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Count PoopulaBasic English (Communication) III
基礎英語 (総合) III
❝If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to
him in his own language, that goes to his heart.❞
‒Nelson Mandela
Spring 2015 Class #231
Class Location: Building 5 Classroom 5403
Thursdays 3-4:30 PM
Instructor: Todd Ward (ウォード・トッド)
Office: Building 1 Room 1406 e-mail: [email protected]
Office Hours: Thursdays 10:45 to 12:15 or by appointment
I. Course Outline
The Primary Goal of this course is to develop students’ ability and confidence in using English
to communicate in informal, everyday situations. Most class activities will emphasize speaking
and listening, but the course will also include writing practice, as well as some work on reading,
vocabulary development, and grammar.
II. Course Description/Plan
Every lesson, the student will learn using their textbooks for half of the time (so please bring
your books every class). The remaining time, the student will be introduced to different
discussion topics, assigned speeches to perform, or will be given a variety of activities to
participate in. In the final weeks of the course, students will have an oral interview test which
will check their listening and speaking ability.
Week Textbook Material Covered Activities/Assignments
1 Unit 0- Introductions Pages 8-11 Course Introduction,
Icebreakers, Informative
Speech Introduction
2 Unit 1- How are you? Pages 12-15 Talking About Yourself,
Informative Speech Topic
Selection
3 Unit 1- How are you? Pages 16-19 Asking Questions,
Informative Speech
Preparation/ Practice
4 Unit 2- Do you understand?? Pages 20-23 Unit 1 Quiz,
Informative Speech
Presentation
5 Unit 2- Do you understand? Pages 24-27 Informative Speech
Presentation
6 Unit 3-This is my room. Pages 28-31 Unit 2 Quiz, Manners:
Japan and the World
7 Unit 3- This is my room. Pages 32-35 Describing People, Places,
and Things
8 Unit 4-When do you get up? Pages 36-39 Unit 3 Quiz, Talking About
Time, Places, and Activities
9 Unit 4- When do you get up? Pages 40-43 Conversation Practice-
Google Hangouts (What do
you do?)
1
10 Unit 5-Who’s this? Pages 44-47 Unit 4 Quiz, Giving
Directions
11 Unit 5- Who’s this? Pages 48-51 Describing People
12 Unit 6-That’s a great shirt! Pages 52-55 Unit 5 Quiz, Activity-
Current Events
13 Unit 6- That’s a great shirt! Pages 56-59 Conversation Practice-
Google Hangouts (What’s
cool in Japan)
14 Oral Interview/Writing Task Part 1
15 Oral Interview/Writing Task Part 2
III. Preparation and Assignments
Students must do all homework and prepare for in-class assignments. The informative speech
needs to be practiced to be effective. There may be times when students will work in groups to
complete assignments and all must cooperate. If you are late with an assignment, it can be turned
in the next week for 50%, two weeks late for 25%. After three weeks, no credit will be given.
IV. Expected Outcomes
Students will improve their speaking and listening abilities in different situations (casual
conversation, restaurant and shopping situations, etc…). Presentation skills using English will
improve through the speech assignment to be completed this semester. Writing will also be
improved through a variety of in-class assignments and homework.
V. Special Notes/Cautions
The purpose of this class is to increase students’ ability to communicate in English. Students
who use Japanese in class are not challenging themselves. I expect my students to try hard to
communicate with me and their classmates in English so they can steadily improve. Students
who do not try their best to use English will find it difficult to succeed.
Absences: Students should try to attend all classes, come prepared, and actively participate. Just
coming to class is not enough to pass the course. Students that miss more than four classes
cannot take the final exam.
Coming to Class Late: If you are more than 20 minutes late to class or leave more than 20
minutes early, you will be marked absent for the whole class. If you are less than 20 minutes late
to class or leave less than 20 minutes early, you will be marked “LATE”. Three “LATE” marks
equal one absence.
VI. Evaluation
Grades will be determined as follows:
Active participation and attendance (20%)
Writing Tasks (10%)
Quizzes and Assignments (40%)
Final Oral Interview (20%)
VII. Text and Materials
Title: English Firsthand Access Authors: Helgesen, M. , Brown, S. , & Wiltshier, J. (2010).
Publisher: Hong Kong: Pearson Longman Asia ELT. Materials: Student Book with Audio
CDs. ISBN: 978-988-00-3057-4
