- Class Syllabi and SchedulesPROFESSOR VOGT
- HELLO
Lisa VogtProfessorShe hails from Washington State and
currently makes her home Tokyo, Japan.
Lisa delights in communing with trees and plants,
watching the skies turn pink after a sunset,
listening to birds sing, thinking about polar bears,
and sharing laughter, good food and
a red wine with loved ones.
- ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to the new academic year, 2019-2020!
Any announcements, like sudden cancellations, will be here.
If you come to class and the professor isn't here, please check here.
- Monday 1AREA STUDIES
[01] Meet and Greet
[02] T-Shirt Project Overview
[03] The Economics * (DL01)
[04] Technology & Subsidies * (DL02)
[06] Indonesia [satellite farms/spinning] * (DL03)
[07] Two Sisters * (DL04)
[08] Garment Industry * (DL05)
[09] Bangladesh / Columbia * (DL06)
[10] Nixon and Kimchi * (DL07)
[13] The Afterlife (DL10) * [Test Info]
[14] Work, Trade, Clothes * (DL11)
[15] Final Reports/Essay Due
- Monday 2
READING & DISCUSSION
This course will inspire students to “awaken the goodness within themselves”. Students who take this class will have many opportunities to reflect upon their lives and to reassess the various choices that they make in their day-to-day encounters. Through various in-class activities and assignments, students will learn the importance of being authentic in their life choices and keeping an open, honest and positive outlook no matter the circumstance.
04.08 Class Intro & Syllabus Review
04.15 Student Intro & Photo Session
04.22 It Comes Around + Class Task
05.06 Responsibility + Class Task
05.13 Consider Possibilities + Class Task
05.20 PRESENTATION 1 [What to Do]
05.27 PRESENTATION 1 [What to Do]
06.03 On Your Own
06.10 Let Go + Class Task
06.17 Yourself as a Gift + Class Task
06.24 Progress + Class Task
07.01 Complaining + Class Task
07.08 PRESENTATION 2 [What to Do]
07.15 PRESENTATION 2 [What to Do]
07.22 Semester Review + Survey
--SUMMER VACATIONS--
09.30 Summer Vacation Task
10.07 Imagination + Class Task
10.14 Your Response + Class Task
10.21 No Class
10.28 Your Own Life + Class Task
11.11 A Different Take + Class Task
11.18 PRESENTATION 3 [What to Do]
11.25 PRESENTATION 3 [What to Do]
12.02 Faithful Choices + Class Task
11.09 World Lies Within + Class Task
12.16 Redefining Effort + Class Task + Survey
12.23 PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]
01.06 PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]
01.14.2020 (Tue.) No Class
01.20.2020 Final Review - Details TBA
EVALUATION
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas: Quarterly Student Presentations, Weekly in-class Tasks/Contribution, and Semester Review.
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. Students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.
- Monday 3
FUNDAMENTAL ENGLISH
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will attempt to inspire students to cultivate an awareness of shin-zen-bi (truth, goodness, and beauty). Upon completion of this course, it is hoped that students will have gained a sense of direction by which to steer their lives. Through various in-class activities and out-of-class assignments, students will expand themselves and discover the qualities of truth, goodness, and beauty that lie within waiting to emanate from their deeper selves.
04.08 Class Intro & Syllabus Review
04.15 Student Intro & Photo Session
04.22 A Good Listener + Class Task
05.06 Comfort Zone + Class Task
05.13 Discipline + Class Task
05.20 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
05.27 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
06.03 On Your Own
06.10 Each and Every Day + Class Task
06.17 Frustration + Class Task
06.24 Live Your Values + Class Task
07.01 Needs & Desires + Class Task
07.08 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
07.15 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
07.22 Semester Review + Survey
--SUMMER VACATION--09.30: Summer Vacation Tasks
10.07: Peace + Class Task
10.14: Ripples + Class Task
10.21: No Class
10.28: See the Signs + Class Task
11.11: The Journey + Class Task
11.18: PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
11.25 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
12.02: Present Moment + Class Task
12:09: The Seeds + Class Task
12.16: Things Not to Forget + Class Task
12.23: You Can + Class Task + Survey01.06: PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]
01:14.2020: (Tue.) No Class
01.20.2020: PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]
EVALUATION
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas: Quarterly Student Presentations, Weekly in-class Tasks/Contribution, and Semester Review.
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. Students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.
- Monday 4
FUNDAMENTAL ENGLISH
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will attempt to inspire students to cultivate an awareness of shin-zen-bi (truth, goodness, and beauty). Upon completion of this course, it is hoped that students will have gained a sense of direction by which to steer their lives. Through various in-class activities and out-of-class assignments, students will expand themselves and discover the qualities of truth, goodness, and beauty that lie within waiting to emanate from their deeper selves.
04.08 Class Intro & Syllabus Review
04.15 Student Intro & Photo Session
04.22 A Good Listener + Class Task
05.06 Comfort Zone + Class Task
05.13 Discipline + Class Task
05.20 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
05.27 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
06.03 On Your Own
06.10 Each and Every Day + Class Task
06.17 Frustration + Class Task
06.24 Live Your Values + Class Task
07.01 Needs & Desires + Class Task
07.08 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
07.15 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
07.22 Semester Review + Survey
--SUMMER VACATION--09.30: Summer Vacation Tasks
10.07: Peace + Class Task
10.14: Ripples + Class Task
10.21: No Class
10.28: See the Signs + Class Task
11.11: The Journey + Class Task
11.18: PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
11.25 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
12.02: Present Moment + Class Task
12:09: The Seeds + Class Task
12.16: Things Not to Forget + Class Task
12.23: You Can + Class Task + Survey01.06: PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]
01:14.2020: (Tue.) No Class
01.20.2020: PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]
EVALUATION
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas: Quarterly Student Presentations, Weekly in-class Tasks/Contribution, and Semester Review.
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. Students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.
- Tuesday 1
GLOBAL COMPETENCE A
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
For a study-abroad experience to fully achieve its educational goals and to maximize student learning, it is important for students to have intercultural communication education prior to leaving Japan. Studying abroad is a way to develop intercultural sensitivity and global competence, but simply "spending time" in a foreign country without focused and appropriate preparation is truly mottainai. The lack of intercultural pre-departure education compromises student ability to decode and bridge complex intercultural situations, find innovative solutions, plan effective communication strategies for adjusting to issues, and develop appropriate behaviors and attitudes. Meaningful relationships in the new culture are harder to establish. With proper education, misunderstandings, misjudgments, conflicts, confusion and missed opportunities can be minimized. Human behavior and preferences are based on core cultural values and assumptions. For example, different cultures have different acceptable ways to express anger, cope with embarrassment or sadness, manage conflicts, show respect, relate to others, behave in a learning situation, etc., Students who have a theoretical framework of such intercultural matters, insight into one's own ways, and a toolbox of skills will have a rewarding and enriched international experience.
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09.24 Orientation
10.01 Introductions10.08 [1] Role, Family, Baggage
10.15 [2a] Deep Culture, D-I-E
10.29 [2b] More D-I-E [V. Task Info]
11.12 [3] Challenges, Safety, Connected
11.19 No Class
11.26 [4] Adjustment Cycle
12.03 [5] Arrival, Exhaustion, Homesick
12.10 [6] Getting Settled, Relationships
12.17 [7] Culture Shock - Holidays
12.24 [8] The Return [Presentation Info]
01.14.2020 Test Preparation [Video Task Due]
01.21.2020 Student Presentations + Survey
AUDIENCE:
This course will develop skills and perspectives for students who intend to live or study abroad so that they will get the most out of their international experience.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas:1. Participation, contribution and attitude
2. Weekly In-Class Task Sheets
3. Video Project
4. Final PresentationTEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. Students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.
- Tuesday 2
GLOBAL COMPETENCE B
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Culture can be compared to how fish relate to water: As long as we stay within our own culture we don't take notice of things, everything is normal just as it should be. Only when we have fish-out-of-water experiences do we realize that there are other worlds. Unfamiliar environments, values, and behaviors can be stressful and they can lead people to make skewed judgments or react in a negative inefficient way to the "strange" culture. With cultural intelligence/intercultural communication education, however, people will discover that there are valuable gifts hidden in the unfamiliar, and at the same time with renewed eyes appreciate the gifts in their own culture.
CLASS CONTENT WILL CHANGE DEPENDING UPON THE CLASS MAKEUP.
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[SPRING SEMESTER, 2019 -2020]
09.24 Course Overview
10.01 Session A10.08 Session B
10.15 Session C
10.29 Session D
11.12 Session E
11.19 Session F
11.26 Session G
12.03 Session H
12.10 Session I
12.24 Test Preparation
01.14.2020 FINAL TEST- Vocabulary + Survey
01.21.2020 FINAL TEST - Essay
ORIGINAL
04.16 Orientation
04.23 Student Intro, Photo Session
05.07 Video Project Information
05.14 Cultural Intelligence + Discussion
05.21 The Five Important Core Themes
05.28 Change, Cognitive Style, Conflicts
06.04 Control, Decisions, Flow, Formality
06.11 PRESENTATION or MIDTERM TEST
06.18 Freedom, Leader/Manager, Pace
06.25 Quality, Rat/Emotional, Silence
07.02 Comm, Process, Work Style
07.09 FINAL TEST- Vocabulary07.16 FINAL TEST- Essay
07.23 Final Review and Wrap Up
EXPECTATIONS:
Students are expected to come to class on time and with a positive attitude. Enrollment will be limited.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas: Tasks, Presentation, Participation, Contribution, and Attitude. The more you speak up in class, the better your grade will be.TEXTBOOK:
No textbook. Weekly printouts will be distributed. - Wednesday 1
GLOBAL COMPETENCE C
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
There is a saying in Japanese: todai moto kurashi. In English, it means that people don’t notice things that are right under their noses. One’s culture is not something that many people think too much about, that is until they encounter someone from a foreign culture. Many young Japanese when asked by someone from another culture why they behave in a certain way, or why things are the way they are in Japan, often are at a loss as to how to explain. This course will change that. By putting cultural concepts (which are often hard to see) in the spotlight and by analyzing values, attitudes, behavior patters and communication styles, students will be able to explain their culture to non-Japanese in a way that non-Japanese can relate to and understand. Global citizenry starts from an awareness and understanding of one’s own cultural background.
09.25 Course Orientation
10.02 No Class
10.09 Folklore
10.16 Rice
10.23 Luck
10.30 Remnant
11.13 Documentary MINKA / (Handout)
11.20 Calisthenics
11.27 Sacred and Secular
12.04 Repellent
12.11 Bath [ Test Information ]
12.18 Test Preparation
01.08.2020 FINAL TEST - Vocabulary
01.15.2020 FINAL TEST- Writing + Survey
EXPECTATIONS:
Students are expected to come to class on time and with a positive attitude. Enrollment will be limited.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas:1. Participation, contribution and attitude
2. Weekly In-Class Assignments
3. Final TestsTEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. Students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.
- Wednesday 2
ZEMI
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The purpose of this seminar is threefold. The first objective is to improve students’ understanding of global issues relating to Japan in our interdependent world currently enveloped in a tide of uncertainty. Second is to gain a deeper sense of media literacy by developing a critical eye, digging for sources, finding hidden agendas or intentions and evaluating persuasion techniques. Third is to enlarge students’ English vocabulary and communication skills. The ultimate aim of this seminar is for each student to grasp that it is not what we get but rather who we are and what we contribute that truly matters.
OUR GLOBAL WORLD
The Economics * (DL01)
Technology & Subsidies * (DL02)
Indonesia [satellite farms/spinning] * (DL03)
Two Sisters * (DL04)
Garment Industry * (DL05)
Bangladesh / Columbia * (DL06)
Nixon and Kimchi * (DL07)
The Afterlife (DL10) * ["Test" Info]
Work, Trade, Clothes * (DL11)
WHITEBOARD REVIEW:
04.10 Overview
04.17 Session A (Ohgi & Yuuki)
04.24 Session B (Hiro or Kazu)
05.08 Session C (Hakamada)
05.15 Session D (Minami)
05.22 Session E (Professor Presentation)
05.29 Session F (Kazu Presentation)
06.05 Session G (Ohgi Presentation)
06.12 Session H (Yuuki Presentation)
06.19 Session I (Hakamada Presentation)
06.26 Session J (Discussion)
07.03 Test Information
07.10 MID-SEMESTER TEST (Vocabulary)
07.17 MID-SEMESTER (Writing)
09.25 Summer Vacations
10.02 No Class
10.09
10.16
10.23
10.30
11.13
11.20
11.27 No Class
12.04
12.11
12.18 Text Preparation
01.08.2020 FINAL TEST (Vocabulary)
01.15.2020 FINAL TEST (Writing)
*Mid-semester Vocabulary (multiple choice & short answer) & Final Exam (format TBA) in January 2020.
EXPECTATIONS:
Students are expected to come to class on time and with a positive attitude. Enrollment will be limited.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas: Tasks, Presentation, Participation, Contribution, and Attitude. The more you speak up in class, the better your grade will be.TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. Students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.
- Thursday 1
ENGLISH COMMUNICATION
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is for BEGINNER level students. We will study old pop melodies (due to copyright issues) by international artists. Understanding natural, spoken English is often a challenge for Japanese students and these enjoyable, catchy songs aptly demonstrate the confusing "sound changes" that occur in everyday speech. By the end of the course, students will have mastered several such sound changes and will not only be able to comprehend spoken English better but have more natural-sounding pronunciation as well.
SPRING
04.11: Orientation + Syllabus
04.18: Intro + Photo Session + Warm-up
06.13: Check-in Class: On Your Own
06.20: Task_07 + Back Street Boys
06.27: Task_08 + NSYNC
07.04: Test Info & Preparation
07.11: Final Test (oral)
07.18: Final Test Continued (oral)
AUTUMN
09.26: Orientation + Syllabus
10.03: Intro + Photo
10.10: Task_10 +
11.28: Task_16 + Celine Dion
12.05: Task_17 + Michael Bolton
12.12: Task _18 + Vanessa Williams
12.19: Test Preparation
01.09.2020: Oral Test & Tongue Twister
01.16.2020: Oral Test & Tongue Twister
EVALUATION
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas: Student presentation, weekly in-class task, attendance, and paper review.
COMMENTS:
This a VERY BASIC CLASS, and due to university regulations having to do with grade inflation, No “S" and “ A" grades will be given. As a general rule, students who complete this course will be awarded credit and the grade "C".
TEXTBOOK
Hit Parade Listening (2nd or 3rd Edition), by Kumai and Timson, Macmillan LanguageHouse, 2010.
- Thursday 2
SCIENCE ENGLISH
DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES:
[This course is for INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED level students.] The area explored in this course will be the outcome of the Rio+20 Summit (with an emphasis on science and innovation): The Sustainable Development Goals. SDGS is a historic declaration ratified by 193 UN Member States outlining the goals and targets from 2016 to 2030. Your learning objectives for this course should be that by the end of the semester you should: (a) have become familiar with the broad contours of SDGS; (b) understand, appreciate, and assimilate information having to do with paths towards global prosperity, human well-being and a healthy planet; (c) have increased your vocabulary; and (d) have expanded your worldview.
Further details are HERE.
09.26 Orientation
10.03 Introduction
10.10 Overview of SDGS
10.17 End Poverty For All (1)
10.24 Zero Hunger (2)
10.31 Good Health and Well-Being (3)
11.14 Responsible Consumption (12)
11.21 Presentation Preparation
11.28
12.05
12.12
12.19
01.16.2020:
01.16.2020: Review + Final Reports Due
PRESENTATION FORMAT SUGGESTION:
Introduction / Connection with other SDGs / What is the Problem or Issue / So what? / Solutions / Conclusion
TIPS:
When showing a video, give an overview (a quick summary) first so people know what to expect). CHOOSE MATERIAL THAT MOVES THE HEART, NOT JUST THE HEAD. Let people know the video length, too. If you want, you can make handouts, give a quiz, play a game, introduce music, perform a skit, have classmates come to the front of the room to demonstrate something, etc. Do things that make your talk engaging and helps get your point across. Give your presentation variety, visually and aurally. You can plant "helpers" in the audience if you think that's necessary. Include your sources for any charts. Be uptempo, don't sag unless it's deliberate. Rehearse a million times and make sure your computer will show any video in large screen mode without interruption. Have multiple back-up plans in case things don't go as planned. Do not "hide" behind the podium; be dynamic---think TED Talk or Steve Jobs!
WARNING:
If you do not come on the day of your presentation without a valid excuse (official letter from a doctor which will be verified), you will not pass this course.
REPORT: On or before the last day of class, everyone must submit a written essay/report (in English, of course). Your assignment is to select one or more of the 17 SDGs and come up with an original solution to the problem(s). It is OK if the 'how' is not completely solid; what is important is the thought that went into the solution and your ingenuity. Your paper should be between five and ten pages long. Quality is more important than quantity.
COMMENTS:
Students are expected to come to class with a positive attitude and a willingness to express themselves in English. Student numbers will be limited due to classroom size and course content.
GRADES:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas: In-class contribution/attendance/attitude, presentations, and report.
TEXTBOOK:
None.
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