Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
33891:[2025 Spring]English Workshop Ⅰ (ED) 2025 Spring Mon3 College　Of　Economics TAKEDA RIKA 2

Campus

BKC

Class Venue

Ad-seminario208

Language

English and Japanese

Course Outline and Method

This course is designed to develop students' knowledge of basic language and vocabulary on current topics. Using the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approach, students will learn how to express their thoughts and ideas with evidence through group work, formal discussions, and ultimately, improvisational English debates (Parliamentary debates). Students conduct a SWOT analysis of a company using the logical thinking skills developed through the course and make a presentation.

Student Attainment Objectives

By the end of the course, students should be able to do the following:
- Acquire knowledge of the global issues.
- Improve listening and reading skills
- Have and express your ideas and thoughts
- See and judge things logically
- Enjoy parliamentary debate with classmates
- Utilize data to support arguments
- Analyze companies
- Make an effective presentation

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

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

Orientation

授業概要の説明
Warming up
Paramentary Debateの説明
【+R授業】詳細はmanaba+Rを参照

第2講

Unit 1
Artificial Intelligence: How will humans live with AI?

第3講

Unit 2
Business: The sharing economy

第４講

Unit 3
Food waste: Food waste and consumers

第5講

Unit 4
Environmental problems: Plastic waste

第6講

Unit 5
The Japanese Mentality: Do they have good manners?

第7講

Unit 6
Space exploration: Will space benefit our future?

第8講

Unit 7
Immigration: Foreign residents in JapanDebate competition

第9講

Unit 8
Education: Online learning

第10講

Unit 9
Culture: Entertainment

第11講

Unit 10
Science: The new agricultural revolution

第12講

Unit 11
The aging society: Elderly drivers

第13講

Presentation

第14講

Final Exam

Class Format

Conduct the class face-to-face.

Recommendations for Private Study

Students are required to:
- come to class very well prepared, e.g. summarize the reading material or answer questions of each unit
- review the previous lesson (brief summary etc,)
- check announcements from the instructor posted in Manaba + R

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written)

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

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

60% Continual Assessment (incl. debate, review summary, group work, attribution for the class, small quiz, etc.)
20% Review Test
20% Presentation

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
CLIL:Discuss the Changing World Miyako Nakaya, Miyuki Yukita, Masaru Yamazaki, Chad L. Godfrey SEIBIDO 978-4-7919-7208-1

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Reference Books

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
授業でできる即興型英語ディベート 中川智皓 PDA人材育成協会 978-4-9055271-3-8

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

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

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