Course title | |||||
English Discussion [English Discussion] | |||||
Course category | general education courses | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
Department | Year | 1~4 | 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 |
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. Talking about your school schedule Class 4. Describing routines, expressions of time Class 5. Money, prices, shopping ? part 1 Class 6. Money, prices, shopping ? part 2 Class 7. Describing people Class 8. Talking about your family 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 Class 14. Round-up / Review 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: 15% (As per TUAT requirements, students who are absent 6 times or more cannot receive credit for the course). Class participation: 45% Homework and end-of-term test: 40% |
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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Last update |
3/20/2018 11:10:28 AM |