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In this class, you will improve your English writing skills by translating poems into English and composing your own original English poems in traditional Japanese genres. We will cover haiku and tanka by relatively recent (late Shōwa through present day) poets, and AI/algorithmically-created poetry.
Students focus on the relationship of art to society, politics, culture and history. We also examine the relationship of art, especially sculpture, to our immediate physical environment, which includes architecture, landscape and urban planning. Supported by survey lectures on Twentieth Century art and through workshops, students study concepts related to curating and commissioning such as site specificity and the role of public sculpture. Students use this knowledge to present projects about Art & Context during the semester with a special emphasis on Artists tackling Global Issues. Students develop the following English language skills: listening and note taking, reading, writing, seminar participation, debate and presentation. Students who intend to major in Art History, Architecture, Modern History, Philosophy, Design, Media, Urban Planning and Entrepreneurship etc. will especially benefit from this course. It is best suited to students who are comfortable taking instruction and participating in class in English.
English Section has its own on-line syllabi, please check the syllabus of each class you would like to take through the following URL.
【Project English B】
* http://english.sfc.keio.ac.jp/syllabus/list.php?level=B
Students on this course study a range of global issues, develop the ability to analyze these issues, provide solutions, and hold extended discussions with classmates. We will widen students’ content knowledge in English on these issues while also working on the skill of openly exchanging ideas and opinions.
English Section has its own on-line syllabi, please check the syllabus of each class you would like to take through the following URL.
【Project English B】
* http://english.sfc.keio.ac.jp/syllabus/list.php?level=B
We shall read news articles on a wide range of world affairs. The course aims to develop students' (i) reading skills, (ii) vocabulary and (iii) understanding of the issues our world is facing. We start with articles from The Economist and later more liberty will be given to text selection. When reading a text, not just Japanese translation but other approaches, e.g. paragraph summary, logical analysis, and English paraphrase, will also be adopted.
This course is designed to enhance oral communication skills (listening and speaking) through watching movies (online materials), and making your own movies in English. Students will get to practice their reading and writing skills, as well, by script reading and writing. We will watch video series
together to learn common phrases and expressions in context, then answer Q&A, and conduct discussions online. There are some phrases that have embedded meaning as well as literal meaning. For example, what does it mean by ‘Get out of here!’ when the speaker had the smiley yet surprised
expression on his face when he said it? Do you really need to get out of the room? Or did the speaker mean something else? These acts are called ‘indirect speech acts’ and students will learn by experiencing them and other types of discourse techniques via role plays. The focus will be placed on
learning by ‘speech act’ (such as ‘apology’ and ‘sarcasm’) but other patterns of pragmatic markers will be covered such as discourse markers, y’know within conversation.
Students will also study our original films (several skits made by English speaking SFC students) and compare their own skits with the model interactions. After learning useful expressions and phrases within context, students will be expected to develop their own scripts, and make their own movies in a group, utilizing what they learned in class. Attention should be paid to not only linguistic but also paralinguistic features such as tones as well as non-verbal ones (facial expressions, gestures, gazing, and body language). They are expected to learn autonomously online and in class interactively engaging with the instructor and the classmates in English.
NOTE: This course is conducted in both English and Japanese.
It may be safe to say the importance of "story-telling" has not been fully recognized in Japanese society. Story-telling, which is the must-have element of presentation on the global stage, may as well be missing in your presentation.
This course is for students who want to brush up on their thinking, story-telling and presentation skills. Presentation is pretty much about thinking—thinking hard to form a good opinion, thinking hard to organize it, and thinking hard from audiences' point of view. Based on group work, the course provides students with opportunities to make presentations and see what stories can do, as well as doing some soul-searching.
NOTE: This course is conducted in both English and Japanese.
This course is for those who want to think better and to be happier. Students will learn basic critical thinking skills: abilities to analyze and evaluate ideas and arguments skillfully as well as to present ideas and arguments logically and efficiently. Critical thinking is considered a skill to understand and analyze OTHER people's ideas and arguments, but it can also be used to understand YOUR own ideas and thought. Through critical thinking, students will be encouraged to think about themselves: what their values are, who they are, and what they can do to be happier.
This class is suitable for students who are preparing to enter corporate life after graduation. Students will be introduced to various important aspects of organizations and up-to-date, relevant business issues. In addition, there are ample opportunities to exercise critical thinking by doing case studies in small groups. Although this class falls under writing class category, students will be able to improve reading, speaking, and presenting skills as well. Each class consists of knowledge building through lecture and reading, discussion for case studies, and presentation of the solutions.
Students learn how to express their opinions creatively in English through responding to music & lyricism. They select music from artists they admire and learn to analyse the lyrics, techniques and patterns in order to establish understanding. Song writing patterns and structures are compared and contrasted and students identify styles and genres. Students identify topics they feel strongly about and explain why these issues are important. They select songs that somehow relate to their chosen topics and deconstruct the lyrics in order to express relevance. Students develop the following English language skills: Listening, Reading, Creative Writing and Interpretation. The core subject is used as a vehicle to examine contemporary issues including: philosophy, psychology, politics, history, theology and globalization and there is a special emphasis on Artists Tackling Global Issues. This course is suitable for students who are comfortable participating in class in English and have an interest in modern music
Students learn how to use listening techniques in order to improve understanding of spoken English and we concentrate on preparation for “real life situations”. Students learn to how to focus on extracting specific information and details, as well as general meaning. At the end of the course, they will understand more fully what interpretation is and therefore be able to distinguish and respond to a speaker's attitude, intent and opinion. This course is best suited for students who are comfortable taking instruction and participating in class in English, and who want to become more confident in their ability to communicate and openly share their opinions.
This class is designed to prepare students for the iBT TOEFL but will be good for those wanting to succeed academically in English-speaking colleges and universities as well. The iBT TOEFL test is different from the paper version of the test in that it puts more emphasis on authentic communication; the test requires test-takers to use not only all four language skills (listening, reading, speaking, writing) in isolation but a combination of two or more of those skills. This means no longer would students be able to boost their overall score just by studying grammar. In response to the change, an integrated-skills approach will be incorporated in this class; students will be provided with tasks that challenge them to use more than one skill at a time. For instance, students will synthesize and summarize the academic lectures they have heard/read and present it through speaking or writing. Students will complete these tasks in pairs/groups in class or individually at home. In addition to these integrated tasks, students will write essays on a variety of TOEFL-type topics using Criterion (online writing evaluation system) developed by ETS. Good attendance and active participation in class are essential.
This class is designed to help students achieve the highest possible score on the TOEIC but will be found appropriate by those wanting to go beyond the fundamentals of English grammar as well. The class will review grammar forms and structures that are most likely to be found on the TOEIC and that reflect the most important recurrent trouble spots for language learners. Students will be asked to complete TOEIC-style exercises at home, discuss why the wrong answers are wrong in groups and in class and finally take some review tests. Although the main focus is on grammar, students will take a short listening/reading test at the beginning of each class and get opportunities for speaking practice on wide-ranging topics including work-related topics. This class is NOT a teacher-centered class, so active participation in group/class discussions is essential.
Interactive and Active Listening: Mutual Understanding between Africa and Japan mainly on Campus, 4 times online.
- Brush up your listening skills and then make an action plan.
This class is for those who seriously want to brush up not only their Oral Listening skill but also their communication skill towards mutual understanding. The focus point of this class is first of all, being able to listen and understand the lectures, presentations and discussions in class.
How much do you know about African countries? How much do you know about Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa? Let's know more about each country and let us introduce our country Japan to them and share the basic knowledge of one another. Then step forward to social transformation in the field of education based on the collaboration with Japan. Our goal is to make an actual plan of social transformation based on mutual understandings. We will have friends from African countries with us in the classroom activities.
This class is designed to provide students with the opportunity to experience the intellectual challenges and satisfactions of writing an argumentative research paper on a topic of their choice in the field of EFL or in other fields. For example, students choose a controversial issue on English education (e.g. Should English be taught at elementary schools in Japan?) or on another academic area (e.g. Should the possession of firearms be prohibited in the U.S. ? )and present/defend their point of view using the information gathered. Through this semester-long project, students become accustomed to the process of writing a research paper: reviewing the techniques/rules necessary for academic writing (e.g. paragraph/essay writing), using the library and the Internet to get necessary information, conducting a questionnaire /interview to support their position on the issue, and weaving the work of others into their own research paper in the APA style. At the end of this semester, students must submit a final paper (8 or more than 8 typed pages including a cover, abstract, and reference pages). In this class, students interact a great deal with one another, so active participation in pair/group work is essential.
The course is firmly based on the idea that language is a powerful reflection of cultural values, and therefore uses translation as a means to explore the workings and characteristics of our own language as well as those of English. Making use of subtitled/dubbed movies and TV shows as material, we will mainly work on Japanese to English translations. In every class, we will challenge ourselves with the task of creating our own "sub-channel" scripts or subtitles. It is an activity-based course in which students are expected to learn from practical experience and experimentation. Creativity, imagination, and humor will be highly appreciated. We will also be working towards a common goal- producing a dubbed ("fukikae") English version of a segment from a Japanese video of your choice in groups. In the beginning of the course we will work on English-language videos translating the subtitles or dubbed versions and "re-creating" the English scripts. After writing Japanese dub scripts for English videos for a few weeks, we finally move on to using Japanese materials to create the English versions.
In class, we will use short video segments and work on the translation in pairs or small groups. Class activities will basically follow the same procedure every week:
1. Watching the video segment
2. Translating and discussing in pairs or groups
3. Presenting the script and sharing each other's work
4. Comparing our versions with the original version
5. Discussing the work and material
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” –Franz Kafka
Though Kafka was referring to the act of reading with this comment, I believe that this idea can be extended to the process of writing. I would like to help each student to use his/her own “axe” to strike against the “frozen sea” of his/her inner self. I am especially interested in guiding students to create works of experimental literature (writing that uses innovative techniques to produce highly unique and expressive material). The course will be conducted as a workshop, with students generating new artistic output in each class. Students will receive extensive feedback on their work, which they will incorporate into the practice of rewriting the piece for homework. We will read poetry and short stories, watch short videos, and view images that induce a literary response. Students will submit an anthology of the best writing they’ve done throughout the course as a final project.
Subcultures: The Basics is an engaging introduction to youth cultures in a global context. Blending theory and practice, this text examines a range of subcultures such as hip hop, graffiti writing, heavy metal, punk, burlesque, parkour, riot grrrl, straight edge, body modification, and skateboarding.
[From the back cover of the book]
This class will use Ross Haenfler’s Subcultures: The Basics (2014) as a springboard to discuss various subcultures (both worldwide and within Japan). Students will be given weekly reading assignments from the text, as well as corresponding homework that deals with the vocabulary, cultural aspects, and themes of the book. Class discussions will be based on the readings and a viewing of SoulPancake's "Subcultures" video series. Students should be the driving force of these discussions. Enthusiastic class participation is expected. There will be a midterm essay test and a final presentation.
Students must buy the book (available at Keio Co-op Fujisawa store) for this course.
Students on this course learn the negotiation process from the initial planning to closing deals. Role-plays, negotiation games, and full group business and UN model negotiations are used to develop both negotiation and language skills while developing an understanding of cultural differences when negotiating.
Tabletop! Advanced Discussion using Role-Playing Games
This class uses Tabletop Role-Playing Games (RPGs) to simulate creative, collaborative, and advanced interactions in English. This class is designed to use narrative & collaborative story-telling in a game-like setting where students must use their listening, speaking, critical thinking, reading, and writing skills in English to (a) construct and participate in a group story with other users of English, (b) problem-solve and negotiate new and unique situations where language is the primary tool available, (c) explore the role of language and identity, and (d) critically evaluate strategies necessary for the completion of those tasks.
This class is designed for improving fluency and pragmatic skills in speaking and listening. Academic English is not the goal of the class, though there will be opportunities to engage in formal and complex interactions.
This class will be held on campus in the classroom and students are expected to come to class. Joining via Zoom or other remote access is not possible without a valid excuse (and even then it may not be possible).
This Level-C English course is about developing advanced communication skills. The course takes place on campus. Speaking and discussion are its main language components.
Students improve on the described target skills through carefully-designed speech practice projects on issues of Japan’s socio-cultural input to the world. Discussions that follow individual presentations play an important role in the overall grading.
This is a Level-C Project English course. Its main language components are reading and speaking. Students improve on these target skills through short projects of cross-cultural interest done either individually or in pairs. The course takes place on campus; and it is run in a form of an academic seminar.
Themes for class sessions’ activities are about ‘Life and Culture in Africa’. Lessons are designed to help students grasp the core of the African Way while working on the described target skills. Research assignments are presented in a form of summary speech reports.
This is a Level-C Project English course aimed at strengthening one’s ability to do research and make a report about. The two main language components of the course are reading and speaking. Students work on these target skills by researching and discussing issues as well as historical moments that have impacted the world in the last 50 years.
The course takes place on campus; and it is run in a form of an academic seminar. Discussions that follow individual presentations are an important part of this course. They also play a role in the overall grading.
Japanese Social Issues - How To Analyze Issues And Present Your Opinion
Each week we will cover one core Japanese social problem.
The course will use active learning in every class (presentations, discussions, and group work).
Some activities will be done individually, but several activities will be group-based. Homework will be given every week, including reading and watching videos.
We will actively apply what we learn to think of solutions to current real-world Japanese social problems.
After you complete the course you will:
1. Be able to give better presentations.
2. Be able to take part in higher-level conversations and express your opinion more clearly.
3. Be able to research more quickly.
4. Be able to determine the quality of your research sources.
***Please note that eight classes will be held live on campus and six classes will be held live on Zoom. You must attend and be able to participate live, not by a class recording or on-demand.***