Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
34226:[2025 Fall]Study Skills 21 (Y) 2025 Fall Thu5 College　Of　Economics MATSUYOSHI SHOYA 1

Campus

BKC

Class Venue

Rarcadia302

Language

English/Japanese

Course Outline and Method

経済学部生を対象とした必修英語科目の単位回復科目です。
The emphasis of the English program is REACH which stands for Responsibility, Environment, Awareness, Collaboration, and Humanitarianism.
In Study Skills 21, students practice reading passages of a variety of topics with a purpose of acquiring reading and critical thinking skills. They are supposed to read effectively and thoroughly the assigned passages using background knowledge, reading strategies, and appropriate tools (e.g., dictionaries). Based on the information they get from reading, they work on learning activities such as listing key points, preparing a summary, making visual organizers, pointing out issues, classifying claims, offering extra explanations, and sharing their own (critical) views in class. You are supposed to prepare each class, submit assignment, and take quizzes and exams in accordance with your teacher’s instruction. Your teacher will provide feedback in the physical classroom or on manaba+R, depending on the activity.
このクラスは再履修のクラスであり、成績評価は再履修科目の評価基準が適用されます。そのことを承知した上で、履修登録してください。
【＋R授業】詳細はmanaba+Rを参照（第7-10回で実施予定）

Student Attainment Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
・understand English passages using background knowledge, dictionaries, and/or peer support
・use important reading strategies such as predicting, scanning and skimming for quick responses
・identify the main idea, details, and examples, and also distinguish fact from opinion
・take notes and make graphic organizers to reconstruct the content in your own ways
・use the information you read to look at an issue from different angles and present your own views

Recommended Preparatory Course

Study Skills 11

Course Schedule

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

Orientation, Unit 7 Dollars and Scents

Warm Up, Reading A: The Flower Trade

2

Unit 7 Dollars and Scents

Reading B: The Power of Perfume

3

Unit 7 Dollars and Scents, Unit 8 Great Explorers

Video: Flower from Ecuador, Reading A: An Incredible Journey

4

Unit 8 Great Explorers

Unit 7 Quiz, Reading B: The Travels of Ibn Battuta

5

Unit 8 Great Explorers, Unit 9 Identity

Video: The Legend of Marco Polo, Reading A: The Teenage Brain

6

Unit 9 Identity

Unit 8 Quiz, Reading B: Seeing Double

7

Unit 9 Identity, Unit 10 Facing Change

Video: The Global Village, Reading A: The Big Thaw

8

Unit 10 Facing Change

Midterm Exam, Reading B: Life on the Edge

9

Unit 10 Facing Change

Unit 9 Quiz, Video: The Sled Dogs of Greenland

10

Unit 11 Fact or Fake?

Unit 10 Quiz, Reading A; The Knowledge Illusion

11

Unit 11 Fact or Fake?

Reading B: The Limits of Lying

12

Unit 11 Fact or Fake?, Unit 12 Going to Extremes

Video: Smiling Trial, Reading A: The Dream of Flight

13

Unit 12 Going to Extremes

Unit 11 Quiz, Reading B: Dark Descent

14

Unit 12 Going to Extremes

Video: See Caves, Wrap Up, Unit 12 Quiz, Final Exam

Class Format

All classes will be conducted in person.

Recommendations for Private Study

For every class, you have reading assignments due. Be sure to read all assigned texts and work on tasks before we discuss them in class. You are expected to come to class prepared.
When you read at home, use your dictionaries, take notes and underline in your book, and then come to class ready to ask questions in class.
You are responsible for any information you miss when absent.
Use the audio recording of the texts to enhance your learning.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written) 0

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)		 0

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

60% Continual assessment /30% Midterm and Final Exams/10% Extra work

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

このクラスは再履修クラスのため、成績評価は原則B・C・Fのみです。

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Active participation in all class activities is required. You are supposed to bring your textbook to every class.
Have fun reading in English.

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Reading Explorer 2 Student Book Split Edition 2B with Spark Access + e-Book Nancy Douglas, David Bohke Cengage Learning 9798214085845 9

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Most learning activities are based on the textbook, which will be used in most every class. So make sure to buy one before the first class and bring it to every class.

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)

Communication Paper,Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Talk with Students

Other Comments

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