English 3 is designed to improve students’ English language skills for academic purposes and provide them with 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 lectures in English, speaking in front of an audience, and writing paragraphs and short essays.
There are two types of classes in English 3. RW classes focus on reading comprehension and skill in written composition, and LS classes focus on listening and oral expression.
Each student is assigned to a class and instructors for each class conduct the course using “Course description and aims”, “Student learning outcomes”, and “Keywords” as the basic framework.
By the end of this course, students will:
・ Have improved their English skills required for learning at university and for research activities
・ Be able to understand written and spoken materials correctly in diverse areas including international and intercultural issues, science, and technology
・ Be able to write paragraphs and short essays with unity and coherence
・ Have gained confidence in using English to state their opinions and improved their oral expression skills
Four language skills, fostering international awareness, communication skills, studying abroad, TOEFL
Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Reading intensively some English writings, students will improve their abilities to put grammatical knowledge to practical use, interpret English texts critically, and make an English composition. Students must prepare for class by translating some English passages and make a list of questions about them. Texts will be distributed by the instructor.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | A guidance for this course -goals・class flow・preparation/review・grading- Basic parts of speech - Noun / Verb / Adjective / Adverb | [Preparation] Review basic parts of speech with grammar books used at high school. [Review] Review sample sentences and exercise sentences in the text |
Class 2 | Basic sentence pattern(1) - SV・SVC・SVO・SVOO・SVOC | [Preparation] Review basic sentence pattern with grammar books used at high school. [Review] Review sample sentences and exercise sentences in the text |
Class 3 | Basic sentence pattern(2) - Interpretation | [Preparation] Translate English exercise passages into Japanese [Review] Reread the exercise passages as the instructor tell students to, and recompose the original English exercise passages from Japanese-translation |
Class 4 | Uses of ~ed - Verb(Past Tense / Passive Voice) / Participles / Participial Construction | [Preparation] Review uses of ~ed with grammar books used at high school. [Review] Review sample sentences and exercise sentences in the text |
Class 5 | Uses of ~ing - Gerunds / Verb(Progressive Form) / Participles / Participial Construction | [Preparation] Review uses of ~ing with grammar books used at high school. [Review] Review sample sentences and exercise sentences in the text |
Class 6 | Use of ~ed・~ing advanced | [Preparation] Review uses of ~ed・~ing with class materials. [Review] Review sample sentences and exercise sentences in the text |
Class 7 | Final assignment / Explanation | Review all the lectures in this course, and sort out weaknesses and problems |
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.
None required.
English-Japanese / Japanese - English dictionary "Wisdom 2" (Sanseido) - iPad OS application (Monokakido)
The grade for the quarter will be determined as follows:
Final assignment (80%) and active participation in class(20%)
※Active participation in class is evaluated by comments made through chat and voice.
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