2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses English language courses
English 4 38-RW
- Academic unit or major
- English language courses
- Instructor(s)
- Kazunori Senoue
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- 38-RW
- Course Code
- LAE.E114
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
English 4 is designed to improve students’ English language skills for academic purposes and provide them with knowledge in relevant areas. The materials include topics such as international and intercultural issues as well as current topics of science and technology. Expectations require students to practice: reading academic articles, listening to lectures in English, speaking in front of an audience, and writing paragraphs and short essays.
There are two types of classes in English 4. RW classes focus on reading comprehension and skill in written composition, and LS classes focus on listening and oral expression.
Each student is assigned to a class and instructors for each class conduct the course using “Course description and aims”, “Student learning outcomes”, and “Keywords” as the basic framework.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will:
・ Have improved their English skills required for learning at university and for research activities
・ Be able to understand written and spoken materials correctly in diverse areas including international and intercultural issues, science, and technology
・ Be able to write paragraphs and short essays with unity and coherence
・ Have gained confidence in using English to state their opinions and improved their oral expression skills.
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
Reading intensively some English writings, students will improve their abilities to put grammatical knowledge to practical use, interpret English texts critically, and make an English composition. Students must prepare for class by translating some English passages and make a list of questions about them. Texts will be distributed by the instructor.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | A guidance for this course -goals・class flow・preparation/review・grading- | Understand what English skills are required in the University. |
| Class 2 | Tesnse / Aspect | [Preparation] Translate English exercise passages into Japanese [Review] Reread the exercise passages as the instructor tell students to, and recompose the original English exercise passages from Japanese-translation |
| Class 3 | Use of Infinitives Noun / Adjective / Adverb / Object Complement | [Preparation] Review uses of Infinitives with grammar books used at high school. [Review] Review sample sentences and exercise sentences in the text |
| Class 4 | Use of Infinitives advanced | [Preparation] Review uses of Infinitives with class materials. [Review] Review sample sentences and exercise sentences in the text |
| Class 5 | Uses of that | [Preparation] Translate English exercise passages into Japanese [Review] Reread the exercise passages as the instructor tell students to, and recompose the original English exercise passages from Japanese-translation |
| Class 6 | Uses of comma advanced | [Preparation] Translate English exercise passages into Japanese [Review] Reread the exercise passages as the instructor tell students to, and recompose the original English exercise passages from Japanese-translation |
| Class 7 | Final assignment / Explanation | Review all the lectures in this course, and sort out weaknesses and problems |
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)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
English-Japanese / Japanese - English dictionary "Wisdom 2" (Sanseido) - iPad OS application (Monokakido)
Evaluation methods and criteria
The grade for the quarter will be determined as follows:
Final assignment (80%) and active participation in class(20％)
Related courses
- LAE.E111 ： English 1
- LAE.E112 ： English 2
- LAE.E113 ： English 3
- LAE.E211 ： English 5
- LAE.E212 ： English 6
- LAE.E213 ： English 7
- LAE.E214 ： English 8
- LAE.E311 ： English 9
Prerequisites
None
Other
None