This course improves students' English reading, listening, speaking and writing through comprehensible input and communicative tasks. Input is provided primarily by extensive reading and listening, measured using M-Reader. Vocabulary is improved through spaced repetition. Immediate, individualised feedback enhances student motivation and makes available numerous opportunities for meaningful communication. Task based activities review basic grammar, and reinforce basic speaking and writing skills.
概要:
The aim of this course is to improve English comprehension and expression using various forms of English discourse ranging from technology, engineering and design to general knowledge of the humanities and our daily lives. This will be achieved through extensive comprehensible input, (extensive reading and listening) a variety of interactive classroom tasks, (pair work, group work, mini-tests, individual presentations) and through homework tasks (including extensive reading and listening. Review of grammar and development of critical thinking skills are central to this course.
授業の進め方・方法:
Students will spend much time doing extensive reading and listening and record their progress using M-Reader quizzes. The teacher will provide immediate feedback in English referencing M-Reader. Most class time will be spent doing communicative tasks relating to description, including group taks and presentations.
注意点:
Students must always bring a graded reader, textbook and notebook to class.
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授業内容 |
週ごとの到達目標 |
前期 |
1stQ |
1週 |
Introduction, Classroom English, ER Pretest, WE Pretest, student survey. |
Take the EF Set test. Complete student survey. Enroll in WordEngine. Review Classroom English.
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2週 |
Introduction, Classroom English, Introduction to Extensive Reading, Introduction to Intensive Vocabulary. |
Begin using MyELT. Read a book and pass a second quiz. Achieve first vocabulary goal.
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3週 |
Discussion of first week's reading, inititial feedback sessions. |
Read a book. Pass a second quiz, understand basic attributes. Achieve second vocabulary goal.
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4週 |
Introduction to description, describing people, atttributes, feedback sessions. |
Read a book. Pass a fourth quiz, discuss occupations. Achieve third vocabulary goal.
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5週 |
Occupations and Nationalities; feedback sessions |
Read a book. Pass a fifth quiz, discuss nationalities.Achieve fourth vocabulary goal.
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6週 |
Descriptive adjectives; feedback sessions; review description, group pronunciation workshop 1 |
Read a book. Pass a sixth quiz, discuss countries. Achieve fifth vocabulary goal.
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7週 |
Describing People: Task: Create Charater Cards |
Read a book. Pass a sixth quiz. Complete Character Cards. Achieve sixth vocabulary goal.
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8週 |
Quarter 1 Exam: Desribiing people; Extensive Reading and Listening Level 0. |
Describe people, master reading and lstening level 0. Quarter 1 extensive reading and listening: >6000 words. Achieve >6 vocabulary goals.
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2ndQ |
9週 |
Describing places: Continents (World Geography Content); feedback sessions |
Read level one books, understand continents. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal.
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10週 |
Describing places: Oceans; feedback sessions, group pronunciation workshop 2 |
Read level one books, understand oceans. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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11週 |
Describing places: Countries; feedback sessions |
Read level one books, understand countries. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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12週 |
Describing places: Regions; feedback sessions |
Read level one books, understand regions. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal.
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13週 |
Description: People and places; feedback sessions |
Read level one books, understand people and places. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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14週 |
Description: People and places; Introduction to Taiwan, feedback sessions |
Read level one books, understand people and places. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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15週 |
Description: People and places; Task: Talking about Taiwan, feedback sessions; review |
Read level one books, understand people and places. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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16週 |
Quarter 2 Exam: Description; Extensive reading and listening level 1 |
Finish seven books at level 1; read more than 12,000 words lessons 9-16 (>18,000 lessons 1-16.) Achieve weekly vocabulary goal.
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後期 |
3rdQ |
1週 |
Describing things: Attributes; feedback sessions |
Description task; Level 2 reading and listening. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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2週 |
Describing things: Attributes; group pronunciation workshop 3 feedback sessions |
Description task; Level 2 reading and listening. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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3週 |
Describing things: Attributes; feedback sessions |
Description task; Level 2 reading and listening. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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4週 |
Describing things: Attributes; feedback sessions |
Description task; Level 2 reading and listening. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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5週 |
Describing things: Attributes; feedback sessions |
Description task; Level 2 reading and listening Use MyELT.
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6週 |
Describing things: Attributes; feedback sessions |
Description task; Level 2 reading and listening. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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7週 |
Describing things: Attributes; feedback sessions |
Description task; Level 2 reading and listening. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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8週 |
Quarter 3 Exam: Description Extensive reading and listening level 2 |
Finish seven books at level 2; read more than 18,000 words lessons 1-8 (>36,000 words total.) Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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4thQ |
9週 |
Introduction to comparison; comparing things; feedback sessions |
Level 3 reading and listening. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal. Use MyELT.
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10週 |
Description and comparison; feedback sessions, group pronunciation workshop 4 |
Level 3 reading and listening; Description and comparison tasks. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal.
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11週 |
Description and comparison; Talking about Taiwan group presentation, feedback sessions |
Level 3 reading and listening; Description and comparison tasks. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal.
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12週 |
Description and comparison; Talking about Taiwan group presentation, feedback sessions |
Level 3 reading and listening; Description and comparison tasks. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal.
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13週 |
Description and comparison; Talking about Taiwan group presentation, feedback sessions |
Level 3 reading and listening; Description and comparison tasks
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14週 |
Description and comparison; Talking about Taiwan group presentation, feedback sessions |
Level 3 reading and listening; Description and comparison tasks. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal.
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15週 |
Description and comparison; Talking about Taiwan group presentation, feedback sessions |
Level 3 reading and listening; Description and comparison presentation. Achieve weekly vocabulary goal.
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16週 |
Quarter 4 Exam; Extensive Reading and listening level 3 |
Finish seven books at level 3; read more than 24,000 words lessons 8-16 (>60,000words total.) Achieve weekly vocabulary goal.
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