English (C) aims to help students to improve basic communication skills such as listening, conversation and written composition. The main goal of the course it to prepare you to interact successfully and confidently with other English speakers outside the classroom.

By the end of course, students will improve their skills and vocabulary and be able to enable smooth communication. Specifically, they should be able to:

Listening: understand sentences of a reasonable length, provided speech is slow.

Speaking: talk about familiar topics without undue effort; have a short conversation.

Writing: write simple phrases and sentences about their environment.

(English II (Intermediate))
大学での学修や研究および社会生活において必要とされる英語の,実践的な基礎力を養成
する。(基盤教育の基本方針より)

In this class, you will focus on speaking and listening to English for 90 minutes each week. Model conversations, pair-work, role plays and listening tasks will make up most of each class. Students can also do self-study exercises by downloadable audio tasks.

1. Class introduction.
2. Chapter 1 (asking for information)
3. Start Chapter 2.
4. Chapter 2 continued (describing things)
5. Chapter 3 (making requests)
6. Chapter 3 continued.
7. Chapter. 4 (giving instructions)
8. Chapter 4 Cont.
9. TEST 1 Chapters 1-4
10 -14 Chapters 5-7 (asking permission, giving reasons and opinions)
15. Final Exam: Chapters 5-7

Final grades will be the average of your two tests, the TOEIC score and class participation.

Your grade will be based on the following items:

Test (Test 1, Test 2) 70%
TOEIC 20%
Class Participation 10%

*Students who miss more than 2/3 of class will automatically receive a “0” for the final score.

Fifty-Fifty. Book Two.

This course depends on pair-work speaking activities so ALL students MUST HAVE a textbook.

Tues 2:40 - 4:00