Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
14610:[2025 Fall]EnglishⅡ(High-intermediate) (7) 2025 Fall Tue1,Thu2 College　Of　Law RADMALL ADAM CHRISTOPHER 2

Campus

KIC/KIC

Class Venue

ZONSHINKAN　ZS305/ZONSHINKAN　ZS305

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 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
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
week 1

Unit 7 Living Space

Comparatives and superlatives'
used to, would, the simple past
Describing where you live.

week 2

Unit 7
Living Space (continued)

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
Wierd news

Modal verbs.
A reading about the Nasca Lines.
Reacting to surprising news.

week 4

Unit 8
Wierd news (continued)

A reading about one of aviations greatest mysteries.
Speculating about the past.
Students will take unit 8 quiz.

week 5

Unit 9
Trade

Articles in noun phrases.
Determiners' and possessives in noun phrases.
A reading about how to negotiate a price.

week 6

Unit 9
Trade (continued)

Passive voice; all tenses.
Looking at a website about producers and products.
Students will take unit 9 quiz.

week 7

Mid term test and essay workshop.

In the first session of the week, students will take the mid term test on units 7 to 9 inclusive.
In the second session, we will have a an essay workshop to set up the short essay.

week 8

Unit 10
No limits

Defining relative clauses.
Talking about injuries.
A reading about life on Mars.

week 9

Unit 10
No limits (continued)

Second conditional (if + would)
Reading about feats of endurance.
Student will take unit 10 quiz.

week 10

Unit 11
Connections

Reported speech.
Reading about an uncontacted tribe.
Useful telephone expressions.

week 11

Unit 11
Connections (continued)

Reporting verbs
Reading about social networking
Talking about new forms of digital media.
Students will take unit 11 quiz
【+R授業】詳細はmanaba+Rを参照

week 12

Unit 12
Experts

Should have / could have
Reading about an Arctic expedition.
Reading about social networking
 

week 13

Unit 12
Experts (continued)

Third conditional; If + would have
Students will take unit 12 quiz.
Short essay due for submission.

week 14

 Final test and 1-to-1 Oral Presentations

In the first session of the week, students will sit the final test and begin the 1-to-1 oral presentations.
In the second session, students will continue the 1-to-1 oral presentations.

Class Format

All class sessions will be face-to-face.

Recommendations for Private Study

Students must preview tesxtbook before every class. Keep a vocab checklist for every unit.
Students must regularly check Manaba course news.

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 (6x 5%) 30%
Mid term test 10%
Final test 10%
Short essays (x4) 20%
Classwork (attendance, participation) 20%
1-to-1 Oral presentation 10%

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）,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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