| Course Name | Year | Term | Period | Faculty / Graduate School | All Instructors | Credits |
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| 14587:[2025 Spring]EnglishⅠ(High-intermediate) (6) | 2025 | Spring | Tue2,Thu1 | College Of Law | HILLIS MARY EDNA | 2 |
Campus
Class Venue
Language
Course Outline and Method
Feedback on quizzes and assignments will be given in-class and/or via manaba+R.
Student Attainment Objectives
- 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 follow many films in which visuals and action carry much of the storyline, and which are delivered clearly in straightforward language.
(2) Reading
- Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to his or her field and interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension.
(3) Spoken interaction
- Can communicate with some confidence on familiar routine and non-routine matters related to his or her interests and professional field.
(4) Spoken production
- Can describe events, real or imagined.
(5) Written production
- 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 |
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| Keyword, References and Supplementary Information | |
| 【+R授業】 | 【+R授業】 |
【+R授業】詳細はmanaba+Rを参照 |
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| 1 | Course Orientation |
Course Introduction
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| 2 | Unit 1: Culture and Identity |
1a How we see other cultures
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| 3 | Unit 1: Culture and Identity |
1b Culture and colors
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| 4 | Unit 1: Culture and Identity |
1c A world together |
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| 5 | Unit 1: Culture and Identity |
Writing exercises
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| 6 | Unit 2: Performing |
2a Music today
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| 7 | Unit 2: Performing |
2b Learning to dance
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| 8 | Unit 2: Performing |
2c Living statues
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| 9 | Unit 2: Performing |
2d What's playing
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| 10 | Unit 3: Water |
3a The story behind the photo
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| 11 | Unit 3: Water |
3b Return to Titanic
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| 12 | Unit 3: Water |
3c Love and death in the sea
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| 13 | Unit 3: Water |
3d No way!
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| 14 | Unit 4: Opportunities |
4a Will a robot take your job?
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| 15 | Unit 4: Opportunities |
4b What's next?
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| 16 | Unit 4: Opportunities |
4c A better life? |
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| 17 | Unit 4: Opportunities |
4d Would you mind?
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| 18 | Unit 5: Well-being |
5a Pizza with a pedigree
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| 19 | Unit 5: Well-being |
5b Imaginary eating
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| 20 | Unit 5: Well-being |
5c A caffeine-fueled world |
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| 21 | Unit 5: Well-being |
5d Eating out
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| 22 | Unit 6: Mysteries |
6a Flexible thinking
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| 23 | Unit 6: Mysteries |
6b Desert Art
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| 24 | Unit 6: Mysteries |
6c Lost and found?
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| 25 | Unit 6: Mysteries |
6d You must be joking!
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| 26 | Unit 1-6 Review |
Course Review
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| 27 | Unit 1-6 |
Student presentations |
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| 28 | Unit 1-6 |
Student presentations |
Class Format
Recommendations for Private Study
Study vocabulary
Grade Evaluation Method
| Kind | Percentage | Grading Criteria etc. |
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| Final Examination (Written) | ||
| Report Examination (A report to be submitted by the unified deadline) |
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| Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment (Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class) |
100 | Unit Tests 30%
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Grade Evaluation Method （Note）
Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods
Textbooks
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN Code | Comment |
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| Life 4 (American English), Second Edition, Student Book with Web App | 978-1-33-790565-7 |
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)
Other Comments
URL:https://secure.ritsumei.ac.jp/students/pathways-future/course/curriculum.html/