Based on English 5, English 6 is designed to improve students’ English language skills for academic purposes and provide them with more knowledge in relevant areas. The materials include topics such as international and intercultural issues as well as current topics of science and technology. Expectations require students to practice: reading academic articles, listening to English lectures, speaking before an audience, and developing skills to write paragraphs and short essays.
By the end of this course, students will:
・be able to express their ideas and opinions in classes confidently
・be able to write paragraphs or short essays
・be able to better understand academic lectures
・practice effective reading strategies
Four language skills, fostering international awareness, communication, studying abroad, TOEFL
Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Using BBC's news videos, students will do such exercises as dictation, interpretation of texts, solving problems and short composition.
Students will be required to see news videos provided by the publisher (Kinseido) beforehand and review them after class.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Unit 7 Virtual Reality for Mental Health | Preparation for Unit 7 |
Class 2 | Unit 8 Solving Problems of Farmed Salmon | Preparation for Unit 8 |
Class 3 | Unit 9 DNA Tests to Reveal Heritage | Preparation for Unit 9 |
Class 4 | Unit 10 Social Mobility | Preparation for Unit 10 |
Class 5 | Unit 11 London Mayor’s Brexit Warning | Preparation for Unit 11 |
Class 6 | Unit 12 Brompton Bikes and the Brexit Challenge | Preparation for Unit 12 |
Class 7 | Unit 13 The Price of a Cuppa will Rise | Preparation for Unit 13 |
Class 8 | Final exam and review | Preparation for final exam |
Seeing the World through the News 5
Author : Timothy Knowles / Charles Lowe / Mayumi Tamura / Minne Tanaka / Mihoko Nakamura
ISBN: 978-4-7647-4052-5
Kinseido ¥2,700(tax included)
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Activities in class: 30%
Assignments: 20%
Final exam: 50%
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