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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2024
College University-wide Liberal Arts Courses (Language Courses)
Course Code FU340
Theme・Subtitle
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Language
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Fall semester
DayPeriod・Room Tue.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・スタディーズ領域

【Course Objectives】

・Understand and appropriately use a range of technical vocabulary and idiomatic expressions common to the field of the global challenges, sustainability and SDG.(C and L)
・Identify and comparatively analyze major causes of sustainability issues in developing countries (C and L)
・Ask follow-up questions, participate and lead small group discussions with classmates in response to lectures, videos or readings. (L)
・Categorize and assess information collected from various media sources (C and L)
・Apply note-taking strategies to summarize and synthesize information from lectures and other data sources and present the findings in a clear and understandable manner (L)
・Communicate persuasively using presentation skills, visual media/graphics, and written text to describe, explain and evaluate existing solutions to sustainable issues (L)
・Apply the gained knowledge by collaboratively developing and presenting researched -based culturally-appropriate projects for achieving sustainable goals(C and L).
・Evaluate classmates' and public awareness of the issues through survey design and other research strategies obtained during the course (L)
(L = language objective (including communication, C = content objective)

【Course Contents】

In this course, students will study the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and develop international mindset. SDGs and the reasons for their creation will be introduced as well as essential vocabulary related to sustainability. Students will have opportunities to research and analyze specific Goals that interest them and critically reflect on the methods, initiatives and policies that may lead to solving the issues. Students will be encouraged to actively engage in class discussions, self-initiated research and collaborative projects to form their own opinions about specific issues related to SDGs and express their reasoning/arguments in spoken and written forms.

Japanese Items

【授業計画 / Course Schedule】

1 Introduction to SDGs and SDGs targets
Ranking SDGSs
Language/Communication: developing good discussion questions
Vocabulary topics: understanding sustainability
2 Identify and discuss major causes of issues related to No Poverty (#1)
Discussion topic: "Are you a 'have' or 'have not'?
Language/Communication: reflective writing: persuasive expressions
Vocabulary topics: understanding poverty indicators
3 Identify and discuss major causes and solutions of issues related to Zero Hunger (#2)
Language/Communication: note-taking, annotating and summarizing
Vocabulary topics: understanding overpopulation, malnutrition, permaculture
4 Mini-project 1: Researching and comparing poverty indicators/situation in two country of your choice.
Research, organize and analyze possible strategies that can help to achieve SDG 1 and 2.
Language: reliable sources, presentation skills
Problem/solution expressions
5 Mini-project 1 Presentation: Describe and explain specific techniques and/or technologies that may help to achieve targets related to SDG 1 and 2.(Problem/Solution presentation)
6 Identify and discuss major causes of issues related to Health (#3)
Language/Communication: Reading skills 1: skimming and scanning
Vocabulary topics: nutrition, contagious diseases
7 Identify and discuss major causes of issues related to Well-Being (#3)
Language/Communication: ranking and comparing, active listening
Vocabulary topics: mindfulness, depression and self-care
8 Mini-project 2: plan and design a project to explore, and compare the current situation of university students well-being in Japan and a country of your choice. Suggest sustainable solution plan.
Language/communication: language for description and evaluation
9 Mini-project 2: presentations
Language: expressions for peer-review and reflection
10 Identify and discuss major causes of issues related to Education for All (#4)
Language/communication: understanding statistical data
Vocabulary topics: social outcomes of education, school attendance and completion factors
11 Identify and discuss major causes of issues related to Gender Inequalities
Language/communication: reporting information from the media
Vocabulary topics: understanding gender identities
12 Final group project preparation 1: introducing sustainable goal -plan and design a project to raise awareness of a sustainable goal of your choice.
Language/Communication: designing surveys in Google Forms
Vocabulary topics: expressions for analyzing quantitative and qualitative survey results
13 Final group project preparation 2: introducing sustainable goal -plan and design a way to raise awareness of a sustainable goal of your choice
Language/Communication: describing graphs and charts and analyzing information
Vocabulary: identifying and describing tendencies
14 Final project: Presentation: Raising students' awareness of a global issues of your choice
Language/communication: expressing opinions, providing feedback

【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】

Explorative research projects will be assigned during the semester.

【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%)
Presentation project (x2)(40%)
Final Presentation(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】

その他 (Others)
No textbooks are required for this course.

【参考文献 / Readings】

【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 B2相当:英検 準1級-1級・GTEC 1190-1349点・TOEFL iBT 72-94点・IELTS 5.5-6.5
【Approximate English Requirement】Around CEFR B2:Eiken Level Pre-1~Level 1・GTEC1190-1349・TOEFL iBT 72-94・IELTS 5.5-6.5)