南山大学

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指定
 必
期間
 春学期
単位
 １
年次
 1
担当者
 HOWREY John
他の科目との関連
履修対象学科 人類文化学科、心理人間学科、日本文化学科
副題
授業概要 The purpose of this class is to provide students with a variety of reading strategies to improve reading proficiency and promote a positive attitude for and competence in reading in English. Activities will include both extensive and intensive reading tasks using a variety of texts for improving student skills in surveying, predicting, skimming, scanning, inferring, and making connections with the readings.
学修目標 １．Improve reading comprehension and speed
２．Use strategies to guess meaning from context
３．Make predictions about a text
４．Skim and scan for key information
５．Identify main ideas and supporting details from a text
６．Analyze text to determine relationships between ideas and draw conclusions
７．Read, understand, and discuss graded readers (at approximately OUP Level 2 or higher)
授業計画 １．Introduction, Syllabus, Reading survey
２．Unit １: Living with stress, pp. ２-５ (HW: graded reader)
３．Unit １: Mud baths, pp. ６-９; (HW: article on health)
４．Unit ２: A woman who loves boxing, pp. 16-19 (HW: graded reader)
５．Unit ２: A beauty contest for men, pp. 20-23 (HW: article on beauty)
６．Unit ３: Unusual festivals, pp. 30-33 (HW: graded reader)
７．Unit ３: Invented, then lost, pp. 34-37 (HW: article on festivals)
８．Unit ４: Stupid criminals, pp. 44-47 (HW: graded reader)
９．Unit ４: A second chance, pp. 38-51 (HW: vocabulary quiz)
10．Unit ５: Michelle Wie, pp. 58-61 (HW: graded reader)
11．Unit ５: Fans or fanatics, pp. 62-62 (HW: article summary)
12．Unit ６: Being cute to survive, pp. 72-75
13．Readerユs Theater: choose passage and start writing a script
14．Readerユs Theater: practice the performance (HW: vocabulary quiz)
15．Readerユs Theater: Performances, Final Report (Due date: To be announced in class.)
授業時間外の学習（準備学習など） Students will be expected to read short texts and graded readers outside of class, prepare short books reports, and study vocabulary from a list that is provided by the instructor. All homework is to be submitted at the
beginning of each class period.
評価方法 Participation 10％, Homework 20％, Quizzes 10％, Graded reader reports 30％, Final Report 30％
テキスト Cover to Cover ２, Oxford Publishing
その他 Attendance: Students are expected to attend class regularly. Students who miss ４ classes will receive an F. Students who fail to turn in the final report by the deadline will receive an X.