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Interactive English: Reception
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The main aim of this course is to improve students’ listening skills through watching BBC news and perfomative documentary films from all over the world. This course also expects students to enhance their reading skills through skimming and scanning academic or newspaper articles related to the news and films. Through watching news, films, and reading articles, students should develop critical thinking skills in English and be able to compare their study areas with other areas.
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This class will be mainly conducted in English. In the first half of the course, students will use the textbook “Seeing the World through the News 4”, based on BBC NEWS, to familiarise themselves with British current affairs.
In the latter half, students will watch a variety of dance and music documentary films from all over the world. This includes “ethnic” and “traditional” performances but also “hybrid” performances that combine both ethnic and contemporary/Western elements. Students will answer written questions regarding the films and discuss them in small groups, exchanging views with other students. We will also read articles about the performances covered in the films.
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1. Introduction
2. Unite 1: Wonky Vegetables
3. Unit 2: Money for Children’s Sports
4. Unit 3: Living on a Houseboat in London
5. Unite 7: Home-Schooling
6. Unit 8: Using SNS to Relieve Eating Disorders
7. Unit 13: Gay Marriage in Ireland
8. Lecture—Note-taking practice I (South Asia: British-Bengali dancer and choreographer, Akram Khan)
9. Watching a documentary film and reading articles (South Asia: Bollywood as a global phenomenon)
10. Watching a documentary film and reading articles (West Asia and North Africa: Belly dance in Egypt and Turkey)
11. Watching a documentary film and reading articles (West Asia and North Africa: Contemporary music in the Arab world)
12. Lecture—Note-taking practice II (Central Europe: Contemporary dance in Germany)
13. Watching a documentary film and reading articles (Japan’s subculture exports: Cool Japan? Manga, anime, J-pop and cosplay as a global phenomenon)
14. Watching a documentary film and reading articles (North America: Hip-hop as a global phenomenon)
15. In-class exam
The class contents are subject to change.
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Active class participation (30%)
Homework assignments (30%)
Final exam (30%)
ELC assignments (10%)
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Students should read the description of the film or the explanation of performance before the class. Students are asked to identify relevant films or articles when the class focuses on their study areas.
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Students need to have a general interest in various areas and the ability to compare their study areas with those of others.
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Seeing the World through the News 4
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Timothy Knowles
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Kinseido
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2017
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