English Workshop Ⅰ

Course Information

College	Toyama College	Year	2021
Course Title	English Workshop Ⅰ
Course Code	0090	Course Category	Specialized / Compulsory
Class Format	Seminar	Credits	School Credit: 1
Department	Department of International Business	Student Grade	3rd
Term	First Semester	Classes per Week	2
Textbook and/or Teaching Materials	What in the World, Nan'un-do
Instructor	Nishihara Masahiro

Course Objectives

1. To learn to take advantage of sound, spelling, and grammar in an integrated manner for comprehension through engaging in dictation activities.
2. To acquire accurate comprehension through engaging in summary writing activities.
3. To learn to express in writing logically and academically through engaging in summary writing activities.

Rubric

	Ideal Level	Standard Level	Unacceptable Level
Dictation	Students are able to take advantage of sound, spelling, and grammar in an integrated manner for comprehension through engaging in dictation activities.	Students are able to take advantage of sound, spelling, and grammar in a partially integrated manner for comprehension through engaging in dictation activities.	Students are not able to take advantage of sound, spelling, and grammar in an integrated manner for comprehension through engaging in dictation activities.
Comprehension	Students are able to display accurate comprehension through actively engaging in summary writing activities.	Students are able to display comprehension with a certain amount of accuracy through engaging in summary writing activities.	Students are not able to display accurate comprehension or to engage in summary writing activities.
Creating an abstract	Students are able to express their ideas in writing logically and academically through actively engaging in summary writing activities.	Students are able to express their ideas in writing with a certain amount of logic through engaging in summary writing activities.	Students are not able to express their ideas in writing logically or to engage in summary writing activities.

Teaching Method

Outline:

In addition to helping students pay attention to various contemporary world affairs such as China's 'exam hell', the issues of the gap between the rich and the poor, positive effects of playing games, AI and our life in the future, the course aims at developing accurate comprehension and academic writing on the part of students. It will also enhance grammatical accuracy as well as general vocabulary power.

Style:

Students are expected to actively engage in discussions for subsequent summary writing activities. The class opens up with dictation activities; after that, they are to engage in understanding the passage used for the dictation activities through class discussions. Finally, they will be writing an abstract/summary of the passage on their own. Some of the outcomes by students will be displayed on the white board for comments and reflections.

Notice:

Over 60 points will be the criteria for obtaining credits. Otherwise, students are allowed to take a make-up test on request.

Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning

Active Learning

Course Plan

			Theme	Goals
1st Semester
	1st Quarter
		1st	Lesson 1: It Takes a Village (1)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		2nd	Lesson 1: It Takes a Village (2)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		3rd	Lesson 2: Another Exam Hell (1)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		4th	Lesson 2: Another Exam Hell (2)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		5th	Lesson 3: Talk about Unfair! (1)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		6th	Lesson 3: Talk about Unfair! (2)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		7th	Lesson 4: Thou Shalt Not Steal (1)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		8th	Lesson 4: Thou Shalt Not Steal (2)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
	2nd Quarter
		9th	Mid-term examinations	Examining the contents learned so far
		10th	Lesson 5: Zap! (1)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		11th	Lesson 5: Zap! (2)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		12th	Lesson 6: Mind Games (1)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		13th	Lesson 6: Mind Games (2)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		14th	Lesson 7: The Time Has Come (1)	Undestanding the passage used for dictation accurately and creating a logically organized abstract
		15th	End-of term examinations	Examining the contents learned thus far
		16th	Test review	Reflection on students' learning

Evaluation Method and Weight (%)

	Examination	Presentation	Mutual Evaluations between students	Behavior	Portfolio	Other	Total
Subtotal	100	0	0	0	0	0	100
Basic Proficiency	40	0	0	0	0	0	40
Specialized Proficiency	40	0	0	0	0	0	40
Cross Area Proficiency	20	0	0	0	0	0	20