| Course title | |||||
| 農業史 [History of Agriculture] | |||||
| Course category | general education courses | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | 2～3 | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 02t0268 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 森 禎徳 [MORI Yoshinori] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| This course aims to obtain the skills of listening, structure, and reading to get higher scores in TOEIC L&R. Through various kinds of TOEIC exercises, students are expected to gain knowledge and skills to use English for international communication, which will enable them to get more than 550, equivalent to CEFR B1. |
| Expected Learning |
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1) Students will be exposed to listening, grammar, and reading with various TOEIC-related topics. 2) Students will earn the knowledge, understand the sentence structures, and read a variety of passages found in daily and business issues. 3) Students will apply such knowledge and skills to the activities in their future workplaces. [Competency Development] Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Communication Skills, Reading Comprehension Skills |
| Course schedule |
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DAY1（Unit1〜Unit4） ※Students are required to review each unit after lectures. Unit1: Orientation ・Confirm students’ English communication skill levels and learn how to adjust their communication level with others ・Share students’ current and future communication-related issues ・Understand how TOEIC is related to career development ・Confirm the curriculum from Unit1 to Unit 15 Unit2: Understand and describe situations ・TOEIC part 1 exercise (Communication skill required in part 1→Describe pictures→Example exercise→Test making practice→Time and mental management for part 1 exercise） Unit3: Question skills prerequisite for communication ・TOEIC part 3 exercise (Communication skill required in part 2→Example exercise→Question making and test making practice→Time and mental management for part 2 exercise） Unit4: How to attend and observe conversations as the third party ・TOEIC part 3 exercise（Communication skill required in part 3→Example exercise→Conversation flow analysis＋test making practice→Time and mental management for part 3 exercise） DAY2 （Unit5〜Unit9） ※Students are required to review each unit after lectures. Unit 5: Review: Part 1/2/3 Unit6: Relations between Speed reading and listening ・TOEIC part 4 exercise (Communication skill required in part 4→Example exercise→Talk flow analysis＋test making practice→Time and mental management for part 4 exercise） Unit7: Review: Unit 6 Unit 8: Grammar ・Noun, verb, adjective, adverb ・TOEIC part5 exercise (Communication skill required in part 5→Example exercise→Time and mental management for part 5 exercise） Unit 9: Business document structure ・Business document structure ・TOEIC part 6 exercise (Communication skill required in part 6→Example exercise→Time and mental management for part 6 exercise） DAY3（Unit10〜Unit15） ※Students are required to review each unit after lectures. Unit 10: Review: Part 4/5/6 Unit 11-13: How to improve the speed and accuracy of reading ・TOEIC part 7 exercise (Communication skill required in part 7→Example exercise→Time and mental management for part 7 exercise） Unit 14-15: TOEIC mock examination and final review |
| Prerequisites |
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This course carries one 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. 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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TOEIC test official exercise book（IIBC）ISBN978-4-906033-48-5 ※Purchase the textbook in advance. |
| References |
| TBA |
| Assessment/Grading |
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To examine whether you could conduct the expected learning for this course, your performance will be evaluated by the following criteria: Class contribution (20%); In-class assignments and tests (80%) More than 6 absences lead to no credit and 2 tardy arrivals are equivalent to 1 absence. No less than 60 points in total are the prerequisite for your credit. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| TBA |
| Course keywords |
| TOEIC, listening, reading, structure, English for international communication |
| Office hours |
| Students can ask question directly to the instructor after each lecture. Any questions can be submitted to the instructor on DAY1. The instructor will answer them on DAY2 or DAY3. |
| Remarks 1 |
| Google Classroom Classcode：gfk4qh6 |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| https://nk.supereigo.com/student/main/login/ (Academic Express 3) |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| English |
| Last update |
| 3/30/2023 4:15:59 PM |