南山大学

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指定
 必
期間
 秋学期
単位
 １
年次
 1
担当者
 HOWREY John
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履修対象学科 経営学部
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)
8.    View reading as a positive, pleasurable activity vital to life
授業計画 Week    Topic
1    Syllabus, Review Spring semester (HW: graded reader)
2    Unit 6: Going out of business, pp. 108-114 (HW: article on recession)
3    Unit 6: Going out of business, pp. 115-120, (HW: graded reader)
4    Unit 7, Flying high and low, pp. 131-137, (HW: article on travel)
5    Unit 7: Flying high and low, pp. 138-141, (HW: graded reader)
6    Unit 8: Are we there yet?, pp. 152-158, (HW: article on working conditions)
7    Unit 8: Are we there yet?, pp. 128-131, (HW: graded reader)
8    Review units 6-8, Quiz, Submit graded reader action logs
9    Unit 9: Full house, pp. 171-177 (HW: article on family)
10    Unit 9: Full house, pp. 178-184 (HW: graded reader)
11    Unit 10: How young is too young?, pp. 194-199 (HW: article on birth rate)
12    Unit 10: How young is too young?, pp. 200-205 (HW: graded reader)
13    Review Quiz, Reader’s Theater: choose passage and start writing a script
14    Reader’s Theater: practice the performance (HW: vocabulary quiz)
15    Reader’s Theater: Performances, Final Report (Due date: 1/23 by 2:00 pm)
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 Preparation 5%
Action Log of Graded Readers 30%
Homework 20%
Reader’s Theater 20%
Final Report 25%
テキスト Northstar 1 Reading and Writing
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.