| Course title | |||||
| English Exam Preparation Course I [English Exam Preparation Course I] | |||||
| Course category | Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | 1～4 | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 020082 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 鈴木 光晴 [SUZUKI Mitsuharu] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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Outline (English Examination Preparation Course I) This course aims to develop listening, grammar and reading skills with TOEFL-ITP, which is a test for non-native learners of English who want to enter universities especially in the United States. Through the TOEFL exercises, students are expected to gain knowledge of English for academic purposes, which will be indispensable for their academic research. They will also learn about college life in other countries. This course is mandatory for first-year students as an introduction to the English curriculum of the University. |
| Expected Learning |
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Objectives (English Examination Preparation Course I ) 1) Students will be exposed to listening, grammar and reading with academic topics. 2) Students will gain the skills to understand conversations and lectures, understand the structure of academic English, and read passages about various academic topics 3) Students will learn about how these skills are combined with other skills such as writing and speaking, and how to integrate them for their future academic activities. [Competency Development] Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Communication Skills, Reading Comprehension Skills |
| Course schedule |
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Week 1. Orientation - course overview: objectives, course contents, class rules, assessment & evaluation. - an introduction to the TOEFL ITP Assessment Series Week 2. Unit 01: The Racial Discrimination Problem - 15-min Reading Comprehension on American History (identifying the main idea and details) - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: Conjunctions - Vocabulary: learning words related to American History Week 3. Unit 02: Short conversations - Listening Strategy: Understanding the implication in each conversation - Listening Skills: Linking Sounds - Speaking Activity: Role-playing the model conversations in pairs - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: Countable and Uncountable Nouns & S-V Agreement Week 4. Unit 03: The Discovery of a New Medicine - 12-min Reading Comprehension on Natural Science (identifying the main idea and details) - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: First Conditional & Second Conditional - Vocabulary: learning words related to medicine Week 5. Unit 04: Looking for Reference Books in the Library - Listening Comprehension: a longer conversation (identifying the situation and details ) - Listening Skills: Weak Vowels, Disappearing Sounds, Linking Sounds, Mixed Sounds - Speaking Activity: Role-playing the model conversation in pairs - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: Modal Verbs (can, may, must, used to, must have p.p.) Week 6. Unit 05: The American Insurance System - 10-min Reading Comprehension on American Culture (identifying the main idea and details) - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: Comparatives & Superlatives - Vocabulary: learning words related to healthcare Week 7. Unit 06: Instructions on Class by a Professor - Listening Comprehension: the lecture (identifying the main topic and details & making an inference) , note-taking - Listening Skills: Weak Vowels, Disappearing Sounds, Linking Sounds, Mixed Sounds - Speaking Activity: Speed Reading Training in Pairs - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: Adjectives & Adverbs Week 8. Review & Midterm Quiz - Listening Comprehension (short / longer conversations and lectures) - Structure and Written Expression (grammar corrections, fill-in-the-blank questions) - Reading Comprehension (identifying the main idea and details) on academic topics Week 9. Unit 07: Financial Crises - 10-min Reading Comprehension on Economics (identifying the main idea and details, understanding the organization of the passage & finding what the pronoun ‘it’ refers to in the text) - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: Relative Pronouns & Relative Adverbs - Vocabulary: learning words related to economics and ecology Week 10. Unit 08: Conversation between a Professor and a Student - Listening Comprehension:a longer conversation (identifying the main topic and details, making an inference), note-taking - Speaking Activity: Speed Reading Training in Pairs - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: Verbals (Infinitives, Gerunds, Participles) Week 11. Unit 09: Native Americans - 13-min Reading Comprehension on American History (identifying the main idea and details, making an inference) - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: the Passive Voice - Vocabulary: learning words related to Native American cultures / tribes, American terms & law. Week 12. Unit 10: The Civil War - Listening Comprehension on the Civil War (identifying the main point and details), note-taking - Speaking Activity: Speed Reading Training in Pairs - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: Prepositions & Prepositional Phrases - Vocabulary: learning words related to American History Week 13. Unit 11: An Environmental Problem - 15-min Reading Comprehension on Natural Science (identifying the main theme and details & making an inference) - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: Present Perfect - Vocabulary: learning words related to global warming Week 14. Unit 12: Astronomy - Listening Comprehension on Astronomy (identifying the main idea and details), note-taking - Grammar Focus and Grammar Corrections: Interrogatives - Vocabulary: learning words related to astronomy Week 15. Wrap up -Final Exam (Listening Comprehension, Structure and Written Expression, Reading Comprehension) -Course evaluation |
| Prerequisites |
| This course carries 1 credit. In addition to 30 hours that students spend in the class, students are recommended to study independently with Academic Express 3, an e-learning system available outside the university, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University for each class. Estimated out-of-class study time per week (including assignments and tests) is 2 hours. All students on this course are expected to take the TOEFL-ITP test at the end of June. Also students must attend at least 2/3 of the course in order to receive credit. If you are late for the class twice, it will be counted as one time of absence. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
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Mark D. Stafford & Chizuko Tsumatori. (2018). Power-up Trainer for the TOEFLR？ITP. [Publisher] CENGAGE Learning. ISBN: 9784863121478. \2,200. |
| References |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Class Participation (25%: pair work, active class participation and contribution), In-class assignments & quizzes (45%: midterm quiz 20% and final exam 25%), TOEFL-ITP Test (30%): Total 100%. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Learning English is a recipe for better understanding of our world. Now, give yourself, body and soul, to learning English! |
| Course keywords |
| TOEFL-ITP, listening, reading, grammar, English for academic purposes |
| Office hours |
| By appointment via email |
| Remarks 1 |
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| Related URL |
| https://nk.supereigo.com/student/main/login/ (Academic Express 3) |
| Lecture Language |
| Language Subject |
| English |
| Last update |
| 3/25/2019 11:58:34 AM |