Technical English - Intermediate English for Science(再履1_Engineering)

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The objective of this course is to re-introduce students to more complex and academic concepts and skills of English language for science and engineering than the Basic Technical English course in the Spring semester. This course supports students in terms of applying the scientific knowledge and language in English as well as academic skills obtained in the Spring to more realistic learning and research tasks. Such tasks include academic writing (accuracy and fluency), academic discussions, presentations, student-generated research topics and scientific investigation of such topics in a small group and/or individually. Building knowledge of technical vocabulary, and developing abstract writing skills will also be addressed in this course. In other words, students will be trained to take initiative, plan their own academic research in English, and communicate their study and research in English with their peers and professors more freely. Through realistic and semi-realistic projects such as reading academic journal articles, proceedings and presentation files that interest students and may serve as justification for selecting certain research labs for their graduation research in the fourth year, students will be able to practice and use the knowledge and skills acquired in this course. Therefore, learning is closely associated with students' performance in understanding realistic materials, handling realistic tasks, and achieving realistic objectives in this course.

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ASE I & II; AWE I & II; AE2Y I & II; Basic Technical English

All students from M and S Departments and students of Cluster III and Cluster II (Measurement and Control Systems Program & Advanced Robotics Program) are required to have the following textbook:

"Professional English in Use: Engineering - Technical English for Professionals"
Mark Ibbotson(著)ISBN-13:978-0521734882
Please note that the stock of the textbook (hard copy) is less than needed. There is a possibility for late students to buy a digital copy. Hence,recycling used textbooks is strongly encouraged.

All students from J and I Departments and students of Cluster I and Cluster II (Information Security Engineering Program, Information and Communication Engineering Program and Electronics and Information Engineering Program) are required to have the following textbook:

"Professional English in Use: ICT - For Computers and the Internet"
Santiago Remacha Esteras and Elena Marco Fabre(著)ISBN-13: 978-0521685436

Note that the required units of the textbook will be provided on the WebClass during the
remote teaching period.

Week 1: Orientation/Impromptu speech. 100 Word List. QW.
Week 2: Impromptu speech. QW.
Week 3: Introduction to academic journal articles–-genre-based structures of experimental and theoretical research articles. Language focus: identification of syntactical patterns, and analysis of grammatical features. QW
Week 4: Introduction to and application of academic journal articles or conference proceedings. Language focus: word formation of technical terminologies, vocabulary development strategies. Reasoning and persuasion: “My Future Research Lab". QW.
Week 5: Review of critical reading skills of analysis, synthesis, interpretation, evaluation, and application. Language focus: prefixes, suffixes, roots; connotation, denotation and contextual meaning; the use of thesaurus. QW.
Week 6: Making Oral Reports (5 min) on research papers from the viewpoint of the writer; more precise and formal language expressions. Language focus: better control of pronunciation and intonation. QW.
Week 7: Abstract writing in journal papers, research theses, conference applications and presentations and posters. Students practice how to analyze and write academic abstracts. Program-wide Test on reading (PWT-R)
Week 8: Presentation files writing. Writing for academic presentations, especially posters. Comparison of outlines of academic articles and presentation document. QW.
Week 9: Presentation of research data. Types of research data: Primary and secondary data; quantitative and qualitative data. Documentation of research data (esp. figures) in writing and orally. QW.
Week 10: Introduction to Poster presentation--Group presentation on topics for Year 4 graduation research. Poster design. Q&A. QW.
Week 11: Research and poster conferencing. QW.
Week 12: "Language Lab" Language used in posters. QW.
Week 13: Poster Presentation Day 1. Q&A; Peer evaluation.
Week 14: Poster Presentation Day 2. Q&A; Peer evaluation.
Week 15: Course evaluation. QW.
(The syllabus is subject to change.)

TOEIC・TOEFL・IELTSを受けた経験仕事に英語を使用した経験が高く評価されている。

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%; TOEIC: 10%; PWT-R: 10%; Oral RA Summary: 15%; Writing Assignment: 25% (10% for QuickWrite + 15% for Abstract); Poster Presentation (20%)

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.