1. Nanzan
University
Faculty
of
Information
Sciences
and
Engineering
English
Communication
I
[SE]
2012
Spring
Semester
Orientation
Handbook
Name
(in
romaji):
_____________________________________
Student
No.：2012SE__________
Grading
Grammar
(20%)
Small
Tests
４
times,１time
=
5%
①
April
13（Fri）
②
April
27（Fri）
③
May
18（Fri）
④
June
22（Fri）
Writing
(30%)
Handwriting
Test
April
12
(Thu)
5%
Layout
Test
April
26
(Thu)
5%
Mid-­‐term
Test
May
31
(Thu)
10%
Write
two
100-­‐word
paragraphs
about
yourself
(from
topics
1,
2
and
3)
[Advanced:
150
words]
Term-­‐end
Test
Term-­‐end
test
period
10%
Write
two
100-­‐word
paragraphs
about
a
given
persons
(from
topics
1,
2,
3,
4,
and
10)
[Adv:
150
w]
Speaking
(30%)
Pronunciation
Test
①
May
25
(Fri)
5%
Mid-­‐term
Test
either
June
7
(Thu)
or
8
(Fri)
10%
One-­‐on
–one
interview
of
2.5
mins
with
a
teacher
other
than
their
own
[Adv:
3.5
mins]
June
7:
Robert
and
Damien’s
classes;
June
8:
Douglas
and
Hajime/Sharif’s
classes
Pronunciation
Test
②
either
July
19
(Thu)
or
20
(Fri)
5%
Term-­‐end
Test
either
July
19
(Thu)
or
20
(Fri）
10%
Two
students
together
conversing
for
3
mins
before
a
teacher
other
than
their
own
[Adv:
4.5
mins]
July
19:
Robert
and
Damien’s
classes;
July
20:
Douglas
and
Hajime/Sharif’s
classes
Individual
Teacher
Assessment
(20%)
（each
teacher
will
explain
this
in
class）
Class
Rules
①
4
absences
are
acceptable,
5
absences
is
a
fail
・Participation
in
the
‘Jo-­‐Nan
Sen’
is
permitted
with
an
official
note
・If
you
are
absent
because
you
are
sick,
bring
a
note
from
your
doctor
or
a
receipt
②
You
can
join
the
class
if
you
are
up
to
15
minutes
late
for
class.
Three
lates
equals
one
absence.
③
Using
a
mobile
phone
is
banned
–
using
one
counts
as
an
absence
④
Other
non-­‐class
related
activities
are
also
banned
(studying
for
the
word
test,
playing
games,
putting
on
makeup,
and
so
on)
–
that
behaviour
one
counts
as
an
absence
⑤
Sleep
counts
as
an
absence
⑥
Cheating
on
tests
is
strictly
forbidden
This
class
is
a
JABEE
class（articles：F-­‐１,２,３,４）
1

2. Handwriting
Test
Criteria
(test
date:
Thursday,
April
12,
2012)
____
①
Do
not
write
cursive
letters,
e.g. like this.
____
②
All
letters
must
touch
the
lower
line.
They
must
not
float
above
the
line.
____
③
The
‘middle
line’,
between
the
top
and
bottom
line,
is
actually
around
55%
above
the
bottom
line.
____
④
All
of
the
small
letters
must
touch
the
bottom
and
middle
lines.
____
⑤
All
of
the
tall
letters,
except
‘t’,
must
touch
the
top
line.
‘t’
stops
between
the
middle
and
top
lines.
____
⑥
‘t’
is
crossed
on
the
middle
line.
____
⑦
Letters
with
tails,
q,
y,
p
etc
touch
two
middle
lines.
____
⑧
Do
not
split
words
between
lines.
____
⑨
You
must
have
even
spacing
between
words.
____
⑩
Your
handwriting
must
be
neat
and
easy
to
read,
always.
Layout
Test
Criteria
(test
date:
Thursday,
April
26,
2012)
____
①
Write
your
name
in
Roman
letters
in
the
top
right-­‐hand
corner.
Under
that,
write
your
student
number.
____
②
The
title
of
your
report
should
be
in
the
center
of
the
page.
The
first
letter
of
each
word
in
the
title
should
be
capitalized.
Small
words
like
a,
the,
and
as
are
not
capitalized
unless
they
are
the
first
or
last
words
of
the
title.
____
③
Skip
one
line
under
the
title
before
you
start
writing.
____
④
The
first
line
(only)
of
a
new
paragraph
should
be
indented
about
one
centimeter.
____
⑤
Write
so
that
the
bottoms
of
your
letters
touch
the
lines
of
the
paper.
Do
not
let
your
writing
float
above
or
sink
below
the
lines.
____
⑥
Double
space
your
writing,
so
skip
one
line
after
every
line
your
write.
____
⑦
Do
not
start
a
new
line
after
a
period.
Keep
writing
until
you
reach
the
end
of
the
line,
and
then
continue
on
the
next
line.
____
⑧
Leave
a
margin
of
about
two
centimeters
at
the
left
of
the
pager.
Use
your
eyes
to
judge
this:
do
not
draw
a
line
down
the
page.
____
⑨
The
margin
on
the
right
of
the
page
should
be
about
the
same
as
the
margin
on
the
left,
but
it
is
okay
for
each
line
to
be
slightly
different.
____
⑩
Write
the
number
of
words
at
the
bottom
of
the
page.
2

3. Writing
Feedback
–
Symbols
_______
grammar
problem
–
the
word
is
correct,
but
the
tense
or
conjugation
is
not
g
_______
spelling
problem
s
_______
word
or
vocabulary
problem
–
choose
a
better
word
w
_______
word
order
–
put
this
word
in
another
place
in
this
sentence
o
∧
insert
one
word
∧∧
insert
two
words
_______
capitalization
problem
–
change
lower-­‐case
letters
to
capital
letters,
or
capital
letters
to
lower-­‐case
letters
c
_______
punctuation
problem
–
add
or
remove
a
comma
or
a
period,
or
inverted
commas
p
_______
put
these
two
sentences
together
to
make
one
longer
sentence
+
[
]
this
section
is
unclear
–
please
rewrite
it
Pronunciation
Test
①(test
date:
Friday,
May
25,
2012)
One
day
five
young
women
thought
they
would
go
for10
a
walk
along
a
riverbank.
One
of
the
women,
Laura20,
said
that
they
should
stop
for
a
while
to
rest30.
On
the
river,
beside
where
they
were
resting,
there
was40
a
little
rowing
boat.
“Let’s
row
the
boat
for
a50
few
minutes
on
the
river,”
said
Florence.
Then
the
five60
women
climbed
into
the
rowing
boat
and
started
to
row70
out
onto
the
river,
but
there
was
a
very
loud80
roar
from
the
riverbank.
“Hey!
That’s
my
boat,”
shouted
a90
very
angry
old
man.
He
was
furious.
The
women
quickly100
rowed
the
boat
back
to
the
riverbank
and
got
out110.
“We’re
very
sorry,”
they
said.
They
were
really
flustered,
so120
they
ran
back
along
the
riverbank.
Below
are
the
test
criteria.
For
the
actual
test,
you
will
read
the
above
passage
from
a
piece
of
paper.
Please
pronounce
clearly,
so
please
practice
before
the
test.
Also,
please
look
over
the
test
criteria
now
so
you
understand
how
we
will
be
grading
your
pronunciation.
Katakana
Grade Fluency TH R&L F&V W
English
Reads
without
Has
mastered
the
Has
mastered
the
Has
mastered
the
Has
mastered
the
5
100-120 wpm katana
pron.
phonemes
phonemes
phonemes
phoneme
Shows
little
Forms
the
Forms
the
Forms
the
Forms
the
4
80-100 wpm katakana
pron
phonemes
with
a
phonemes
with
a
phonemes
with
a
phonemes
with
a
and
little
difficulty,
little
difficulty,
little
difficulty,
but
little
difficulty,
but
pronounces
but
is
basically
but
is
basically
is
basically
good.
is
basically
good.
most
words
good.
good.
correctly.
Has
some
Makes
an
effort
Makes
an
effort
Makes
an
effort
to
Makes
an
effort
to
3
60-80 wpm katakana
pron,
to
pronounce
the
to
pronounce
the
pronounce
the
pronounce
the
but
phonemes,
but
is
phonemes,
but
is
phonemes,
but
is
phoneme,
but
is
pronounces
bad.
bad.
bad.
bad.
many
words
correctly.
Has
strong
Fails
to
make
an
Fails
to
make
an
Fails
to
make
an
Fails
to
make
an
0
0-60 wpm katakana
pron.
effort
to
effort
to
effort
to
pronounce
effort
to
pronounce
pronounce
the
pronounce
the
the
phonemes
the
phoneme
phonemes
phonemes
3

4. Mid-Term Writing Test (May 31, 2012)
Score: _____/ 10
Student
Number
:
2012SE_______________
Name
:
______________________________
Teacher
:
______________
Number
of
Sentence
Structure
Organization
Handwriting
Layout
Errors
0
-­‐1
error(s)
Five
or
more
compound
All
sentences
Completely
Completely
=
6
and
complex
sentences,
(except
perhaps
correct
correct
layout
Excellent
in
appropriately
mixed
one)
are
ordered
handwriting
=
0.5
2
–
4
errors
order
logically
=
0.5
=
5
=
2
=
1
5
–
7
errors
Three
or
four
compound
Two
or
three
Up
to
three
One
instance
of
=
4
and
sentences
are
not
instances
of
incorrect
Satisfactory
complex
sentences,
in
logical
order
incorrect
layout
8
-­‐
10
errors
in
mixed
order
=
0.5
handwriting
=
0.25
=
3
=
1.5
=
0.25
11
-­‐
13
errors
One
or
two
compound
or
Four
or
more
Four
or
more
Two
or
more
=
1
complex
sentences
sentences
are
not
instances
of
instances
of
Below
=
1
in
logical
order
incorrect
incorrect
Standard
14
+
errors
All
simple
sentences
=
0
handwriting
layout
=
0
=
0
=
0
=
0
Comments:
Term-End Writing Test (Term-End Test Period, July 2012)
Score: _____/ 10
Student
Number
:
2012SE_______________
Name
:
______________________________
Teacher
:
______________
Number
of
Sentence
Structure
Accuracy
Handwriting
Layout
Errors
0
-­‐1
error(s)
Five
or
more
compound
All
sentences
are
Completely
Completely
=
6
and
complex
sentences,
correctly
correct
correct
layout
Excellent
in
appropriately
mixed
translated
handwriting
=
0.5
2
–
4
errors
order
=
1
=
0.5
=
5
=
2
5
–
7
errors
Three
or
four
compound
One
sentence
is
Up
to
three
One
instance
of
=
4
and
not
instances
of
incorrect
Satisfactory
complex
sentences,
correctly
incorrect
layout
8
-­‐
10
errors
in
mixed
order
translated
handwriting
=
0.25
=
3
=
1.5
=
0.5
=
0.25
11
-­‐
13
errors
One
or
two
compound
or
Two
or
more
Four
or
more
Two
or
more
=
1
complex
sentences
sentences
are
not
instances
of
instances
of
Below
=
1
correctly
written
incorrect
incorrect
Standard
14
+
errors
All
simple
sentences
=
0
handwriting
layout
=
0
=
0
=
0
=
0
Comments:
4

5. Mid-Term Speaking Test (June 6 or 7, 2012)
Score: _____/ 10
Student
Number
:
2012SE_______________
Name
:
______________________________
Teacher
:
______________
Exam
No.
:
____________
Notes:
Please
write
your
name
in
Roman
letters.
Your
Exam
No.
should
include
your
room
number
and
your
order
number
(e.g. Ｃ309-12)
GRADE
Listening
Answering
Accuracy
Pronunciation
A+
Accurately
understands
all
Every
answer
is
very
clear,
Very
accurate
in
use
of
Accurately
pronounces
all
questions.
with
much,
appropriate
both
vocabulary
and
the
phonemes.
Very
9.5
‘+alpha’.
grammar.
natural
intonation.
A
Accurately
understands
Almost
all
answers
are
Makes
a
few
vocabulary
or
Accurately
pronounces
almost
all
questions;
clear
with
much
‘+alpha’.
grammar
mistakes.
most
of
the
phonemes.
8.5
promptly
says
‘Sorry?’
Natural
intonation.
when
doesn’t.
B
Understands
most
Most
answers
are
clear
/
Makes
some
vocabulary
or
Accurately
pronounces
questions;
often
says
some
‘+alpha’.
grammar
mistakes,
but
many
phonemes.
Mostly
7.5
‘Sorry?’
when
doesn’t.
still
easy
to
understand.
natural
intonation.
C
Understands
many
Many
answers
are
unclear
Makes
many
vocabulary
or
Has
some
difficulty
with
questions;
does
not
always
/
not
much
‘+alpha’.
grammar
mistakes
that
many
phonemes.
Katakana
6.5
says
‘Sorry?’
when
doesn’t.
sometimes
hinder
pron.
Some
monotone
comprehension.
intonation.
F
Doesn’t
understand
many
Cannot
answer
many
Makes
so
many
vocabulary
Wrongly
pronounces
questions;
often
does
not
questions.
or
grammar
mistakes
that
many
phonemes.
Strong
0
say
‘Sorry?’
either.
it’s
almost
impossible
to
katakana
pron.
Unnatural
understand.
intonation.
Comments:
Term-End Speaking Test (July 19 or 20, 2012)
Score: _____/ 10
Student
Number
:
2012SE_______________
Name
:
______________________________
Teacher
:
______________
Exam
No.
:
____________
Notes:
Please
write
your
name
in
Roman
letters.
Your
Exam
No.
should
include
your
room
number
and
your
order
number
(e.g. Ｃ309-12)
Listening
Answering
Accuracy
Pronunciation
GRADE
A+
Accurately
understands
Every
answer
is
very
Very
accurate
in
use
of
Accurately
pronounces
all
questions.
clear,
with
much,
both
vocabulary
and
all
the
phonemes.
Very
9.5
appropriate
‘+alpha’.
grammar.
natural
intonation.
A
Accurately
understands
Almost
all
answers
are
Makes
a
few
vocabulary
Accurately
pronounces
almost
all
questions;
clear
with
much
‘+alpha’.
or
grammar
mistakes.
most
of
the
phonemes.
8.5
promptly
says
‘Sorry?’
Natural
intonation.
when
doesn’t.
B
Understands
most
Most
answers
are
clear
/
Makes
some
vocabulary
Accurately
pronounces
questions;
often
says
some
‘+alpha’.
or
grammar
mistakes,
many
phonemes.
Mostly
7.5
‘Sorry?’
when
doesn’t.
but
still
easy
to
natural
intonation.
understand.
C
Understands
many
Many
answers
are
Makes
many
vocabulary
Has
some
difficulty
with
questions;
does
not
unclear
/
not
much
or
grammar
mistakes
many
phonemes.
6.5
always
says
‘Sorry?’
‘+alpha’.
that
sometimes
hinder
Katakana
pron.
Some
when
doesn’t.
comprehension.
monotone
intonation.
F
Doesn’t
understand
Cannot
answer
many
Makes
so
many
Wrongly
pronounces
many
questions;
often
questions.
vocabulary
or
grammar
many
phonemes.
Strong
0
does
not
say
‘Sorry?’
mistakes
that
it’s
almost
katakana
pron.
Unnatural
either.
impossible
to
intonation
understand.
Comments:
5

6. English Communication I A [SE] 2012 Spring Semester
Week
Date
Writing
Grammar
Speaking
Notes
1
4/5
Handwriting
Classroom
English
1
4/6
Handwriting
Unit
1:
Self-­‐Introductions
Handwriting
Test
(5%)
2
4/12
GB
1:
Self-­‐Introductions
2
4/13
Grammar
Test
①
Unit
1:
Self-­‐Introductions
3
4/19
GB
1:
Self-­‐Introductions
3
4/20
Unit
1:
Self-­‐Introductions
Layout
Test
(5%)
4
4/26
GB
2:
Family
4
4/27
Grammar
Test
②
Unit
2:
Family
5
5/10
GB
2:
Family
5
5/11
Unit
2:
Family
6
5/17
GB
3:
Hometowns
6
5/18
Grammar
Test
③
Unit
3:
Hometowns
7
5/24
GB
3:
Hometowns
Pronunciation
Test
①
(5%)
7
5/25
Unit
3:
Hometowns
Mid-­‐Term
Writing
Test
(10%)
8
5/31
All
Ss
200
words
(Adv:
250
words)
8
6/1
Mid-­‐Term
Test
Review
JoNanSen
Mid-­‐Term
Speakng
Test
(10%)
Robert
9
6/7
GB
4:
School
Life
2.5
mins
(Adv:
3.5
mins)
Damien
Mid-­‐Term
Speakng
Test
(10%)
Douglas
9
6/8
GB
4:
School
Life
2.5
mins
Hajime
10
6/14
GB
10:
Future
Plans
10
6/15
Unit
4:
School
Life
11
6/21
GB
10:
Future
Plans
11
6/22
Grammar
Test
④
Unit
5:
Future
Plans
12
6/28
12
6/29
13
7/5
13
7/6
Teacher
Change
Day
14
7/12
14
7/13
Term-­‐end
Test
Review
Term-­‐end
Speakng
Test
(10%)
Robert
15
7/19
Term-­‐end
Test
Review
3
mins
(Adv:
4.5
mins)
Damien
Pronunciation
Test
②(5%)
Term-­‐end
Speakng
Test
(10%)
Douglas
15
7/20
Term-­‐end
Test
Review
3
mins
(Adv:
4.5
mins)
Hajime
Pronunciation
Test
②(5%)
Test
Term-­‐end
Writing
Test
(10%)
Test
All
Ss
Period
200
words
(Adv:
250
words)
6