後期 木曜日 ２講時 川北キャンパスＣ２０５. 単位数/Credit(s): 1. 担当教員(所属)/Instructor (Position): 渡部 学 所属：. 対象学部/Object: 文教保⑩. 開講期/Term: ２セメスター. 科目群/Categories: 全学教育科目言語科目-英語. 履修年度: 2024. 科目ナンバリング/Course Numbering: ZLF-ENG112B. 使用言語/Language Used in Course: ２カ国語以上.
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Integrated Academic Listening and Speaking
Students will learn integrated academic listening and speaking skills. The course has two objectives:
Objective 1: Understand a speaker’s intent
Objective 2: Discuss academic topics
Students will learn the following core skills, as outlined in Pathways to Academic English 4th edition v. 2, for each objective:
Objective 1 core skills:
(1) Indirect Language: Students will better understand hedging, suggesting, requesting, refusing, and apologizing. (2) Tone of Voice: Students will improve their ability to express their intent and add implied meaning when speaking and infer whether someone’s words are to be understood literally, figuratively, directly, or indirectly when listening.
Objective 2 core skills:
(1) Fluency and Pronunciation: Students will be able to improve their ability to speak without pausing or taking breaks when presenting their ideas and to improve their pronunciation accuracy of both individual sounds and groups of sounds.
(2) Discussion Strategies: Students will be able to improve their ability to ask questions, get information, and exchange ideas about study or research-related topics.
Week 01: Orientation and Introduction to the course
Week 02: TOEFL® Book 1; 単語練習帖 1
Week 03: TOEFL® Book 2; 単語練習帖 2
Week 04: TOEFL® Book 3; 単語練習帖 3
Week 05: TOEFL® Book 4; 単語練習帖 4
Week 06: TOEFL® Book 5; 単語練習帖 5
Week 07: TOEFL® Book 6; 単語練習帖 6
Week 08: Quiz 1; Pathways II-B (Intro. and exercises on Fluency and Pronunciation); 単語練習帖 7
Week 09: Quiz 2; Pathways II-B ( Review on Fluency and Pronunciation/Intro. on Tone of Voice); 単語練習帖 8
Week 10: Quiz 3; Pathways II-B (Exercises and review on Tone of Voice/Intro. on Indirect Language); Workshop on Note taking/Short Oral Presentation exercise 1
Week 11: Quiz 4; Pathways II-B (Exercises and review on Indirect Language); Workshop on Note taking/ Short Oral Presentation exercise 2
Week 12: Assignment 1 on 単語練習帖; Workshop on Note taking/ Short Oral Presentation exercise 3
Week 13: Quiz 5; Pathways II-B (Intro. and exercises on Discussion strategies); Workshop on Note taking/Short Oral Presentation exercise 4
Week 14: Quiz 6; Pathways II-B (Review on Discussion strategies); Workshop on Note taking/Short Oral Presentation exercise 5
Week 15: Assignment 2 on Note taking/Short Oral Presentation exercise
In principle, an “A” is given to the top 10% of students.
6 Quizzes (42%)
2 Assignments (28%)
TOEFL ITP® test (30%)
Points may be deducted based on the student’s lateness, work habits, etc. A successful student must participate in more than 2/3 of the class sessions of the course.
https://pathwaystoacademicenglish.com/
Work on the exercises specified in the class schedule prior to the class sessions. (Detailed information on each content will be provided through Stream in Google classroom every week). Answer keys and explanations on the exercises will be provided in class and/or YouTube videos. This course emphasizes the student’s successful acquisition of targeted linguistic skills. Repetition and review of the exercises are of essence.
Yes
The student can reach the instructor via his tohoku-u email address: send a message to manabu.watanabe.a6◎tohoku.ac.jp（Change ◎ to ＠）