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LESSON HELD ONLINE
Meeting ID: 528 360 8626
Passcode: 6HibKP
Course Introduction; introduction to Internet English.
Discussion about Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
What are Sustainable Development Goals?
Which goals do you think are the most achievable?
Which goals do you think are the most difficult to achieve?
Class reading of 2 articles about SDG.
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Consult the Description of this Course on The Aoyama Portal. Read the passage on page 12 of the textbook entitled "Common Goals For Our Future."
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Review |
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Chapter 1:Sustainable Development Goals
Discussion about how SDGs are portrayed on the internet:
How can we find bias in news reports?
How do we know when a news report is unbalanced?
Which reports provide the best evidence?
Which reports provide the least evidence? |
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The students shall read 4 articles before the class.
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Rereading the articles so that the student feels confident and comfortable enough to enter a discussion on this topic |
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Chapter 2: Climate Change
Discussion about how Climate Change is portrayed in the media:
How can we find bias in news reports?
How do we know when a news report is unbalanced?
Which reports provide the best evidence?
Which reports provide the least evidence?
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The students shall read 2 articles before the class. The students will also search online for 2 articles or 2 reports with contrasting points of view on this subject. They will present their findings to their group or to the class.
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The students should review the subject matter presented in today's class by rereading the articles or listening to the reports. They should continue reviewing until they feel they would be comfortable partaking in a public discussion where they had to introduce this topic. |
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Chapter 3: Water
Discussion about water resources.
Which countries are suffering from the worst water shortages?
What problems do concerns about water insecurity lead to?
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The students shall read 2 articles before the class. The students will also search online for 2 articles or 2 videos about this subject from different regions. They will present their findings to their group or to the class. |
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The students should review the subject matter presented in today's class by rereading the articles or listening to the reports. They should continue reviewing until they feel they would be comfortable partaking in a public discussion where they had to introduce this topic. |
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Chapter 4: Clean Energy
Discussion about the development of clean energy in Japan.
Is Japan performing well on its commitments to developing clean energy?
What do the Japanese media say?
What do foreign media say?
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The students shall read 2 articles before the class. The students will also search online for 2 articles or 2 videos about this subject. The students will present their findings to their group or to the class. |
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The students should review the subject matter presented in today's class by rereading the articles or listening to the reports. They should continue reviewing until they feel they would be comfortable partaking in a public discussion where they had to introduce this topic. |
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Chapter 5: Poverty
Discussion about poverty.
Which countries are suffering from the worst poverty?
Has the world been successful in reducing poverty over the last 10 years?
Which countries have been the most successful? Why?
What are the biggest difficulties that prevent a speedy reduction of poverty?
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The students shall read 2 articles before the class. The students will also search online for 2 articles or 2 reports giving opinions about this subject from different regions. They will present their findings to their group or to the class. |
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The students should review the subject matter presented in today's class by rereading the articles or listening to the reports. They should continue reviewing until they feel they would be comfortable partaking in a public discussion where they had to introduce this topic. |
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Chapter 6: Hunger.
Where is hunger worst in the world?
What are the biggest causes of hunger
Which governments have been successful in reducing hunger in the last 10 years?
What can we all do to help reduce hunger worldwide?
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The students shall read 2 articles before the class. The students will also search online for 2 articles about this subject from different regions. They will present their findings to their group or to the class. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
The students should review the subject matter presented in today's class by rereading the articles or listening to the reports. They should continue reviewing until they feel they would be comfortable partaking in a public discussion where they had to introduce this topic. |
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Chapter 7: Problems facing Children
What are the worst problems facing children?
Where are these problems most extreme?
What are the problems facing children in Japan?
What policies do you think the Japanese government should introduce to best help poor children in Japan? |
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The students shall read 2 articles before the class. The students will also search online for 2 articles about this subject. One article about children suffering in a foreign country and one article about children suffering in Japan.They will present their findings to their group or to the class. |
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The students should review the subject matter presented in today's class by rereading the articles or listening to the reports. They should continue reviewing until they feel they would be comfortable partaking in a public discussion where they had to introduce this topic. |
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Chapter 8: Gender
What are the worst problems facing women in the world?
Where are these problems most extreme?
What are the problems facing women in Japan?
What policies do you think the Japanese government should introduce to best help women in Japan? |
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The students shall read 2 articles before the class. The students will also search online for 2 articles about this subject. One article about children suffering in a foreign country and one article about children suffering in Japan.They will present their findings to their group or to the class. |
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The students should review the subject matter presented in today's class by rereading the articles or listening to the reports. They should continue reviewing until they feel they would be comfortable partaking in a public discussion where they had to introduce this topic. |
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Chapter 9: Refugees
In the last 10 years, which countries citizens have become refugees in the highest numbers? Why?
Which countries have been most generous in offering asylum to refugees?
What are the biggest problems facing countries that have accepted refugees?
What are the biggest problems facing the refugees in their new countries?
How are refugee's portrayed in the media?
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The students shall read 2 articles before the class. The students will also search online for 2 contrasting articles about refugees staying in the same country. They will present their findings to their group or to the class. |
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The students should review the subject matter presented in today's class by rereading the articles or listening to the reports. They should continue reviewing until they feel they would be comfortable partaking in a public discussion where they had to introduce this topic. |
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Chapter 10 : Insects
Why are insects in decline?
Why is the protection of insects imperative?
What policies do you think the Japanese government should introduce to best help protect insects?
How could insects help solve our food and hunger crisis?
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The students shall read 2 articles before the class. The students will also search online for 2 articles about this subject from different regions. They will present their findings to their group or to the class. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
The students should review the subject matter presented in today's class by rereading the articles or listening to the reports. They should continue reviewing until they feel they would be comfortable partaking in a public discussion where they had to introduce this topic. |
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Chapter 11: Vegetarianism
Chapter 12: Plastic Waste
Chapter 13. Shopping
Students must each give a 4 or 5-minute presentation on one aspect of one of the above topics. The students should be prepared to answer questions on the topic they have chosen. |
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Students must research and write a 4 or 5-minute presentations on any aspect of the above issues. Students should present information from at least two different articles. |
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Students should study the articles that their classmates have presented and become familiar with these issues so that they would be able to introduce these topics. |
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Chapter 11: Vegetarianism
Chapter 12: Plastic Waste
Chapter 13. Shopping
Students must each give a 4 or 5-minute presentation on one aspect of one of the above topics. The students should be prepared to answer questions on the topic they have chosen. |
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Students must research and write a 4 or 5-minute presentations on any aspect of the above issues. Students should present information from at least two different articles. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Students should study the articles that their classmates have presented and become familiar with these issues so that they would be able to introduce these topics. |
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A four team QUIZ |
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Review all the material from the course |
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Perform the quiz again with a partner. |
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A four team QUIZ |
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Review all the material from the course. |
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Perform the quiz again with a partner. |
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