| Course Name | Year | Term | Period | Faculty / Graduate School | All Instructors | Credits |
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| 14525:[2025 Fall]English Listening and Pronunciation (JD) § 14526:English Listening and Pronunciation (JD) | 2025 | Fall | Tue3 | College Of Law | WARD DALE JOHN | 2 |
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Course Outline and Method
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English Listening and Pronunciation (JD) § 14526:English Listening and Pronunciation (JD)
This course will help students improve their listening and pronunciation by listening to lectures, interviews, videos and music which are related one general theme: modern music.
Students will give short speeches, do shadowing exercises, pronunciation pairs, listen to, watch, read and talk about different kinds of music.
Since there is musical content in the course, students can, if they wish, get pronunciation practice through singing!
Student Attainment Objectives
- achieved some understanding of the most important genres of twentieth-century contemporary music, together with their associated historical/social contexts and subtexts
- given presentations on various aspects of popular music
- written a term paper on an aspect of contemporary music
Recommended Preparatory Course
Course Schedule
| Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) | Theme |
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| Keyword, References and Supplementary Information | |
| 1 | [+R class] See manaba+R for details |
Students will complete an online activity. It will be related to a video overview of the course which students will be able to find on YouTube. More information will be given later on Manaba. |
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Course introduction
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Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters
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| 3 | Music and rebellion: the invention of the teenager |
Elvis Presley and Rock 'n' Roll
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| 4 | From Memphis to Merseyside |
Beginnings of The Beatles
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| 5 | Music Meets Poetry |
Bob Dylan: Poet Laureate of Rock 'n' Roll
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| 6 | From Gospel to Soul |
Ray Charles & Aretha Franklin: Sweet Soul Music
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| 7 | Summer of Love |
The Beatles and the 1960s
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| 8 | Music & technology 1: Rock Guitar and Technological Innovation |
Jimi Hendrix: Rock's Greatest Instrumentalist
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| 9 | I Am Woman: The Rise of the Female Singer-Songwriter |
Feminist Icons: Carole King & Joni Mitchell
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| 10 | Music and Gender: Androgyny and Glam-Rock |
David Bowie: Britain's Greatest Pop Star
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| 11 | Punk Rock: Music and Politics |
The Sex Pistols: Anarchy in the U.K.
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| 12 | Music & technology 2: Roots of Electronic Music |
New York, Chicago, Detroit: Disco, House and Techno, Kraftwerk and German Identity
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| 13 | Global Music |
Bob Marley: World Music's First superstar
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| 14 | Final Test |
Poster Presentation
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Class Format
Classes will usually consist of:
- A test on the previous week's theme
- Music and video samples of the genre/artist
- A short lecture
- A communicative speaking activity
- Homework
Recommendations for Private Study
Students should also take an active interest in currents in contemporary popular music.
Grade Evaluation Method
| Kind | Percentage | Grading Criteria etc. |
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| Final Examination (Written) | ||
| Report Examination (A report to be submitted by the unified deadline) |
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| Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment (Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class) |
100 | Students will be continuously assessed.
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Grade Evaluation Method （Note）
Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods
Students should be ready to do the following:
- Listening to Lecture/Note-taking
- Pronunciation Pairs
- Shadowing/Discussion
- Readings, including 'Jigsaw' Readings
- Information search
- Video/Note-taking
- Interviews with famous artists
- Private Research
- Presentations
- Quizzes
Textbooks
Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）
Reference Books
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)
Other Comments
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