All students are required to obtain the credits for ONE of either English 5, English 6, or English 7. Students who have failed English 5 register for this course in the sixth term of the old curriculum (i.e. the third and fourth quarters of their third academic year). This is one of the old curriculum courses offered on a semester basis.
By offering TOEIC-style exercises, this course aims at comprehensively improving students' English skills, expanding their vocabulary and strengthening their knowledge of grammar.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
・ expand their vocabulary and improve their knowledge of grammar.
・ develop overall English proficiency, but with particular emphasis on listening and reading skills.
TOEIC, listening skills, reading skills, vocabulary, grammar
Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Students are required to read the assigned unit and solve the exercise problems in Section B & C (the Reading Section) before class.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Orientation session Course introduction | |
Class 2 | Pre-test Introduction to the TOEIC test | Textbook: pp. 6-11. |
Class 3 | Section A & C: Unit 1 (Travel) Section B: Unit 1 (Sentence Structures) | Textbook: pp. 14-16, pp. 52-53, pp. 79-81. |
Class 4 | Section A & C: Unit 2 (Shopping) Section B: Unit 2 (Nouns, Pronouns & Articles) | Textbook: pp. 17-19, pp. 54-55, pp. 82-83. |
Class 5 | Section A & C: Unit 3 (Transportation) Section B: Unit 3 (Adjectives & Adverbs) | Textbook: pp. 20-22, pp. 56-57, pp. 84-85. |
Class 6 | Section A & C: Unit 4 (Directions) Section B: Unit 4 (Modals & Verbs) | Textbook: pp. 23-26, pp. 58-59, pp. 86-87. |
Class 7 | TOEIC-style test (1) | Getting familiar with the TOEIC test format |
Class 8 | TOEIC-style test (2) Review | Getting familiar with the TOEIC test format |
Class 9 | Section A & C: Unit 5 (Living Abroad 1. School) Section B: Unit 5 (Subject / Verb Agreement) | Textbook: pp. 27-29, pp. 60-61, pp. 88-89. |
Class 10 | Section A & C: Unit 7 (Office Work) Section B: Unit 7 (Prepositions & Conjunctions) | Textbook: pp. 33-35, pp. 64-65, pp. 93-95. |
Class 11 | Section A & C: Unit 8 (Health) Section B: Unit 8 (Comparisons) | Textbook: pp. 36-38, pp. 66-67, pp. 96-97. |
Class 12 | Section A & C: Unit 9 (Job Hunting) Section B: Unit 9 (Relative Clauses) | Textbook: pp. 39-41, pp. 68-69, pp. 98-100. |
Class 13 | Section A & C: Unit 10 (Leisure) Section B: Unit 10 (Participles, Infinitives & Gerunds) | Textbook: pp. 42-44, pp. 70-71, pp.101-102. |
Class 14 | Section A & C: Unit 11 (Meeting) Section B: Unit 11 (Conditionals) | Textbook: pp. 45-47, pp. 72-73, pp. 103-105. |
Class 15 | Post-test and review | Textbook pp. 110-17. |
Practical English for the TOEIC Test (Sanshusha)
None
The grade takes into account both the TOEIC score achieved and work done in class. All students who pass the course are given a score of 60. Further details will be explained at the orientation.
This is a course for students who began their degree in or before April 2015.
Students MUST attend one of the orientation sessions in the first week of the semester. See the notice board in West 3 Building, Ookayama Campus, for further details.
Slightly different rules will apply to students who began their degree in or before April 2010; they will be explained at the orientation.