授業名 | ENGLISH FUNDAMENTALS 500 F(1st) |
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Course Title | ENGLISH FUNDAMENTALS 500 F(1st) |
担当教員 Instructor Name | Alexander Kilpatrick |
コード Couse Code | NUC247_N20B |
授業形態 Class Type | 講義 Regular course |
単位 Credits | 2 |
言語 Language | EN |
学位 Degree | BSc |
開講情報 Terms / Location | 2020 UG Nisshin Fall |
授業の概要 Course Overview
Misson Statementとの関係性 / Connection to our Mission Statement
授業の目的(意義) / Importance of this course
This course will provide students with the foundation to learn the English language and productive and receptive skills in preparation to achieve the CEFR B1 level at the TOEIC® Listening and Reading score (550-780 score range.)
This course focuses on understanding grammar and making use of the knowledge through reading, listening, speaking, and communication tasks assuming various business situations.
Across the classes, assignments and tasks typical to the junior high school and senior high school English classrooms are repeated and presented in individual and pair work formats. Homework and individual study components for active learning through online modules are also woven throughout the course.
This is a SAC compulsory subject.
This course focuses on understanding grammar and making use of the knowledge through reading, listening, speaking, and communication tasks assuming various business situations.
Across the classes, assignments and tasks typical to the junior high school and senior high school English classrooms are repeated and presented in individual and pair work formats. Homework and individual study components for active learning through online modules are also woven throughout the course.
This is a SAC compulsory subject.
到達目標 / Achievement Goal
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
LG2 Diversity Awareness
LG3 Ethical Decision Making
LG4 Effective Communication
受講後得られる具体的スキルや知識 Learning Outcomes
Grammar: to review the grammar learned from high school lessons, to use the grammar of each week in statements and questions
Reading: to improve reading fluency, to learn and use critical reading strategies such as skimming and scanning, to expand vocabulary
Listening: to learn and use critical listening strategies to identify key facts, to search for and recognize information about people, places, things and events from an audio sample
Speaking & Communication: to discuss topics using spontaneous and practiced 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.
Reading: to improve reading fluency, to learn and use critical reading strategies such as skimming and scanning, to expand vocabulary
Listening: to learn and use critical listening strategies to identify key facts, to search for and recognize information about people, places, things and events from an audio sample
Speaking & Communication: to discuss topics using spontaneous and practiced 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.
教育手法 Teaching Method
教育手法 Teaching Method | % of Course Time | |
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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 course will be guided by a lecture, which will be supported by independent study completed by the students outside of class.
Participant-Centered Learning (PCL) will be incorporated. The independent study outside of class will help prepare students for task-based application within class and will include written as well as online homework tasks.
Group and peer interaction will occur throughout the semester, and will be supplemented with individual work.
Participant-Centered Learning (PCL) will be incorporated. The independent study outside of class will help prepare students for task-based application within class and will include written as well as online homework tasks.
Group and peer interaction will occur throughout the semester, and will be supplemented with individual work.
授業スケジュール Course Schedule
第1日(Day1)
Weeks 1- 2Diagnostics
Speaking Activity
Unit 6: Requests & Offers
第2日(Day2)
Weeks 3- 4Vocabulary Quiz
Reading Fluency exercise
Unit 7: Company & Personal History
第3日(Day3)
Weeks 5-6Vocabulary Quiz
Writing exercise
Unit 8: Making Plans
第4日(Day4)
Weeks 7 - 8Vocabulary Quiz
Listening Exercise
Unit 9: Opinions & Preferences
Review
第5日(Day5)
Weeks 9 -10Vocabulary Quiz
Speaking Exercise
Unit 10: Directions & Invitations
第6日(Day6)
Weeks 11-12Vocabulary Quiz
Group Activity
Unit 11: Entertaining
第7日(Day7)
Weeks 13-14Unit 12: Saying Goodbye
Term Review
Vocabulary Game Review
Looking Forward
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。
Final Report = Average of September & December TOEIC Tests
For SAC compulsory classes, students are required to study over 20 hours during the semester at SAC in the Central Information Center. Global studies major 3rd year and Communication Faculty 4th year students are exempt. 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.
*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 |
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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 ActivitiesFinal Report = Average of September & December TOEIC Tests
For SAC compulsory classes, students are required to study over 20 hours during the semester at SAC in the Central Information Center. Global studies major 3rd year and Communication Faculty 4th year students are exempt. 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.
教科書 Textbook
- Barnard & Cady 「Business Venture 1」Oxford University Press(2009)978-1-896942-91-9
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
Students' progress will be evaluated weekly.
For SAC compulsory classes, students are required to study for over 20 hours during the semester at SAC in the Central Information Center. Global studies major 3rd year and Communication Faculty 4th year students are exempt. 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.
For SAC compulsory classes, students are required to study for over 20 hours during the semester at SAC in the Central Information Center. Global studies major 3rd year and Communication Faculty 4th year students are exempt. 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.
担当教員のプロフィール About the Instructor
Alexander Kilpatrick is an assistant professor at the Nagoya University of Business and Commerce. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne. Alexander's main area of research involves examining the influence of transitional probability on non-native speech perception. More specifically, it focuses on the chance of sounds co-occurring in a language and makes predictions as to how listeners will misperceive non-native speech based on that chance.
He is available to meet with students on Wednesdays 11:20 - 12:50 in room 6306.
His areas of interest include Speech perception, Iconicity, Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, Transitional Probability, Phonetics, and Phonology.
(実務経験 Work experience)
2014-2016 - La Trobe University - English Teacher
2016-2017 - La Trobe University - English Lecturer
2016-2019 - University of Melbourne - Teacher's Assistant
2019-current - Nagoya University of Business and Commerce - Assistant Professor
Refereed Articles
- (2024) Sound Symbolism in Japanese Names: Machine Learning Approaches to Gender Classification. Plos One
- (2024) Using artificial intelligence to explore sound symbolic expressions of gender in American English. PeerJ Computer Science 10:e1811 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.1811
- (2023) A cross-linguistic, sound symbolic relationship between bilabial consonants, voiced plosives, and Pokémon Friendship. Frontiers in Psychlogy
- (2023) Random Forests, Sound Symbolism and Pokémon Evolution. PLoS One
- (2020) Japanese Perceptual Epenthesis is Modulated by Transitional Probability. Language and Speech 63(2): 10.1177/0023830920930042
Refereed Proceedings
- (2024). Cognitive AI 2023. Cognitive AI 2023 .Cognitive AI 2023. 1. 2. Bari University, Italy
- (2023). Iconicity Through the Lens of Information Theory. THE ICONICITY SEMINAR 2023 .THE ICONICITY SEMINAR 2023. 1. 2. Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
- (2023). Training Artificial Intelligence to Assess ESL Writing Using Complexity Measures. JSLS 2023 Handbook .The 24th Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences. 1. 2. Chuo University Tama Campus
- (2019). Predictability, Word Frequency and Japanese Perceptual Epenthesis. Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences .The 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. 2. 2. Melbourne, Australia
- (2018). Japanese Vowel Devoicing Modulates Perceptual Epenthesis. Proceedings of the 17th Speech Science and Technology Conference (SST2018) .the 17th Speech Science and Technology Conference (SST2018). 1. 2. Coogee Bay Hotel