Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
12647:[2025 Fall]IR18‐BC104 Intensive English IV (RB) 2025 Fall Mon5 College　Of　International　Relations SHEFFRIN ALEXANDER 1

Campus

KIC

Class Venue

KOSHINKAN　KS207

Language

English

Course Outline and Method

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The aim of IEIS IV is, similar to IEIS I, to increase students' command of general academic English in the areas of reading and vocabulary. In this course, students will review the Academic Vocabulary List and increase their vocabulary by learning synonyms of these listed words and reading various types of academic materials. With these reading skills such as previewing, skimming, and scanning, students will read and comprehend various controversial issues such as environmental issues and immigrant issues discussed very often in the fild of international issues. Students will have task-based testings and examine their improvement in reading comprehension in terms of increasing voabulary. Formative evaluation is made through class participation, including small quizzes and assignments.

Student Attainment Objectives

1. Students will apply reading skills such as previewing, skimming, and scanning to a variety of academic materials and understand the gist of these materials, the structure of the arguments, and supporting sentences.
2. Students will be able to analyze texts from not only the author’s point of view, but from opposing points of view as well.
3. Students will be able to increase their vocabulary and improve their comprehension of academic materials.
4. Find English articles related to the topics of the textbook, and give short presentations.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
1

Unit 1 All About Food Chapter 1

Course introduction and policies
Reading a newspaper article
Practice with predicting, antonyms
Making a vocabulary notebook

2

Unit 1 All About Food Chapter 2

Reading a recipe
Practice with scanning, irregular past tense verbs

3

Unit 2 Inventions Chapter 1

Vocabulary and Reading Quiz # 1 Unit 1 Reading and Vocabulary
Reading a newspaper article
Reading for details, and practicing prefixes and parts of speech

4

Unit 2 Inventions Chapter 2

Reading a web forum
Practice with scanning and suffixes

5

Unit 3 Studying Abroad Chapter 1

Vocabulary and Reading Quiz # 2 Unit 2 Reading and Vocabulary
Reading an advertisement
Using subheadings to predict content, practicing compound words
Researching a newspaper article and important social issue

6

Unit 3 Studying Abroad Chapter 2

Reading a diary extract
Reading for details, practicing adjective endings
Discussion of presentation techniques
Preparing for a presentation on a social issue

7

Unit 1 Food, Unit 2 Innovations, and Unit 3 Studying Abroad Review and Presentations

Vocabulary practice of Unit 1-3
Newspaper Article Presentations
Discussion and peer feedback on presentations
Reviewing of reading and fluency strategies, discussion of reading topics

8

Unit 4 Chapter 1 Money and Budgets

Vocabulary and Reading Quiz # 3 Unit 1-3 Reading and Vocabulary
Reading a magazine article
Skimming for main ideas, practicing prefixes

9

Unit 4 Chapter 2 Money and Budgets

Reading a web interview
Identifying supporting details, talking about words related to money

10

Unit 5 Chapter 1 Our Modern Lifestyle

Vocabulary and Reading Quiz # 4 Unit 4 Reading and Vocabulary
Reading a newspaper letter
Identifying and using transition words
Introduction of social issue research project

11

Unit 5 Chapter 2 Our Modern Lifestyle

Reading a magazine article
Making inferences and word webs
Discussion and research on major news events and social issues
Sharing and discussion of social issue research project ideas

12

Unit 6 Chapter 1 The Olympics

Vocabulary and Reading Quiz # 5 Unit 5 Reading and Vocabulary
Peer discussion on social issue project
Group work on social issue project and sharing
Reading a reference article
skimming for main ideas, and reviewing suffixes

13

Unit 6 Chapter 2 The Olympics

Group work on social issue project and sharing
Preparation and review of presentation skills
Reading a webpage article
reading for details and words relating to sports
Vocabulary and Reading Quiz # 6 Unit 4-6 Reading and Vocabulary

14

Unit 4 Money, Unit 5 Modern Life, and Unit 6 Olympics Review and Presentations

Final Presentations
Note taking of presentations and peer feedback
Review of Unit 4-6 vocabulary and readings
Questions and answers, sharing opinions, note taking, self-reflections and evaluations

Class Format

All classes are to be conducted face to face; however, in the case of an emergency the instructor may elect to provide online (live-streamed) classes provided that the maximum number of online classes remains less than 1/2 of the total number of classes for the specified course. If an instructor does conduct a live-streamed class, then the link will be posted on Manaba+R.

Recommendations for Private Study

Students should keep a weekly vocabulary notebook and preview and review readings in the textbook before each class. Students should spend at least one hour every week preparing for class and completing assignments.

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

Homework assignments 25%
Active participation 25%
Chapter and Vocabulary quizzes (6) 30%
Presentations (2) 20%

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

The textbook will required in every week.

Students must bring their textbook to class and be prepared and on task with a pen and paper to receive full participation points.

Coming to class late will affect participation points. Arriving to class late 3 times will be treated as one absence.

Students must participate in at least two thirds of class meetings in order to pass the course.

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Active Skills for Reading 1 Neil J Anderson Cengage 978-1-133-30799-0

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

The textbook will be used every week.

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

Syllabus is subject to change during the semester.
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