Course Objectives
To increase knowledge about international business practices throgh reading essays, and to imporve reading and writing skills of English by doing exerciese in the textbook
Rubric
| Ideal Level | Standard Level | Unacceptable Level |
| Achievement 1 Reading comprehensiton | A student can understand essays without help of keywords. | A student can understand the outline of essays with help of keywords. | A student cannot understand the outlines of essays even with keywords. |
| Achievement 2 Vocaburary and Grammar | A student has enough vocaburaries to understand essays, and can use Engish grammar correctly in his/her writing. | A student has some basic vocabularies related to the essay of each unit, and can use English grammar almost correctly in his/her writing. | A student does not have enough vocabularies to understand essasys. The student also makes many grammar mistakes in his/her writing. |
| Achievement 3 Listening comprehension | A student can understand the content of a short conversation by listening it. | A student can digest the content of a short conversation by listening it. | A student cannot understand the content of a short conversation well by listening it. |
Assigned Department Objectives
Teaching Method
Outline:
- Main foci of this class are to improve the students' reading and writing skills. Also, through the material, students can understand some situations where cultural differences may cause troubles between Japanese people and non-Japanese people in business
Style:
- Basically a lecture-type lesson led by the teacher. - Students study each unit in 2-3 lessons: (i) essay reading + reading comprehension quiz; (ii) English composition with the text practice and extra practices. - After each unit, a vocabulary quiz and a listening quiz are given. - Some homework assignments are also given after each unit.
Notice:
- The students should prepare for each lesson (which page to cover in each lesson is 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 can take an makeup exam, upon request, in need aid up to maximum of 60 points.
Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning
Course Plan
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Theme |
Goals |
| 2nd Semester |
| 3rd Quarter |
| 1st |
Guidance, Unit 8-1 Essay reading |
Understanding the essay
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| 2nd |
Unit 8-2 Trying various writing styles |
Understand various writing styles
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| 3rd |
Unit 8-3 vocab.& listening quiz, Unit 9-1 Understanding the essay |
U8- vocab. & listening quiz, U9-Understanding the essay
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| 4th |
Unit 9-2 Essay reading (contd.) + Writing practice |
Understanding the essay & trying various wirting styles
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| 5th |
Unit 9-3 Vocab.+ listening quiz Unit 10-1 Essay reading |
U9-vocab. & listening quiz, U10-Understanding the essay
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| 6th |
Unit 10-2 Essay reading (contd.)+ Writing practice |
Understanding the esssay & trying various writing styles
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| 7th |
Unit 10-3 Vocab. + listening quiz Review 1 extra reading |
U10- vocab. & listening quiz, Review-reading an authentic material
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| 8th |
mid-term exam |
Unit 8-10
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| 4th Quarter |
| 9th |
Unit 12-1 Essay reading |
Understanding the essay
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| 10th |
Unit 12-2 Writing Practice |
Trying various writing styles
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| 11th |
Unit 12-3 Vocab.+listening quiz Unit 14-1 Essay reading |
U12-vocab. & listening quiz, U14-Understanding the essay
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| 12th |
Unit 14-2 Essay reading (contd.)+ Writing practice |
Understanding the essay & trying various writing styles
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| 13th |
Unit 14-3 Vocab.+listening quiz Unit 15-1 Essay reading |
U14-vocab. & listening quiz, U15-Understanding the essay
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| 14th |
Unit 15-2 Essay reading (contd.) + Writing Practice |
Understanding the essay & trying various writing styles
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| 15th |
final exam |
Unit 12, 14-15
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| 16th |
Review 2 extra reading |
Checking the final grade, reading an authentic material
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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 |