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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2025
College University-wide Liberal Arts Courses (Language Courses)
Course Code FU011
Theme・Subtitle
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Language
Campus Niiza
Semester Spring Semester
DayPeriod・Room Wed.3
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Credits 2
Course Number LNE2011
Language English
Class Registration Method Lottery Registration(定員:25人/ Capacity:25)
Assigned Year 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
Prerequisite Regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges
Course Cancellation ×(履修中止不可/ Not eligible for cancellation)
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy 各授業科目は、学部・研究科の定める学位授与方針(DP)や教育課程編成の方針(CP)に基づき、カリキュラム上に配置されています。詳細はカリキュラム・マップで確認することができます。
Notes 言語自由科目 グローバル・コミュニケーション領域

【Course Objectives】

By doing the Multimodal Communication in English course, students will learn how to do the following:

Identify and describe different modes and genres of communication, recognizing examples of each in various contexts. (L)
Recognize key principles and elements of effective multimodal communication, considering cultural and formal factors. (C)
Select and report on (L) examples of multimodal communication in a variety of modes, genres, and discourses.
Evaluate multimodal texts in English in order to deconstruct the interplay of text, image, and sound in terms of how meaning is constructed. (C)
Critically assess the impact of culture on multimodal communication, recognizing potential stereotypes and biases in cultural representations. (C)

*Language Goal (L) Content Goal (C)

【Course Contents】

This course is designed to deepen the students’ understanding of the nature of communication through analyzing a variety of communication modes (i.e., written, spoken, and visual) present in different platforms. This will include printed and audio materials, video clips, movies, SNS and other digital materials. Students are expected to learn relevant communication theories to initiate individual and group-based projects to search, find, and analyze materials of their choice and to present how the materials are structured to communicate possible meanings.

Japanese Items

【授業計画 / Course Schedule】

1 What is Multimodal Communication?

Course Orientation and Introduction
2 Introduction to Communication

Michael Halliday: Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL)
Principles and methods of analysis: communication
3 Modality and Salience in Images

Gunter Kress: Grammar of Visual Design
Principles and methods of analysis: images
4 Visual Communication

Denotation and Connotation
Understanding meaning in images
5 Image and Text

Roland Barthes: Anchorage and Relay
Understanding the interaction of modes
6 Introduction to Semiotics

Metaphor and Metonymy
Understanding textual analysis
7 Myth and Textual Analysis

Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis
Principles and methods of comparative analysis
8 Negotiating Meaning: The Audience

Stuart Hall: Encoding and Decoding
Analyzing representations and stereotypes
9 Genre and Intertextuality

The role of genre and formal features
Investigating intertextuality
10 Narrative

Video Analysis
Linear and non-linear storytelling
11 The Digital Landscape: Affordances in Communication

Digital Platforms / Social Media / Memes
Understanding online communication
12 Review of Key Concepts in Multimodal Communication
13 Final Presentations
14 Final Presentations and Review

【活用される授業方法 / Teaching Methods Used】

板書 /Writing on the Board
スライド(パワーポイント等)の使用 /Slides (PowerPoint, etc.)
上記以外の視聴覚教材の使用 /Audiovisual Materials Other than Those Listed Above
個人発表 /Individual Presentations
グループ発表 /Group Presentations
ディスカッション・ディベート /Discussion/Debate
実技・実習・実験 /Practicum/Experiments/Practical Training
学内の教室外施設の利用 /Use of On-Campus Facilities Outside the Classroom
校外実習・フィールドワーク /Field Work
上記いずれも用いない予定 /None of the above

【授業時間外(予習・復習等)の学修 / Study Required Outside of Class】

At Rikkyo University, students are required to spend 45 hours of study (including class time) per credit.
Please prepare for classes and review the materials accordingly.

【成績評価方法・基準 / Evaluation】

種類 (Kind)割合 (%)基準 (Criteria)
平常点 (In-class Points)100 Participation(30%)
Mid-semester Assignments(40%)
Final Project: Presentations(30%)
備考 (Notes)
If you do not attend 80% or more of the scheduled classes, you will not be considered for course evaluation.
You will not earn credit for more than three absences. Four or more absences will result in a failed grade.

【テキスト / Textbooks】

なし/None

【参考文献 / Readings】

その他 (Others)
Readings will be provided in class

【履修にあたって求められる能力 / Abilities Required to Take the Course】

【学生が準備すべき機器等 / Equipment, etc., that Students Should Prepare】

【その他 / Others】

【注意事項 / Notice】

【履修目安】CEFR A2相当:英検 準2級-2級・GTEC 690-959点・TOEFL iBT 42点未満・IELTS 4.0未満
【Approximate English Requirement】Around CEFR A2:Eiken Level Pre-2~Level 2・GTEC 690-959・TOEFL iBT below 42・IELTS below 4.0)