| 授業名 | BUSINESS WRITING |
|---|---|
| Course Title | BUSINESS WRITING |
| 担当教員 Instructor Name | Jongbong Lee |
| コード Couse Code | NUC283_N20A |
| 授業形態 Class Type | 講義 Regular course |
| 単位 Credits | 2 |
| 言語 Language | EN |
| 学位 Degree | BSc |
| 開講情報 Terms / Location | 2020 UG Nisshin Term1 |
授業の概要 Course Overview
Misson Statementとの関係性 / Connection to our Mission Statement
授業の目的（意義） / Importance of this course
The main goal of this course is to prepare you to learn your business writing skills in English. Since you will be expected to write an emails and memos in English throughout your career, it is important that you are able to deliver your messages clearly in writing.
In order to express yourself clearly when writing in English, you need to have a well-developed vocabulary, adequate knowledge of English grammar as well as the ability to apply that knowledge to your writing, and an understanding of reader/writer expectations in English. Readers expect writers to follow certain conventions, and meeting these expectations will help you communicate your ideas more effectively to your audience.
In order to express yourself clearly when writing in English, you need to have a well-developed vocabulary, adequate knowledge of English grammar as well as the ability to apply that knowledge to your writing, and an understanding of reader/writer expectations in English. Readers expect writers to follow certain conventions, and meeting these expectations will help you communicate your ideas more effectively to your audience.
到達目標 / Achievement Goal
本授業の該当ラーニングゴール Learning Goals
*本学の教育ミッションを具現化する形で設定されています。
LG1 Critical Thinking
LG2 Diversity Awareness
LG3 Ethical Decision Making
LG4 Effective Communication
LG2 Diversity Awareness
LG3 Ethical Decision Making
LG4 Effective Communication
受講後得られる具体的スキルや知識 Learning Outcomes
The students can:
- acquire the rules of proper grammar and understand sentence and paragraph fundamentals.
- structure and compose different texts using simple language to effectively deliver a message to a specific audience.
- write professional letters, memoranda, e-mails, reports and proposals by using standard templates.
- acquire the rules of proper grammar and understand sentence and paragraph fundamentals.
- structure and compose different texts using simple language to effectively deliver a message to a specific audience.
- write professional letters, memoranda, e-mails, reports and proposals by using standard templates.
教育手法 Teaching Method
| 教育手法 Teaching Method | % of Course Time | |
|---|---|---|
| インプット型 Traditional | 80 % | |
| 参加者中心型 Participant-Centered Learning | ケースメソッド Case Method | 20 % |
| フィールドメソッド Field Method | 0 % | 合計 Total | 100 % |
事前学修と事後学修の内容、レポート、課題に対するフィードバック方法 Pre- and Post-Course Learning, Report, Feedback methods
This learner-centered course will be guided by a lecture. Students will have several chances to practice writing in-class essays under time constraints. The students will also learn grammar as necessary so that they will be able to use complex and varied sentence patterns effectives in their writing. Group and peer interaction will occur throughout the term, and will be supplemented with individual work.
授業スケジュール Course Schedule
第1日（Day1）
Class 1: Needs Assessment / Building Class Rapport / Course Outline第2日（Day2）
Class 2: Unit 1 Writing a Cover Letter第3日（Day3）
Class 3: Unit 2 Replying to a Job Applicant第4日（Day4）
Class 4: Unit 2 Replying to a Job Applicant第5日（Day5）
Class 5: Unit 3 Requesting a Service第6日（Day6）
Class 6: Unit 3 Requesting a Service第7日（Day7）
Class 7: Review成績評価方法 Evaluation Criteria
*成績は下記該当項目を基に決定されます。
*クラス貢献度合計はコールドコールと授業内での挙手発言の合算値です。
*クラス貢献度合計はコールドコールと授業内での挙手発言の合算値です。
| 講師用内規準拠 Method of Assessment | Weights |
|---|---|
| コールドコール Cold Call | 0 % |
| 授業内での挙手発言 Class Contribution | 20 % |
| クラス貢献度合計 Class Contribution Total | 20 % |
| 予習レポート Preparation Report | 20 % |
| 小テスト Quizzes / Tests | 30 % |
| シミュレーション成績 Simulation | 0 % |
| ケース試験 Case Exam | 0 % |
| 最終レポート Final Report | 0 % |
| 期末試験 Final Exam | 30 % |
| 参加者による相互評価 Peer Assessment | 0 % |
| 合計 Total | 100 % |
評価の留意事項 Notes on Evaluation Criteria
教科書 Textbook
- Lin Lougheed「Business Correspondence: A guide to Everyday Writing (Second Edition)」Pearson（2002）9780130897923
参考文献・資料 Additional Readings and Resource
Additional materials will be supplied by the instructor.
授業調査に対するコメント Comment on Course Evaluation
Regular assignments will provide students with a basic evaluation of their learning and study efforts, representing 20% of the final grade. Final exams will represent 30% of the final grade, and the in-class quizzes will represent 30%. The remaining 20% will come from class participation.
担当教員のプロフィール About the Instructor
Jongbong Lee is an assistant professor in the faculty of international studies at NUCB. Before coming to NUCB, he taught English and Korean in various locations in Korea and the U.S. His main area of research interest is second language writing, particularly the interface between the fields of second language writing and second language acquisition. Much of his current work focuses on the effects of genre and tasks on linguistic features in second language learners’ writing. He conducts research on other issues in eye-tracking, language socialization, interactional feedback, and language assessment. His publications have appeared in the journals such as Cognition as well as a variety of edited collections with top presses.
Refereed Articles
- (2021) Attention to form and meaning revisited: Insights from eye tracking. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 0272-2631
- (2021) Using corpus analysis to extend experimental research: Genre effects in L2 writing. System 0346-251X
- (2021) Methodological synthesis of cluster analysis in second language research. Language Learning 71(1): 0023-8333
- (2021) ESL learners’ writing as a window onto discourse competence. Porta Linguarum 35 1697-7467
- (2020) Second language users exhibit shallow morphological processing. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 42(5): 0272-2631
Refereed Proceedings
- (2018). The reality of hierarchical morphological structure in multimorphemic words. Proceedings of Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing 2018 .Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing 2018. 2. 3. Berlin, Germany