| Academic Year |
2026Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Letters |
| Lecture Code |
BM401001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
英語表現ＩＩ(英会話） |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
エイゴヒョウゲンII |
Subject Name in
English |
English Conversation II |
| Instructor |
PETER CHEYNE |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ピーター チェイニ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, First Semester, 2Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2T) Fri5-8：LET B153 |
| Lesson Style |
Seminar |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive) |
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| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
E
:
English |
| Course Level |
2
:
Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
05
:
Literature |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
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| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | British, American, and European Languages and Literatures, and Linguistics
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・Acquisition of expressive ability in English, German, French, and other languages |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
Students will gain confidence and fluency in expressing opinions in spoken English while thinking about 20th-century literature, song, and literary-philosophical issues. |
| Class Schedule |
Lesson 1: Poems: Human or AI?
Lesson 2: Bob Dylan, ‘All Along the Watchtower’ (1967)
Lesson 3: Simon Armitage, ‘It Ain’t What You Do, It’s What It Does to You’ (1989)
Lesson 4: William Wordsworth, ‘My Heart Leaps Up’ (1802)
Lesson 5: Annie Dillard, ‘Quatrain of the Body's Sleep’ (1975)
Lesson 6: Dillard, ‘Seeing’, ch. 2 in Pilgrim at Tinker’s Creek (1974)
Lesson 7: Percy Bysshe Shelley, ‘Ozymandias’ (1818)
Lesson 8: Poems: Human or AI?
Lesson 9: Robert Frost, ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ (1923)
Lesson 10: Frost, ‘Fire and Ice’ (1920) and ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’ (1923)
Lesson 11: The Beatles, ‘In My Life’ (1965), lyrics by John Lennon
Lesson 12: W. B. Yeats, ‘Sailing to Byzantium’ (1927)
Lesson 13: The paradox of fiction: how can we feel emotion for fictional characters?
Lesson 14: Colin Radford: ‘How Can We be Moved by the Fate of Anna Karenina?’ (1975)
Lesson 15: Poems: Human or AI?
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Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Online links and handouts given by teacher. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Text, Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams |
| (More Details) |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Read the teacher-provided handouts and make notes to help you contribute to conversations in class. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Quizzes, mini-essays, speaking and listening performance |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |