Social Issues C
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Level
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Intermediate
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Term
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Fall
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Class Time
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Tues & Fri Period 3
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Instructor
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Rangott
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Description
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Social Issues C is a four skills English course in which reading, writing, speaking and listening will be given equal weighting. The subject’s content deals with social issues that directly affect Japan and the greater world. Topics include: gender equality, water management, clean energy, free trade, the future of retailing, and social media. Social Issues employs a lexical syllabus, designed to build vocabulary through reading, critical thinking and discussion. The textbook, In focus 3, is corpus based and draws upon high frequency vocabulary suited to help students engage in modern topics of interest.
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Schedule
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Lesson 1. Orientation. Gender Equality
Lesson 2. Changing Views of Marriage Lesson 3. A Thirsty World, Water Access and Consumption Lesson 4. Fished Out. Our Empty Oceans Lesson 5. Nuclear Energy Lesson 6. Renewable Energy Lesson 7. Free Trade Lesson 8. Inequality in a Richer World Lesson 9. Online Retailing: Disappearing Stores Lesson 10. The Office of the Future Lesson 11. Online Addiction Lesson 12. Social Media Lesson 13. Essay Writing Lesson 14. Final assessment |
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Homework
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Supplementary activities to be posted on Manaba
Students will be expected to visit the Self-Access Centre a minimum of 3 times |
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Materials
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In Focus 3 (2014). Charles Browne, Brent Culligan & Joseph Phillips. Cambridge
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Grading
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Speaking/Listening tasks 40%
Reading/ Writing task 40% Self-Access visits 10% Attendance 10% |
