＜概要/Course Content Summary＞
This is an advanced reading course, around CEFR C1, aimed at helping students improve their academic reading skills. Participants will need a high TOEIC score to cope with the texts. The course readings cover a range of contemporary topics not just in economics and business but in other disciplines. Course work includes not only reading comprehension but also vocabulary building and the development of listening and speaking skills.
＜到達目標/Goals,Aims＞
Students should develop the confidence and skills to tackle a variety of texts written in newspapers and journals. They should also find an improvement in their ability to discuss social, economic and political topics in some depth.
＜授業計画/Schedule＞
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Week）
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（内容/
Contents）
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（授業時間外の学習/
Assignments）
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（実施回/ Week）
1
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（内容/ Contents）
Introductions
Architecture and Urban planning
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
2
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（内容/ Contents）
Information technology
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
3
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（内容/ Contents）
Graphic design
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
4
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（内容/ Contents）
Marketing
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
5
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（内容/ Contents）
Criminal justice
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
6
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（内容/ Contents）
Media
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
7
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（内容/ Contents）
First report submission.
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
First report due.
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
8
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（内容/ Contents）
Experimental Science
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
9
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（内容/ Contents）
Education
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
10
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（内容/ Contents）
Global studies
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
11
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（内容/ Contents）
Medicine
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
12
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（内容/ Contents）
Human resources
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
13
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（内容/ Contents）
Sports management
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
14
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（内容/ Contents）
Business and Social media
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Supplementary reading/ vocabulary exercises (1 hr)
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（実施回/ Week）
15
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（内容/ Contents）
Second report submission.
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Second report due.
Final reading (1 hr)
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Owing to possible complications caused by Covid 19, this course will be taught entirely online. Students are strongly encouraged to join online lessons as this will offer opportunities for conversation and discussion. Instructions will be sent to the class through the DUET message board. Completed assignments can be uploaded using DUET.
Supplementary texts may be set as homework assignments.
It may be necessary to slightly alter the sequence of lessons.
＜成績評価基準/Evaluation Criteria＞
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First report
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30%
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Second report
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30%
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Several reading assignments
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40%
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Based on topics in the textbook.
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As there is no final examination, the course grade depends heavily on classwork, portfolio and discussion.
＜テキスト/Textbook＞
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Jessica Williams
, Prism Reading Level 4 New
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1st
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(Cambridge University Press, 2018)
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ISBN:9781108638487
Ensure you get the Prism Reading Level 4 textbook. This was published in 2018 and has a purple cover. An older, alternative edition is titled Prism 4 Reading and Writing. It has a different ISBN. This will be unsuitable for the Economics Reading course so please do not order it.
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Every student must have a paper textbook. E-textbooks and photocopies are not acceptable.
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