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Academic unit or major
English language courses
Instructor(s)
Maruyama Reiko 
Class Format
Exercise    (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon1-2(第４ラボ（西3号館8階）)  
Group
7
Course number
LAE.E111
Credits
1
Academic year
2024
Offered quarter
1Q
Syllabus updated
2024/3/14
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
Japanese
Access Index

Course description and aims

English 1 defines and solidifies the foundational skills for effective communication in English as well as fosters international awareness, as both are typically required in the globally expanding domain of scientific and technological research activities. It also prepares students to study or do research abroad in the future. Students are assigned training exercises that cover the four language skills — reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The reading and listening materials include topics such as international and intercultural issues as well as the fundamentals of science and technology. Practice exercises in writing and speaking are provided so that students can develop confidence and competence to participate in discussions and conferences where opinions are exchanged through both text and speech. TOEFL-type exercise problems are also used in the course.

This course aims to establish a base on which students can build toward a higher level of communication competence specifically in an English language environment. The base is composed of three elements: (1) identifying relevant information accurately, (2) exercising fair judgement to form a valid opinion, and (3) stating opinions clearly and persuasively. English 1 covers these three elements, and the communication abilities acquired will help students in the future when they have to assume positions of responsibility in group activities.

Each student is assigned to a group led by an instructor. Instructors for each group conduct the course using the "Course description and aims" and "Student learning outcomes" as the basic framework. "Class direction," "Course schedule," and other information below explain the features of each class.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will:
・Become aware of the degree to which practical English abilities are required for learning at university and for research activities both in Japan and abroad
・Be able to grasp the main ideas and arguments of written and spoken materials in diverse areas including international and intercultural issues, science, and technology
・Have increased their knowledge of effective vocabulary and expressions to actively communicate their ideas and opinions in English
・Have gained confidence in using English to state their opinions
・Be able to understand the structural characteristics of good paragraphs and write their own short paragraphs with unity and coherence

Course taught by instructors with work experience

✔ Applicable How instructors' work experience benefits the course
An instructor with work experience as an author and editor will provide hands-on education in writing and presenting about science, based on practice in the field that features critical thinking and logical ways of communicating information to audiences.

Keywords

Four language skills, fostering international awareness, communication skills, studying abroad, TOEFL

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills ✔ Intercultural skills ✔ Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Each unit of the text has a ”theme'' that assumes frequently occurring situations in TOEIC® L&R, and is arranged into 4 parts (2 parts listening, 2 parts reading) for efficient study.
Each unit consists of Key Words & Phrases, Listening Build Up and Listening Try Out, Reading Build Up and Reading Try Out.
Key Words & Phrases lets you check related words and phrases of frequently occurring themes along with audio.
In Listening Build Up and Reading Build Up, you will work on practice questions that are slightly easier than the TOEIC® L&R, and in Listening Try Out and Reading Try Out, you will try practice questions that are in the same format as the actual test.
In addition, this textbook comes with a free system called CHEKCLINK, which allows you to participate in classes similar to the LL classroom by using your smartphone or computer to answer questions in class.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Class outline explanation Unit 1 Daily Life [Noun] Part 1 For photo problems of a single person, focus on the depiction of the action. Part 3 The order of questions matches the flow of the audio. Part 5 English nouns tend to be longer than verbs and adjectives Part 6 Read the paragraph consciously Preparation for Key Words & Phrases Relationship between themes set in units Check the phrase. (A) Learn Japanese by looking at English vocabulary I wonder if I can learn English by reading Japanese again? Let's see if you can do it. (B) The words you checked in A appear in English sentences. Listen and write down the words.
Class 2 Unit 2 Eating Out & Shopping [Adjectives/Adverbs] Part 2 Interrogative words Do not miss the opening interrogative word Part 4 Don't miss the introduction Part 5 Adverbs vary in their placement Part 7 "Read in the order of introduction → beginning of the text → questions → continuation of the text'' Preparation for Key Words & Phrases Relationship between themes set in units Check the phrase. (A) Learn Japanese by looking at English vocabulary I wonder if I can learn English by reading Japanese again? Let's see if you can do it. (B) The words you checked in A appear in English sentences. Listen and write down the words.
Class 3 Unit 3 Classes & Lessons [Verb] Part 2 Interrogative Words Don't panic about irregular responses to interrogative questions Part 3 Based on the subject of the question, decide who to focus on speaking. Part 5 Let's review transitive verbs that are easily mistaken for intransitive verbs Part 7 Take a bird’s-eye view of web-based guidance and forms Preparation for Key Words & Phrases Relationship between themes set in units Check the phrase. (A) Learn Japanese by looking at English vocabulary I wonder if I can learn English by reading Japanese again? Let's see if you can do it. (B) The words you checked in A appear in English sentences. Listen and write down the words.
Class 4 Unit 4 Events [Present tense/Present continuous tense] Part 1 In multi-person photo problems, if the subject refers to multiple people, look for common actions. Part 4 The last question tends to ask about the future. Part 5 Let's review other verbs that cannot be made into progressive tenses Part 6 For verb tense questions, look for words that express the time that are scattered throughout. Preparation for Key Words & Phrases Relationship between themes set in units Check the phrase. (A) Learn Japanese by looking at English vocabulary I wonder if I can learn English by reading Japanese again? Let's see if you can do it. (B) The words you checked in A appear in English sentences. Listen and write down the words.
Class 5 Unit 5 Traff c & Travel [Past tense/Past continuous tense] Part 2 Don't jump to Because just because you hear Why. Part 3 Pre-reading practice stage 1 - Start by practicing just reading the questions Part 5 There are also questions that require students to choose the past tense even if there is no adverb that expresses the past clearly. Part 7 Hints are hidden in To, From, Date, and Subject Preparation for Key Words & Phrases Relationship between themes set in units Check the phrase. (A) Learn Japanese by looking at English vocabulary I wonder if I can learn English by reading Japanese again? Let's see if you can do it. (B) The words you checked in A appear in English sentences. Listen and write down the words.
Class 6 Unit 6 News [Future expression] Part 1 Even for photo problems with one person, there are problems that require listening to the subject. Part 4 Pre-reading practice stage 2 - Make sure you can instantly understand frequently asked questions Part 5 Let's review adverbs used with future expressions Part 6 For vocabulary questions, choose words that are related to the surrounding English sentences. Preparation for Key Words & Phrases Relationship between themes set in units Check the phrase. (A) Learn Japanese by looking at English vocabulary I wonder if I can learn English by reading Japanese again? Let's see if you can do it. (B) The words you checked in A appear in English sentences. Listen and write down the words.
Class 7 Unit 7 Job Offers & Employment [Present perfect tense] Part 2 Pay attention to where and when. Part 3 Pre-reading practice stage 3 - Look at the options in addition to the questions Part 5 Let's double check the words (phrases) that cannot be used with the present perfect tense Part 7 Understand the flow of the iron plate and grasp the information Quarter final exam Preparation for Key Words & Phrases Relationship between themes set in units Check the phrase. (A) Learn Japanese by looking at English vocabulary I wonder if I can learn English by reading Japanese again? Let's see if you can do it. (B) The words you checked in A appear in English sentences. Listen and write down the words.

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)

CLIMB HIGH TO THE TOEIC®L&R TEST
Masako ANZAI, Akiko WATANABE 　Kinseido Press　(\2,300 tax not included)

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Please make sure you have an environment where you can use an English-Japanese dictionary or an online dictionary site.
Additionally, in order to use the CHECKLINK system, one of the following environments is required.
▶CheckLink recommended environment
PC
Recommended OS
Windows 7, 10 or later
MacOS X or later
Recommended browser
Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher
Firefox 40.0 or higher
Google Chrome 50 or higher
Safari
Mobile phone/smartphone
Mobile phone with 3G or later (docomo, au, softbank)
iPhone, iPad (iOS9 ~)
Android OS smartphone, tablet

Assessment criteria and methods

20% Calculated based on class participation after completing pre-assignments and efforts in class (questions in charge, participation in CHECKLINK, etc.)
30% Quizzes for each chapter at the end of class
50% End of Quarter Test
Overall evaluation

Related courses

  • LAE.E112 ： English 2
  • LAE.E113 ： English 3
  • LAE.E114 ： English 4
  • LAE.E211 ： English 5
  • LAE.E212 ： English 6
  • LAE.E213 ： English 7
  • LAE.E214 ： English 8
  • LAE.E311 ： English 9

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

None

Other

None

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