Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
12560:[2025 Spring]IR18‐BA102 English for International Studies II (Basic)(RK) 2025 Spring Tue2,Fri1 College　Of　International　Relations FABBRETTI MATTEO 2

Campus

KIC/KIC

Class Venue

GAKUJIKAN　GJ311/GAKUJIKAN　GJ311

Language

English

Course Outline and Method

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In EIS II, students engage in an active learning process through an integrated approach using materials related to the field of international relations. Students will carry out a variety of listening activities, speaking tasks, and exercises to enhance their English comprehension and fluency. Students will develop listening comprehension skill by listening to dialogues, conversations, lectures, or other spoken material and answering questions or completing exercises to demonstrate understanding. Students will develop their abilities to express themselves orally in English through role-plays, discussions, presentations, and other interactive activities. Formative evaluation is performed through class participation, including small quizzes and assignments as well as one or more essays, papers, and presentations, based on a rubric that targets each skill.

Student Attainment Objectives

1. Students will acquire listening skills including the ability to listen to lectures and take notes. They will also develop academic speaking skills through tasks such as presentations, discussions, and debates.
2. Students will be able to listen to English language materials and understand the gist of the materials, the structure of the arguments, and sentences that support these arguments.
3. Students will be able to have discussions and give speeches and presentations logically and persuasively in verbal and non-verbal communication.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
1-3

Unit 1

Introductions and course explanation
Listening: listening for main ideas and opinions
Vocabulary: word families
Grammar: modals for obligations and suggestions
Critical thinking: examples to support an opinion
Speaking: preparing and giving an opening statement for a debate

4-6

Unit 2

Listening: identifying cause and effect
Vocabulary: suffixes
Grammar: dependent prepositions
Critical thinking: identifying advantages and disadvantages
Speaking: phrases to emphasise agreeing or disagreeing

7-9

Unit 3

Listening: listening for key organisation features
Vocabulary: synonyms
Grammar: relative clauses
Critical thinking: distinguishing between facts and opinions
Speaking: talking about past events

10-12

Unit 4

Listening: identifying rhetorical questions
Vocabulary: talking about achievements
Grammar: comparing things
Critical thinking: evaluating and proposing ideas
Speaking: giving examples of personal experiences

13-15

Unit 5

Listening: understanding explanations
Vocabulary: negative prefixes
Grammar: modals to express opinions
Critical thinking: giving counter-arguments
Speaking: talking about advantages and disadvantages

16-18

Unit 6

Listening: referring to common knowledge
Vocabulary: phrasal verbs
Grammar: talking about preferences
Critical thinking: analysing persuasive language
Speaking: planning to persuade somebody

19-21

Unit 7

Listening: understanding lecture organisation
Vocabulary: phrases with make
Grammar: passive forms
Critical thinking: researching a topic and ideas map
Speaking: outlining a topic

22-24

Unit 8

Listening: using visuals to predict content
Vocabulary: idioms and fixed expressions
Grammar: talking about the future
Critical thinking: discussing alternative points of view
Speaking: asking for opinions

25-27

Unit 9

Listening: identifying opposing points of view
Vocabulary: collocations with pay, save and money
Grammar: conditional sentences
Critical thinking: explaining opinions for and against an idea
Speaking: asking someone to explain in more detail

28

Unit 10

Listening: understanding paraphrase
Vocabulary: collocations with mind
Grammar: modal verbs
Critical thinking: multiple intelligences
Speaking: asking for and giving advice

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. Please note that the maximum number of online classes must be 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

(1) Be responsible for your owning learning (Responsibility/Self Management);
(2) Keep up with the assignments and do not fall behind (Meeting the deadline/Time Management);
(3) Read (understand) the designated readings in the textbook thoroughly (Preview).
(4) Make vocabulary notes and terminology notes (Organizing Skills).
(5) Make notes on quotes that you do not understand, and form questions or explain why you find it difficult to understand or unsure in 2-3 sentences. (Preview, Critical Thinking Skills)
(6) Type/copy quotes from the reading that either you are interested or you really disagree with. (Critical Thinking Skills, Academic Communication Skills)

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

30% In-class participation and preparation
20% Homework assignments
20% Midterm essay
30% Final essay

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Unlock Level 3 Listening, Speaking and Critical Thinking Student's Book with Digital Pack (Unlock) （2ND） Ostrowska, Sabina/ Jordan, Nancy Cambridge University Press 9781009031479

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

Course schedule may be modified based on student needs. Any such modifications will be clearly communicated to students in class and via manaba+R.
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