| 授業方針・テーマ |
In this course, students will gain knowledge and fluency in English at a formal level, beyond conversation and involving English required to give speeches, make reports, and conduct presentations. Students will acquire English at a level which will allow them to attend English lectures and conferences and give presentations in English with confidence.
Students preparing for high-level external English exams such as TOEFL, TOEIC or IELTS will be given training on how to comprehend questions quickly and accurately and how to give appropriate responses and answers.
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習得できる知識・能力や授業の
目的・到達目標 |
Students preparing for high-level external English exams such as TOEFL, TOEIC or IELTS will be given training on how to comprehend questions quickly and accurately and how to give appropriate responses and answers.
Skills gained
Students will improve English situational alertness, comprehension, and fluency in a wider range of situations and get used to speaking formally with a low rate of errors. By improving pace and rhythm with practice, students will gain confidence and an international, interactive style of English for use in formal situations. |
授業計画・内容
授業方法 |
This course will be conducted using the same format as the spring session, but no contents will be repeated. Continuing students will benefit from further training in formal English usage, and new students will be stimulated by acquaintance with high-level English.
Each lesson is a self-contained lesson and lessons are formed into units. The lessons are designed for the specific needs and goals of the attending students each year.
An example is the lesson on club activities, and how public funds/university budgets should be used or not used to support that club activity. Students are given an example of a club activity/group activity, and informally exchange questions and answers on the topic. Then students are asked to write a freehand short essay about a club activity they are familiar with. This essay is broken down into accented and non-accented words, and rhythm is marked so that even if a student 'reads' the voice varies, making the short speech more communicative, memorable and comprehensible.
Students share their speeches and formally discuss the issue of budgeting funds for student activities.
Another example is the lesson on deconstructing newspaper articles and correcting them. Media articles are frequently used as the base for TOEIC, TOEFL and IELTS tests. Through this exercise students become reacquainted with English media writing, newspaper article structures, and realize how English language quality is being affected by the use of automatic translation, Assistance, and AI production.
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| 授業外学習 |
Students are required to finish writing materials they prepared roughly in class, to be turned in the following week. Students are sometimes asked to check something of interest outside the classroom such as the availability of Japanese sweets in convenience stores, the number of public telephones remaining in an area, or report about their activities over New Year's for example. Students are expected to relate outside work with classroom discoveries and disciplines.
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| テキスト・参考書等 |
This course, to remain flexible and adjust to the needs of the students, does not have a fixed textbook. Prints and images are used for student exercises in a logical progression. Themes are chosen for relevance and to stimulate particular grammar or critical thinking.
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| 成績評価方法 |
Each classroom assignment or homework project receives an A+ (Great) A (few mistakes, paragraphs, good sentences, good contents) B (not so much writing, simpler sentences where complex sentences would be better, some mistakes) C (Just enough to get through, contents understandable but obscured by errors and by not writing enough English to make the ideas clear). Assignments are judged overall at the end of term. The teacher continually factors classroom performance into the scores given for each assignment. |
質問受付方法
(オフィスアワー等) |
Since the teacher does not have office hours, he can be reached by contacting robLbrock53@outlook.com
Students with serious inquiries are welcome to ask the teacher in person while on campus. |
特記事項
(他の授業科目との関連性) |
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| 備考 |
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シラバス照会