English (R) aims to help students improve their reading skills.

By the end of course, students will improve basic skills and vocabulary necessary for parsing with accuracy and efficiency logical sentences on a range of topics. They should be able to understand with a good degree of accuracy sentences containing common vocabulary and whose content covers familiar matters such as society, culture and the sciences. They should be able to understand straightforward factual sentences on subjects related to their field of study and personal interests with a satisfactory level of comprehension. In addition, they should be able to identify the main conclusions in clearly signalled argumentative texts.

Word list, word forms,collocations, vocabulary in context.

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）English III, Reading.

In this class students will work in groups, and have no constrains in the topics they will talk in between class exercises as long as they do so in English.Class exercises will be completed cooperatively, so as to create a relaxed environment that facilitates learning.Additional materials on academic topics will be provided to practice learned skills.There will be a different topic each week of increased complexity. This is a student-oriented advanced level class.

Week 1: Orientation.
Week 2: Learning styles.
Week 3: Stress in college life.
Week 4: Student housing.
Week 5: Student activities.
Week 6: Education.
Week 7: Business.
Week 8: Marketing.
Week 9: Economics.
Week 10: Psychology.
Week 11: History.
Week 12: Political science.
Week 13: Linguistics.
Week 14: Environmental science.
Week 15: Information science and technology.

Students are allowed to speak with their group mates in English on any topic. Japanese conversation is allowed only to clarify class related issues.Phone calls are not allowed. However, messages can be briefly checked, in case there is an emergency.

Reference materials for self-study will be suggested.Practicing with these material can improve students performance in class.

Evaluation will be based on a 100 points scale, later translated into a categorical scale (S, A, B, C, F). Students must attend 2/3 (10) of the classes in order to receive credits.

TOEIC 20%, Exams 50%, In-Class quizzes 10%, Class participation 20%.

Introduction to academic reading. Cengage Learning(2008). ISBN:978-4-86312-049-5

An English-English dictionary is necessary for this course.

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