Academic English Advanced

Key Features

The objective of this course is to develop students' academic presentation and writing skills. Students will primarily focus on problematic topics within their field of study. This course also focuses on English conversation. In class, I will address you by name each lesson so you can practice responding appropriately. You will be prompted to start conversation as well. Through this, you will also have the opportunity to improve your listening skills in both formal and informal contexts.

School Lessons

Lessons are constructed in order to engage students in varying tasks and are mixed with short lectures. These tasks allow students to practice covered material while engaging in new material. In groups, you will have to discuss problems and imagine possible solutions.

Class focuses

This class focuses on building your vocabulary, listening, presenting, and writing skills. Students will be required to give short presentations, write reaction paragraphs, and discuss a range of topics: culture, law, technology, and current world problems.

Textbook

Presenting in English (Updated Edition).Mark Powell. 2011. ISBN: 978-1-111-83227-8, Price: 3100yen

AEA Schedule and Agreement

Lessons	Points of Focus	Listening/e-face tasks	Assignments Given	Assignments Due	Possible Discussion Problems
1	Saying Hello and Coming up with a Good Idea	none	Presenting in English(PIE) p.10-18	none:-)	Japan's English Education
2	Clearly Introducting your Thesis Statement	Practice Quiz Eface + PIE(10-13)	Reaction Paragraph 1	none:-)	Japanese Population Shrink
3	Strong and Weak Claims	Quiz 1: Eface up to unit 2(PIE 14-18)	Presentation 1 Directions, PIE p. 20-29	Reaction writing 1	Energy and the Environment
4	A Guide to Visuals			none :-)	Lawyer Shortage
5	Practicing what we have learned		Presentation 2 Direction, PIE p. 32-40, Reaction Paragraph 2	Short Presentation 1	Death Penalty in Japan
6	Chunking and LInking, Difficult Sounds, Pronunciation of Past and Plural	Quiz 2: Eface up to unit 4(PIE 20-23)	PIE p. 40-45	none:-)	Organic Farming
7	Practicing our Skills		PIE p. 48-54	Reaction Paragraph 2	Use of Antibiotics
8	Focus and Repition / Using Good Evidence		PIE p.54-60, Reaction Paragraph 3	E-face(Units 1 to 4) by May 29th	Constitutional Changes
9	Rhetorical Questions / Handling Questions	Quiz 3: Eface: up to unit 6(PIE 54-60)	PIE p.62-68	none :-)	Legal Discrimination in Japan
10	Practicing our skills		PIE p.69-80	Short Presentation 2	Vacant Homes
11	Building Rapprt with Audience		PIE p.80-84	none :-)	Humanoid Robots
12	Other Useful Expressions	Quiz 4: Eface: up to unit 8(PIE 62-69)	PIE p.86-92	E-face(Units 5-8)by June 26th	Equality vs. Liberty
13	Simplification and Clarification / Building Complex Reprentations		PIE p.93-102	none :-)	Our Oceans and Climate Change
14	Practicing our skills		PIE p.104-111	Short Presentation 3, Reaction Writing 3	Earthquake Proof Homes
15	Recap of Important things	Quiz 5: Eface: up to unit 10(PIE 110-112)	PIE p.111-118	E-face(Units 9-12) by July 17th, Finish Final Presentations	Avoiding Tsunamis
15%		25%		60%

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