Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
12539:[2025 Spring]IR18‐BA101 English for International Studies I (Advanced)(RA) 2025 Spring Mon3,Thu2 College　Of　International　Relations IKEDA YOSHIKO 2

Campus

KIC/KIC

Class Venue

RYOYUKAN　RY206/RYOYUKAN　RY206

Language

English

Course Outline and Method

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The aim of English for International Studies is to develop a high-level command of English which will allow students to deepen their knowledge of International Relations. Students engage in an active learning process through an integrated approach to reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. Among these skills, EIS I focuses particularly on reading skills. We will read From Critical Thinking to Argument (2013), which illustrates critical thinking, encourages active reading, and shows how to get deeper into arguments. We will also view several great speeches of the 20th and the 21st century. Based on argumentative theories provided by this book, we will analyze these speeches and discuss the rhetorical strategies used to persuade people to make specific changes in the world. Students will give a presentation on a speech of their choice and write a 1000-word research paper on the speech. While exploring these speeches, students will enhance critical thinking and learn the basic features of civic discourse as well as improving their writing and presentation skills.
　


Student Attainment Objectives


1. Students will be able to read intensively and critically.
2. Students will build the vocabulary necessary for reading academic materials.
3. Students will acquire basic knowledge of argumentation.
4. Students will be able to write a 1000-word academic paper by APA Style.



Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
1

Introduction to the course:

Donald Trump's Joint Address to Congress
Worksheet #1

2

Worksheet: Group sheet #1 Team Project

Introduce your friend (1 min) and make a PowerPoint file.

3

From Critical Thinking to Argument-1 (pp.1-10)

What is critical thinking? Definition and Image mapping
Writing Assignment #1

4

Freeman case-1 (Case-reading-1) PDF file in Content

Freeman vs. Florida for Freeman
Writing Assignment #2-a

5

Freeman case-2 (Case-reading-2) PDF file in Content

Freeman vs. Florida State for Florida State
Writing Assignment #2-b

6

From Critical Thinking to Argument -2 (pp.10-23)

What are topics?
Writing Assignment #3

7

From Critical Thinking to Argument -3 (pp.23-32)

Critical Reading Strategies
Writing Assignment #4

8

From Critical Thinking to Argument -4 (pp.39-54)

Active Reading
Writing Assignment #5

9

From Critical Thinking to Argument-5 (pp.56-60)

Amendment Junkie-1
Writing Assignment #6-a

10

From Critical Thinking to Argument-6 (pp.60-61)

Amendment Junkie-2
WritingAssignment #6-b

11

Aristotle's On Rhetoric(pp.1-7)

Historical approach-1
Writing Assignment #7

12

Aristotle's On Rhetoric (pp.7-16)

Historical approach-2
Writing Assignment #8

13

Aristotle’s On Rhetoric (pp.27-36)

Paradigm/syllogism
Writing Assignment #9

14

Aristotle’s On Rhetoric (pp.37-46)

Three kinds of rhetoric
Writing Assignment #10

15

Aristotle’s On Rhetoric (pp.46-52)

Ethos, pathos, and logos
Writing Assignment #11

16

 “Declaration of War” by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Definition, Description and Argument
Worksheet #2

17

From Critical Thinking to Argument-7 (pp.70-81)

Persuasion, Reason vs. Rationalization, Definition
Writing Assignment #12

18

From Critical Thinking to Argument -8 (pp.81-88)

Assumptions, premises, syllogisms and enthymemes
Writing Assignment #13
(Franklin Roosevelt's pathos)

19

From Critical Thinking to Argument -8 (pp.88-102) and Essay 1:"True or False"

Logos-1: Induction and evidence
Writing Assignment #14

20

From Critical Thinking to Argument -9 (pp.83-84) and Essay 2: "It's all about him"

Logos-2: Deduction
Writing Assignment #15

21

Paper Assignment #1 (Due)

Peer Review and Plagiarism

22

Nelson Mandela's "An Ideal for which I am prepared to die"-1

Logos-1
Writing Assignment #16-a

23

 Mandela's "An Ideal for which I am prepared to die"-2

Logos-2
Writing Assignment #16-b

24

Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth

Ethos
Worksheet #3

25

Barrack Obama's Remarks in Prague

Logos and Ethos
Worksheet #4

26

Individual Presentations-1

Evaluation Sheet #1

27

Individual Presentations-2

Evaluation Sheet #2

28

Individual Presentations-3

Evaluation Sheet #3
Paper Assignment #2 (Due)

Class Format

All classes are to be conducted face to face; however, in the case of an emergency the instructor may elect to provide online (live-streamed) classes provided that the maximum number of online classes remains less than 1/2 of the total number of classes for the specified course. If an instructor does conduct a live-streamed class, then the link will be posted on Manaba+R.

Recommendations for Private Study

Due dates for vocabulary quizzes and writing assignments will be given in class and on Manaba + R.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written) 0

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)		 0

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

Class Participation 70%
(attendance, vocabulary quizzes, writing assignments, participation in class and group discussions)


One Paper (1st draft 5%, 2nd draft 10%) 15%

Individual Presentation 15%
 

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Formative evaluation is performed through class participation, including small quizzes and assignments as well as one or more essays, papers, and presentations, based on a rubric that targets each skill. The feedbacks are given to the students when Writing Assignments are returned with the general comments and also the paper drafts will be returned to the students with individual comments.

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

 Students are expected to participate in class and group discussions actively in English.


Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
From Critical Thinking to Argument Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau Beadford/St.Martin’s・ ISBN-10: 1457649950 ISBN-13: 978-1457649950 Published on Sept., 2013

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

The used textbooks will be distributed by the instructor to the students and other reading materials on speeches will be assigned in class. 　①We will use the half of the textbook ② in class ③ from Week 1 to 25.

Reference Books

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Aristotle On Rhetoric :A theory of civic Discourse, Second Edition George A. Kennedy Oxford University press 978-0-19-530509-8

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Reference books will be available in the library for students to further develop their written presentation skills according to their specific needs.

Web Pages for Reference

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Talk with Students,Other (Separate instructions will be provided)

Other Comments

Course schedule may be modified based on student needs. Any such modifications will be clearly communicated to students in class and via manaba+R.
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