Course Objectives
Reading short esseays on business scenes and based on the information wrtten in them, students can practice reading English and making summaries, and expand their knowledge about people from various cultural backgrounds.
Rubric
| Ideal Level | Standard Level | Unacceptable Level |
| Achievement 1 Reading comprehensiton | A student can understand the contents of essays without help of keywords. | A student can understand the outlines of essays using the provided keywords. | A student cannot understand the outlines of essays even with keywords. |
| Achievement 2 Vocaburary and Grammar | A student already has enough vocaburaries to unerstand the contents of essays, and can use Engish grammar correctly. | A student has some basic vocabularies related to the content of each unit. He/She can use English grammar almost correctly but makes some mistales. | A student does not have enough vocabularies to understand the contents of essasys. He/She also makes many grammar mistakes. |
| Achievement 3 Listening comprehension and speaking | A student can understand a short conversation in each unit by listening it. He/She can make his/her own dialogues based on the text examples. | A student can inderstand a short conversation in each unit by listening it. He/she can memorise and recite the dialogue. | A student cannot understand a short conversation in each unit well by listening it. |
Assigned Department Objectives
Teaching Method
Outline:
- Understanding some situations where cultural differences may cause troubles between Japanese people and non-Japanese people in business through reading essays in the textbook. In lessons, students are asked to use four basic skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) of English learning to improve their English competence.
Style:
- Basically a lecture-type lesson led by the teacher. - Students study each unit in three lessons: (i) reading an essay; (ii) making a summary and practice English composition; and (iii) challenging extra reading, listening practices and dialogue practices. - While reading an essay, students are asked to summarize the contents. - English grammar is reviewed while composition practices. - Dialogues in the textbook are used both for listening practices and speaking practices by acting them out. - Some homework assignments are given time by time.
Notice:
- The students should prepare for each lesson (which page of the textbook is covered will be announced in advance). - Keep the deadline of assignments. - Students can get a credit of this class by taking 60 points as a final grade. Any student whose final point is less than 60, he/she can take an makeup exam upon request. When the score of his/her makeup exam is high enough, he/she can get a credit of this class with the final points of 60.
Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning
Course Plan
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Theme |
Goals |
| 2nd Semester |
| 3rd Quarter |
| 1st |
Guidance, Unit ９The Use of Social Media（essay reading） |
Reading an essay and understand the outline of it (SNS)
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| 2nd |
Unit 9 The Use of Social Media (summary, composition) |
Making a summary of the essay and considering various expression styles though compostion practices
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| 3rd |
Unit 9 The Use of Social Media（more reading, listening） |
Reviewing cultural differences, and practicing listening and speaking
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| 4th |
Unit 10 Effective Business Writing（essay reading） |
Reading an essay and understand the outline of it (Business letters and emails)
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| 5th |
Unit 10 Effective Business Writing（summary, composition) |
Making a summary of the essay and considering various expression styles though compostion practices
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| 6th |
Unit 10 Effective Busines Writing（more reading, listening） |
Reviewing cultural differences, and practicing listening and speaking
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| 7th |
review 1 extra reading practice |
Reading an authentic material (taken from a newspaper or web news) related to the topics of Unite9 and10
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| 8th |
Mid-term exam |
Reading/compostion/ grammar test based on what is covered in Unit 9 and 10
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| 4th Quarter |
| 9th |
Unit 12 Socializing with a Purpose（essay reading） |
Reading an essay and understand the outline of it (Outing with co-workers and business associates)
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| 10th |
Unit 12 Socializing with a Purpose（summary, composition） |
Making a summary of the essay and considering various expression styles though compostion practices
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| 11th |
Unit 12 Socializing with a Purpose（more reading, listening） |
Reviewing cultural differences, and practicing listening and speaking
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| 12th |
Unit 13 Dining In and Dining Out（essay reading） |
Reading an essay and understand the outline of it (Manner)
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| 13th |
Unit 13 Dining In and Dining Out（summary, composition） |
Making a summary of the essay and considering various expression styles though compostion practices
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| 14th |
Unit 13 Dining In and Dining Out（more reading, listening） |
Reviewing cultural differences, and practicing listening and speaking
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| 15th |
Final exam |
Reviewing the lessons after the mid-term exam
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| 16th |
Overall review |
Returning the final exams and reviewing the entire classes
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Evaluation Method and Weight (%)
| Examination | Presentation | Mutual Evaluations between students | Behavior | Portfolio | Other | Total |
| Subtotal | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 100 |
| Basic Proficiency | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 100 |
| Specialized Proficiency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cross Area Proficiency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |