2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses English language courses
English 5 29-LS
- Academic unit or major
- English language courses
- Instructor(s)
- Kazunori Senoue
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Thu
- Class
- 29-LS
- Course Code
- LAE.E211
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
English 5 is designed to improve students’ English language skills for academic purposes and provide them with more 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 English lectures, speaking before an audience, and developing skills to write paragraphs and short essays.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will:
・be able to express their ideas and opinions in classes confidently
・be able to write paragraphs or short essays
・be able to better understand academic lectures
・practice effective reading strategies
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
Students will do some exercises such as dictation, pronunciation, and shadowing, based on Steve Job's speech, "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish." In order for the students to understand the explanation of a lecture properly, they will be given a series of lectures about basic grammar at the beginning of the course.
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 | Basic parts of speech - Noun / Verb / Adjective / Adverb | [Preparation] Review basic parts of speech with grammar books used at high school. [Review] Review sample sentences and exercise sentences in the text |
| Class 3 | Basic sentence pattern - SV・SVC・SVO・SVOO・SVOC | [Preparation] Review basic sentence pattern with grammar books used at high school. [Review] Review sample sentences and exercise sentences in the text |
| Class 4 | Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish - track 27 | [Review] Read aloud English passages in the text with correct pronunciation |
| Class 5 | Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish - track 28 | [Review] Read aloud English passages in the text with correct pronunciation |
| Class 6 | Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish - track 29 | [Review] Read aloud English passages in the text with correct pronunciation |
| 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)
The Legendary Speeches and Presentations of Steve Jobs. Tokyo: Asahi Press. ISBN: 978-4-255-00679-6
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.E114 ： English 4
- LAE.E212 ： English 6
- LAE.E213 ： English 7
- LAE.E214 ： English 8
- LAE.E311 ： English 9
Prerequisites
None