of English presentations.
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| 2nd |
Posture and Eye Contact Part One
Students will prepare informative speeches about their hometowns or cities they recommend visiting. |
Practice good posture and eye contact while speaking English.
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| 3rd |
Posture and Eye Contact Part Two
Students will present informative speeches about their hometowns or cities they recommend
visiting. AND, students will begin preparing introductions for Final Presentations. |
Master good posture and eye contact while speaking English.
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| 4th |
Gestures Part One
Students will prepare speeches describing the layouts of convenient stores, amusement parks, or school campuses. |
Practice using gestures while speaking English.
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| 5th |
Gestures Part Two
Students will present speeches describing the layouts of amusement parks
or school campuses. And, they will begin preparing the bodies of Final Presentations. |
Master using gestures while speaking English.
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| 6th |
Voice Inflection Part One
Students will prepare speeches demonstrating how to prepare or cook a dish of their choice. |
Practice using different types of voice inflection while speaking English.
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| 7th |
Voice Inflection Part Two
Students will present speeches demonstrating how to prepare or cook a dish of their choice. AND, students will begin preparing conclusions for Final Presentations. |
Practice using different types of voice inflection while speaking English.
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| 8th |
Writing of Presentation Transcripts (No Class/No Test)
Instead of a mid-term test, students must complete their final presentation transcripts before the "Week 9" class starts. |
Write a 5-minute English speech transcript with all of the speech components listed on page 57 of the text book.
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| 2nd Quarter |
| 9th |
Effective Visuals Part One
Students will learn how to create and use effective visual aids. |
Practice creating clear and meaningful visual aids.
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| 10th |
Effective Visuals Part Two
Students will choose two countries and prepare comparison charts of the two countries. |
Master creating clear and meaningful visual aids.
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| 11th |
Explaining Visuals Part One
Students will prepare explanations for their visual aids to be used in their country comparison speeches. |
Practice using visual aids appropriately.
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| 12th |
Explaining Visuals Part Two
Students will present their country comparison speeches. |
Master using visual aids appropriately.
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| 13th |
Practice Presentations
Students will practice their presentations in front of small groups of their classmates, and they will help each pair to do better on their final presentations. |
Give practical advice to help your classmates improve their final speeches before they are graded.
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| 14th |
Final Presentations Part One
Half of the class (up to 12 pairs of students) will perform a 5-minute product comparison presentation, followed by a question and answer period. |
(For the first 1/2 of the class) Give a well-structured, 5-minute English speech with all of the speech components listed on page 57 of the text book delivered with excellent posture, eye contact, gestures, voice inflection, and visual aids.
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| 15th |
Final Presentations Part Two
The second half of the class (up to 12 pairs of students) will perform a 5-minute product comparison presentation, followed by a question and answer period. |
(For the second 1/2 of the class) Give a well-structured, 5-minute English speech with all of the speech components listed on page 57 of the text book delivered with excellent posture, eye contact, gestures, voice inflection, and visual aids.
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| 16th |
期末試験実施せず
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Evaluation Method and Weight (%)
| Short Presentations | Final Presentation Transcript | Final Presentation | Total |
| Subtotal | 40 | 30 | 30 | 100 |
| English Presentation | 40 | 30 | 30 | 100 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |