最終更新日：2009/04/01

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授業科目名	†英語リーディングIIＡ
クラス	1
	春学期　週２時間 1 単位   履修基準年度 2 年
担当者	講師 Ｍ．Ｄ．マッケイ MICHAEL DOUGLAS McKAY　他

講義目的 Course Objectives

Reading IIA is a one-unit required English course that is offered in the Spring term concurrently with two other required second-year English courses, Writing IIA and Communication IIA. Although Reading IIA meets once per week, students will be encouraged by the instructor to integrate vocabulary and content material learned in this course with their Writing IIA and Communication IIA courses when possible. Overall, this course will help students build on basic reading comprehension skills previously learned, read faster, and learn how to read for pleasure.

各回ごとの授業内容 Course Contents of Each Session

By the end of the course, students should be able to utilize the following reading comprehension skills: skimming for stated main ideas, scanning for key words and concepts, identifying word parts, identifying stated and implied main ideas, and understanding inferences. During the course, students will also be introduced to timed reading techniques to help them learn how to read faster, test-taking strategies that can be employed on TOEFL, TOEIC, and similar exams, and extensive reading activities, games, and puzzles designed to encourage reading for pleasure and making daily reading a habit. The first part of the course will focus on word parts and patterns of organization, the second part of the course will focusing on word parts and implied main ideas, and the third part of the course will focus on word parts and inferences.

授業方法 Methods of Instruction

This will be a 90-minute workshop-based class in which the teacher will give clear instruction and guidance in English while students read and analyze written material on scientific and other topics. This course approaches reading from a skill-based perspective

教科書（著者名、書名、発行所、出版年） Text (Author. Title. Publisher, Year of Publication)

1. New English Crescent II: Readings for Reflection and Interpretation (Kwansei Gakuin University Press, Second Printing) 2. Wonders of the Natural World (Kinseido)

参考文献（著者名、書名、発行所、出版年） Reference Books (Author. Title. Publisher, Year of Publication)

Materials will be provided by the instructor.

成績評価方法・基準 Methods and Criteria of Evaluation

Students must earn a grade of at least 60% to pass this course. This grade will be based on in-class quizzes (40%), 1 final exam(25%), class book projects(25%), vocabulary log/notebooks(10%) and other instructor-determined coursework related to helping students meet the objectives of Reading IIA. Class participation is a must and students will also be evaluated on attendance. Students will receive a detailed class outline in class.

学生による授業評価の方法 Course Evaluation by Students

Students will be informed by the instructor how they can evaluate the course near the end of the term.

準備学習等についての具体的な指示および他の科目との関連 Other Specifications for Class Preparation

There are no prerequisites for this course. However, in general, students are expected to have mastered the material taught in Reading IA and IB before taking this course. Some of the course topics and materials will connect to topics and materials in Writing IIA and Communication IIA. Students should plan to set aside two hours minimum a week for homework in this class and invest in a good electronic dictionary.

キーワード Course Key Words

Reading/Vocabulary/Research/