Technical English - Basic English for Science(再履2_ICT)

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The main objective of this course is to re-introduce students to the basics of English language for science and engineering with a thorough review of the major academic skills covered in the compulsory English courses in the first and second year English curricula, such as skills for group discussion, critical thinking, academic reading, academic writing (accuracy and fluency), academic presentation and other related areas. Building knowledge of technical vocabulary, and developing summarizing skills will also be addressed in this course. This course adopts a student-centered approach to teaching methodology and genre-based approach to subject content, and builds foundation for Intermediate Technical English in the Fall semester.

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ASE I & II; AWE I & II; AE2Y I & II

As of the Spring Semester 2025, the textbook and other teaching materials of this class are uploaded to the WebClass. There are no textbooks for students to purchase for this course. All textbook and teaching materials of this course are copyrighted and should not be downloaded to share with anybody outside of the Technical English program.
Out of all the units of the textbook, some units are compulsory for study and the program-wide-test. The details of the required units will be provided by the class teacher.
Should you have any questions about the textbook and other teaching materials, please contact the Technical English program office at tes-kyoumu-group@gl.cc.uec.ac.jp.

(Those students who have studied the Engineering textbooks should take the remedial class in Period 5 on Wednesday.)

Week 1: Guidance. QuickWrite
Week 2: Genre-based knowledge on the structures and inner organizations of the reading materials. Get 100 Word List. QuickWrite.
Week 3: How to ask good questions about a reading, in group discussions and to peers' opinions. Large group discussion strategies. QuickWrite.
Week 4: Comprehension-based strategies. Expression of opinions, negotiation and persuasion. QuickWrite.
Week 5: Thinking/Cognitive and reflection-based reading strategies. QuickWrite.
Week 6: Short oral reports (1). Q&A skills. QuickWrite.
Week 7: Short oral reports (2) Program-wide Test on reading (PWT-R).
Week 8: Oral report of summaries to peers; Peer evaluation of summaries. Note taking skills. QuickWrite.
Week 9: Basic scientific writing: definition, descriptions of various experiments and procedures. QuickWrite.
Week 10: Basic scientific writing: definition, descriptions of various experiments and procedures. QuickWrite.
Week 11: Introduction on the individual presentation. 5 minutes+ per student; Non-verbal communication. QuickWrite.
Week 12: Pronunciation, Active listening strategies, Various types of delivery styles. QuickWrite.
Week 13: Individual presentations: Day 1. Q&A; Peer evaluation. QuickWrite.
Week 14: Individual presentations: Day 2. Q&A; Peer evaluation. QuickWrite.
Week 15: Course review. Course evaluation.
(The syllabus is subject to change.)

Please note that the required textbook is used as materials for peer teaching project and/or possibly other projects as well as self-study for exams. Specific arrangements of such activities will be announced by the teacher in class.

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This course requires students to work outside of the classes for preparation for projects, presentations and other homework.

Students will be assessed according to the following criteria:
Class participation and attitude: 20%; Homework: 10%; PWT-R: 10%; Oral reports: 10%; PPT Presentation: 20%; Writing assignments: 20%; Writing Fluency (minimum 12 QuickWrites): 10%

Students can talk to the teachers before or after the classes directly, and/or make appointments with the teachers by email.

1. Course Registration:
Remedial classes (再履修クラス)only accept the students who have failed the same course previously. If a student has not yet taken the Technical English course before, he/she is not a "true" repeater for Technical English courses regardless of the reasons. Any students who have not yet taken this course, including returning students from school leaves (過年次生)and transfer students(編入生) , will be assinged to a regular class offered in Period 1 to Period 4 on Thursdays or Fridays.

All repeating students, returning students from leaves, and transfer students who have problems with placement assignment should fill up a form provided in the following webpage, TES Info-Site (技術英語部会総合案内サイト), and submit it online. The results of class placement will be sent to the relevant students via UEC email.

技術英語部会総合案内サイト(TES Info-Site):
https://sites.google.com/gl.cc.uec.ac.jp/technical-english/

履修登録について:
再履修クラスは、以前に同科目で不合格だった学生のみ受講できます。本科目をまだ受講していない学生は、理由の如何に関わらず、再履修生とは認められません。過年次生や編入生を含む、再履修生とは看做されないすべての学生は、木曜日または金曜日の1限から4限に開講される所属プログラムのクラスに割り当てられます(上級技術英語授業に参加する学生を除く)。

再履修生、過年次生、および時間割上の問題がある編入生は、下記技術英語部会総合案内サイト (TES Info-Site)からフォームに記入して申請する必要があります。クラス分けの結果は、フォーム申請後にフォーム上またはUECメールで連絡されます。

技術英語部会総合案内サイト(TES Info-Site):
https://sites.google.com/gl.cc.uec.ac.jp/technical-english/

2. Your participation in class is one of the most important elements of your overall achievement in this course. You must try to use English in class and participate actively in class activities required by the teachers. Inappropriate use of Japanese in class will be considered unacceptable behaviors and could lead to lower final grades. In addition, you are expected to make contributions to group activities and collaborate with your peers for research, presentations or any other collaborative tasks.

1. There will be one or more English competency exam(s) which students must take during the semester.
2. There may be class observation conducted by the department teachers or other English teachers.