Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
14583:[2025 Spring]EnglishⅠ(Advanced) (2) 2025 Spring Tue2,Thu1 College Of Law JACKSON LACHLAN 2

Campus

KIC/KIC

Class Venue

ZONSHINKAN ZS302/ZONSHINKAN ZS302

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 standard spoken language, live or broadcast, on both familiar and unfamiliar topics normally encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
- Can understand documentaries, live interviews, talk shows, plays and the majority of films in standard dialect.
(2) Reading
- Can read with a large degree of independence, adapting style and speed of reading to different texts and purposes, and using appropriate reference sources selectively.
(3) Spoken interaction
- Can communicate spontaneously with good grammatical control without much sign of having to restrict what he/she wants to say, adopting a level of formality appropriate to the circumstances.
(4) Spoken production
- Can give clear, detailed descriptions and presentations on a wide range of subjects related to his or her field of interest, expanding and supporting ideas with subsidiary points and relevant examples.
(5) Written production
- Can write clear, detailed texts on a variety of subjects related to his or her field of interest, synthesizing and evaluating information and arguments from a number of sources.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor(When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
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【+R授業】詳細はmanaba+Rを参照

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Class Format

All classes will be face-to-face

Recommendations for Private Study


Students must complete the exercises/assignments/activities for that day by midnight of the day of the scheduled class. Failure to do so will result in the student being considered "absent" for that day.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written)

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment 
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)
100

Unit Quizzes (6 X 5): 30%
Mid-Term Test: 10%
Final Test: 10%
Writing Folio: 20%
Oral Interview: 10%
Classwork (Attendance, Effort, Completion of Manaba tests etc): 20%

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 5 (American English), Second Edition, Student Book with Web App 978-1-33-790566-4

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),Talk with Students,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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