Course title
Academic Reading   [Academic Reading]
Course category	general education courses	Requirement		Credit	1
Department		Year	3～4	Semester	1st
Course type	1st	Course code	020189
Instructor(s)
畠山 雄二   [HATAKEYAMA Yuji]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Engineering	Office		Email address

Course description

Status: elective course for all of the 3rd-/ 4th-year students, required by some departments The purpose of this course is to provide students with opportunities to read a wide variety of topics in scientific and technological fields in English. Students will also learn how to extract information and critically read academic journals and articles.

Expected Learning

Course Goals / Objectives: The goal of the course is for students to develop their critical thinking skills and improve reading speed by reading a variety of academic texts in English. Students will have opportunities to share opinions on these texts through discussion with classmates.

Course schedule

In this class, I will show you how scientific English is organized. Class 1. Guidance Class 2. Biology 1 Class 3. Biology 2 Class 4. Physics Class 5. Chemistry 1 Class 6. Chemistry 2 Class 7. Machine Mechanics Class 8. Medicine 1 Class 9. Medicine 2 Class 10. Informatics Class 11. News: Current Topics 1 Class 12. News: Current Topics 2 Class 13. News: Current Topics 3 Class 14. Mathematics Class 15. Exam The contents and order might be changed, depending on students’ interests.

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Assessment/Grading

Grading Criterion: Class Particpation: 15% (Students must attend at least 2/3 of a course in order to receive a credit for the course.) quiz-style tests & Final Test: 85%

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Related URL

http://www.shimonoseki-soft.com/~hatayu/

Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

English

Last update

1/26/2020 9:41:30 AM