Practical English for Mechanical Engineering Ⅱ

Course Information

College Toyama College Year 2024
Course Title Practical English for Mechanical Engineering Ⅱ
Course Code 0130 Course Category Specialized / Elective
Class Format Lecture Credits Academic Credit: 1
Department Department of Mechanical Engineering Student Grade 5th
Term Second Semester Classes per Week 後期:2
Textbook and/or Teaching Materials DUO3.0, ICP Co., Y. Suzuki et al. (2000). / CD for DUO3.0, ICP Co., Y. Suzuki et al. (2000).
Instructor Ishiguro Minoru

Course Objectives

You can read correctly some sentences in English, comprehend the summary of those at once, correctly translate those into plane Japanese and apply those to make more advance sentence.

Rubric

Ideal Level of AchievementStandard Level of AchievementUnacceptable Level of Achievement)
You can read correctly some sentences in English.Over 80 % score of mark sheet type examination.Over 60 % score of mark sheet type examination.Less 60 % score of mark sheet type examination.
You can comprehend the summary of some sentence at once. Over 80 % score of mark sheet type examination.Over 60 % score of mark sheet type examination.Less 60 % score of mark sheet type examination.
You can correctly translate those sentences into plane Japanese.Over 80 % score of mark sheet type examination.Over 60 % score of mark sheet type examination.Less 60 % score of mark sheet type examination.
You can apply those learned sentence to make more advance sentence.Over 80 % score of mark sheet type examination.Over 60 % score of mark sheet type examination.Less 60 % score of mark sheet type examination.

Assigned Department Objectives

Learning and Educational Objectives of the “General Engineering” A-6 See Hide
JABEE 1(2)(d)(1) See Hide
JABEE 1(2)(e) See Hide
Diploma policy 3 See Hide

Teaching Method

Outline:
In lecture you lean "How to learn and talk in English" by active learning lecture through learning "speed and oral reading method". You learn self-learning skill and will become you can do English study by yourself through repeatedly practice in the lecture. And, especially, difference of pronunciation between single word and sentence based on combinations of vowel sound and consonant will be learned in lecture.
Style:
Learn of parsing some English sentences to understand that. Learn of English liaison using CD and practice pronunciation. Learn of self-learning method through practices those consciously and repeatedly.
Notice:
You have to get the textbook to use it at examination.
試験ではCDを利用するので必ず教科書を購入する事。
References:
・英語長文速読特訓ゼミ基礎レベル/木村達哉、マーク・ピーターセン、旺文社(2010)
・英語の話しかた/國弘正雄、たちばな出版(1999)、英語の学びかた/國弘正雄、たちばな出版(2006)
・15時間で速習英語耳、松澤喜好、株式会社KADOKAWA(2022)
・ネイティブなら12歳までに覚える80パターンで英語が止まらない、塚本亮、高橋書店(2022)

Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning

Active Learning
Aided by ICT
Applicable to Remote Class
Instructor Professionally Experienced

Course Plan

Theme Goals
2nd Semester
3rd Quarter
1st Orientation of lecture. Discussion "Why we can not speak English".
2nd Learning oral speed reading method. Part 1. Learn of "oral speed reading does not mean only rapidly reading of the some sentences" and "What is important matter at reading English sentence".
3rd Learning oral speed reading method. Part 2. Active learning of oral speed reading.
4th Learning oral speed reading method. Part 3. Active learning of oral speed reading.
5th Practice lesson 1. Q. 326-336.
6th Practice lesson 2. Q. 337-347.
7th Practice lesson 3. Q. 348-358.
8th Intermediate examination. Perform the problem of rearranging fragmented sentences.
4th Quarter
9th Practice lesson 4. Q. 359-369.
10th Practice lesson 5. Q. 370-380.
11th Practice lesson 6. Q. 381-391.
12th Practice lesson 7. Q. 392-402.
13th Practice lesson 8. Q. 403-413.
14th Practice lesson 9. Q. 414-424.
15th Practice lesson 10. Q. 425-435.
16th Final examination. Perform the problem of rearranging fragmented sentences.

Evaluation Method and Weight (%)

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