| Course title | |||||
| 化学英語 [Chemical English] | |||||
| Course category | technology speciality courses | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 1～4 | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 021318 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| PATRICIA MCGAHAN [Patricia McGahan] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Engineering | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address | |
| Course description |
| Patricia Migian, a part-time lecturer, will be in charge of this class. The instructor is a native English speaker and has contributed to English education in Japan for many years, and has a reputation for teaching English expressions used in science and technology such as chemistry in an easy-to-understand manner. In addition, practical lectures that emphasize conversation and dialogue will be held. For this reason, this course is divided into two classes according to ability. As the class is organized during the new student orientation by the school board, the placement test will be conducted based on the results of the external examination, so students who wish to take classes will be educated between July 20th and September 20th. Please be sure to submit the score sheet to the committee (description of the course of engineering). If you have not submitted, you cannot take the course. This syllabus is subject to change due to lectures. |
| Expected Learning |
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1) To be able to understand and express simple English expressions related to chemistry and experiments as well as science and technology. 2) Actively speaking in the group and having an interest in the peer study. Main goal: Understanding and active understanding of basic speech and expression methods in chemistry and experiments as well as science and technology |
| Course schedule |
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1st: How to express figures 2nd: property of substance, change of state, expression of element, compound 3rd: Representation of materials and their components 4th: Expression of measurement and measurement method 5th: Experimental method, expression of order and context 6th: Words that express quantity 7th: Test about achievement 8th: relative comparison, expression of direct proportion and inverse proportion 9th: expression of frequency and tendency and possibility that something happens 10th: How to express probability 11th: Gas 12th: Expression about method 13th: How to explain the experimental method 14th: Analysis and synthesis 15th: Comprehensive evaluation |
| Prerequisites |
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Applicants are required to take one of the following external exams as a placement test. Those taking the exam after April 1, 2017 will be valid. TOEIC Public Test Official Score Certificate Institutional Program Score Report (Individual Grade Sheet) for TOEIC-IP Test TOEFL-iBT Examinee Score Report (testee score) TOEFL-PBT Examinee Score Report (testee score) Examinee Score Report of TOEFL ITP (exclusive to the University) Please be sure to submit the score sheet in paper media to Boards of Education in C1 and C2 classes between July 20 and September 20. Submission via email is not permitted. If you have not submitted it, you can not register. Also, please be sure to attend in the designated class. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Designated by a part-time lecturer. |
| References |
| Recommended reference books are Nan'Un-Do, General Science, Ed. Martin Bates, Tony Dudley-Evans, "General Science English for the First Time", Tadao Kobyahasi, Miho Fujieda, Akiko Sugawa. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Proactiveness in class (30%), expression methods and problems, content of exam (40%), degree of contribution from group exercises (30%) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| The Department of Applied Chemistry emphasizes English education. Learn from the beginning of the year how to express English in chemistry, experiments, science and technology, not just general English conversation. |
| Course keywords |
| Chemical English, Scientific English, Technical English |
| Office hours |
| None for part-time lecturer |
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| Lecture Language |
| English |
| Language Subject |
| English |
| Last update |
| 11/25/2019 9:59:43 AM |