科学技術に関する情報を英語で読むことを通して、生の英語(学習者用に加工されたものではなく、巷に実際にある英語)に親しみ、大学で学問をやっていくのに必要な英語の読解力を培うことを目指します。難易度が高い英文であっても、文法や語彙などの英語に関する知識だけでなく、自分の持てるありとあらゆる知識を総動員し、想像力を駆使して内容を読み取る練習を重ねます。教材を通して、科学技術の功罪、健全な自然環境の保全について考えます。
英語の文章に慣れ、英語に対する心理的障壁を小さくします。読解のコツが身に付き、素早く大意を掴み、効率よく必要な情報を取り出すことができるようになります。理工系の学問をやっていくのに必要な語彙も増えます。また、物事の本質を捉え、問題点を見極め、そこから、建設的な課題提起ができるようになります。
Grades will be based on the following:
11 Textbook Mini-quizzes | 【1回3点満点(0.3点刻み)×11回】各自の端末を使って解答する4分間のMini-quiz(小テスト)です。前週の学習範囲から5問、当該週の学習範囲から5問、計10問出題します。ただし、各ユニットの初回学習週Meeting 2、Meeting 7、Meeting 12は、全問が当該週の学習範囲からの出題となります。3択の問題です。解答する際、テキストや辞書を使ってはいけません。Quiz実施日(Meeting 6、Meeting 11、Meeting 15)にはMini-quizはありません。 | 33 points |
14 Textbook Tasks | 【1回3点満点(0.5点刻み)×11回+1回2点満点(0.5点刻み)×3回】予習(=宿題)や授業参加の状況を見て採点します。通常は3点満点ですが、Quiz実施日は2点満点です。 | 39 points |
3 Quizzes | 各ユニットの最終学習週であるMeeting 6、Meeting 11、Meeting 15にQuiz(試験)を実施します。それぞれ10点、10点、8点満点です。 | 28 points |
Late to class, using your cell phone, chattering, sleeping in class, no text, no dictionary | minus 1 point |
Basic English: English Expeditions, Seibido Publishing Co., Ltd.
Note: You are required to purchase a copy of this text for this class. Any possession of a copy of this text (even if it is your own copy) from a previous semester will be considered a violation of academic honesty.
You are required to bring an English-English dictionary to class every day. See the list of recommended dictionaries below for more information.
Listening materials are available online. You are required to become familiar with the assigned video via repeated viewings before coming to class. See the Online Listening Resource section of the Online Education and Writing Program Guide for further information.
Meeting | Textbook | Quiz | Agenda |
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1 | Orientation | ||
2 | Unit 1 Sea Turtles | ||
3 | Unit 1 Sea Turtles | ||
4 | Unit 1 Sea Turtles | ||
5 | Unit 1 Sea Turtles | ||
6 | Unit 1 Sea Turtles | Quiz 1 (Unit 1) | |
7 | Unit 2 Ecological Balance | ||
8 | Unit 2 Ecological Balance | ||
9 | Unit 2 Ecological Balance | ||
10 | Unit 2 Ecological Balance | ||
11 | Unit 2 Ecological Balance | Quiz 2 (Unit 2) | |
12 | Unit 3 The Moon | ||
13 | Unit 3 The Moon | ||
14 | Unit 3 The Moon | ||
15 | Unit 3 The Moon | Quiz 3 (Unit 3) |
80% or more, B; 60-79%, C; below 60%, F
NOTE: At the end of your second semester, you will be taking a TOEIC®L&R IP Test. You will then be re-streamed for your second-year courses based on the results of this achievement exam, your placement test, and the numerical average of all of your first-year English courses. Therefore, it is important to strive for not only a high letter grade, but also for the highest numerical grade that you are capable of.
Students are expected to attend class regularly. Failure to attend class regularly may result in a reduction of the student's overall grade. Students will be penalized 3 'demerits' for each absence and 1 'demerit' for each 30-minute period they're late. Students who accumulate more than 15 'demerits' (the equivalent of 5 absences) will receive an unsatisfactory grade ('F') for the course, regardless of their actual score. As a rule, no make-up work will be given for unexcused absences.
NOTE: Students who fail to take the TOEIC®L&R IP Test will have 5 points subtracted from the total score of EACH English class they are enrolled in.
You are required to bring an English-English dictionary to class every day. The following is a list of quality paper dictionaries for English language learners. You may use any other dictionary or you may elect to use an electronic dictionary.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Oxford University Press.A bilingual set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) has been prepared for each course, as well as a general set for the entire curriculum. You can access these FAQs from the menus on your English Expeditions home page. Please read all of your FAQs before your second meeting.
The English Expeditions extra-credit system is tied to your TOEIC®L&R IP Test results, in order to encourage all students to practice their TOEIC-IP® test-taking skills. For more information on the TOEIC®L&R IP test, see the TOEIC® Exercises section of your Online Education text. The extra-credit point system is as follows:
Semester One | Semester Two | Semester Three | Semester Four |
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No extra-credit points are available. | Score higher on your first-year TOEIC®L&R IP Test than you scored on your placement test. | No extra-credit points are available. | Score higher on your second-year TOEIC®L&R IP Test than you scored on your first-year test. |
NOTE: Extra-credit points are only available for regularly matriculating (no genkyuufukki) students in all levels of English 3, English 4, English 7, English 8, and Super-Advanced and Advanced-level English 10.
The Extra-Credit points available are outlined in the chart below.
Note: TOEIC® Bridge-IP scores will be converted to TOEIC®L&R IP Test scores for all calculations.
No Academic Honesty Violations |
TOEIC-IP Exam | Extra- Credit Points |
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Took Exam | Score Gain | Score > 200 |
Score < 20% Drop |
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The following will be considered violations of our academic honesty policy:
Any of the above violations will result in a score of 0 for ALL exercises on that day, as well as forfeiting your chance for extra-credit.
不正行為は、いかなる理由があれ一切認められません。以下のような行為は、不正行為とみなします。
上記、および上記に類する「不正行為」があった場合は、当該学生の当該科目における、その日の得点を0点にするとともに、Extra-credit pointsはすべて無効になります。