English Reading ER05,ER13,ER21,ER58 1T17 1J2 1L2 1E2
| Numbering Code | U-LAS20 10001 SB48 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Seminar (Foreign language) | |
| Target Year | 1st year students | Target Student | For all majors | |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Tue.2/Tue.4/Thu.2/Thu.3 | |
| Instructor name | PETERSON，Mark (Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies Associate Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This course will focus on the following areas: 1) Understanding meaning: deducing the meaning of unfamiliar words and word groups; relations within the sentence/complex sentences; implications - information not explicitly stated, conceptual meaning, e.g. comparison, purpose, cause, effect. 2) Understanding relationships in the text: - text structure; the communicative value of sentences; relations between the parts of a text through lexical and grammatical cohesion devices and indicators in discourse. 3) Understanding important points; distinguishing the main ideas from supporting detail; recognising unsupported claims and claims supported by evidence - fact from opinion; extracting salient points to summarise; following an argument; reading critically/evaluating the text. 4) Reading efficiently: surveying the text, chapter/article, paragraphs, skimming for gist/ general impression; scanning to locate specifically required information; reading quickly. | |||
| Course Goals | The goal of this course is to assist students in developing the reading skills necessary to comprehend challenging English texts. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
In principal, the course will be offered according to the following plan. However, units may be subject to change depending on the progression of the course or handling of current topics. 1. The story of numbers 2. Traditional medicine (1) 3. Traditional medicine (2) 4. Frida Kahlo 5. Review 6. The history of English (1) 7. The history of English (2) 8. The tiger in the living room 9. Review 10. The mid-autumn festival 11. Car culture 12. The temple of Borobudur 13. Mr Right 14. Review 15. Final exam 16. Feedback |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
5回以上欠席した場合は成績評価の対象としない。 Evaluation will be based on active participation (20 points), and in-class activities (80 points). Individual work will be assessed on the basis of achievement level for course goals. Latecomers will be marked as absent. Those who are absent more than five times will not be credited. |
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| Course Requirements | Refer to "Handbook of Liberal Arts and General Education Courses". | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Read English articles, newspapers and books on a variety of topics. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Reading Advantage 4 , Casey Malarcher , (Heinle), ISBN:1-4130-0117-3 | ||
| References, etc. | English dictionary | |||
