1. Relation with NUCB Mission Statement
This course aims to enhance students' English proficiency, by tackling TOEIC Reading/Listening
questions. It is crucial for students to gain excellent command of English
in order to "succeed in the globalised business reality" because English has already become the global
language.
2. Objectives, Background, Contents, and Importance of the course
This course aims to lead students to improve their English proficiency, targeting TOEIC Score for 500.
This course concentrates on reinforcing basic, essential grammatical rules, vocabulary, and
phonological properties which must be critical for students to achieve 500+ score.
This course employs two main methods: (1) synchronised reading; (2) prosodic/contents shadowing.
The integrated-skill approach enables students to enhance both reading and listening skills in parallel.
The increase in TOEIC score would motivate students to keep studying English.
3. Relation with NUCB Diploma Policy
The Faculty of International Studies aims to help each student to become a more engaged and
global-minded person who could survive the competitive business world, by providing them with a wider
variety of options for cultural and linguistic experiences throughout the world. Therefore, the degree
conferral and graduation require students to achieve an international perspective, intercultural
awareness, and cross-cultural communication skills.
This course aims to motivate students to study English diligently and autonomously, which could serve
as a springboard to further international learning/working experiences.

[IMPORTANT NOTICE]
1.This is a TOEIC-Compulsory Subject where students are required to take a September OR December TOEIC for Terms 3/4. If they do not take either of them, the students will lose the credits for failing to complete the course (regarded as being "incomplete").
2. As clearly indicated above, this course is intended for students who aim for a TOEIC score of 500, not those with a score of 500 and over. Therefore, to ensure the fairness of evaluation, a different target score (their current score + 100) is set to evaluate students with a TOEIC score of over 500/600/700.


[NOTE]
1. Please be sure to bring a copy of the TOEIC score report, as well as the textbook below on Day1.
TOEIC part (20%) cannot be included in their evaluation unless the students submit their current TOEIC
score.
2. Students without a TOEIC score who belong to the faculties other than International Studies are exempt
from the above condition.
3. The course schedule is subject to change, depending on the needs/progress of the class.

*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。

Intended Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able:
(1) to gain both a practical knowledge of and an active vocabulary for Business English
(2) to read English without going back over the same parts
(3) to listen to English without translating into Japanese
(4) to develop confidence and motivation in English learning

教育手法 Teaching Method		% of Course Time
インプット型 Traditional		40 %
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	60 %
合計 Total		100 %

1. Course Approach
At-home assignments: at least one hour per day to prepare for a vacabulary quiz and a dictation test
In-class tasks: slash reading, reading aloud, repeating, synchronised reading, and prosodic/contents
shadowing; explanation of grammatical rules to a partner
2. Feedback Methods
Interactive lectures allow students to receive individual feedback on both the results of at-home
assignments and in-class tasks during class.
3. Use of Information Centre for this course
Students are expected to expose themselves to as much English as possible, by reading/listening/
watching materials there, in order to practice using what they already learned in class.

*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	0 %
小テスト Quizzes / Tests	20 %
シミュレーション成績 Simulation	20 %
ケース試験 Case Exam	0 %
最終レポート Final Report	0 %
期末試験 Final Exam	40 %
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

Students' active participation in in-class tasks and diligent engagement in at-home assignments, which would enable them to take in what they learned, are both keys to success in this course.
In particular, tardiness is not allowed because it does disrupt attention and learning of both the late student and the other students.

• 小石裕子「はじめて受けるTOEIC(R) L& R テスト」アルク（2018）978-4757430587

１．TOEIC　TEST　英文法　出るとこだけ　　　 小石裕子　アルク　 2016 978-4757428454
２．TOEIC（R)テスト　中学英文法で600点！！　小石裕子　アルク 2016 978-4757428096
５．TOEIC L&R　TEST　出る単特急　銀のフレーズ　TEX加藤　朝日新聞出版社 2018 978-4023316843

I will make every effort to encourage students with all levels of proficiency to find English learning enjoyable and rewarding.

Refereed Articles

• (2018) L1 Transfer in L2 Acquisition of English Verbal Morphology by Japanese Young Instructed Learners. Languages 2019/4(1): 2226-471X
• (2015) Testing theories of second language acquisition: evidence from Japanese learners' English / Ph.D. Thesis. University of Essex
• (2014) Knowledge of syntax and verbal morphology in adolescent L2 English: a Feature Reassembly account. Kansas Working Paper in Linguistics 34
• (2014) Selective variability in verbal morphology production by adolescent Japanese learners of English: testing two current approaches. Current Research in Applied Linguistics: Issues on Language and Cognition. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 978-1-4438-5354-5
• (2013) The form of English Wh-questions produced by Japanese adolescent learners: a Feature Reassembly account. Essex Graduate Student Papers in Language and Linguistics 14

Refereed Proceedings

• (2019). Why are Subject wh-Questions More Difficult than Object wh-Questions?: A Study of Japanese Young Learners of English. The Selected Proceedings of the 2017 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) .2017 Second Language Research Forum. 1. 2. the Ohio State University, Columbus, the United States