Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
34338:[2025 Fall]Comprehensive Skills 2 (SM) 2025 Fall Fri2 College　Of　Economics MATSUYOSHI SHOYA 1

Campus

BKC

Class Venue

Rarcadia308

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 so that you can develop 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 by 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, depending on the activity.
This is an intermediate (IM) level class and students will be graded on an 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:
・skim a text
・identify the author's purpose
・identify fact and opinion
・synthesize information

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 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 Equador, 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, Unit12 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 2 Nancy Douglas, David Bohke Cengage Learning 9798214085630 Use second half of the textbook

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

The textbook will be used almost every class. Most of the classroom activities and assignments will be based on the book.

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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