授業科目名 年度 学期 開講曜日・時限 学部・研究科 全担当教員 単位数
14525:[2025 秋セメスター]英語のリスニングと発音(JD) § 14526:(副)英語のリスニングと発音(JD) 2025 秋セメスター 火3 法学部 WARD DALE JOHN 2

キャンパス

衣笠

授業施設

存心館ZS309号教室

授業で利用する言語

English

授業の概要と方法

【+R-Jugyo】
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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!

受講生の到達目標

By the end of this course students will have:

- 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

事前に履修しておくことが望まれる科目

There is no preparatory work, but students should bring to class an active interest in popular music as well as a curiosity about the deeper social/historical meaning of popular music.

授業スケジュール

授業回数/
担当教員(複数担当の場合)
テーマ
キーワード・文献・補足事項等
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.

2

Course introduction
The Blues & Black Identity in American Society

Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters

Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

3

Music and rebellion: the invention of the teenager

Elvis Presley and Rock 'n' Roll
Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

4

From Memphis to Merseyside

Beginnings of The Beatles
Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

5

Music Meets Poetry

Bob Dylan: Poet Laureate of Rock 'n' Roll
Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

6

From Gospel to Soul

Ray Charles & Aretha Franklin: Sweet Soul Music
Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

7

Summer of Love

The Beatles and the 1960s
Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

8

Music & technology 1: Rock Guitar and Technological Innovation

Jimi Hendrix: Rock's Greatest Instrumentalist
Mid-term test

Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

9

I Am Woman: The Rise of the Female Singer-Songwriter

Feminist Icons: Carole King & Joni Mitchell
Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

10

Music and Gender: Androgyny and Glam-Rock

David Bowie: Britain's Greatest Pop Star
Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

11

Punk Rock: Music and Politics

The Sex Pistols: Anarchy in the U.K.
Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

12

Music & technology 2: Roots of Electronic Music

New York, Chicago, Detroit: Disco, House and Techno, Kraftwerk and German Identity
Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

13

Global Music

Bob Marley: World Music's First superstar
Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

14

Final Test

Poster Presentation
Listening: Course lecture and / or artist interview
Speaking/Pronunciation: shadowing/pairs work/discussion/jigsaw feading

授業実施形態

 All 14 weeks' classes will be face-to-face.

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

授業外学習の指示

Homework assignments are designed to increase students' knowledge of the topic.
Students should also take an active interest in currents in contemporary popular music.

成績評価方法

種別 割合(%) 評価基準等
定期試験(筆記)

レポート試験
(統一締切日を締切とするレポート)

上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価
(日常的な授業における取組状況の評価)
100

Students will be continuously assessed.
Each class will begin with a quiz on the previous lesson.

Unit quizzes: 20%
Course work (Journal, attendance, participation, effort): 20%
Mid-term test (Poster presentation): 20%
Essay: 20%
Final test: 20%

成績評価方法(備考)

受講および研究に関するアドバイス

Various activities will be used during this course.
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

教科書

教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考書

参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考になるwwwページ

授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法

manaba+R,学生との直接対話,その他(教員より別途指示)

備考

【科目ナンバリング・カリキュラムマップはこちらから/Click here to see the Curriculum-Map and Course-Numbering】
URL:https://secure.ritsumei.ac.jp/students/pathways-future/course/curriculum.html/