Communication Strategies 1
Course Overview
Course description
In this course, students develop their communication skills through a variety of pair, group, and class ac-tivities. Emphasis is placed on developing speaking and listening fluency, important conversation struc-tures, and communication strategies. In addition, critical thinking skills, AI use skills, and vocabulary are acquired.
Course goals
- [Goal1] Develop speaking fluency and accurate pronunciation.
・ Provide meaningful information in sentences fluently
・ Speak and read aloud with easy-to-understand pronunciation, stress, and rhythm
- [Goal 2] Learn and apply conversation structures and relevant grammar.
・ Identify conversation structures and use them effectively
・ Use grammar needed for the conversation structures
- [Goal 3] Develop strategies and higher-level cognitive skills related to communication.
・ Apply communication strategies effectively
・ Think scientific and social issues critically and communicate
・ Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) effectively and ethically
- [Goal 4] Develop deep knowledge of 2000 word level vocabulary.
・ Identify collocations of the most frequent 2000 words
Download a generic course syllabus here
Specific details related to each teacher are available on the Waseda Moodle course page.
Information
Materials
- Textbook: Communication Strategies 1. Sixth Edition (2024). Sheppard, C., Fujii, M., Manalo, E., Masuda, H., Orita, N., Sakai, H, Shinohara, Y., Tanaka-Ellis, N., and Ueno, Y. Tokyo, Japan: DTP Publishers.
Assessment and grading
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