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- Instructor(s)
- Yamane Ryoichi
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Wed3-4(S222) Wed3-4(S221)
- Group
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- Course number
- ZEN.E396
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2022/4/20
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
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.
Student learning outcomes
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.
Keywords
TOEIC, listening skills, reading skills, vocabulary, grammar
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Students are required to answer TOEIC style questions in the textbook in order to improve English language proficiency in various settings. They take a weekly mini-test to expand their range of vocabulary.
There are some changes to course rules from the academic year 2022. Please make sure to attend the orientation to be held prior to the first week of the semester. For further details, see the notice board on the third floor, West 3 Bldg., Ookayama Campus, or the online notice board of the ILA Foreign Languages Section (https://www.fl.ila.titech.ac.jp). If you have any questions, contact the following address: info_english9_at_fl.ila.titech.ac.jp. (Replace _at_ with the @ sign.)
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction: On how to deal with TOEIC. Unit 1: Shopping Present Tense | Understand the course objectives. Learn how to use present tense and build up vocabulary. |
| Class 2 | Unit 2. Entertainment & Weather Past tense | Mini-Test 1 Learn how to use past tense and build up vocabulary |
| Class 3 | Unit 3: Eating Out Progressive Tense, Perfect Tense | Mini-Test 2 Learn how to use progressive tense and perfect tense and build up vocabulary |
| Class 4 | Unit 4: Travel Articles, Pronouns | Mini-Test 3 Learn how to use pronouns and build up vocabulary |
| Class 5 | Unit 5: Health Nouns | Mini-Test 4 Learn how to use nouns and build up vocabulary |
| Class 6 | Unit 6: Housing & Media Adjectives, Adverbs | Mini-Test 5 Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs and build up vocabulary |
| Class 7 | Review and Exam #1 | Reduce grammatical errors and build up vocabulary |
| Class 8 | Unit 8: Employment The comparative | Learn how to use the comparative and build up vocabulary |
| Class 9 | Unit 9: Workplaces ＆Products gerunds, the infinitive | Mini-Test 1 Learn how to use gerunds and the infinitive and build up vocabulary |
| Class 10 | Unit 10: Making Deals Passive voice, auxiliary verbs | Mini-Test 2 Learn how to use passive voice and auxiliary verbs and build up vocabulary |
| Class 11 | Unit 11: Office Messages causative verbs, verbs of perception | Mini-Test 3 Learn how to use causative verbs, verbs of perception and build up vocabulary |
| Class 12 | Unit 12: Sales Relative pronouns, adverbs | Mini-Test 4 Learn how to use relative pronouns and adverbs and build up vocabulary |
| Class 13 | Unit 13: Commuting & Meeting Conjunctions, prepositions | Mini-Test 5 Learn how to use conjunctions, prepositions and build up vocabulary |
| Class 14 | Review and Exam #2 | Reduce grammatical errors and build up vocabulary |
Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Alison Kitzman et al., Totally TOEIC® L&R Test: Challenge 500-600 (TOEIC®テスト：チャレンジ500-600), Nan'un-do (ISBN: 9784523178651).
Reference books, course materials, etc.
To be announced in class
Assessment criteria and methods
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.
Related courses
- ZEN.E395 ： English 5
- ZEN.E397 ： English 7
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
This is a course for students who began their degree in or before April 2015.
Other
There are some changes to course rules from the academic year 2022. Please make sure to attend the orientation to be held prior to the first week of the semester. For further details, see the notice board on the third floor, West 3 Bldg., Ookayama Campus, or the online notice board of the ILA Foreign Languages Section (https://www.fl.ila.titech.ac.jp). If you have any questions, contact the following address: info_english9_at_fl.ila.titech.ac.jp. (Replace _at_ with the @ sign.)
