Course title
English Discussion   [English Discussion]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 14  Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 020225
Instructor(s)
TERENCE COONEY   [Terence Cooney]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
Course Outline: This course aims to improve each student’s basic speaking fluency and ability to communicate in English, through the discussion of a variety of general and academic topics.
Expected Learning
・ Students should be engaged in student-to-student interaction for the majority of the lesson.
・ Students should improve their speaking and listening skills through interaction with classmates.
- Students should develop the ability to talk about themselves and express their opinions.
- Students should develop the ability to listen actively (e.g. reacting, asking questions).
- Students should develop the ability to negotiate meaning when misunderstandings occur.
・ Students should participate in discussions on both general and academic topics, based on their own experiences
Course schedule
Class 1. Orientation
Class 2. Exchanging personal information
Class 3. Describing routines, expressions of time
Class 4. Money, prices, shopping ? part 1
Class 5. Money, prices, shopping ? part 2
Class 6. Describing people
Class 7. Talking about your family
Class 8. Describing locations, giving directions
Class 9. Describing cities, introducing your hometown
Class 10. Occupations ? part 1
Class 11. Occupations ? part 2
Class 12. Developing fluency with large numbers
Class 13. Talking about the future ? part 1
Class 14. Talking about the future ? part 2
Class 15. End-of-term review test
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
Title: Communication Spotlight: Pre-Intermediate
Author: Alistair Graham-Marr
Publisher: Abax
ISBN: 978-1-896942-66-7

References
Students are recommended to bring an electronic dictionary (English-Japanese & Japanese-English) to each class.:
Assessment/Grading
Attendance and class participation: 60%
Homework and end-of-term test: 40%
As per TUAT requirements, students who are absent six or more times cannot receive credit for the course.
Message from instructor(s)
This is an English communication course, so the students who receive the highest evaluation will be those who attend regularly, participate positively in class, and make maximum effort to use and improve their English communication skills.
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Office hours
Contact information will be provided at the first class meeting.
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3/8/2017 4:40:07 PM