| Course Name | Year | Term | Period | Faculty / Graduate School | All Instructors | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15358:IR18‐CA206 Bridge to International Studies II (Cultural Understanding)(RC) § 15359:IR-CA206 Introduction to International Studies in English Ⅱ(RC) | 2022 | Spring | Thu2 | College Of International Relations | WILLIS ANGELA SUE | 2 |
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Class Venue
Language
Course Outline and Method
All 15 classes for this semester will be by Zoom. They will be live-streamed during the scheduled day and period.
Each week the next week's assignments will be announced in class. If a student is absent from a class, the student is still responsible for that homework and for the homework for the next week. A student can contact the teacher by email to find out what the assignment is.
****KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR TEACHER at sar12202@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp.
Please contact your teacher whenever you need to.
This course is an English skills-based course. The content material will be on some of the basics intercultural understanding.
NOTE: This is not a personal-opinion-discussion class. The class is for learning concepts and study systems of intercultural and cultural foundations -- including your own cultural bases.
The material we will use is written for native speakers. Students will need to read the text and analyze the reading. They must learn the concepts so that they can recognize them and explain them on quizzes and in discussions with classmates.
Methods will be the following: homework reading of the material, in-class small-group study and discussion of the concepts, short lectures and explanations, answering student questions based on the resources, and an individual analytical report.
There will be content tests to evaluate listening and reading skills.
The schedule below is flexible. It will be followed as closely as possible, but as the term goes on, it may be changed some if change is needed for students to learn better.
Student Attainment Objectives
2) Students will learn content material from class instruction and from reading materials needed to make proper responses in class, to correctly answer questions on quizzes and to use in presentations for this class.
3) Students will organize and deliver a presentation in the manner instructed in this class.
4) Students will conduct themselves in English at all times in an English class -- especially when interacting with same-language classmates.
Recommended Preparatory Course
Course Schedule
| Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) | Theme |
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| Keyword, References and Supplementary Information | |
| 1 |
NOTE: THIS CLASS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON ZOOM DURING THE SCHEDULED CLASS HOURS -- THURSDAYS, 10:40 TO 12:10.
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introduction, components of culture, culture vocabulary, APA, research skills, worldview, destiny, origin, morality, purpose
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| 2 |
Truth, Worldview
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truth elements, reality, world view, culture vocabulary, research skills, worldview, destiny, origin, morality, purpose, Western cultural history
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| 3 |
Schaefer, continued
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norms, standard, worldview, truth, reality, values, norms, expectations, humanity, truth, personal world views, relativism, history
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| 4 |
Schaefer, continued
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clothing, food, events, styles, traits, trait complex, geography, universals, groups, subgroups, physical appearance, ethnicity, gender
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| 5 |
Approaches to cultural studies
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cultural categories, spectrum, dimensions, Hofstede, analyses, patterns, cultural sciences
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| 6 |
Approaches to cultural studies, continued
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analytical skills, research skills, time, communication, status, category dimensions, traits, trait complexes
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| 7 |
Hofstede, continued
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Hofstede, analytical skills, research skills, time, communication, status, category dimensions, spectrum
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| 8 |
Multiculturalism, inter-culturalism, cross-culturalism
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multicltural, cross-cultural, truth, reality, rights, dimensions, universals, norms, values, Hofstede
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| 9 |
Continued from above if needed
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transmission, universals, traits, family, gender, government, types, analytical skills, reading skills, research skills
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| 10 |
Culture types of hierarchy and rule
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individualist, collectivist, conventions, expectations, large vs. small, tribal, national, local, rules, hierarchies, authority, Hall, monochronic, polychronic, personal space, high context, low context
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| 11 |
Hall, continued
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analytical skills, reading skills, writing skills, APA, cultural traits, trait complexes, Hofstede, dimensions, Hall, context, space, monochronic, polychronic
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| 12 |
Hall, continued
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reading skills, writing skills, critiquing skills, Hall, monochronic, polychronic, personal space, high context, low context, synthesis, application
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| 13 | Analytical paper outline -- peer review by teammates/partners |
types, Hofstede, Hall, analytical skills, writing skills, reading skills, research skills, editing skills, APA, peer review
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| 14 |
Finalizing analytical paper using peer comments
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truth, worldview, values, norms, expectations, culture vocabulary, types, Hofstede, Hall, analytical skills, writing skills, reading skills, research skills, editing skills, APA, peer review
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| 15 |
Analytical paper due (approx. 1200 words -- not including cover page and reference list)
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truth, worldview, values, norms, expectations, culture vocabulary, types, Hofstede, Hall, analytical skills, writing skills, reading skills, research skills, editing skills, APA
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Class Format
Recommendations for Private Study
Homework is very important. Use a dictionary when you are studying the material. Make notes on the readings or other homework assignments. Make notes you can use to review what you have read. Ask yourself questions about the homework.
Make notes of anything you don't understand and bring your questions to the next class. Ask the teacher to help you understand what you do not understand in the homework.
On the evening of or during the day after class, review your notes from a class. Notes from class are very important. Keep a notebook that is only for this class and bring it to each class and then use it to make homework notes, also.
Improve your English by using some ESL web sites like Breaking News English or VOA English or any others that are easy for you to understand but help you get used to English.
Grade Evaluation Method
| Kind | Percentage | Grading Criteria etc. |
|---|---|---|
| Final Examination (Written) | 0 | no final exam; instead, quizzes throughout the course |
| Report Examination (A report to be submitted by the unified deadline) |
0 | no final report; instead, short writings throughout the course |
| Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment (Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class) |
100 | 60% quizzes
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Grade Evaluation Method （Note）
1) supporting classmates by respecting their ideas and by speaking to them in English only,
2) listening when it is time to listen,
3) speaking when asked for responses,
4) using only English in all interaction in from the moment of stepping foot into the classroom until the moment of stepping foot into the hallway,
5) being prepared for each class and for special assignments with the best work possible, and
6) bringing the necessary tools to class (for example, dictionary, paper, pencil/pen, notebook, text -- either hard copy or accessible soft copy).
Positive participation also means respecting the system of the classroom -- attending all classes, being on time, listening when being spoken to by any member of the class, doing outside work in order to be able to answer and contribute in class, and contributing helpful comments when asked either individually or in a group.
The Ritsumeikan attendance policy in general: The university policy is that a student cannot receive credit for the course if he/she misses more than one-third of the classes. Also, note that attendance includes being on time. Three times of being tardy is counted as one absence. If a student is tardy, he/she is missing part of class. This adds up.
Regarding attendance in this class specifically: The Ritsumeikan policy does not mean that someone who attends 2/3 of the classes will pass. In fact, if a student who misses more than one or two of the classes in this course, will find it very difficult to pass the course. Every class session has a lot of information that cannot be gotten without being in class. Also, missing one or two sessions may mean that a quiz is missed, and quizzes cannot be made up.
Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods
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
URL:http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp//students/pathways-future/course/curriculum.html