Reading & Writing Strategies A

This course will offer students an opportunity to develop their English reading comprehension skills and basic process writing skills focusing on topics related to business, economics and information technology. It will require students to read and discuss various topics in the course textbooks. In addition, students will be required to write essays on related topics. A wide variety of reading and writing tasks will be presented to provide a stimulating learning, to develop practical skills that can be utilized in a work environment, and to build business and economics vocabulary.

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R&WS-A W03 (04/25)
  1. Announcements
    • 海外語学留学説明会 today
    • Class canceled on Friday, April 27 (business trip)
    • Practical English 7 by Really English will start on May 01.
  2. Unit 1: Finding the ideal job (Unit 01B; Unit 01C)
    • Homework review
      • Unit 1 grammar exercises on pp. 18 & 19.
    • Focus on writing
      • final writing task
        • prepare to write: listing (done)
        • write: a paragraph and its topic sentence
        • revise: adding supporting sentences
  3. Announcements/Homework
    • Before next class:
      • Write the final draft of the paragraph on your ideal job on Unit 01C.
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R&WS-A F02 (04/20)
  1. Announcements
  2. Unit 1: Finding the ideal job (Unit 01B)
    • Focus on reading (reading one)
      • Focus on reading (reading two)
        • homework review
      • Connect the readings
      • Focus on writing
        • vocabulary
        • grammar
        • final writing task
  3. Announcements/Homework
    • Before next class:
      • Unit 1 grammar exercises on pp. 18 & 19.
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R&WS-A W02 (04/18)
  1. Announcements
    • Seating chart
    • Class canceled on Friday, April 27 (business trip)
  2. Unit 1: Finding the ideal job (Unit 01A; Unit 01B)
    • Focus on reading (reading one)
      • Vocabulary
        • homework review
      • Focus on reading (reading two)
      • Connect the readings
      • Focus on writing
        • vocabulary
        • grammar
        • final writing task
  3. Announcements/Homework
    • Before next class:
      • Unit 01 Reading Two Comprehension on Unit 01B. プリントに間違いがあります。Don と Ryan が反対になっているので訂正してください。
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R&WS-A F01 (04/13)
  1. Announcements
  2. Textbook overview
  3. Unit 1: Finding the ideal job (Unit 01A)
    • Warm up
    • Focus on the topic
    • Focus on reading (reading one)
      • Vocabulary
  4. Announcements/Homework
    • Before next class:
      • Do the additional vocabulary activity on Unit 01A (裏面のB).

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R&WS-A W01 (04/11)
  1. Announcements
  2. Overview of the course (syllabus)
  3. Introducing the class web site
    • Announcements are posted here.
    • You can download handouts here.
    • Most of the handouts are password-protected.
  4. G-Plus/Gmail
  5. Instructor’s self-introduction
  6. Self-introduction (worksheet)
  7. Announcements/Homework
    • Complete your self-introduction on the worksheet.
    • Join the LINE group.
    • Have a quick look at the textbook. 目次をチェックしたり、それぞれのユニットがどのような流れになっているかを確認したりしておいてください。
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