Writing & CompositionⅠa B組

Writing & CompositionⅠa

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L3FLENG105

Philip L. Mccasland

Philip L. McCasland

2026年度前期

2026年度

①First semester

月曜3限

月曜3限

工学部　工業化学科

Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering

1.0単位

講義

Lecture

英語　English

① [対面]対面授業/ [On-site] On-site class

The main goals of this class are to improve English academic writing skills for real communication purposes. Students will study natural English and learn to use written English as a communication tool. Participation is vital. A large part of the student's grade will be based on his or her in-class participation. Vocabulary study will also be an important part of the course and students will need to take careful notes in class. This subject focuses on developing the communicative abilities of students in keeping with the imperatives of globalization, (cross-cultural, cross-linguistic, understanding of ethnic and other international issues), based on the principles of the Liberal Arts program at the Tokyo University of Science.

By the end of this class, students will be able to write a paragraph giving there opinion or describing a process. They will brainstorm for ideas and demonstrate how to logically order the supporting sentences and how to conclude. Students will also be able to differentiate between fact and opinion statements, while also providing evidence for their own stated arguments.

By the end of this semester students will be able to write a comprehensive paragraph of at least 150 words with clear topic sentence and concluding sentence about an academic topic. Students will also be able to answer a IELTS question exam with clear organization, option and logical ordering with length of at least 200 words.

リンク先の [評価項目と科目の対応一覧]から確認できます（学部対象）。
履修登録の際に参照ください。
​You can check this from “Correspondence table between grading items and subjects” by following the link(for departments).
https://www.tus.ac.jp/fd/ict_tusrubric/​​​

Students will need a pencil and notebook. A dictionary would also be useful. Students will need to take notes during the class and having materials to do this are necessary. Remember to check LETUS often.

課題に対する作文　Essay／小テストの実施　Quiz type test／ディベート・ディスカッション　Debate/Discussion／グループワーク　Group work／プレゼンテーション　Presentation

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Students will be required to regularly do homework to prepare for this class. Most of the assignments will be in preparation for final writing assignments or regular fluency journals. 

Grades will be calculated as follows:
30% Fluency Writing
30% Essay Writing 
20% Final Exam Writing
20% Homework, etc. 

・S：到達目標を十分に達成し、極めて優秀な成果を収めている
・A：到達目標を十分に達成している
・B：到達目標を達成している
・C：到達目標を最低限達成している
・D：到達目標を達成していない
・-：学修成果の評価を判断する要件を欠格している

・S：Achieved outcomes, excellent result
・A：Achieved outcomes, good result
・B：Achieved outcomes
・C：Minimally achieved outcomes
・D：Did not achieve outcomes
・-：Failed to meet even the minimal requirements for evaluation

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Read to Write: Compositions. Second Edition. I. Munby & D. Zemach. 2016.

教科書および一部の参考書は、MyKiTS (教科書販売サイト) から検索・購入可能です。
​https://gomykits.kinokuniya.co.jp/tokyorika/​​​

It is possible to search for and purchase textbooks and certain reference materials at MyKiTS (online textbook store).
​​https://gomykits.kinokuniya.co.jp/tokyorika/

Additional handouts will be provided by the teacher on occasion. These should be organized in a class file or in a notebook for future reference.

Class 1: Class overview. Writing Diagnostic
Class 2: Fluency Writing—Expectations for weekly writing activities
Class 3: Example Composition
Class 4: Advantages & Disadvantages
Class 5: Hooks
Class 6: Love-Hate Relationships
Class 7: Topic Sentences
Class 8: Concluding Sentences 
Class 9: Compare & Contrast 
Class 10: Transitions
Class 11: Formal Language
Class 12: Sentence Variety
Class 13: Commas
Class 14: Final paper due.
Class 15: Final exam

Your instructor is a native speaker of English; has taught English language communication classes in Japan at both private and public universities for the past 23 years; has been a section editor of a professional journal; has published numerous articles in language learning and business communications journals (English and Japanese), as well as co-authored several book chapters; is a professor at a public university.

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Writing good English can take years to develop. The road to success is practice. This is the purpose of the class. Practice is vital and in this class you need to write English in every class.

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