○Reading Skills in English IA[3337]

＜授業のねらい＞

The goal of this course is to help students become better readers in English. The course will focus on building comprehension skills through “intensive reading” and analysis of short passages of text from the textbook. It will also assist students in building reading fluency by means of “extensive reading” of longer passages from graded readers.

＜受講にあたっての前提条件＞

Students who have successfully completed high school level English classes.

＜具体的な到達目標＞

Students will practice reading skills such as identifying the main topic of a text, understanding the gist of the text, making inferences about the writer's thoughts, and finding detailed points relevant to the writer’s topic. Scanning and skimming will also be practiced with the goal of increasing reading fluency. Vocabulary building is an important part of this course.

＜授業計画及び準備学習＞

Short passages from the textbook will be read and discussed in small groups. Students may be asked to make short presentations on topics occurring in the text and will be encouraged to offer their thoughts on the topics being discussed.

＜成績評価方法及び水準＞

Grading will be based on three main elements: 1) participation/attendance/attitude; 2) quizzes/homework tasks/reading logs; and 3) one end-of-term test

＜教科書＞

Douglas, N. (2009) Reading Explorer 1. Heinle Cengage Learning.

Please also buy one book from the Oxford Graded Reader Series. You can choose any level you like (from level 1 to level 6) but choose a level that you are comfortable with. How to choose a level: open the book and read one or two pages. If there are more than 5 or 6 words on a page that you don’t understand, try a lower level.

＜参考書＞

None.

＜オフィスアワー＞

By appointment.