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１．授業の概要・到達目標 (General Description and Expected Achievements)
This course will focus on reading and writing in an academic environment. This course will have an online
component to it where students will be expected to work independently. The aim of this course is to enhance
students’ ability to perform in such an environment by providing them with ample opportunities to analyze and
organize information from different readings and present their ideas concerning the readings in written form such as
paragraphs and essays. There will also be in class discussions involving what is read.
Through this course, students will develop the essential skills needed to perform better on the reading and writing
sections of the TOEFL iBT and the reading section of the TOEFL ITP.
Additionally, students will be provided with the fundamentals for writing at the university level in universities
abroad.
Students considering taking either the TOEFL iBT or ITP will find this course extremely useful especially if taken
in conjunction with the ACE 3 TOEFL courses taught by myself or Professor Matsuzaki.
２．授業内容 (Course Content)
第 1 回目 Course Introduction and Expectations, Set-up online accounts, Vocabulary Development
第 2 回目 Critical Thinking , Reading and Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
第 3 回目 Critical Thinking , Reading and Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
第 4 回目 Critical Thinking , Reading and Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
第 5 回目 Critical Thinking , Reading and Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
第 6 回目 Critical Thinking , Reading and Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
第 7 回目 Mid-term Essay and further Skill Development
第 8 回目 Critical Thinking , Reading and Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
第 9 回目 Critical Thinking , Reading and Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
第 10 回目 Critical Thinking , Reading and Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
第 11 回目 Critical Thinking , Reading and Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
第 12 回目 Critical Thinking , Reading and Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
第 13 回目 Critical Thinking , Reading and Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
第 14 回目 Final Essay and Course Conclusion
第 15 回目 Review
３．履修上の注意・準備学習の内容 (Caveats and Course Preparation)
This course is meant to further develop the skills targeted in my ACE 3 TOEFL iBT course. Students thinking about
taking my ACE 3 TOEFL iBT course will benefit tremendously from taking this course as well.
Students will be required to use computers for this class. Please consider this carefully before registering. You must
have some degree of proficiency with computers, as there is a significant online component with homework and
assessment being completed on a computer. Additionally, the course is meant to help students with preparing for the
TOEFL iBT which is a computer-based test.
Due to the extensive amount of material in the textbook, we will only cover select material.
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If you took this course previously, you may register again for this course. However, you need to be aware that you
will be revisiting much of the material you covered before with the same textbook, online work and types of essays
to be covered.
Students may either enroll in the 3rd or 5th period class with the exception of sophomores who may only enroll in
the 5th period class. They cannot enroll in both.
４．教科書 (Textbook(s))
NorthStar Reading and Writing Level 5 (Third Edition) with MyNorthStar Lab
出版社： Pearson Longman Publishing
著者： Judy L. Miller, Robert F. Cohen
ISBN： 9780136067924
価格： ¥3,675
５．参考書 (References)
Additional material selected and developed by the instructor will be used in this course.
Online resources will be made available for students to study with independently.
６．成績評価の方法 (Grading Criteria)
30% Attendance
40% Participation (includes in-class activities and activities done outside of class)
30% Assessment (includes two essays based on the type of writing done on the TOEFL iBT)
７．その他 (Other)
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