Course Overview

Students will understand and be able to use everyday, basic expressions such as saying where they live or who they know.

Learning Achievement

Students will be able to understand and use expressions used often in daily life. They will be able to hold a simple conversation with a partner who speaks slowly and clearly.

Competence

Communication ability, Broad perspective and internatinal character

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

Participation 30%, Assignments & Homework 30%, Final presentation 40%

Course schedule

This course will cover the following topics. Corresponding textbook chapters are shown in parentheses.
Orientation; Simple greetings (L1)
Give a simple self introduction (L3)
Talk about your favorite foods (L5)
Say what kind of home you live in (L7)
Say the time you do something (L9)
Talk about your hobbies (L11)
Say how to get to a particular destination (L13)
Talk about what you want to buy (L15)
Say what you did on your days off (L17)
Final presentation, Feedback, Discussion
Course difficulty may be adjusted as necessary according to the level of students enrolled.

Course type

Class Exercises

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Yamamoto Chinami

Other information

Students should sign up for the following 4 courses together: Starter (activities) 1, Starter (explanation) 1, Starter (activities) 2, Starter (explanation) 2.

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university