This document provides an orientation for a blended English course at Osaka University. It outlines the course description, objectives, requirements, teaching materials, schedule and grading policy. The course aims to improve students' practical English skills, especially speaking, to levels B2-C1 depending on ability. It will be offered at three levels and include online and face-to-face components. Students will develop skills in reading, speaking, writing, listening and vocabulary through weekly assignments, quizzes and a final presentation. The overall goal is for students to advance their English proficiency and gain confidence using the language.
5. Course
Description
&
Objectives
While having fun in this blended course (mainly online
with five face-to-face sessions), you will develop your
practical and global English language skills especially
speaking in an integrated way so that you can advance
to higher levels of conversational and general academic
English (up to CEFR B2 and C1 depending on your
current level of proficiency), as well as gain skill and
confidence when speaking. This course will be offered at
three levels (Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3) to
accommodate for different proficiency levels.
6. By the end of the course, you will be able to:
Identify main ideas and details of news articles of 100
to 300 words
Write short essays (about 200 words for Level 1 and
400-500 words for Level 2 and Level 3)
Identify main ideas and details of
conversations/presentations on familiar topics
Give short speeches and presentations on familiar
topics through prior preparation
Distinguish Katakana English from real English
pronunciation
Identify, define, and use related vocabulary
Recognize and use related
grammatical structures
Expand your perspectives and
become a global citizen
7. Requirements
Take the course placement test and the
computer literacy survey
Cover the required online materials for each
week
Do weekly assignments and submit them by
the deadline through CLE (unlimited
attempts)
Revise your written assignments based on the
feedback you receive and resubmit them
Take your online quizzes
Make videos and upload them on CLE for
speaking tasks
Fill out feedback questionnaires
10. photos at
the start of
every week
Reading:
Outline (topic
sentences,
main ideas)
Speaking:
Outline
Listening:
Taking notes,
main ideas,
keywords
Writing:
Outline
Tech
Tools
15. Requests
Please do not be absent from face-to-face
classes more than two times.
Please participate fully in face-to-face
class activities.
Please do not be late in submitting
assignments.
Please do your best in completing
speaking/writing tasks.
16.
17. Teaching
MaterialsAll the teaching materials are available for free on CLE.
The main references are as follows:
Breaking News English
ELLLO
engVid
British Council: Learn English
Perfect English Grammar
キックスタート英語勉強 English Kickstart:
English Pronunciation for Japanese Learners
by James Rogers
TED Talks
RealLife English
Fluent in 3 Months
FluentU
18. Grading
Weekly assignments 35% (please
check the rubrics)
Quizzes 15%
Poster presentation 15%
Course feedback questionnaires 5%
Final exam (which includes items on
reading, vocabulary, grammar, writing,
listening, and speaking) 30%
