1. To acquire basic academic writing skills 2. To practice for the

English 2A Sumiyo Nishiguchi Syllabus Spring 2011 School of Management Tokyo University of Science Course Title English 2A Instructor Sumiyo Nishiguchi Class Location B306 Time Friday 10:40am‐12:10pm Email nishiguchi@rs.tus.ac.jp URL https://letus.ed.tus.ac.jp//course/ Office Hour Tuesday 2:40pm‐3:40pm Office Location A223 Purpose 1. To acquire basic academic writing skills
2. To practice for the TOEIC-IP test
Course Material
Introduction to Academic Writing (Pearson Longman)
Time table for each class
About 15 mins Vocabulary test (The performance will be included in your final grade. If
you miss this test, your attendance score will be downgraded.)
About 15 mins Practice for the TOEIC test
About 10 mins Listening to authentic online news (BBC, VOA, CNN etc)
About 50 mins Academic writing
Evaluation
(a) TOEIC-IP: 30%
(b) Final Exam: 30%
(c) Assignments: 20%
(d) Vocabulary Test Scores & Attendance: 20%
Notes
Lecture attendance is tracked and monitored. If you miss three lessons in a semester (six in
total), you will be automatically dropped from this class.
It is important to regularly check the course website and download the weekly assignments.
Course Outline
For each week there is a set exercise. In order to make an intelligent contribution, you will need to
finish the required reading and writing assignments before class. You will need to keep up with these
assignments on a weekly basis.
<Semester 1>
Class 1 Introduction
Class 2 Chapter 1 (1): Paragraph Format
Class 3 Chapter 1 (2): Peer & Self editing
Class 4 Chapter 2 (1): Narrative Paragraphs
Class 5 Chapter 2 (2): Peer & Self editing
Class 6 Chapter 3 (1): Paragraph Structure
Class 7 Chapter 3 (2): Peer & Self editing
Class 8 Chapter 4 (1): Descriptive Paragraphs
Class 9 Chapter 4 (2): Peer & Self editing
Class 10 Chapter 5 (1): Logical Division of Ideas
Class 11 Chapter 5 (2): Peer & Self editing
Class 12 Journal Writing (1): Writing a draft
Class 13 Journal Writing (1): Revising
Class 14 Journal Writing (2): Writing a draft
Class 15 Journal Writing (2): Revising
CLASS
科目名称英語2A
科目名称
(英語)
授業名称英語2A(L3組)
教員名西口 純代
開講年度学
2011 年度 前期
期
曜日時限金曜 2 限
開講学科経営学部 一般・教職科目
単
1年
1.0
学年
位
科目区分英語
履修形態必修
This course concerns academic writing. Students will learn basic skills for
writing paragraphs and essays. The curriculum teaches paragraph format, sentence
structure, paragraph development and others. At the end of the course, you will
授業の概 not only be a better email/letter/squib writer but also be a better TOEFL essay
要・目標 composer.
履If you miss more than two classes per semester, you will be automatically dropped from the co
修urse.
上
の
注
意
準備学習・ You are expected to submit an assigned essay at LETUS before each class and pass
the vocabulary quiz taken from each chapter.
復習
Grading will be determined in the following manner:
a) Attendance 50%
成績評価方
b) Class Assignments/Activities 10%
法
c) Final Examination 10%
d) TOEIC-IP 30%
Introduction to Academic Writing (Pearson Longman)
教科書
参考書
1,2 Paragraph Format
授業計画
3,4 Narrative Paragraphs
5,6 Paragraph Structure
7,8 Descriptive Paragraphs
9,10 Logical Division of Ideas
11,12 Process Paragraphs
13,14 Comparison/Contrast Paragraphs
15 Definition Paragraphs
備考 Office hours Tuesday 2:40pm-3:40pm
LETUS  英語2A(L3組)
Fri 10:40am-12:10pm
B306
Textbook: Introduction to Academic Writing, Pearson-Longman
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syllabus ファイル
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4/15 Chapter 1 Introduction
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Write a paragraph introducing yourself
Self-introduction 課題
Introduce your classmates 課題
Assignment
Read Chapter 1 by the next week
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4/22 Chapter 1 Paragraph Format
Sentence structure pp10
Register yourself to a LETUS course ENGLISH2A 998653J.
The registration key is English2A.
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Kagurazaka guidance for study abtoad program ファイル
vocabulary quiz from Chapter 1 課題
Questions on the Model pp10
Practice 2
essay``a person who has made a difference" 課題
One of the students requested studying TOEIC Shinkoshiki Mondaishu.In accordance
with his request, bring your own Shinkoshiki Mondaishu Vol 3 at our next class.
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5/13 Chapter 1 Peer and Self Editing & Chapter 2 Narratives
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Peer editing worksheet pp198
TOEIC shinkoshiki mondaishu
Test 1 Part 2
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Do not forget to bring a printout copy of your essay to the class.
pp25-6 Practice 1 A, B
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5/20 Chapter 2 Narrative Paragraphs
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rewrite your essay 課題
vocabulary quiz from Chapter 2
pp26 2
free writing
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5/27 Chapter 3
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your favorite folktale due May 27, Fri, 10:40am 課題
Newsweek URI
Time URI
Practice 3 pp33
Freewriting
Essay writing ``a memorable event in my life"
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Survey for the Fall Semester
Writing 11
Reading 10
Speaking 1
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Fall semester
Former half - writing
Latter half -reading
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6/3 Chapter 3
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Bring your essay to the class
Peer reviewing
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TOEFL ITP ファイル
Vocabulary quiz from chapter 3
TOEFL ITP 申し込み書 ファイル
vocabulary quiz 課題
final version of ``a memorable event in my life" 課題
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6/10 Chapter 4
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ALC NetAcademy2
初中級コース
リーディング
assignment due June 10, 10:40am
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6/17
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ユニット
6/21 Tue 4:20pm- 5:50pm Makeup class@WorkStationI
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6/24
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7/1
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7/8
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7/22
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7/29 Final Exam