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:
| 3 TOEIC® Exercises Cycles | １サイクル５点 X ３サイクル | 15 points |
| 10 Textbook Tasks | １回８.５点満点Ⅹ１０回 | 85 points |
| Late assignment submission | 課題の提出が遅れた場合は１点減点されます |
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.
Updated for 2020 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Curriculum Changes| Meeting | Textbook Tasks | Agenda |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation | |
| 2 | Unit 1 Sea Turtles | |
| 3 | Unit 1 Sea Turtles | |
| 4 | Unit 1 Sea Turtles | |
| 5 | Unit 2 Ecological Balance | |
| 6 | Unit 2 Ecological Balance | |
| 7 | Unit 2 Ecological Balance | |
| 8 | Unit 2 Ecological Balance | |
| 9 | Unit 3 The Moon | |
| 10 | Unit 3 The Moon | |
| 11 | Unit 3 The Moon | |
| 12 (~7/21) | TOEIC® Exercises Preparation | |
| 13 (~7/21) | TOEIC® Exercises Cycle 1 (Deadline: 7/21) | |
| 14 (~7/21) | TOEIC® Exercises Cycle 2 (Deadline: 7/21) | |
| 15 (~7/21) | TOEIC® Exercises Cycle 3 (Deadline: 7/21) |
80% or more, B; 60-79%, C; below 60%, F
NOTE: At the end of your second semester, you will be taking a TOEIC-IP exam. 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 submit assignments in a timely fashion. Failure to submit timely may result in a reduction of the student’s overall grade. Students will be penalized 3 demerits for each non- submission and 1 demerit for each late submission. 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-IP exam will have 5 points subtracted from the total score of EACH English class they are enrolled in.
You are required to use an English-English dictionary for your exercises. 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.
2020年度は、Extra-credit Points（ボーナス得点）はありません。通常とは違った位置付けで皆さんにTOEIC Exercisesに取り組んでもらうことになりました。各科目のシラバス Grading Criteria（評価の基準）に提示されている通り、TOEIC Exercisesの得点は、正規の得点として、100点満点評価の中に15点（1サイクル5点X3サイクル）組み入れられます。
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。