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    英語ディベートIA
  
USUI NAOTO 
臼井 直人
4単位 
1〜4 
前期 
41200201

1. To develop oral proficiency in English to carry out argumentation.
2. To develop critical thinking skills and attitude toward society.
3. To develop the skill to make public speaking in front of audience and the will to communicate positively.

Roles of debate activity are various; it is utilized in various social settings that require resolution of problems (e.g. legal courts, the National Diet).??Debate is held for political campaign or consciousness raising (Presidential debate, public debate or symposium on various social problems held by universities or local governments).??Debate has been considered as an education tool to improve communications skills in general.??
In this particular class, we would like to consider possibilities of debate activity as an educational tool to improve our English proficiency.??We will spend the first half of the semester for debating on a relatively easy topic in order to learn some basics of debate and to experience how debate can contribute to improvement of four skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking).
Debate also raises human beings to be a critical thinker.??Throughout this activity, students are exposed to the scene of the world via researching and required to analyze it as objectively as possible.??This activity will provide students with a good chance to improve ability to discuss various social topics.??I believe that Kanda students/graduates are expected to be able to carry out such an academic discussion.??For this reason, this class will deal with the Yasukuni Shrine disputes as a debate topic.??This is not only a domestic issue but also an international one with regard to the relation between Japan and other East Asian countries.??Therefore the debate on this topic will be a good chance for us to learn and think about it.??I expect all students in this class to have high awareness on this issue and to be knowledgeable on it.

Activities
1. Lecture on debate.
Minimum amount of lecture of debate theory and practice will be provided for those who do not have any previous experience of debating.??
2. Group presentation of the issues related to Yasukuni Shrine
In order to increase our knowledge about the issues on Yasukuni Shrine, as well as vocabulary related to them, students are assigned to make a presentation of some key issues of the Yasukuni Shrine disputes.
3. Debate practice

評価方法: 1. Attendance and serious participation to class activities
2. Debate performance:
3. Group presentation
4. Constructive speech script
Each student is supposed to write a constructive speech script for the second debate under the topic dealt with in this class.
5. Evaluation of debate
Each student is supposed to write a short critique of each debate round.

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注意事項: At least the C-level of English Language Proficiency is required.
Schedule may change depending on the number of students.
The number of students will be adjusted by short essay exam in the case that many students wish to take this class. Therefore those students who would like to take this class must attend the very first class session of the semester.

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1. Orientation
Self introduction
2. Basics of debate in English 1: What is debate???Debate format, Role of each speaker
3. Basics of debate in English 2: Speech organization, note taking
4. Topic analysis for the first debate:
5. Debate pre-season game!
6. Constructive speech presentation,??cross examination Exchanging constructive speeches for the first debate.
7. Refutation
8. debate practice#1
9. debate practice#2
10. Reflection
11. Discussion of the Yasukuni Shrine issue #1: History of Yasukuni:??Its foundation, Role of Yasukuni Shrine in war time, Yasukuni after the war.
12. debate practice #3
13. debate practice #4
14. Reflection
15. Discussion on the Yasukuni Shrine issue #2: Problems related to Prime Minister’s visit to Yasukuni Shrine: Enshrinement of A level war criminals1, What are ‘A level war criminals’???Legitimacy of ‘ the Tokyo Trial,’??Separate enshrinement of A-level war criminals
16. Discussion on the Yasukuni Shrine issue #3: Problems related to Prime Minister’s visit to Yasukuni Shrine: Enshrinement of A level war criminals2:??Constitutionality, Reaction from the rest of Asian countries.
17. Topic analysis: Resolved; That Prime Minister of Japan should stop visiting Yasukuni Shrine.??Advanced organization of constructive speeches.
18. Possible refutations
19. debate practice #1
20. debate practice #2
21. Reflection
22. debate practice #3
23. debate practice #4
24. Reflection
25. Summary