Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
52049:[2025 Fall]Understanding Language (GV) 2025 Fall Thu2 College　Of　Law,College　Of　Economics,College　Of　Business　Administration,College　Of　Social　Sciences,College　Of　International　Relations,College　Of　Policy　Science,College　Of　Letters,College　of　Image　Arts　and　Sciences,College　of　Comprehensive　Psychology,College　of　Science　and　Engineering,College　of　Information　Science　and　Engineering,College　of　Life　Sciences,College　of　Pharmaceutical　Sciences,College　of　Sport　and　Health　Science　(tentative　name) SUGINO NAOKI、SUGIMORI NAOKI 2

Campus

OIC

Class Venue

Seminar Room H348

Language

英語

Course Outline and Method

Drawing upon theoretical models and empirical findings in applied linguistics, this course provides students with opportunities to increase their understanding of how utterances are processed and interpreted, and of how co-construction of meaning is achieved. Some of the classes will be media-based; students will be instructed to log in to the designated website during the class time, watch the presentations online, and give feedback to peers' presentations. Students are to attend the face-to-face classes in OIC unless academic accommodation is requested.
【+R-Jugyo】Refer to manaba+R for details (To be scheduled before Week 1)

Student Attainment Objectives

1. To gain understanding of various aspects of communication and how they are studied.
2. To (re-)evaluate their own use and acquisition of their first and second language.
3. To be a conscious user of the language(s) in co-constructing shared meaning.

Recommended Preparatory Course

【Stage 2】授業言語は英語です。TOEFL ITP ®400～480、TOEFL iBT®テスト32〜55、TOEIC® 380～580、IELTS4.5〜5.0、などと同スコア程度を想定しています。
This class is open for the students with the following English ability :a TOEFL ITP®test score between 400 and 480, a TOEFL iBT®test score between 32 and 55, a TOEIC®test score between 380 and 580, an IELTS score between 4.5 and 5.0, or equivalent
＊TOEIC®, TOEFL®はEducational Testing Service(ETS)の登録商標です。

Course Schedule

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

Lexical Processing (1)

lexical access; word identification
N.B. There will be 【+R-Jugyo】before Week 1. Refer to manaba+R for details.

2 / SUGINO

Lexical Processing (2)

mental lexicon

3 / SUGINO

Syntactic Processing (1)

syntactic structure; ambiguity; processing strategies

4 / SUGINO

Syntactic Processing (2)

argument structure constructions

5 / SUGINO

Project Presentations (1): [Media-based/On-demand]

review of the lexical/syntactic processing models

6 / SUGIMORI

Corpus Linguistics (1): What is a corpus?

corpora and corpus linguistics; word frequency count
*BYOD

7 / SUGIMORI

Corpus Linguistics (2): Corpus analysis

KWIC; collocation; phraseology
*BYOD

8 / SUGIMORI

English Phonetics (1): Production of speech sounds

place and manner of articulation; phonetic symbols
*BYOD

9 / SUGIMORI

English Phonetics (2): Sounds of English

vowel & consonant charts; pronunciation variations
*BYOD

10 / SUGINO

Discourse/Text Processing

discourse; text; context
*BYOD

11 / SUGINO

Utterance Interpretation

cooperative principles; relevance
*BYOD

12 / SUGINO

Metaphor and Comprehension

metaphor
*BYOD

13 / SUGINO

Putting it all together

computation, comprehension, communication

14 / SUGINO

Project Presentations (2) [Media-based/On-demand]

reflection on communication and language use

Class Format

This course will be conducted face-to-face from Week 1 to Week 4, and from Week 6 to Week 14. Week 5 and Week 14 will be media-based/on-demand. Students are required to bring their own device (a laptop/notebook/tablet PC) to class for in-class tasks from Week 6 to Week 12 (marked as "BYOD").

Recommendations for Private Study

There will be readings assigned every week, and students are expected to have read them before they attend the class.

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

In-class summaries: 5 x 8 = 40%
In-class exercises & quiz: 5 x 3 = 15%
Short essay: 15 x 1 = 15%
Project presentations: 15 x 2 = 30%

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

1. Regular and active participation in class activities will be taken into consideration in determining letter grades, especially in border-line cases.
2. Students are required to complete reading assignment before attending each class. Course materials will be distributed through manaba+R.
3. Students are expected to exhibit teamwork skills and academic integrity and honesty.
4. If you should miss a class, please follow up the class on your own, using the materials made available via manaba+R.

Textbooks

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）,Talk with Students

Other Comments

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