Course title
English Reading   [English Reading]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 24  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 020220
Instructor(s)
宇野 良子   [UNO Ryoko]
Facility affiliation Faculty 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
1. Guidance (Science group)
2. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, reading practice (1), vocabulary, summarizing
3. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, reading practice (2), vocabulary, scanning
4. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, reading practice (3), vocabulary, listening
5. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, reading practice (4), vocabulary, context analysis
6. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, reading practice (5), vocabulary, rapid reading
7. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, reading practice (6), vocabulary, organization analysis
8. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, reading practice (7), vocabulary, intensive reading
9. Mid-term review
10. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, reading practice (8), vocabulary, intensive reading, content analysis
11. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, reading practice (9), vocabulary, inference
12. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, characteristics of academic papers
13. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, characteristics of academic papers: organization
14. Articles from Science News for Students, discussion, characteristics of academic papers: references
15. Wrap up, evaluation
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
Course materials are distributed in class.
References
None.
Assessment/Grading
Participation: 15%
TOEFL-ITP: 20%
Assignments: 20%, Final Exam: 45%
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
English
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3/3/2019 6:25:57 PM