Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
15552:EnglishⅡ(Intermediate) (19) 2024 Fall Tue1,Thu2 College　Of　Law SHELLEY JOHN 2

Campus

KIC/KIC

Class Venue

ZONSHINKAN　ZS402/ZONSHINKAN　ZS402

Language

Language

Course Outline and Method

Students in this activity-oriented, integrated-skills course shall be inspired as entry-level members of the academic community and become an independent learner of and through English. More specifically, students shall build onto their communicative English proficiency and acquire the skills listed as “Student Attainment Objectives".
Feedback on quizzes and assignments will be given in-class and/or via manaba+R.

Student Attainment Objectives

(1) Listening
- Can understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or job related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided speech is clearly articulated in a generally familiar accent.
- Can catch the main points in TV programmes on familiar topics when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
(2) Reading
- Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to his or her field and interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension.
- Can identify the main conclusions in clearly signalled argumentative texts.
(3) Spoken interaction
- Can enter unprepared into conversation of familiar topics, express personal opinions and exchange information on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).
(4) Spoken production
- Can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions, plans and actions.
(5) Writing
- Can write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within his or her field of interest, by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequence.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
Unit 7- Work

NOTE: This schedule may change depending on the speed of the class with the materials and the coronavirus situation in the country. Please check Course News on Sundays and before each class day for information from your instructor.

Unit 7 will provide information on occupational vocabulary, the present perfect tense, and prepositions of place and motion.

September 26: 7A - Changes in Pennsylvania
October 1: 7B - X-ray photographer
October 3: 7C - Twenty-first century cowboys
October 8: 7D & 7E - A job Interview / Applying for a Job
October 10: UNIT 7 TEST

Unit 8 - Technology

This unit will provide language for talking about mechanical and electronic processes, relative clauses, and conditional structures.

October 15: 8A - Mobile technology
October 17: 8B - Invention for the eyes
October 22: 8C - Designs from Nature
October 24: 8D - Gadgets / 8E - An argument for technology
October 29 : UNIT 8 TEST

Unit 9 - Vacations

This unit will provide information on vacation vocabulary, making subject-object questions, and using the past perfect tense.

October 31: 9A - Vacation stories
November 5: 9B - A different kind of vacation
November 7: 9C - Two sides of Paris
November 12: 9D - Tourist information / 9E Requesting Information
November 14: UNIT 9 TEST

Unit 10 - Products

This unit will cover consumerism, advertising, and website design vocabulary and the passive voice, simple past, and "used to".

November 19: 10A - A lesson in logos
November 21: 10B - Product design
November 26: 10C - Is stuff winning?
November 28: 10D - Website design / 10E - A review
December 3: UNIT 10 TEST

Unit 11 - History

This unit will cover historical events, reported speech, and using "say" and "tell".

December 5: 11A - The history of video gaming
December 10 : 11B - Messages from the past
December 12: 11C - Stealing history
December 17: 11D - A Journey to Machu Picchu / 11E - the Greatest Mountaineer
December 19: UNIT 11 TEST

Unit 12 - Nature

This unit will cover weather and nature vocabulary, second conditionals, and "anywhere", "nowhere", "somewhere"/ "anything" etc.

December 24: 12A - What if . . . ?
January 7: 12B - Nature in one cubit foot / 12C -Changing Greenland (homework)
January 9: 12C - Living with chimpanzees
January 14: 12D - Discussing issues / 12 E - The Eden Project
January 16: UNIT 12 TEST

Class Format

All class sessions will be face-to-face.

Recommendations for Private Study

Please have an Japanese-English dictionary - book or electronic (phone ok) for this class.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written) 0

There is no final examination.
Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)		 0

There is no report examination,
Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

In addition to your unit test grades, homework and class participation is an important part of your grade. Your homework is not graded, but you will lose points for each homework assignment that you don't do.

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Students are required to attend at least two thirds of the classes.

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Life 3 (American English), Second Edition, Student Book with Web App 978-1-33-790564-0

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Reference Books

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Web Pages for Reference

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Other (Separate instructions will be provided)

Other Comments

Students who do not successfully complete this course are required undertake the relevant credit recovery classes.
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