日本大学生産工学部　研究報告B（文系）第51巻

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─ 38 ─informal, with students seated in circles at tables unless the circumstances require other arrangements. The activities are facilitated by the professors and students are encouraged to assume leadership roles in organization and explanation as much as possible.The participants understand that language used in the pro-gram is English. All students, even those of the lowest pro-ciency, abide by that rule. As shown in Tables 1 and 2, the activities cover all four communication skills (reading, writ-ing, speaking and listening) and range from games to discus-sions to presentations, with the primacy given to oral commu-nication skills. Because the students attending can vary from week to week, the activities have to be adaptable, which ts in well with the informal nature of the program. Nevertheless, for those students who do attend weekly, the activities are de-signed to build on speaking skills learned in previous sessions. Table 1 English Cafe Activities — Spring Semester 2017May–July 2017SessionDateActivity15/15Welcome Party (Icebreaker Activities and Games)25/22Theme: Music (Students talk about and introduce their favorite songs/artists, experiences with musical instruments, concerts, and play music.)35/29Study Abroad Information Session (Students who have studied abroad talk about their experiences.)46/5Presentation Skills: Students learn appropriate organizational and persuasive techniques to create en-gaging and effective visual presentations.56/12Presentations: Students make presentations and respond to feedback in Q&A sessions.66/19Theme: Food (Talk about and share different foods and play food-related games.)76/26Theme: Listening Skills (Music, TV clips, games to practice listening skill in English)87/3Free Conversation97/10English Olympics (Teams compete for medals in different tasks conducted using all four of their En-glish communication skills.)107/17Vocabulary Building Games117/24Summer Vacation Plans Discussion127/31End-of-Semester PartyTable 2 English Cafe Activities — Fall Semester 2017October 2017–January 2018SessionDateActivity110/16Summer Vacation Stories/Welcome Back210/23Theme: Holidays/Festivals Around the World310/30Halloween Party411/6YouTube English Karaoke511/13Theme: Dreams (Students discuss their dreams for the future.)611/20Game Night (Students play board games)711/27Theme: Japan (Students discuss Japan and its culture, or do a small presentation on these topics and discuss.)812/4Social Media News (Students share interesting/funny social media items/news/clips.)912/11English Grammar Jeopardy Game (US-style TV quiz game using grammar questions for teams)1012/18Christmas Party111/15Free Conversation