Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
15534:EnglishⅡ(Advanced) (1) 2024 Fall Tue2,Thu1 College　Of　Law TENNANT JOHN MORRELL 2

Campus

KIC/KIC

Class Venue

ZONSHINKAN　ZS302/ZONSHINKAN　ZS302

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 standard spoken language, live or broadcast, on both familiar and unfamiliar topics normally encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
- Can understand documentaries, live interviews, talk shows, plays and the majority of films in standard dialect.
(2) Reading
- Can read with a large degree of independence, adapting style and speed of reading to different texts and purposes, and using appropriate reference sources selectively.
(3) Spoken interaction
- Can communicate spontaneously with good grammatical control without much sign of having to restrict what he/she wants to say, adopting a level of formality appropriate to the circumstances.
(4) Spoken production
- Can give clear, detailed descriptions and presentations on a wide range of subjects related to his or her field of interest, expanding and supporting ideas with subsidiary points and relevant examples.
(5) Written production
- Can write clear, detailed texts on a variety of subjects related to his or her field of interest, synthesizing and evaluating information and arguments from a number of sources.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
Lectures 1~30

Lectures 1~30
各担当教員が授業時に示す。To be announced by each instructor in class.

Lectures 1~2

Introductions

Course introduction and class expectations.
Review of previous term and discussion of study goals for the new term

3~4

Unit 7: customs and behaviour

Grammar: talking about habitual actions using present tenses or 'will'; using 'used to'
Topic: everyday habits; customs and traditions
Function: describing everyday actions; describing traditions; recognizing sources

5~6

Unit 7 continued

Grammar: talking about habitual actions using present tenses or 'will'; using 'used to'
Topic: everyday habits; customs and traditions
Function: describing everyday actions; describing traditions; recognizing sources

7~8

Unit 8: hopes and ambitions

Grammar: using conditionals
Topic: Talking about possibilities, both past and present.
Function: making your point, recognizing and using emotive language, expressing hopes and wishes.

Unit 7 quiz

9~10

Unit 8 continued

Grammar: using conditionals
Topic: Talking about possibilities, both past and present.
Function: making your point, recognizing and using emotive language, expressing hopes and wishes.

11~12

Unit 9: the news

Grammar: reporting verbs
Topic: news and the media
Function: reporting what you heard, recognizing different perspectives
Vocabulary: forming adjectives from verbs

Unit 8 quiz

13~14

Unit 9 continued

Grammar: reporting verbs
Topic: news and the media
Function: reporting what you heard, recognizing different perspectives
Vocabulary: forming adjectives from verbs

15~16

Unit 10: talented people + Project workshop

Grammar: relative clause and reduced relative clauses, determiners
Topic: talented or extraordinary people
Function: describing skills, talents, and experience; weighing evidence
Vocabulary: verb + noun collocations

Unit 9 quiz

17~18

Unit 10 continued

Grammar: relative clause and reduced relative clauses, determiners
Topic: talented or extraordinary people
Function: describing skills, talents, and experience; weighing evidence
Vocabulary: verb + noun collocations

19~20

Unit 11: knowledge and learning

Grammar: using 'could', 'was able to', 'manage to', 'succeed in'
Topic: different kinds of knowledge and means of learning
Function: getting clarification; reinforcing ideas
Vocabulary: idiomatic expressions

Unit 10 quiz

21~22

Unit 11 continued

Grammar: using 'could', 'was able to', 'manage to', 'succeed in'
Topic: different kinds of knowledge and means of learning
Function: getting clarification; reinforcing ideas
Vocabulary: idiomatic expressions

23~24

Unit 12: money

Grammar: focusing adverbs 'only', 'just', 'even', and 'too', 'as well', 'also'
Topic: money and the economy
Function: negotiating ideas and information, recognizing signposts to key information
Vocabulary: 'the' + adjectives

Unit 11 quiz

25~26

Unit 12 continued

Grammar: focusing adverbs 'only', 'just', 'even', and 'too', 'as well', 'also'
Topic: money and the economy
Function: negotiating ideas and information, recognizing signposts to key information
Vocabulary: 'the' + adjectives

27~28

Review + Project workshop

Unit 12 quiz
Review of course
Working on projects

29~30

Project presentations

Presentations
Q + A session

Class Format

All class sessions will be face-to-face.

Recommendations for Private Study

Extensive reading (多読) and extensive listening (多聴) are highly recommended for self-study.

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

Textbook exercises (manaba "Tests"): 25%
  - There will be about 25 tasks using manaba.
  - Students must complete at least 15 of the tasks.

Textbook unit quizzes: 20%
  - Timed manaba quizzes.
  - Quizzes must be done within the allotted time period.

Dialogue journals: 25%
  - Students must submit learning dialogue journal 4 times.
  - Each journal is 6% of the final grade.

Class and manaba "Forum" participation: 15%

Final presentation: 15%
  - A recorded video introducing a topic
  - For example, a PowerPoint presentation with narration.

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 5 (American English), Second Edition, Student Book with Web App 978-1-33-790566-4

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

To be used almost 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)

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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