- Class Syllabi and SchedulesPROFESSOR VOGT
- HELLO
Lisa VogtProfessorProf. Vogt hails from Washington State and
currently makes her home Tokyo, Japan.
She delights in communing
with trees and plants, watching the skies
turn pink at 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, 2020-2021!
Announcements, like sudden cancellations, will be here.
If you come to class and the professor isn't there, please come to this page.
- 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.
04.13 ---
04.20 ---
04.27 Introduction & Syllabus Review
05.04 It Comes Around + Class Task
05.11 Responsibility + Class Task
05.18 Consider Possibilities + Class Task
05.25 PRESENTATION 1 [What to Do]
06.01 PRESENTATION 1 [What to Do]
06.08 Let Go + Class Task
06.15 Yourself as a Gift + Class Task
06.22 Progress + Class Task
06.29 Complaining + Class Task + Survey
07.06 PRESENTATION 2 [What to Do]
07.13 PRESENTATION 2 [What to Do]
07.20 TBA - Special Session
--SUMMER VACATIONS--
09.14 Summer Vacation Task
09.21 Imagination + Class Task
09.28 Your Response + Class Task
10.05 On Your Own
10.12 Your Own Life + Class Task
10.19 A Different Take + Class Task
10.26 PRESENTATION 3 [What to Do]
11.09 PRESENTATION 3 [What to Do]
11.16 Faithful Choices + Class Task
11.30 World Lies Within + Class Task
12.07 Redefining Effort + Class Task + Final Review
12.14 PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]
12.21 PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]
01.18.2021 TBA
01.25.2021 Final Review [Required] + Survey
EVALUATION
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas: Quarterly Student Presentations, Weekly in-class Tasks/Contribution, and Semester Review/Final Review Essay.
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.
04.13 ---
04.20 ---
04.27 Introduction & Syllabus Review
05.04 A Good Listener + Class Task
05.11 Comfort Zone + Class Task
05.18 Discipline + Class Task
05.25 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
06.01 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
06.08 Each and Every Day + Class Task
06.15 Frustration + Class Task
06.22 Live Your Values + Class Task
06.29 Needs & Desires + Class Task
07.06 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
07.13 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
07.20 Semester Review + Survey
--SUMMER VACATION--
09.14: Summer Vacation Tasks
09.21: Peace + Class Task
09.28: Ripples + Class Task
10.05: See the Signs + Class Task
10.12: The Journey + Class Task
10.19: PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
10.26: PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
11.09 Present Moment + Class Task
11.16: The Seeds + Class Task
11.30: Things Not to Forget + Class Task
12.07: You Can + Class Task + Survey
12.14: PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]12.21: PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]
01:18.2021: Semester Review + Survey
01.25.2021: TBA - Special Session
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.
04.13 ---
04.20 ---
04.27 Introduction & Syllabus Review
05.04 A Good Listener + Class Task
05.11 Comfort Zone + Class Task
05.18 Discipline + Class Task
05.25 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
06.01 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
06.08 Each and Every Day + Class Task
06.15 Frustration + Class Task
06.22 Live Your Values + Class Task
06.29 Needs & Desires + Class Task
07.06 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
07.13 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
07.20 Semester Review + Survey
--SUMMER VACATION--09.14: Summer Vacation Tasks
09.21: Peace + Class Task
09.28: Ripples + Class Task
10.05: See the Signs + Class Task
10.12: The Journey + Class Task
10.19: PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
10.26: PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
11.09 Present Moment + Class Task
11.16: The Seeds + Class Task
11.30: Things Not to Forget + Class Task
12.07: You Can + Class Task + Survey
12.14: PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]12.21: PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]
01:18.2021: Semester Review + Survey
01.25.2021: TBA - Special Session
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 crucial for students to have intercultural communication education prior to leaving Japan. Studying abroad is a way to develop intercultural sensitivity and global competence, but only "spending time" in a foreign country without focused and appropriate preparation is truly mottainai. The lack of intercultural pre-departure education compromises students' 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 ways, and a toolbox of skills will have a rewarding and enriched international experience.
*Contact the Professor if you've forgotten the password. (Hint: An animal in romaji.)
04.14 --
04.21 --
04.28 Orientation
05.05 [1] Role, Family, Baggage
05.12 [1] Role, Family, Baggage
05.19 [2] Deep Culture, D-I-E [Video Task Info]
05.26 [3] Challenges, Safety, Connected
06.02 [4] Adjustment Cycle
06.09 [5] Arrival, Exhaustion, Homesick
06.23[6] Getting Settled, Relationships
06.30 [7] Culture Shock - Holidays
07.07 [8] The Return [Video Task Due]
07.14 Semester Test
01.21. Student Presentations & WebSurvey
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.
*Contact the Professor if you've forgotten the Password
[SPRING SEMESTER, 2020]
04.14 ---
04.21 ---
04.28 Course Overview
05.05 Session A
05.12 Session B
05.19 Session C
05.26 Session D
06.02 Session E
06.09 Session F
06.16 Session G
06.23 Session H
06.30 Information Packet + WebSurvey
07.07 FINAL TEST- Vocabulary
07.14 FINAL TEST - Essay
ALTERNATE
04.14 Orientation
04.21 Student Intro, Photo Session
04.28 Video Project Information
05.05 Cultural Intelligence + Discussion
05.12 The Five Important Core Themes
05.19 Change, Cognitive Style, Conflicts
05:26 Control, Decisions, Flow, Formality
06.02 PRESENTATION or MIDTERM TEST
06.09 Freedom, Leader/Manager, Pace
06.16 Quality, Rat/Emotional, Silence
06.23 Comm, Process, Work Style
06.30 FINAL TEST- Vocabulary
07.07 FINAL TEST- Essay
07.14 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 patterns, 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 with an awareness and understanding of one’s cultural background.
04.08 ---
04.15 ---
04.22 Course Orientation
04.29 Folklore
05.06 Rice
05.13 Luck
05.20 Remnant
05.27 Calisthenics / Documentary MINKA / (Handout)
06.03 Sacred and Secular
06.10 Repellent
06.17 Bath [ Test Information ]
06.24 FINAL TEST - Vocabulary
07.01 FINAL TEST- Writing + WebSurvey
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. The 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 instead 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:
04.08 ---
04.15 ---
04.22
04.29
05.06
05.13
05.20
05.27
06.03
06.10
06.17
06.24
07.01
07.08
09.23
09.30
10.07
10.14
10.21
10.28
11.11
11.18
11.25
12.02
12.09
12.16
01.13
01.20
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. 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.
SCHEDULE
04.09 ---
04.16 ---
04.23 Class Orientation
04.30 A Good Listener + Class Task
05.07 Comfort Zone + Class Task
05.14 Discipline + Class Task
05.21 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
05.28 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
06.04 Each and Every Day + Class Task
06.11 Frustration + Class Task
06.18 Live Your Values + Class Task
06.25 Needs & Desires + Class Task
07.02 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
07.09 PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
SUMMER VACATION
09.24: Summer Vacation Tasks
10:01: Peace + Class Task
10.08: Ripples + Class Task
10.15: See the Signs + Class Task
10.22: The Journey + Class Task
10.29: PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
11.12: PRESENTATIONS [What to Do]
11.19 Present Moment + Class Task
11.26: The Seeds + Class Task
12.03: Things Not to Forget + Class Task
12.10: You Can + Class Task + Survey
12.17: PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]01.14.2021: PRESENTATION 4 [What to Do]
01:21.2021: Semester Review + Survey
EVALUATION
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas: Student presentation, weekly in-class task, attendance, and paper review.
*IMPORTANT*
Due to university regulations having to do with grade inflation, No "S,, "A," or "B" grades will be given. As a general rule, students who complete this course will be awarded credit and the grade "C."
TEXTBOOK
No textbook.
- 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.
04.09 ---
04.16 ---
04.23 Overview of SDGs + Introduction
04.30 End Poverty For All (1)
05.07 Zero Hunger (2)
05.14 Good Health and Well-Being (3)
05.21 Responsible Consumption (12) **
05.28 Presentation Preparation
06.04 [0] Student Presentation
06.11 [0] Student Presentation
06.18 [0] Student Presentation
06.25 [0] Student Presentation
07.02 [0] Student Presentation
07.09 [0] Student Presentation + Final Reports/WebSurvey
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 essential 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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www.LisaVogt.com
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