Teachers | TBD | |
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Grade, Semester | Year 1 2nd semest [General Basic Subjects] | |
Category | General Basic Subjects | |
Elective, Credits | Requisites 1credit | |
Syllabus Number | 0A112 |
A placement test is required for this course. By learning grammar, we can understand how sentences are constructed and how to construct sentences. We will do some exercises to check the understanding and to apply the grammatical knowledge to four skills: reading, listening, writing and speaking. The exercises will also help to develop vocabulary. This class is designed to achieve Learning Goals 1, 2, and 3 of the General Basic Subjects, incorporating active learning.
The purpose of this course is to enable students to learn elementary level grammar and improve their English proficiency.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. read and understand a passage including 3000-word-level vocabulary of "New JACET 8000."
2. listen to a clearly spoken conversation or passage with liaison, assimilation, and elision.
3. choose appropriate graded readers for students' proficiency and read them 30 minutes in class and more than 30 minutes outside class.
4. answer five quizzes after reading each graded reader.
Final examination (40%), the Number of Words Read & Quizzes (30%), Composition on the Book I Recommend (8%), Improvement in the Reading Rate (4%), VELC Test (10%), Book Reports & Participation (8%)
Kind | Title | Author | Publisher |
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Textbook | "AMBITIONS Elementary" Price: ¥1,900 +Tax ISBN: 978-4-7647-4054-9 C1082 | Takaaki Kumazawa, Tetsuto Shizuka, & Masamichi Mochizuki | Kinseido |
References |
[Preparation with the textbook]
1. You can download the voice data file of the textbook from the Internet. Listening to the voice data, try answering the questions in the listening section.
Check unfamiliar expressions. (20〜25 minutes)
2. Unfamiliar expressions in the reading section should be checked before class. (25 minutes)
3. Try answering "Check the Points," "Practice More," and "Say What You Think." (15-25 minutes)
[Review]
1. You will practice giving correct answers to the questions you have mistaken. (10-20 minutes)
2. Practice saying the dialogue in "Check the Details" naturally. (5-10 minutes)
3. Listening to the voice date of the passage in "Find Out" as they are and reading the passage at the same time help you raise your reading rate.
(10 minutes)
[Extensive reading]
1. Read e-books suitable for your interest and proficiency outside class. (More than 30 minutes per week)
3. You will check your grades and corrections of the book reports and the composition through the LMS on your smartphones, etc. (5 minutes)
・Bring in English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries for each class. (Either paper or electronic dictionaries are OK. If you are
an international student, the dictionaries that translate English into your mother tongue and vice versa are preferable.)
・You can borrow tablets at school, but if you prefer your own tablet or PC, bring it to class.
・Bring earphones in order to listen to readings of the e-books.
・If you feel your eyes tired easily, prepare glasses that block blue light to reduce your eyestrain.
Through various activities in this course, I hope that you will be able to improve your communicative ability in English.
1 | Orientation (the outline of the course, preparation, evaluation, etc.), Writing about Summer Vacation, Extensive Reading with E-Books |
2 | Unit 9. Japanese Culture (Comparative Expressions) Extensive Reading with E-Books Writing a Book Report |
3 | Unit 9. Japanese Culture (The Ninja: Fact vs. Myth) Extensive Reading with E-Books |
4 | Unit 10. Human rights (Postpositives) Extensive Reading with E-Books |
5 | Roundup of Unit 9-10 Extensive Reading with E-Books Writing a Book Report |
6 | Unit 11. Health & Medical Issues (Relative Pronouns Modifying Nouns) Extensive Reading with E-Books |
7 | Unit 12. Environmental Issues (The Words "and" Connects) Extensive Reading with E-Books |
8 | Making a Draft of the Composition "The Book I Recommend" Roundup of Unit 11-12 Extensive Reading with E-Books |
9 | Submission of the Composition "The Book I Recommend" Unit 13. Economy & Industry (The Words "but" or "or" Connect) Extensive Reading with E-Books |
10 | Unit 14. Legal Issues (Polysemic Words) Extensive Reading with E-Books Writing a Book Report |
11 | Roundup of Unit 13-14 Extensive Reading with E-Books |
12 | Study Guide for the Final Examination Unit 15. Science & Technology (Guessing the Meaning of an Unknown Word) Extensive Reading with E-Books Course Evaluation |
13 | Measuring the Reading Rate Roundup of Unit 9-15 Questionnaire on Reading ② |
14 | Final Examination & the Roundup of the Whole Course |
15 | VELC Test |