2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses English language courses
TOEIC Seminar 3 2
- Academic unit or major
- English language courses
- Instructor(s)
- Kumiko Kiuchi
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - unknown
- Class
- 2
- Course Code
- LAE.E163
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
"TOEIC Seminar 3" is designed as an introductory course for students planning to take the TOEIC test. Of the four English-language skills, it puts special emphasis on listening and reading.
Offering TOEIC-style exercises, this course enables students to become familiar with the TOEIC test format. It also aims at improving students' overall English ability by expanding their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
・ familiarize themselves with the TOEIC test format.
・ increase their vocabulary, refine their knowledge of various grammatical structures, and brush up their listening and reading skills.
・ comprehensively improve their English to achieve higher scores on the TOEIC test.
Keywords
TOEIC, listening skills, reading skills, vocabulary, grammar
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Check-in (simple conversation)
Vocabulary review and memorization
Answering and checking answers for the reading assignments
Answering and checking answers for the listening assignments
Simultaneous interpretation, shadowing, memorization, and conversational adaptation of the listening materials
Mini-test
*If there are many students wishing to enroll, there may be a limit on the number of students. Students wishing to enroll must attend the first class. Additionally, do not purchase the textbook until enrollment in the class has been confirmed during the first class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Course introduction |
To understand the Featurees of the TOEIC L&R Test and the content of the unit |
| Class 2 | Unit 2: Offices 1 |
To understand the content of the unit |
| Class 3 | Unit 3: Restaurant |
To understand the content of the unit |
| Class 4 | Unit 4: Media |
To understand the content of the unit |
| Class 5 | Unit 5: Health |
To understand the content of the unit |
| Class 6 | Unit 8: Real Estate |
To understand the content of the unit |
| Class 7 | Review and the final exam |
Review and the final exam |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to prepare for class and review class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Tsuruoka, T. et al. (2024) MAXIMIZE YOUR SCORE ON THE TOEICⓇ L&R TEST, Shohakusha.
ISBN: 978-4-88198-792-6
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Additional information will be provided in class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students will be evaluated by the total score of weekly tests (50%) and the final exam (50%).
Related courses
- LAE.E164 ： TOEIC Seminar 4
Prerequisites
None
Other
It is recommended that students take this course in sequence with TOEIC Seminar 4.