Course Objectives
By the end of course, students will be able to
(1) understand basic English sentences found in STEP pre-2 grade exam.
(2) express their ideas in simple English.
Rubric
| Ideal Level | Standard Level | Unacceptable Level |
| Achievement 1 | Exceeds: reads English sentences using Eiken Level Pre 2 vocabulary and sentence structure, and understand the contents accurately. | Meets: understands the rough contents by listening to and reading English sentences using Eiken Level Pre 2 vocabulary and sentence structure. | Approaches : can hardly understand the contents by listening to or reading English sentences using Eiken Level Pre 2 vocabulary and sentence structure. |
| Achievement 2 | Exceeds: speaks smoothly with no major breakdowns or noticeable pauses. Pronunciation is clear and easy to understand. Used a wide range of recently studied vocabulary and patterns. Grammar was nearly free of mistakes. | Meets: speaks smoothly with some breakdowns and a few pauses. Pronunciation is sometimes clear and understandable. Used some of recently studied vocabulary and patterns. A few Grammar mistakes. | Approaches: speaks but with some major breakdowns and many long pauses. Pronunciation is not clear and a bit difficult to understand. Used only a few recently studied vocabulary and patterns. A lot of grammar mistakes. |
| Achievement 3 | Exceeds: expresses his or her own opinion and gives an effective reason or explanation. Vocabulary and grammar/word usage are appropreate. | Meets: expresses his or her own opinion and gives a reason or explanation, but with only the minimum amount of information necessary. Errors in vocabulary and grammar/word usage occur but do not impede communication. | Approaches: expresses his or her own opinion but unable to give a reason or explanation. |
Assigned Department Objectives
Teaching Method
Outline:
In this course, students will learn basic sentence structures of English, starting from parts of speech and how each part is related to one another to form a sentence.
Also, in practising sentence structures, students will learn how to pronounce English vowels and consonants clearly with intonation.
Style:
In each lesson, students not only have to listen to lectures carefully, but also they have to be in pairs to exchange ideas with each other.
Some of the lectures will be conducted in English.
Notice:
Make sure to bring an English-Japanese dictionary.
Students should mark more than 50 on average in order to pass the course. When they fail the course, students are eligible to retake the exam.
Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning
Course Plan
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Theme |
Goals |
| 1st Semester |
| 1st Quarter |
| 1st |
Orientation
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Students are able to understand the objectives of the course
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| 2nd |
Parts of Speech |
Students are able to understand parts of speech
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| 3rd |
Parts of Speech and their roles in sentences |
Students are able to understand parts of speech and their roles in sentences
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| 4th |
Noun phrases |
Students are able to understand noun phrases
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| 5th |
Phrases of various kinds |
Students are able to understand phrases of various kinds
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| 6th |
Clauses of various kinds |
Students are able to understand clauses of various kinds
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| 7th |
Verbs and sentence patterns |
Students are able to understand verbs and sentence patterns
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| 8th |
Midterm Exam |
Midterm Exam
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| 2nd Quarter |
| 9th |
Evaluation
Sentence pattern 1 |
Evaluation
Students are able to understand sentence pattern 1
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| 10th |
Sentence pattern 2 |
Students are able to understand sentence pattern 2
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| 11th |
Sentences pattern 3 |
Students are able to understand sentence pattern 3
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| 12th |
Sentence pattern 4 |
Students are able to understand sentence pattern 4
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| 13th |
Sentence pattern 5 |
Students are able to understand sentence pattern 5
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| 14th |
Sentence pattern 5 |
Students are able to understand sentence pattern 5
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| 15th |
Final exam |
Final exam
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| 16th |
Evaluation |
Evaluation
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| 2nd Semester |
| 3rd Quarter |
| 1st |
Prepositional phrases |
Students are able to understand prepositional phrases
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| 2nd |
Infinitives |
Students are able to understand infinitives
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| 3rd |
Infinitives |
Students are able to understand infinitives
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| 4th |
Infinitives |
Students are able to understand infinitives
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| 5th |
Infinitives |
Students are able to understand infinitives
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| 6th |
Gerund |
Students are able to understand gerund
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| 7th |
Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed |
Students are able to understand adjectives ending in -ing and -ed
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| 8th |
Midterm Exam |
Midterm Exam
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| 4th Quarter |
| 9th |
Evaluation
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Evaluation
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| 10th |
Participle construction |
Students are able to understand participle construction
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| 11th |
Participle construction |
Students are able to understand participle construction
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| 12th |
Reviews and Q&A sessions |
Reviews and Q&A sessions
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| 13th |
Reviews and Q&A sessions |
Reviews and Q&A sessions
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| 14th |
Reviews and Q&A sessions |
Reviews and Q&A sessions
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| 15th |
Final exam |
Final exam
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| 16th |
Evaluation |
Evaluation
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Evaluation Method and Weight (%)
| Examination | Vocabulary and Composition | Workbook | Presentation | Mutual Evaluations between students | Other | Total |
| Subtotal | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Basic Proficiency | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Specialized Proficiency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cross Area Proficiency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |