Student’s overall practical English abilities will be developed while putting emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking fluency.

Students have little difficulty in expressing themselves about routine topics and can participate in short, daily conversations. Students can understand reasonably long utterances if spoken slowly and clearly.

English, Integrated skills, Speaking, Listening, Google Forms

B-1．学生同士の話し合いの中で互いの意見に触れる機会がある。：1～25％
C-1．自分の意見をまとめて発表する機会がある。：1～25％
D-1．演習、実習、実験等を行う機会がある。：1～25％

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。English II (Intermediate)

01.貧困をなくそう
02.飢餓をゼロに
03.すべての人に健康と福祉を
04.質の高い教育をみんなに
05.ジェンダー平等を実現しよう
06.安全な水とトイレを世界中に
07.エネルギーをみんなにそしてクリーンに
08.働きがいも経済成長も
09.産業と技術革新の基盤をつくろう
10.人や国の不平等をなくそう
11.住み続けられるまちづくりを
12.つくる責任つかう責任
13.気候変動に具体的な対策を
16.平和と公正をすべての人に
17.パートナーシップで目標を達成しよう

This class will be conducted face to face and students will work on material provided by the teacher. Listening and speaking practices will be done using academic topics (in Science and Humanities).

第１回: Introduction (Orientation)
第２回: Note-taking while listening (videos on "the water crisis").
第３回: Note-taking while listening (videos on "natural resources").
第４回: Note-taking while listening (videos on "evolution").
第５回: Introduction to oral summaries.
第６回: Oral presentations based on Lessons 2-5.
第７回: Oral presentations based on Lessons 2-5.
第８回: Mid Term Examination.
第９回: Introduction to interrogatives and giving opinions (argumentative writing and speaking).
第１０回: Closed and open questions (part I).
第１１回: Closed and open questions (part II).
第１２回: Phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions.
第１３回: Oral presentations based on Lessons 9-13.
第１４回: Oral presentations based on Lessons 9-13.
第１５回: Final Examination

Students will work on material given in class. Class discussions, group work and presentations will be the basis to practice learned skills. Special lectures will be also provided with explanations and review of targeted English skills.

Completion of the activities for each week will be done during class hours and extracurricular hours (assignments) as instructed by the teacher. An estimated amount of time to be spent on completion, preparation and review of each lesson will be 1 hour a week.

Students will be evaluated based on achieving the goals of the class using the following criteria:

1- Students have understood the set of skills presented in the course.
2- Students are able to apply learned skills in activities other than those in the materials given in class (e.g. quizzes, exam questions, etc.)
3- Students show sufficient commitment to learning by participating in the course activities (class participation, presentations, Exams.)

Class Participation 20%, Exam 1-30 %, Exam 2-30 %, E-learning 20%

No textbook will be used in this class. Materials will be provided by the teacher.
E-learning software has been chosen to support TOEIC® preparation as part of English 1 studies. This study software offers practice and learning in all fields of English language study, including vocabulary, expressions and grammar. We suggest continued progress, completing a few lessons on a weekly basis.

Students are advised to use an English-English dictionary throughout the course, and bring their own PC to the classroom.

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(Please send an email via WebClass for any inquiries.
研究室の場所：人文学部、２号館、４F　（B4a）
https://www.yamagata-u.ac.jp/en/about-yu/campus-maps/kojirakawa/