Presenting Technological Research in English[4252]

＜授業のねらい及び具体的な達成目標＞

This course will focus on improving your presentation skills in English in order to present your research at conferences and to journals. We will move quickly each week through discussions and presentations. Be prepared to interact and discuss issues and topics.

＜授業計画＞

Date

Apr 9 Introductions and course overview/Online Community
Apr 23 Precisely Speaking: Taking Positions
Apr 30 Research Report Outline/ Abstract/Literature Review
May 7 Describing Experiments
May 14 Oral Presentation Skills
May 21 Charts and Diagrams Research Report Abstracts/Literature Reviews due
May 28 Article Report I
Jun 4 Measurements Research Report Introduction section due
Jun 11 Cause and Effect Research Report Methods section due
Jun 18 Article Report II
Jun 25 Describing Objects Research Report Results and Discussions sections
Jul 2 Research Reports Due
Jul 9 Presentations
Jul 16 Presentations

＜成績評価方法及び水準＞

Online Community 20%
This semester you will need to contribute ten entries to the website http://www.liveinenglish.com
You need to make ten long blog postings and ten shorter comments on somebody else’s blog posting. I will be checking these regularly.

Presentation 10%
You will present your research report orally to the class at the end of the semester.
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Research Report 30%
You will prepare an abstract and a research report introducing and explaining your current research. We will spend class time working on your research report. This short report may be used as the basis for a published article or longer report in the Guided Research class in the second semester.

Articles (2x10%) 20%
You will select an English research article related to your research twice this semester. You will summarize the article for your group and lead a discussion about the article. To do this you will need to prepare an A4 handout for your group members with the article on one side and your summary of and reaction to the article and some discussion questions (see the example sheet) on the other side.

Participation 20%
This is a workshop style class, so your attendance and active participation in all class discussions and tasks is necessary.

＜教科書＞

There is no textbook for this course.

＜オフィスアワー＞

Hachioji:
Wednesday 6:00-7:00
Thursday 12:30-1:30

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