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Social Issues B

Level
Intermediate

Term
Summer


Class Time
Tues Period 3 & Fri Period 3

Instructor
Rangott

Description
Social Issues B 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. Social Issues employs a lexical syllabus, designed to build vocabulary through reading, critical thinking and discussion. The textbook, In focus, is corpus based and draws upon high frequency vocabulary suited to help students engage in modern topics of interest.

Schedule
Lesson 1. Climate Change. The debate for and against
Lesson 2. Global Warming. The question of energy
Lesson 3. Myths in Science, Climate Change Denial
Lesson 4. Cultural interpretations of Beauty
Lesson 5. Beauty and Plastic Surgery 
Lesson 6. Beauty and Tattoos
Lesson 7. Assessment 1
Lesson 8. Man Made Meat
Lesson 9. Factory Farming
Lesson 10. Vegetarianism & Moral Choices
Lesson 11. Surveillance Society
Lesson 12. Epidemics
Lesson 13. Final Essay Review
Lesson 14. Final Exam

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Homework

Materials
In Focus 2 (2014). Charles Browne, Brent Culligan & Joseph Phillips. Cambridge

Grading
Speaking/Listening task 30%
Reading/ Writing task 30%
Final Exam 20%
Self-Access 10%
Attendance 10% 

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