KUGF Course Guide 2019

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Module 5Language Teaching & CommunicationInternational Business CommunicationThis is an immersion class–conducted entirely in English-that aims to help students to become first-class business professionals in this globalised world. This course follows three approaches to achieve this aim. First, the course takes a student-centred critical-thinking approach: students are encouraged to think about problems, discuss them, and devise their own unique solutions. Second, the course takes an intercultural approach to develop new ways of thinking: students are encouraged to reflect on cultural values and business practices from around the world. Third, the course helps students to develop the communication skills that are necessary to convey their ideas, to negotiate, and to persuade their target listeners.2 creditsFall SemesterStructure of Language(discourse and meaning)As we converse with others in our daily lives, we pass on a variety of information to our listeners. Of course, we pass on much factual information about the world around us that we believe will be relevant to the listener. However, we also pass on much social information through the way we talk. For example, listeners may make assumptions about our gender and the gender of those we are speaking to, our age group, the mood we are in, the relationships we have with those around us, and the communities we live, just because we speak in a particular way. In this course, students will learn about how people use spoken language in specific ways to convey social informa-tion about themselves and others and to achieve a variety of communicative goals through their interactions with others.2 creditsSpring Semester2 creditsSpring SemesterSecond Language AcquisitionIn this course, students learn theories and concepts of second language acquisition (SLA) processes. Students will learn socio-culturally oriented view of L2 learning as well as the traditional cognitive view of L2 acquisition.2 creditsSpring SemesterEarly Foreign Language EducationStudents are going to learn a variety of issues involved in English language learning for young learners, especially in Japanese public schools.2 creditsFall SemesterEd. Tech. & Materials Development in FLTThe participants study the roles of 'media' in language learning classroom. Foreign language teaching/learning needs to shift its style from one-way lecture, or "Chalk and Talk", to more contingent and interactive one in which students communicate to learn and learn to communicate by using ICT and other mediation tools. The participants will be able to demonstrate both theoretical knowledge and practical skills to use media in language classroom.2 creditsFall SemesterLinguistic Analysis (English)This course introduces how to analyze English from a linguistic point of view. The course explores the underlying systematic rules of English usage mainly from syntactic and semantic points of view. Since the course will consist of both lecture/discussion and problem-solving/analysis sessions in which English and Japanese data are always examined contrastively, students should have some knowledge of both English and Japanese grammar and grammatical terms.2 creditsFall SemesterIndividual Differences in Language LearningThe aim of this course is to understand English language teaching/learning from learners perspectives especially by focusing on individual differences such as motivation, learning strategies, learning styles which are claimed to influence English language learning. Students first understand the definitions, concepts, and their influences on learning/teaching through literature review. Then, they will learn how to develop effective strategy training materials.Course Guide 20199