Ritsumeikan University Syllabus

Course Name	Year	Term	Period	Faculty / Graduate School	All Instructors	Credits
14607:[2025 Fall]EnglishⅡ(High-intermediate) (4)	2025	Fall	Tue1,Thu2	College　Of　Law	JACKSON LACHLAN	2

Campus

KIC/KIC

Class Venue

ZONSHINKAN　ZS303/ZONSHINKAN　ZS303

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 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
Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors)	Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
Week 1	Introductions and Course Outlines. Unit 7 - Living Space
Week 1	Comparatives and superlatives Used to, would, and the simple past Describing where you live
Week 2	Unit 7 - Living Space (continued)
Week 2	Reading about what New York used to be like Reading about a town in Puerto Rico Students will take Unit 7 Quiz
Week 3	Unit 8- Weird News
Week 3	Modal verbs A reading about the Nasca lines Reacting to surprising news
Week 4	Unit 8 - Weird News (continued)
Week 4	A reading about one of aviation's greatest mysteries Speculating about the past Students will take Unit 8 Quiz
Week 5	Unit 9: Trade
Week 5	Articles in noun phrases Determiners and possessives in noun phrases A reading about how to negotiate a price
Week 6	Unit 9 - Trade (continued)
Week 6	Passive voice: all tenses Looking at a website about producers and products Students will take Unit 9 Quiz
Week 7	Mid- Term Test (Units 7-9)
Week 7	In the first session of the week, students will take the Mid-term test on units 7-9 inclusive. In the second session, we will have an essay workshop to set up preparations for the "Short Essay".
Week 8	Unit 10 - No Limits
Week 8	Defining relative clauses Talking about injuries A reading about life on Mars
Week 9	Unit 10 - No Limits (continued)
Week 9	Second conditional (if + would) A reading about feats of endurance Students will take Unit 10 Quiz
Week 10	Unit 11 - Connections
Week 10	Reported speech Reading about an "uncontacted tribe" Useful telephone expressions
Week 11	Unit 11 - Connections (continued)
Week 11	BEFORE CLASS:【+R授業】詳細はmanaba+Rを参照 DURING CLASS:Reporting verbs Reading about social networking Talking about new forms of digital media Students will take Unit 11 Quiz
Week 12	Unit 12 - Experts
Week 12	Should have / could have Reading about an Arctic expedition A reading about social networking
Week 13	Unit 12 - Experts (continued)
Week 13	Third conditional: if + would have Students will take Unit 12 Quiz Short Essay due for submission
Week 14	Final Test (Units 10-12) Oral Interview
Week 14	In the first session of the week, students will complete the FINAL TEST units 10-12. In the Second session of the Week, students will complete the ORAL INTERVIEW

Class Format

All classes will be face-to-face

Recommendations for Private Study

As some of the classes for this course will be conducted online using the Manaba system, 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% Oral Interview 10% Writing Folio 20% Classwork (Attendance / completion of Manaba exercises 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 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)

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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