Course title
English Reading   [English Reading]
Course category	general education courses	Requirement		Credit	1
Department		Year	2～4	Semester	3rd
Course type	3rd	Course code	020214
Instructor(s)
山口 高領   [YAMAGUCHI Takane]
Facility affiliation	Graduate School of Engineering	Office		Email address

Course description

Outline (English Reading): This course aims to develop second-year students’ reading skills, enabling them to read more advanced English texts. Students are given the opportunity to choose the genre of their reading materials from a variety of topics. Texts are expected to be more complex in terms of vocabulary, grammar, and style than those encountered in Integrated English. The English Reading course is divided into three groups, A-C. Students are requested to submit their preferred choice from among the following groups before registration. English Reading (A): Science and Technology In ER (A), students read articles relating to issues in science and technology. English Reading (B): Global News In ER (B), students read about topics relating to worldwide issues through a variety of news media. English Reading (C): Culture and Society In ER (C), students read articles focusing upon various aspects of culture and society. Evaluation includes each student’s TOEFL ITP test score, as converted to 20 percent of their final grade. All students must take the TOEFL ITP test on the second Saturday of December. This course is a required second-year course in the TUAT English curriculum.

Expected Learning

Objectives (English Reading): Students should attain level B2 in a variety of reading-related English skills as stated in the CEFR-J, a CEFR-based framework for ELT in Japan. To attain the objectives, during the course students will be expected to: 1. Become familiar with a variety of reading techniques such as skimming, scanning and summarizing. 2. Learn to read English texts both for comprehension and critical analysis. 3. Become independent learners, developing reading skills that can be used independently outside of class.

Course schedule

In this course, students will read several topics relating to worldwide issues through a variety of news media. Through this practice, students will learn how to comprehend the general meaning of an article, as well as develop skills needed to read each sentence and paragraph precisely and deeply. Class 1 Introduction Class 2 Autonomous Aircraft (1) Class 3 Autonomous Aircraft (2) Class 4 Fairtrade Class 5 Four Global Economic Issues of an Aging Population Class 6 A Cool Response to Food Waste Class 7 The giant garbage vortex in the Pacific Ocean Class 8 The Current Global Education Rankings are Inaccurate Class 9 Desertification (1) Class 10 Desertification (2) Class 11 AI will best humans at everything by 2060 (1) Class 12 AI will best humans at everything by 2060 (2) Class 13 How Artificial Intelligence Will Cure America’s Sick Health Care System (1) Class 14 How Artificial Intelligence Will Cure America’s Sick Health Care System (2) Class 15 Test & Summary

Prerequisites

This course is required for graduation. Students should make adequate preparations before each class spending the standard amount of time as specified by the university to achieve the credit as well as 30 hours of class attendance. Students must attend at least two-thirds of all classes to get credit. If a student does not fully attend the class (i.e. is present for less than the full 90 minutes) on two occasions, it should be counted as one absence.

Required Text(s) and Materials

Handouts

References

Assessment/Grading

Class participation (15%), Test on the whole articles (65%), TOEFL ITP Score (20%)

Message from instructor(s)

Have fun through the participation of lessons

Course keywords

worldwide issues

Office hours

takane46@gmail.com

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

English

Last update

6/4/2019 1:12:17 PM