| 授業名 | ADVANCED ENGLISH 800 S |
|---|---|
| Course Title | ADVANCED ENGLISH 800 S |
| 担当教員 Instructor Name | Fei Chen |
| コード Couse Code | NUC007_N23A |
| 授業形態 Class Type | 講義 Regular course |
| 授業形式 Class Format | On Campus |
| 単位 Credits | 4 |
| 言語 Language | EN |
| 科目区分 Course Category | 専門教育科目400系 / Specialized Subject 400 |
| 学位 Degree | BSc |
| 開講情報 Terms / Location | 2023 UG Nisshin Spring |
授業の概要 Course Overview
Misson Statementとの関係性 / Connection to our Mission Statement
This course aligns with NUCB's mission statement to educate innovative and ethical leaders who possess a “Frontier Spirit” and to create knowledge that advances business and society. In this course, students will practice and refine advanced English language skills. They will learn to express their original, critical ideas about global issues and business topics and build confidence in their ability to bridge the gap between New Asia and the rest of the world.
授業の目的（意義） / Importance of this course
Building on previous core courses (500/600/700), this course aims to further strengthen students' four English language skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, in order to prepare them in their pursuit of graduation and post-graduation goals, including job searching, job application and /or further academic study.
到達目標 / Achievement Goal
This course will help students review vocabulary and grammar learnt from previous core courses (500/600/700) and practice using new vocabulary and grammar learned in each class through various kinds of in-classroom activities and take-home assignments. It aims to help students acquire:
-advanced reading strategies to improve reading fluency and accuracy
-advanced listening strategies to identify key facts in audio or video samples
-advanced speaking strategies to effectively communicate complex ideas, and to ask and respond to original questions
-advanced writing strategies to compose complex sentences and paragraphs
-advanced reading strategies to improve reading fluency and accuracy
-advanced listening strategies to identify key facts in audio or video samples
-advanced speaking strategies to effectively communicate complex ideas, and to ask and respond to original questions
-advanced writing strategies to compose complex sentences and paragraphs
本授業の該当ラーニングゴール Learning Goals
*本学の教育ミッションを具現化する形で設定されています。
LG1 Critical Thinking
LG2 Diversity Awareness
LG3 Ethical Decision Making
LG4 Effective Communication
LG7 International Perspectives (BA)
LG2 Diversity Awareness
LG3 Ethical Decision Making
LG4 Effective Communication
LG7 International Perspectives (BA)
受講後得られる具体的スキルや知識 Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students can expect to:
- Understand a wide range of advanced-level English grammar constructions
- Be able to produce statements and questions at the CEFR C1/C2 level
- Have broadened vocabulary knowledge through review and recycling via receptive and productive tasks
- Improve reading fluency using advanced critical reading strategies
- Master critical listening strategies to identify key information in audio or video samples
- Be able to discuss topics using open and closed practice to accurately describe/explain complex business-related actions and events
- Produce effective business communication in a variety of advanced writing styles
- Take part in case study discussion using advanced English communication skills
- Understand a wide range of advanced-level English grammar constructions
- Be able to produce statements and questions at the CEFR C1/C2 level
- Have broadened vocabulary knowledge through review and recycling via receptive and productive tasks
- Improve reading fluency using advanced critical reading strategies
- Master critical listening strategies to identify key information in audio or video samples
- Be able to discuss topics using open and closed practice to accurately describe/explain complex business-related actions and events
- Produce effective business communication in a variety of advanced writing styles
- Take part in case study discussion using advanced English communication skills
SDGsとの関連性 Relevance to Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 4 質の高い教育をみんなに（Quality Education）
教育手法 Teaching Method
| 教育手法 Teaching Method | % of Course Time | |
|---|---|---|
| インプット型 Traditional | 80 % | |
| 参加者中心型 Participant-Centered Learning | ケースメソッド Case Method | 20 % |
| フィールドメソッド Field Method | 0 % | 合計 Total | 100 % |
事前学修と事後学修の内容、レポート、課題に対するフィードバック方法 Pre- and Post-Course Learning, Report, Feedback methods
This learner-centered course will be guided by an instruction in the form of grammar, vocabulary, listening and reading input (supported by individual study completed by the students) as well as speaking and writing practice in equal components. Individual study will include work from online course materials. Group and peer interaction will occur regularly throughout the term, and will be supplemented with individual work.
授業スケジュール Course Schedule
第1日（Day1）
*This is a tentative course outline and subject to change based on student abilities and needs*Week 1& 2
Guidance
Unit 1: Companies
第2日（Day2）
Week 3&4Unit 2: Contacts
●使用するケース
“Do you work too much”第3日（Day3）
Week 5&6Unit 3: Products & Services
●使用するケース
“Products you can’t live without”第4日（Day4）
Week 7&8Unit 4: Visitors
第5日（Day5）
Week 9&10Unit 5: Customer Service
第6日（Day6）
Week 11 &12Unit 6: Employment
●使用するケース
“The Best Companies to Work For?”第7日（Day7）
Week 13 &14Unit 7: Travel
成績評価方法 Evaluation Criteria
*成績は下記該当項目を基に決定されます。
*クラス貢献度合計はコールドコールと授業内での挙手発言の合算値です。
Class Contribution = Active participation in the class through speaking and writing in English = 20%
Quizzes/Tests = Take-home assignments & In-class presentations (15%) + TOEIC (15%) = 30%
Case Exam = Case preparation & Case discussion = 15%
Final Exam = 15%
【IMPORTANT NOTICE】
Students enrolled in SAC compulsory courses are all required to take the TOEIC exam 3 times at NUCB during the spring semester (June) and fall semester (October and November). Failing to do so, a student will receive Incomplete for his/her grade for the SAC compulsory course in the semester in which the student failed to take the TOEIC exam.
*クラス貢献度合計はコールドコールと授業内での挙手発言の合算値です。
| 講師用内規準拠 Method of Assessment | Weights |
|---|---|
| コールドコール Cold Call | 0 % |
| 授業内での挙手発言 Class Contribution | 20 % |
| クラス貢献度合計 Class Contribution Total | 20 % |
| 予習レポート Preparation Report | 20 % |
| 小テスト Quizzes / Tests | 30 % |
| シミュレーション成績 Simulation | 0 % |
| ケース試験 Case Exam | 15 % |
| 最終レポート Final Report | 0 % |
| 期末試験 Final Exam | 15 % |
| 参加者による相互評価 Peer Assessment | 0 % |
| 合計 Total | 100 % |
評価の留意事項 Notes on Evaluation Criteria
Preparation Report = SAC-related work = 20%Class Contribution = Active participation in the class through speaking and writing in English = 20%
Quizzes/Tests = Take-home assignments & In-class presentations (15%) + TOEIC (15%) = 30%
Case Exam = Case preparation & Case discussion = 15%
Final Exam = 15%
【IMPORTANT NOTICE】
Students enrolled in SAC compulsory courses are all required to take the TOEIC exam 3 times at NUCB during the spring semester (June) and fall semester (October and November). Failing to do so, a student will receive Incomplete for his/her grade for the SAC compulsory course in the semester in which the student failed to take the TOEIC exam.
教科書 Textbook
- Kate Baade, Christopher Holloway, Jim Scrivener, and Rebecca Turner「Business Result Advanced」Oxford University Press（2017）978-0-19-473906-1
参考文献・資料 Additional Readings and Resource
Additional materials will be supplied by the instructor
授業調査に対するコメント Comment on Course Evaluation
Teaching this course for the first time
担当教員のプロフィール About the Instructor
Fei Chen is an assistant professor at Nagoya University of Business and Commerce. He holds a BA in English (China University of Political Science and Law), a MSc in Modern Japanese Studies (University of Oxford), and a Ph.D in Interdisciplinary Information Studies (University of Tokyo). He is interested in transnational history, particularly the history of cultural exchange between Japan and China. He co-edited Alternative Representations of the Past: The Politics of History in Modern China (2020) and published his research in peer-reviewed journals like Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies, Journal of Modern Chinese History, International Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of Asian History, and Asian Studies Review.
（実務経験 Work experience）
Before coming to Nagoya, Fei Chen taught at Shanghai Normal University and was a visiting scholar at Harvard-Yenching Institute and University of Tokyo.
Refereed Articles
- (2023) Translating and transplanting revolution: the circulation of discourses on the American Revolution between China and Japan. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Online First): 1474-0591
- (2020) Buddhisizing the World: Global Imperialism and Kawaguchi Ekai’s Travels in Tibet. Journal of Asian History 54(1): 0021910X
- (2020) Transforming an Imperial Frontier: Japanese Knowledge and the Qing Empire’s New Tibet Policy. Asian Studies Review 44(3): 1467-8403
- (2019) Rediscovering Yellow River and Yangtze River: Circulation of Discourses of the North-South Dichotomy between China and Japan, 1895–1911. International Journal of Asian Studies 16(1): 1479-5922
- (2018) Loyalist, Patriot, or Colonizer? The Three Faces of Zheng Chenggong in Meiji Japan and Late Qing China. Journal of Modern Chinese History 12(1): 1753-5662