科学英語

The following is a sample Syllabus for the Saturday Basic Course by Professor Timothy J. Wright. Class 1: Introduction and overview of course syllabus. Class 2: Communicative training and listening comprehension drills. Class 3: Communicative training, listening comprehension drills and articulatory phonetics. Class 4: Communication training, listening comprehension, articulatory phonetics and vocabulary building. Class 5: Communication training, listening comprehension, articulatory phonetics and vocabulary building. Class 6: Communication training, listening comprehension drills, articulatory phonetics and vocabulary building. Class 7: Review of material covered during first six weeks. Class 8: Vocabulary building, communication training, articulatory phonetics and listening comprehension drills. Class 9: Newspaper stories, speech communication training, communication training. Class 10: Newspaper stories, speech communication training, communication training. Class 11: Newspaper stories, speech communication training, communication training. Class 12: Final communication training, review of past six weeks. Class 13: Final review of all material during the term. Class 14: FINAL EXAMINATION and one-on-one student evaluation. 【Sample Lesson for 90-minute class】 *Warm-up with Kunihiro Masao Methodology Training a.　Articulatory Phonetics Drills b.　Accent Reduction Training c.　Kunihiro’s Historical Speech Exercises *Hyde Yano Training based on Kunihiro Methodology *Communicative Drills taken from Person to Person, Dr. Jack C. Richards, Oxford University Press, 2015 *Conversation Exercises and Newspaper Reading. *English for Scientists: How to Use Your English in Science: Weekly Reading and Discussion. *Free Discussion on Science Topics.

【Intensive Training】 Weekly classes will focus on a variety of subjects and topics specifically related to the field of science. These intensive communication strategies will be broken down into class, group, pair and individual training to help sharpen communicative competence. This will be achieved by helping to reinforce and learn how to successfully express oneself in English. *This will be a vital and golden tool for all of you as you one day embark on a career in the field of science. Some of our activities will include phonetic/vowel training, accent reduction exercises, communication drills, vocabulary training, discussion, parliamentary debate and speech/poster presentation. Students will be required to do weekly listening, reading and speaking work outside of class.

Students will be evaluated and graded on weekly attendance, classroom participation, and homework. Warning: Students missing more than 4 classes will receive a failing grade, so be very careful about missing classes. Also, being chronically late will also hurt your overall final grade, so make sure you come on time.

Materials to be announced on the first day of classes. *All textbooks and materials will be distributed to students by the department and Professor Wright. You will not be required to buy textbooks.

Reference Reading: Academic Communication: How to Use Your English in Science, Zasshikai, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, International Academic Publishing, 2013 Eigo-no-hanashikata, Kunihiro Masao, Tachibana Shuppan, 2010

6月1日～30日の期間で、UTAS上にて履修アンケートを実施しますので、受講希望者は必ず回答してください。 （１）受講希望者は、希望する（都合の良い）クラスをできるだけ多く選んでください。この際、必ず「Advanced course」と「Basic course」の両方を含めてください。（クラス分けテストの結果、どちらのクラスになるか分からないため） （２）9月上旬頃に、ごく短い時間で終わる口頭試問のPlacement test（能力別クラス分けテスト）を実施します。Placement testは【 】に実施しますので、参加可能な日にちを選んでください。追って、日時・場所をお知らせします。 ※海外留学等で上記日時にテストが受けられない場合は、アンケートの備考欄にその旨ご記載ください。 （３）履修調査は、6月1日からUTASのアンケート機能を用いて実施しますので、6月30日までにご回答ください。Placement testの結果に基づいて、授業開始までに皆さんがどのクラスに配属されたかをお知らせします。

【開講クラス（予定）】 火曜日1限（8:30～10:15）　「Advanced course」 金曜日2限（10:25～12:10）　「Basic course」 土曜日3限（12:30～14:15※）「Basic course」 土曜日4限（14:25～16:10※）「Advanced course」 ※開講時間が通常と異なるので注意してください。 （数学科対象） 木曜日5限（16:50～18:35） 「Intermediate course」