Course type | 一般 | Credits | 1 |
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Elective/Compulsory | 必修 | Course format | 講義 |
Course start | 2年次より10月ー12月 | Room | L12会議室 |
Supervising lecturer | Paul McAleese |
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Lecturer | Paul McAleese |
Course objectives | The objectives of this course are to improve confidence and proficiency in English communication for future careers in business and science. This third course will focus specifically on practical speaking, language structure, and reading skills using material from a range of professional contexts such as business trips and travel, the media, and employee health and well-being. This course will also introduce specific strategies and self-study techniques to further improve TOEIC test scores. |
Course methodology | Active student participation will be expected in a range of pair-work and small group activities. Classes will also include weekly vocabulary peer-testing, interactive speaking activities, grammatical problem-solving tasks, and a small number of short TOEIC test simulations. There is also a significant self-study(homework) component to this course with students being expected to complete at least 10hours/lesson outside class. |
Textbook | Tactics for the TOEIC Test: Listening and Reading Test Introductory Course, Student Book (Grant Trew, Oxford) ISBN 978-0-19-452976-1 |
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Eligibility for this course | This is a compulsary course for all second year Frontier and Expert Course students. It can also be taken as an optional course by International or Doctor Course students. |
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Consultation times | Thursday 3:10-5pm C102 (or make an appointment by email) |
Grades/Evaluation | The grade for this course will be based on weekly word-quizzes (10%), two mini-tests (40%), post-course TOEIC-IP test score (30%), and self-study tasks (20%). |
Related courses | Professional English I Professional English II |
Important information | Students are required to attend at least 5 (of the 8) classes to be eligible for course credit. |