The aim of this course is to continue to develop students’ English listening, reading, and speaking skills within a content-based environment. Listening and Speaking skills will be reinforced through in-class video comprehension and discussion exercises. Reading skills will be strengthened through vocabulary, comprehension, and additional speaking activities. The unit topics will feature a variety of contemporary subjects relevant to students.
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
For more detailed information, check the Can-do Goals for this course.
Grades will be based on the following:
| 10 Textbook Unit Activities | Textbook unit activities are graded on a 5.0 to 0 scale. If all requirements of the task are completed at an exceptional level, you will receive 4.5 to 5.0 points; if they are fully met, you will receive 3.5 to 4.0 points; if they are adequately met, 2.5 to 3.0 points; if they are only partially met, 0.5 to 2.0 points; if you do not participate in the task or are absent, 0 points. | 50 points |
| 2 Quizzes | 16 / 22 points | 38 points |
| 2 Workshops | Workshops are graded on a 6.0 to 0 scale. If all requirements of the task are completed at an exceptional level, you will receive 5.5 to 6.0 points; if they are fully met, you will receive 4.5 to 5.0 points; if they are adequately met, 3.5 to 4.0 points; if they are only partially met, 0.5 to 3.0 points; if you do not participate in the task or are absent, 0 points. | 12 points |
| Late to class, using your cell phone, chattering in Japanese, sleeping in class, no text, no dictionary | Minus 1 point |
Academic and Media Skills: 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.
| Class | Media Exercises | Workshops | Unit Reviews | Quizzes | Agenda |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation | Orientation | Orientation | Orientation | |
| 2 | Unit 1 | ||||
| 3 | Unit 2 | ||||
| 4 | Unit 3 | ||||
| 5 | Workshop I | ||||
| 6 | Unit 4 | ||||
| 7 | Unit 5 | ||||
| 8 | Unit Review 1 | Quiz 1 (Units 1-5) | |||
| 9 | Unit 6 | ||||
| 10 | Unit 7 | ||||
| 11 | Unit 8 | ||||
| 12 | Workshop II | ||||
| 13 | Unit 9 | ||||
| 14 | Unit 10 | ||||
| 15 | Unit Review 2 | Quiz 2 (Units 1-10) |
97% or more, A+; 87-96%, A; 77-86%, B; 60-76%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took Exam | Score Gain | Score > 200 |
Score < 20% Drop |
||
 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
-5 |
|
|
|
|
|
-5 |
|
|
|
|
|
-5 |
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。