English Conversation I-1

Course Information

College	Akashi College	Year	2023
Course Title	English Conversation I-1
Course Code	5316	Course Category	General / Compulsory
Class Format	Lecture	Credits	School Credit: 1
Department	Civil Engineering	Student Grade	3rd
Term	First Semester	Classes per Week	2
Textbook and/or Teaching Materials	Conversation Strategies: Pair and Group Activities for Developing Communicative Competence (Third Edition) by David Kehe and Peggy Dustin Kehe (2014) Pro Lingua Associates, ISBN: 978-0-86647-369-9.
Instructor	HERBERT John C.

Course Objectives

1) 聞き手に伝わるよう、句・文における基本的なリズムやイントネーション、音のつながりに配慮して、音読あるいは発話できる。
2) 明瞭で聞き手に伝わるような発話ができるよう、英語の発音・アクセントの規則を習得して適切に運用できる。
3) 中学で既習の語彙の定着を図り、高等学校学習指導要領に準じた新出語彙、及び専門教育に必要となる英語専門用語を習得して適切に運用できる。
4) 中学で既習の文法や文構造に加え、高等学校学習指導要領に準じた文法や文構造を習得して適切に運用できる。
5) 日常生活や身近な話題に関して、毎分100語程度の速度ではっきりとした発音で話された内容から必要な情報を聞きとることができる。
6) 日常生活や身近な話題に関して、自分の意見や感想を基本的な表現を用いて英語で話すことができる。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
7) 説明や物語などの文章を毎分100語程度の速度で聞き手に伝わるように音読ができる。
8) 会話のストラテジーを使用して、活発で意味のある会話を続けることができる。

Rubric

	理想的な到達レベルの目安	標準的な到達レベルの目安	未到達レベルの目安
評価項目1 発音	Clear pronunciation and natural intonation	Understandable pronunciation and recognizable intonation	Poor pronunciation using only Japanese katakana to try to speak English and flat intonation
評価項目2 発音	Natural accent, stress, and rhythm	Understandable accent, stress, and rhythm	Incomprehensible accent, stress, rhythm
評価項目3 語彙	Mastery of all textbook vocabulary	Mastery of most of the textbook vocabulary which the teacher focused on in class lectures	Mastery of only a few of the textbook vocabulary which the teacher focused on in class lectures
評価項目4 文法及び構文	Mastery of all the grammar from the textbook and from the teacher's lectures	Mastery of most of the grammar from the textbook and from the teacher's lectures	Mastery of only some of the grammar from the textbook and from the teacher's lectures
評価項目5 英語コミュニケーション	Able to maintain a basic conversation fluently	Able to maintain a basic conversation somewhat fluently	Not able to maintain a basic conversation
評価項目6 英語コミュニケーション	Able to express opinions in English clearly	Able to express opinions in English somewhat clearly	Not able to express opinions in English
評価項目7 英語コミュニケーション	Able to explain ideas fluently in English	Able to explain ideas somewhat fluently in English	Not able to explain ideas in English
評価項目8 文法及び構文	Able to use all of the English conversation strategies from the textbook skillfully and with ease	Able to recognize and use many English conversation strategies from the textbook	Not able to recognize or use English conversation strategies from the textbook

Teaching Method

Outline:

この授業は英会話のストラテジーと発話に対する自信をつけることに焦点を置く。これまでに学んだ英語を発話の形で適切に運用できるように練習を重ねる。

Style:

各週のテーマや会話のストラテジーに基づいた会話を練習する。発音やイントネーションも練習し、評価される。各楽器8週目と15週目の授業でスピーキングテストを行い、最終授業では筆記試験も行う。

Notice:

アクティブラーニングへの関与度の評価項目が成績全体に占める割合は20%ではあるが、満足すべき結果を残すためには学生は個人としてまたグループの一員として積極的に学習活動に関わらなければならない。10分以上の遅刻は出席とみなさないことがある。
評価の対象としない欠席条件(割合) 1/4以上の欠課。

Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning

Active Learning

Aided by ICT

Applicable to Remote Class

Course Plan

			Theme	Goals
1st Semester
	1st Quarter
		1st	Unit 1: Using Rejoinders (Short, natural, responses in English conversation) Conversation practice. Finding and correcting common errors in casual English letters. Homework: Common error and lesson review activities online.	Develop the natural use of English rejoinders to keep a conversation going. Reduce the occurrences of common English errors made by Japanese students.
		2nd	Unit 2: Making Follow-up Questions Conversation practice. Finding and correcting common errors in casual English letters. Homework: Common error and lesson review activities online.	Practice creating good follow up questions to keep a conversation going. Reduce the occurrences of common English errors made by Japanese students.
		3rd	Unit 3: Confirmation Questions Conversation practice. Finding and correcting common errors in casual English letters. Homework: Common error and lesson review activities online.	Practice asking for confirmation to avoid misunderstanding. Reduce the occurrences of common English errors made by Japanese students.
		4th	Unit 4: Clarifications with Question Words Last Conversation practice. Finding and correcting common errors in casual English letters. Homework: Common error and lesson review activities online.	Practice asking for clarification of specific information. Reduce the occurrences of common English errors made by Japanese students.
		5th	Unit 5: Keeping or Killing the Conversation Conversation practice. Finding and correcting common errors in casual English letters. Homework: Common error and lesson review activities online.	Practice using expressions to continue a conversation when desired and expressions to end a conversation when continuing is not desired. Reduce the occurrences of common English errors made by Japanese students.
		6th	Unit 6: Expressing Probability Conversation practice. Finding and correcting common errors in casual English letters. Homework: Common error and lesson review activities online.	Learn to express how the certainty of an answer. Reduce the occurrences of common English errors made by Japanese students.
		7th	Review of Units 1-6 Conversation practice. Finding and correcting common errors in casual English letters. Homework: Common error and lesson review activities online.	Put all of the conversation strategies from units 1-6 together in practice conversations. Prepare to use the conversation strategies on the speaking test next week.
		8th	Mid-term Speaking Test	Master the conversation strategies taught in the book.
	2nd Quarter
		9th	Unit 7: Interrupting Someone Conversation practice.	Practice joining conversations by interrupting someone politely.
		10th	Unit 8: Echoing Instructions Conversation practice.	Practice confirming understanding by repeating back what was said.
		11th	Unit 9: Polite Requests, Responses, and Excuses Conversation practice.	Practice making casual and polite requests and responding both positively and negatively to requests.
		12th	Unit 10: Getting a Response Conversation practice.	Practice encouraging others to join the conversation.
		13th	Unit 11: Soliciting Details Conversation practice.	Practice getting more detailed information from a conversation partner.
		14th	Unit 12: Responding with Details Conversation practice.	Practice giving more detailed information to a conversation partner. Put all of the conversation strategies from units 1-12 together to make conversations for your speaking test.
		15th	Final Exam (Speaking Test) on the first 12 units of conversation strategies taught in the textbook.	Master the use of conversation strategies taught in the units 1-12. Prepare for the written exam on conversation strategies.
		16th	Final Exam (Written Test) on the first 12 units of conversation strategies taught in the textbook.	Master the conversation strategies taught in the book.

Evaluation Method and Weight (%)

	Two Speaking Tests	One Written Test	Homework/Quizzes	Active Learning/Behavior	Total
Subtotal	40	20	20	20	100
Basic English Communication	40	20	20	20	100