Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
34327:[2025 Fall]Comprehensive Skills 2 (SA) 2025 Fall Wed2 College　Of　Economics YAMAZOE TAKAO 1

Campus

BKC

Class Venue

Rarcadia412

Language

English/Japanese

Course Outline and Method

The emphasis of the English program is REACH which stands for Responsibility, Environment, Awareness, Collaboration, and Humanitarianism. In Dual Language course, you are to learn another foreign language in addition to English. You take two English courses in each semester. As the name of this course suggests, this course is designed to further enhance your reading, listening, writing, speaking skills along with vocabulary and grammar, but the main focus is on developing reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar because listening and speaking skills are covered in Communication Skills 2. Each unit provides, reading, writing and grammar activities, and through these activities you can brush up your skills. You are supposed to prepare for each class, submit assignments, and take quizzes and exams in accordance with your teacher’s instruction. Your teacher will provide feedback in the physical classroom, on manaba+R or My English Lab, depending on the activity.
This is an upper-intermediate (UI) level class and students will be graded on an upper-intermediate level rubric.
【＋R授業】詳細はmanaba+Rを参照（第10回で実施予定）

Student Attainment Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
・understand the basic structure of a paragraph
・identify main ideas and supporting details
・take notes
・distinguish facts from opinions

Recommended Preparatory Course

Comprehensive Skills 1

Course Schedule

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

Orientation, Unit 7 Energy Solutions

Warm Up, Reading A: Powering the Planet

2

Unit 7 Energy Solutions

Reading B: City of the Future?

3

Unit 7 Energy Solutions, Unit 8 Epic Engineering

Video: Wave Power, Reading A: China's Grand Canal

4

Unit 8 Epic Engineering

Unit 7 Quiz, Reading B: Skin: Highway of Dreams

5

Unit 8 Epic Engineering, Unit 9 High-Tech Solutions

Video: Building A Rain Forest, Reading A: The Power of Virtual Reality

6

Unit 9 High-Tech Solutions

Unit 8 Quiz, Reading B: High -Flying Helpers

7

Unit 9 High-Tech Solutions, Unit 10 All in the Mind

Video: Drone Delivery, Reading A: What's on your Mind?

8

Unit 10 All in the Mind

Midterm Exam, Reading B: Inside Animal Minds

9

Unit 10 All in the Mind

Unit 9 Quiz, Video: Brain Power

10

Unit 11 Visual Pioneers

Unit 10 Quiz, Reading A: Van Gogh's World

11

Unit 11 Visual Pioneers

Reading B: Seeing the Light

12

Unit 11 Visual Pioneers, Unit 12 Far Out

Video: The Genius of Picasso, Reading A: Defying Gravity

13

Unit 12 Far Out

Reading B: The Ultimate Trip

14

Unit 12 Far Out

Video: Mysteries of Pluto, Wrap Up, Unit 12 Quiz, Final Exam

Class Format

All classes will be conducted in person.

Recommendations for Private Study

Students are expected to:
- check announcements from the instructor posted in the Course News.
- come to class prepared.
- work on assignments and submit by the deadline.
- ask questions and make comments through the Threaded Discussion Forum on manaba+R.

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 ( including SPARK)/30% Midterm & Final Exams /10% Extra Work

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Your overall English proficiency is assessed by CASEC which you are required to take in December. Taking the test is essential! If you do not take CASEC or if your score is lower by 100 points or more than the previous time, you will lose 15 points from your final grade. English classes in 2023 will be reorganized based on your CASEC score. Active participation in class activities is required. Participation includes in-class activities, activities via manaba+R (reading course news, turning in assignments, contributing to discussions on the bulletin board), MyELT and other methods required by the teacher. Please remember you are responsible for any information you miss if you are absent. Keep track of when your assignments are due: no (and late) submission will lower your grade.

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Reading Explorer 3 Nancy Douglas, David Bohlke Cengage Learning 9798214085647 Use second half of the textbook

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. The accompanying online resources will also be used regularly and for extra activities.

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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