This course has two main aims. The first is to improve students' English oral   

communication skills and help them develop their self-confidence in speaking    

English in front of an audience. The second is to introduce students to the     

pleasure of reading English fiction by using the technique known as Extensive   

Reading. In addition, the course aims to allow students to share with each      

other ideas and information on both general and specialist academic topics      

about which they themselves are genuinely interested.                           

None.                                                                           

                                                                                

                                                                                

Each lesson of the course will be divided into a speech giving section and an   

extensive reading section. In the speech giving half of the lesson, student     

will take it in turns to give short (approximately 10 minute) oral              

presentations in English on matters of their own choosing. The aim here is to   

break away from dependence on textbooks or simulated communication and move     

instead towards genuine communication organized by the students themselves.     

Accordingly, students will not be obliged to talk about particular topics but   

will be free to speak about anything that interests them and which they feel    

will be of interest to their classmates. Students will be expected to give      

either two or three presentations, depending on the number of students who      

take the course. After each presentation the teacher will provide the           

presenter with a detailed feedback report on his or her overall performance.    

                                                                                

In the extensive reading half of the lesson, students will make use of a series 

of short and entertaining books known as Graded Readers. These are books with   

different levels of difficulty written specifically for learners of English.    

Students will be expected to progress through the series of graded readers,     

reading at their own pace but aiming to gradually increase both their speed     

and their level of reading comprehension. At this stage, after reading each     

book, students will be required to write a brief report, giving their personal  

reaction to the book and describing their experience of reading it. Finally,    

students will be given the opportunity to discuss their reading with the        

instructor who will review their book reports and give them feedback and        

advice on how to further improve their reading ability.                         

                                                                                

20% based on the number of pages of Graded Readers that each student reads;     

20% will be based on students' speeches; book reports (5%); attendance (5%);    

e-learning (20%); public tests (30%).                                           

None. Students will be responsible for producing handouts for their own         

speeches. All the graded readers are available for borrowing in the Central     

Library of the university.                                                      

None. However, students may find it beneficial to use an English-English        

Learners Dictionary, either in printed or electronic form. One of the best      

such dictionaries currently available is the Longman Dictionary of              

Contemporary English.                                                           

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その消化率に基づく評価を授業全体の評価の２０％とする。また、　　　　　　　　　　

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