南山大学

 
指定
期間
秋学期
単位
年次
1
担当者
HAYE-MATSUI Avril
他の科目との関連
履修対象学科 英米学科
副題
授業概要 This class aims to improve reading proficiency and to ultimately give students the confidence and ability to read texts designed for native speakers. Students will increase their reading speeds, broaden and deepen their vocabulary, learn to make use of linguistic relationships to guess words from context and employ strategies to identify the writer’s purpose. In addition to these, they will also learn how to predict outcomes, see relationships, draw conclusions and complete both intensive and extensive reading activities.
学修目標 ● Guess the meaning of the words from context and make inferences
● Preview a text and make predictions about it
● Skim and scan a text for key information
● Recognize reference words in a text
● Summarize a text
● Read, understand, summarize and discuss graded readers (OUP level 3 or higher)
● Read and understand designated texts at a rate of 120 words per minute or faster
● Read, understand and discuss authentic newspaper articles on current issues
授業計画   Unit             Reading Skills          Homework
1 Course explanation                      Pages 85-89
  Library Visit                         Graded Reader
2 Unit 7            Identifying main ideas       Pages 99-103
  What is Intelligence?      and details           Graded Reader
3 Unit 8            Reference words         Article presentation preparation
  Stereotypes          Previewing and predicting
4 Article presentation preparation Presentation          Prepare Article presentation & write
                                report Graded Reader
5 Article presentations                     Pages 113-116
  Hand-in report                        Graded Reader
6 Unit 9            Identifying meaning from context Pages 127-130
  Hand-in book summaries    Skimming           Graded Reader
7 Unit 10           Making Inferences        Pages 141-144 Graded Reader
8 Unit 11           Recognizing Author’s purpose  Graded Reader
9 Article presentation preparation presentation          Prepare article presentation Report
                                Graded Reader
10 Article                           Pages 62-65
  Presentations                        Graded Reader
  Hand-in report
11 Unit 12           Summarizing          Graded Reader
                 Ignoring unknown words
12 Unit 12           Presentation planning      Prepare presentations
  Final Group presentation
  explanation
13 Group Presentation planning Presentation planning      Prepare presentations
14 Final presentations
15 Final presentations                     Final Report: Due date to be
  Book summaries                       announced in class
授業時間外の学習(準備学習など) Students are expected to, preview each unit from the textbook and do assigned homework tasks for each unit, read graded readers and write book summaries. In addition, students will write reports and prepare presentations.
評価方法 Presentations & Reports     30% Book Summaries 25%
Class Performance&Homework 15% Final Assignment 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.