● 英語Ｃ（中級）政ⅠＧ
―Moving From Study to Real Use of English―

002-D-212

This course follows a task and content-based syllabus and will also focus on structure and function. Students will increase their proficiency in speaking, listening and writing through intensive practice of all three skills. Emphasis is on listening for content, speaking with natural intonation, and expression in both speaking and writing.

Students who complete this course will be able to listen to extended passages in English and extract both detailed information and the overall gist of passages used in class. They will be able to comprehend the content of written English texts and be able to write assignments in English with minimum errors. Students will be able to engage other students and the instructor in English conversation and will understand cultural nuances in communication.

1	Course introduction and getting to know you.
2	Give and ask about personal information using present, past, and future tenses. Asking follow-up questions; who, why, how much?
3	Engage in group discussion exchanging personal information and giving opinions. Use adverbs and adjectives to describe people.
4	Talk about daily life using simple present and present continuous.
5	Pair and group discussions about daily life using present tense and follow-up questions to show interest and keep the conversation going.
6	Talk about past events using the simple past tense. Extended reading of historical events.
7	Express events that were ongoing in the past using the past continuous tense.Extended work with adverbs.
8	Talk about things and substances using articles and some and any. Practice the negative and question forms.
9	Use numbers and money expressions in talking about shopping. Explore other cultures. Make a brief presentation to the class about another culture.
10	Express future intentions and hopes with want, hope, would like.
11	Talk about problems and give advice. Use adverbs to express personal feelings.
12	Compare places, music, things using adjectives and superlatives.
13	Extended speaking talking about personal preferences, experiences, activities.
14	Summing up
15	Independent research
16	Talk about past experiences and elicit information from partner about experiences using past tense. Use follow-up questions to get extra information and keep the conversation going.
17	Talk about ongoing situations using the present perfect tense and talk about past events using the simple past.
18	Review present, past, present perfect tenses talking about personal experiences. Give brief presentation about a famous person in the past.
19	Express obligations using must, have to, should, shouldn’t. Extended group discussion about family rules.
20	Learn job vocabulary and expressions. Talk about illness, symptoms. Discuss men and women’s roles in the workplace. Agree and disagree.
21	Use time clauses to talk about events in the future and conditional events. Express hopes and intentions.
22	Express conditional ideas using if and will. Talk about future plans.
23	Talk about events and occurrences using the passive voice. Learn noun/verb collocations.
24	Talk about possible future developments using the passive voice. Extended group discussions about complaints people have regarding things in daily life.
25	Use second conditional to speculate about unreal situations using if/would. Use exclamations with so and such.
26	Become familiar with literal and idiomatic phrasal verbs. Give advice using the second conditional.
27	Talk about situations that began in the past and are ongoing using the present perfect continuous.
28	Contrast the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous to talk about ongoing and completed past experiences. Use polite social expressions.
29	Summing up
30	Independent research

Students will engage in small group and pair work based on content presented in the text and through teacher-prepared materials. Emphasis is on class participation and practice.

Instructions are given in English. Intonation and pronunciation are modeled and monitored as are differences in cultural behaviors related to communicating in English. Listening passages will be used extensively and students will be encouraged to listen multiple times in order to acclimate themselves to listening to English and progressively improve listening comprehension. The instructor will insist that students engage in active English communication activities with the aim of constant improvement and will encourage students to shift away from fear of making mistakes to a positive attitude of trying once, trying again, and trying once again, each time moving forward towards a better command of spoken English.

Read the set passage from the textbook before coming to class (approx. 30 mins.).
Complete the relevant exercises from the textbook before class (approx. 30 mins.).
Practice pronunciation taught in previous class (approx 10 mins

第１学期（学期末試験）：20％

第２学期（学年末試験）：20％

小テスト：10％

平常点（クラス参加、グループ作業の成果等）：30％

Quizes and in-class evaluations：20％

Liz and John Soars, American Headway 2, second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2009, ISBN：978-0-19-472964-2

履修者数制限あり。
第1回目の授業に必ず出席のこと｡

Participation by each student in attending to instructions and listening activities and full participation in all speaking activities is essential to improving proficiency in English and required in order to receive credit for the course. An additional benefit to full participation is the realization by most students that communication in English is possible and enjoyable. Students must have a NEW copy of the book at the beginning of the semester and must bring the book to every class. Dictionaries are required and smart-phone dictionaries are acceptable.

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