English 2 29

Academic unit or major

English language courses

Instructor(s)

Reiko Maruyama

Class Format

Exercise (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

1-2 Thu

Class

29

Course Code

LAE.E112

Number of credits

010

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 14, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

English 2 follows English 1 to solidify the foundational skills for effective communication in English as well as to foster international awareness, as both are typically required in the globally expanding domain of scientific and technological research activities. It also prepares students to study or do research abroad in the future. Students are assigned training exercises that cover the four language skills — reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The reading and listening materials include topics such as international and intercultural issues as well as the fundamentals of science and technology. Practice exercises in writing and speaking are provided so that students can develop communication competence to participate in discussions and conferences where opinions are exchanged through both text and speech. TOEFL-type exercise problems are also used in the course.

This course aims to establish a solid base on which students can build toward a higher level of communication competence specifically in an English language environment. The base is, as mentioned in "Course description and aims" of English 1, composed of three elements: (1) identifying relevant information accurately, (2) exercising fair judgement to form a valid opinion, and (3) stating opinions clearly and persuasively.

Each student is assigned to a group led by an instructor. Instructors for each group conduct the course using the "Course description and aims" and "Student learning outcomes" as the basic framework. "Class direction," "Course schedule," and other information below explain the features of each class.

Course description and aims

By the end of this course, students will:
・Strengthen practical English abilities that are required for learning at university and for research activities both in Japan and abroad
・Be able to accurately grasp the main ideas and arguments of written and spoken materials in diverse areas including international and intercultural issues, science, and technology
・Have increased their knowledge of effective vocabulary and expressions to actively communicate their ideas and opinions in English
・Be able to write their own short paragraphs with a clear purpose
・Be able to state their opinions with good organization

Student learning outcomes

実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)

An instructor with work experience as an author and editor will provide hands-on education in writing and presenting about science, based on practice in the field that features critical thinking and logical ways of communicating information to audiences.

Keywords

Four language skills, fostering international awareness, communication skills, studying abroad, TOEFL

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Each unit of the text has a ”theme'' that assumes frequently occurring situations in TOEIC® L&R, and is arranged into 4 parts (2 parts listening, 2 parts reading) for efficient study.
Each unit consists of Key Words & Phrases, Listening Build Up and Listening Try Out, Reading Build Up and Reading Try Out.
Key Words & Phrases lets you check related words and phrases of frequently occurring themes along with audio.
In Listening Build Up and Reading Build Up, you will work on practice questions that are slightly easier than the TOEIC® L&R, and in Listening Try Out and Reading Try Out, you will try practice questions that are in the same format as the actual test.
In addition, this textbook comes with a free system called CHEKCLINK, which allows you to participate in classes similar to the LL classroom by using your smartphone or computer to answer questions in class.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

CLIMB HIGH TO THE TOEIC®L&R TEST
Masako ANZAI, Akiko WATANABE 　Kinseido Press　(\2,300 tax not included)

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Please make sure you have an environment where you can use an English-Japanese dictionary or an online dictionary site.
Additionally, in order to use the CHECKLINK system, one of the following environments is required.
▶CheckLink recommended environment
PC
Recommended OS
Windows 7, 10 or later
MacOS X or later
Recommended browser
Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher
Firefox 40.0 or higher
Google Chrome 50 or higher
Safari
Mobile phone/smartphone
Mobile phone with 3G or later (docomo, au, softbank)
iPhone, iPad (iOS9 ~)
Android OS smartphone, tablet

Evaluation methods and criteria

20% Calculated based on class participation after completing pre-assignments and efforts in class (questions in charge, participation in CHECKLINK, etc.)
30% Quizzes for each chapter at the end of class
50% End of Quarter Test
Overall evaluation

Related courses

• LAE.E111 ： English 1
• LAE.E113 ： English 3
• LAE.E114 ： English 4
• LAE.E211 ： English 5
• LAE.E212 ： English 6
• LAE.E213 ： English 7
• LAE.E214 ： English 8
• LAE.E311 ： English 9

Prerequisites

None

Other

None