Business English

Course Information

College	Toyama College	Year	2021
Course Title	Business English
Course Code	0132	Course Category	Specialized / Elective
Class Format	Lecture	Credits	Academic Credit: 2
Department	Department of International Business	Student Grade	4th
Term	First Semester	Classes per Week	2
Textbook and/or Teaching Materials	Step-up skills for the TOEIC listening and reading test—level 2—, Asahi press
Instructor	Nishihara Masahiro

Course Objectives

1. To improve comprehension, through dictation, by integratively utilising sound, spelling, understanding, and grammar.
2. To improve the listening and reading skills necessary for the TOEIC test.
3. To improve grammatical understanding required by Part 5.

Rubric

	Ideal Level	Standard Level	Unacceptable Level
Dictation and comprehension	Students are able to display strong comprehension, through dictation, by integratively utilising sound, spelling, understanding, and grammar.	Students are able to display adequate comprehension, through dictation, by integratively utilising sound, spelling, understanding, and grammar.	Students are not able to display suffecient comprehension, through dictation, by integratively utilising sound, spelling, understanding, and grammar.
The TOEIC test	Students are able to display strong listening and reading skills necessary for the TOEIC test.	Students are able to display adequate listening and reading skills necessary for the TOEIC test.	Students are not able to display suffecient listening and reading skills necessary for the TOEIC test.
Grammatical understanding	Students are able to display strong grammatical understanding required by Part 5.	Students are able to display adequate grammatical understanding required by Part 5.	Students are not able to display suffecient grammatical understanding required by Part 5.

Assigned Department Objectives

ディプロマポリシー 1 （経営学，外国語と異文化理解，情報処理の知識，技能を総合的に身につけ，それらを応用したビジネス活動ができる。）

Teaching Method

Outline:

The course aims at helping students acquire English proficiency required by the TOEIC test. Listening through dictation, grammar, and reading comprehension will be dealt with as major focuses.

Style:

Class begins with dictaion of about 15 minute-long, followed by a 'mini TOEIC test' composed of the seven parts. Finally, the class focuses on a particular grammatical item treated by the textbook using a handout material. Assessment will be done based on mid-term and end-of-term examinations.

Notice:

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

Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning

Applicable to Remote Class

Course Plan

			Theme	Goals
1st Semester
	1st Quarter
		1st	Introduction, TOEIC mock test	Understanding the goals of the course.
		2nd	Unit.1 Eating out Verb tense—simple sentences—	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
		3rd	Unit 2. Travel Verb tense—compound sentences—	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
		4th	Unit 3. Amusement Parts of speech	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
		5th	Unit 4. Meetings —Participles—	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
		6th	Unit 5. Personnel —Infinitives and gerunds (1)—	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
		7th	Unit 6. Shopping —Infinitives and gerunds (2)—	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
		8th	Unit 7. Advertisement —Conditionals—	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
	2nd Quarter
		9th	Mid-term examinations	Examining the items learned so far.
		10th	Unit 8. Daily Life —Passives—	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
		11th	Unit 9. Office Work —one, another, others, etc.—	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
		12th	Unit 10. Business —Nouns: singles and plurals—	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
		13th	Unit 11. Traffic —Subordinate conjunctions—	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
		14th	Unit 12. Finance and Banking —Prepositions—	Improving English proficiency required by the TOEIC test through dictation, 'mini test', and grammar learning.
		15th	End-of-term examinations	Examining the items learned thus far.
		16th	Test Review	Reflection on our learning

Evaluation Method and Weight (%)

	Midterm 1	Final 1	HW/CW	Total
Subtotal	50	50	0	100
Listening	20	20	0	40
Reading	20	20	0	40
Grammar	10	10	0	20