実施形態

オンライン授業（リアルタイム形式）

上記の授業を実施するにあたり学生が準備しておくもの

Each class, students will be watch a story and then be ready to discuss it using the framework the teacher will be provide in class. With each new story, it is hoped that students will be able to talk longer and longer.

授業科目の内容

Stories play an integral part of our lives. Through stories we learn what is important to people of a particular society. Understanding how and why stories make us feel is therefore an essential part of becoming fluent in a foreign language. In this class, students will first read / watch and then retell stories that they have seen. The course will begin with a story in which students will have to watch and then write a short summary. Afterwards the teacher will teach about the main parts of a story (the narrative framework). This narrative framework will change with each class, enabling students to go deeper. Though evaluation will focus on what it said and written, students will have an opportunity to also develop their listening and reading skills.

第1回講義内容
An introduction to the course. Students will be asked to tell a story about themselves. The teacher will then introduce the narrative framework and the whole class will attempt to summarize the same story. Afterwards, we will share our answers. There will be time for students to ask questions.

第2回講義内容
After a quick chit chat with other students, the teacher will review the narrative framework. A new story will be assigned and students will have a limited time to watch, record and prepare to tell other students what the story was about using the narrative framework. Afterwards, the teacher will go over different ways to take notes.

第3回講義内容
Once again, the class starts with a chit chat. Afterwards, the teacher will review the narrative framework. Students will be given a link to a new story. Students will once again watch, record, organize, and retell the story to their peers. Once done, the teacher will move onto the topic of stating an opinion.

第4回講義内容
The class begins with a chit chat. Next, the teacher will review the narrative framework and stating an opinion. Students will be given a link to a new story. Students will once again watch, record, organize, and retell the story to their peers. Once done, depending on the size of the size of the class, the teacher will move from the summary to what people think of the story. Homework - students find their own story to share with other students (this may be done in pairs).

第5回講義内容
The class starts with a chit chat. In groups, students share stories they found for homework. After watching each other's stories, the story is retold, and the group discusses what they think of the story. The teacher then provides an overview of what is done in a discussion.

第6回講義内容
Chit chat to start the class, Afterwards, the teacher reviews the discussion framework. To better understand the discussion framework, students will be given a few topics to prepare (note-taking), the teacher will then assign students to different groups to discuss one of the topics. Afterwards, a new link to a story will be provided and students will do a narrative framework and discuss the opinion statement provided by the teacher.

第7回講義内容
Once again, chit chat to begin. Next students will search the net for suitable story videos for learning English. Afterwards, the stories will be shared and a whole class discussion will be used to better understand what makes a good story from which to study English. The aim is begin the process of how students can study English using stories by themselves, once the course is finished.

第8回講義内容
Chit chat to begin once again. Next students will be given a new link to a story. once summarized and retold, students will then try to imagine different opinions that people may have about the story. The focus will be on trying to imagine different perspectives that can come from experiencing the same story. Homework - find a controversial story.

第9回講義内容
Chit chat. After brainstorming all the popular stories that all students are familiar with, students will be encouraged to adapt one of them to retell, with something new added and/or something important missing. Once this activity is completed, the teacher will provide a link to a new story. Students will need to decide which section(s) are mandatory and which are not Homework - student find a new story.

第10回講義内容
Chit chat. Reviewing important points, the teacher will provide a new link and students will do what is called a group retell. The aim will be for students from other groups to listen and debate the merits of each group's main points. Homework - student find a new story.

第11回講義内容
Chit chat - the last day. Students summarize what was learned in the class and areas that they want to further improve. Next, students share the links they found and other students use the narrative framework to summarize it. The teacher will then teach an expanded narrative retell. Afterwards, students will rewrite the narrative retell to include the expanded parts.

第12回講義内容
Tell a story. On the first day, students were asked to tell a story about themselves. In this last section, students will be asked to retell the story, but including all the part they have learned in class. Afterwards, we say good bye and live happily ever after.

その他の学習内容
　　・小テスト
　　・Students will be mostly evaluated on an ongoing basis. That means, what students do in class will directly translate into the mark they receive.

成績評価方法

60% Participation in English (5% / 12 sessions)
15% Quizzes
25% Submitted Narrative Frameworks (done in class)

テキスト（教科書）※教科書は変更となる可能性がございます。

As this is an online class, students will be using stories from YouTube and other free streaming services. There is no set textbook.

参考文献

The narrative framework is from a field of linguistics called Systemic Functional Linguistics. The Discussion Framework is derived from research conducted at the University of Michigan. For those students who are interested in learning more about either source, they may enquire in class.

受講上の要望、または受講上の前提条件

As what is done in class is heavily dependent on what was previously covered, students who miss a class may find it difficult to catch up. It is strongly recommended that only those who are planning to attend all sessions enroll.