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2021　TOEIC Seminar 3

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Academic unit or major
English language courses
Instructor(s)
Yamane Ryoichi 
Class Format
Exercise     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Wed3-4(W611)  
Group
-
Course number
LAE.E163
Credits
1
Academic year
2021
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2021/3/19
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

"TOEIC Seminar 3" is designed as an introductory course for students planning to take the TOEIC test. Of the four English-language skills, it puts special emphasis on listening and reading.

Offering TOEIC-style exercises, this course enables students to become familiar with the TOEIC test format. It also aims at improving students' overall English ability by expanding their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
・ familiarize themselves with the TOEIC test format.
・ increase their vocabulary, refine their knowledge of various grammatical structures, and brush up their listening and reading skills.
・ comprehensively improve their English to achieve higher scores on the TOEIC test.

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.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Introduction: On how to deal with TOEIC. Unit 1 Traveling Understand the course objectives. Learn how to use (in)transitive verbs and build up vocabulary.
Class 2 Unit 2 Daily Life & Shopping Mini-Test 1 Learn how to use correspondences and build up vocabulary
Class 3 Unit 3 At Restaurants Mini-Test 2 Learn how to use the comparative and build up vocabulary
Class 4 Unit 4 Job Hunting Mini-Test 3 Learn how to use modifiers and build up vocabulary
Class 5 Unit 5 At the Office 1 Mini-Test 4 Learn how to fill in blanks in grammar quizzes and build up vocabulary
Class 6 Unit 6 At the Office 2 Mini-Test 5 Learn how to read contexts and build up vocabulary
Class 7 Review and Final Exam 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)

ILLUMINATING THE PATH TO THE TOEIC L&R® TEST
ISBN978-4-7647-4127-0

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Useful sources will be referred to as necessary.

Assessment criteria and methods

In-class performance including the total points of weekly tests (50%) and the final exam (50%)

Related courses

  • LAE.E164 ： TOEIC Seminar 4

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None

Other

It is recommended that students take this course in sequence with TOEIC Seminar 4.

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