Practical English
TeachersMAEHARA, Yoshiyuki
Grade, SemesterYear 4 I/III [Department of Information Science Correspondence Course, Faculty of Science and Engineering]
CategorySpecial Subjects
Classesメディア授業
Elective, CreditsElective 2credit
 Syllabus Number4C204

Course Description

By learning grammar, you can understand how sentences are constructed and how to construct sentences. In this course, you will do some exercises to check your comprehension and to apply grammatical knowledge to your practical reading and listening skills. The exercises will also help to develop vocabulary.
This class is designed to achieve DP1: Students will acquire fundamental knowledge of various areas of study, such as a foreign language, the humanities and social science, to make a positive contribution to a society.

Course Objectives

The goal of this course is to improve English proficiency level to be able to use English practically.

Grading Policy

Assignments (40%) and a term-end examination (60%).

Textbook and Reference

KindTitleAuthorPublisher
TextbookNo textbook will be used. All assignments will be available on LMS site.
References

Requirements(Assignments)

A comprehensive grammar book will be helpful when students try grammar exercises from the first class to the twelfth in this course. Students should review carefully the contents of the other three classes from the 13th to the 15th.

Note

Basic grammar will be needed to improve English proficiency level and the grammatical rules students will learn will help students to read or listen.

Schedule

1Parts of speech and word order
2Expressions of time (1): the present form, the past form and progressive form
3Auxiliary verbs, interrogative sentences, negative sentences and imperative sentences
4Expressions of time (2): the future tense and the present perfect tense
5Sentence patterns
6Passive voice
7Nouns, pronouns, articles, adjectives and adverbs
8Conjunctions, prepositions and phrasal verbs
9Comparative expressions
10Infinitives
11Gerund and participles
12Relative pronouns and adverbs
13Reading and listening exercises (1)
14Reading and listening exercises (2)
15Reading and listening exercises (3)