This course will help students to learn the English language using both productive and receptive skills. Lessons will also include a TOEIC component to help students prepare for the TOEIC® Listening and Reading test, achieving a CEFR B1 level score (550-780 score range.)

This course focuses on understanding and using vocabulary, reviewing grammar, and practical exercises that help students develop their knowledge of reading, listening, and speaking. Students will also practice language through communication tasks based on various business situations.

Assignments and tasks will focus on language use similar to the junior high school and senior high school English classrooms that are repeated and presented in individual and pair work formats. Homework and individual study components provide students with active learning opportunities using through online modules throughout the course.

Term 4 also presents a Case Study component, in conjunction with SAC. The case based English course is organized to help students successfully develop their analytical and critical thinking skills about a topical case. Students will prepare for a Case Study discussion using a relevant case from the chosen textbook. SAC is a compulsory component in this course.

SAC is a compulsory component in this course.

*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。

Grammar: to present the grammar as outlined in the textbook units, to review the grammar points learnt from high school lessons, to use the grammar of each week in a practical activity (e.g., statements and questions).

Reading: to improve reading fluency and confidence, to learn and use reading strategies (e.g., skimming and scanning), to expand vocabulary.

Listening: to improve listening confidence, to learn and use listening strategies (e.g., listen for main details, listen for key words), to search for and identify information about people, places, and events from an audio sample

Speaking & Communication: to discuss topics using practiced and spontaneous speech, to accurately describe people places and things, to be able to ask and respond to questions about one's own and someone else’s daily life.

Case Study: Students should be able to understand and explain a case study related to business issues faced by different organizations, use reading and critical thinking skills to critique and discuss specific business issues faced by different organizations, suggest possible solutions to tackle specific business issues presented in the case, present opinions and suggest an approach relating to a chosen case in a written report.

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	0 %
	フィールドメソッド Field Method	20 %
合計 Total		100 %

This course will be guided by a lecture. Students will be supported by pair work and group work in class and independent study will be completed by the students outside of class.

The independent study component outside of class will help students by practising for task-based activities in class and will include written and online homework tasks.

*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。

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	15 %
シミュレーション成績 Simulation	0 %
ケース試験 Case Exam	0 %
最終レポート Final Report	15 %
期末試験 Final Exam	30 %
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 = Weekly SAC Activities

Final Report = Average of September & December TOEIC Tests

• Barnard & Cady 「Business Ventures 1」Oxford Univ Press（2009）9780194578172

Additional materials will be supplied by the instructor.

Students' progress will be evaluated weekly.

For SAC compulsory classes, students are required to study over 20 hours during the semester at SAC in the Central Information Center. Additionally, 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 (September and December). 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.

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Refereed Articles

• (2022) Applying the Research (4). Modern English Teacher 31(3): 0308-0587
• (2022) SIG Focus: Listening SIG. The Language teacher 46(3): 0289-7938
• (2022) Using TED Talks in the listening classroom. Modern English Teacher 31(2):
• (2022) Applying the Research (3). Modern English Teacher 31(2):
• (2022) Applying the Research (2). Modern English Teacher 31(1):