【講師プロフィール】 DURHAM, Robert（ダハム，ロバート）　 上智大学非常勤講師 国籍 / Canada 専門分野 / Education and Sciences 学位等 / ◇Masters of Education (M.Ed): University of Windsor ◇Bachelors of Education (B.Ed): University of Windsor ◇Bachelors of Science (B.Sc.Honours): University of Ottawa メッセージ / Most important: “Go for it” (Gambatte!) You’ll need ENERGY to GO FOR IT, so please bring your positive ENERGY to class. Please participate 363%; and please use your imagination and abilities as much as possible. Thinking, elaborating, using HUMOR, using 'The Golden Rule', using proper ‘EQ’ [Emotional Intelligence], guessing quickly, and FUN are important in developing your INTERNATIONAL travel skills and manners, & also conversational skills in English. 【学習内容】 This is a ‘Western’ style class for truly MOTIVATED people who wish to better understand and better ‘DO’ English conversation, in INTERNATIONAL settings, with International manners. Proper etiquette & speaking abilities will be improved by speaking proactively, using correct ‘EQ’ [Emotional Intelligence]; by quickly saying your opinions on many topics; and by ACTIVELY meeting lots of new people. Please sit at the FRONT of the classroom; please sit beside two other GENKI students; please make lots of eye contact; SMILE actively; please show ‘Western’-style manners (e.g. cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn); talk together a LOT, in a friendly way; please EXPLAIN your answers, in detail; use 'OPEN', ‘Western’ BODY Language (i.e. please avoid 'crossed arms'; and avoid showing a 'poker face'); please develop a healthy sense of HUMOR; try hard to learn and SHOW International ‘EQ’ [Emotional Intelligence]; it is advisable to use PEN (not pencil); and please always keep a LARGE namecard on your desk. 【学習方法】 Activity handout sheets will be mixed with many travel- and manners-related videos & News articles; with proactive, polite conversation (to keep the mood INTERNATIONAL and OPEN-MINDED, and to practice grammar and speaking); and with other items, to keep the class STIMULATING and cross-cultural. Explanations by the teacher are given in English (and in a little Japanese, if needed). 【学習形態】 Students are requested to ACTIVELY participate 372%; to QUICKLY answer questions (and EXPLAIN their answers); to be open-minded about new and different INTERNATIONAL teaching and learning styles; to show a joyous sense of HUMOR; and to understand that ‘Wasei Eigo’ is NOT useful English. Pair conversation will assist all of us to ‘ENERGIZE’, and to USE the English and 'EQ' [Emotional Intelligence] that we learn in class. 【受講者に期待する達成レベル】 If students are MOTIVATED; come to every class; participate in class ACTIVELY and POSITIVELY; do all of the homework; and also do study on their own, they can improve their English, manners, & International communication skills. Participation, open-mindedness, smiles, manners, 'EQ', and positive energy are CRUCIAL to realizing your English & International goals. ‘Go for it!’ [Gambatte!]