現代的な生物学，特に細胞以下のミクロレベルの生物学の基礎を身に付けるため、大学レベルの標準的教科書である「Essential細胞生物学」を教材に講義する。まず、DNAやタンパク質などの生物に特徴的な分子が細胞内でどのような機能を持つのか、またこれらの分子の機能がどのような構造的特徴に由来するかを講述し、さらに、これらの分子が、細胞・個体レベルの各種生命現象にどのように関係するかを概説する。本講義の内容は、さらに専門的な生物系の授業を履修するために必要な基礎となる。

生命科学の基本的事項について細胞を中心に分子から個体まで理解する。生命科学に関する議論を考察できる知識と思考を身につける。

本講義では生物学のうち、生命現象と物質（細胞と分子、生物と遺伝子、体内環境の維持、代謝など）、生物の環境応答、生殖と発生、生物の進化と系統の基礎知識を身に付けるとともに、科学的な思考力、判断力及び表現力を育成する。

第１回：細胞とは　細胞の内部構造と大きさ、光学顕微鏡像、電子顕微鏡像を解説する。「生命現象と物質」担当：船山、嶋田、山下、佐藤、今元
第２回：細胞の化学成分　細胞内構造を構成する物質の特徴について解説する。「生命現象と物質」
担当：船山、嶋田、山下、佐藤、今元
第３回：エネルギー、触媒作用、生合成　自由エネルギー、酵素の触媒作用について解説する。　「生命現象と物質」担当：船山、嶋田、山下、佐藤、今元
第４回：細胞がエネルギーを得るしくみ　ミトコンドリアによる糖からエネルギーを得る呼吸、葉緑体における光合成のしくみについて解説する。「生命現象と物質」担当：船山、嶋田、山下、佐藤、今元
第５回：タンパク質の構造と機能　タンパク質の構造、タンパク質とその機能の例について解説する。「生命現象と物質」担当：船山、嶋田、山下、佐藤、今元
第６回： DNAと染色体　遺伝情報としてのDNAの構造と特徴、染色体の構造について解説する。「生命現象と物質」担当：船山、嶋田、山下、佐藤、今元
第７回： DNAの複製　DMAの複製のしくみとそこで働くタンパク質について解説する。「生命現象と物質」担当：船山、嶋田、山下、佐藤、今元
第８回： DNAからタンパク質へ　遺伝情報がDNAから取り出され、それに従ってタンパク質が合成されるしくみについて解説する。「生命現象と物質」担当：今元、小山、寺川、秋山、嶋田
第９回： 遺伝子発現の調節　mRNA タンパク質発現をどの段階でどの様に調節するかのしくみについて解説する。「生命現象と物質、生物の進化と系統」担当：今元、小山、寺川、秋山、嶋田
第１０回： 細胞の情報伝達　細胞同士の相互作用のしくみについて解説する。「生物の環境応答」担当：今元、小山、寺川、秋山、嶋田
第１１回：細胞骨格と細胞接着　生物の体を形成する又は維持するために必要な細胞接着、それを支える細胞骨格について解説する。「生命現象と物質」担当：今元、小山、寺川、秋山、嶋田
第１２回：細胞分裂と細胞周期　生物の成長と維持に必要な細胞増殖とそのしくみについて解説する。「生命現象と物質」担当：今元、小山、寺川、秋山、嶋田
第１３回：減数分裂と染色体の組み換え　配偶子を生み出す減数分裂のしくみ、減数分裂と体細胞分裂との相違、減数分裂中におきる染色体の組み換えについて解説する。「生殖と発生」担当：今元、小山、寺川、秋山、嶋田
第１４回：植物と動物の発生　植物、動物の配偶子形成、受精、卵割、細胞分化と形態形成のしくみを解説する。「生殖と発生、生物の進化と系統」担当：今元、小山、寺川、秋山、嶋田
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第１５回：フィードバック　（質問に対応して解説）担当：全員

特になし

セメスター末に、授業内容全般に関する筆記試験を実施する。平常点などの取扱いについては、クラスごとに最初の授業で説明する。

配付資料などの復習をすすめる。

「個体と集団の基礎生物学」とともに受講することで、現代の生物学全体を概観できる。

数理統計は、偶然性の支配する様々な現象において、観測や調査によって得られたデータにもとづいて推論し予測を行う数理的方法を提供している。
この講義ではそれらの方法の基礎的な事項について解説する。

1. 母集団や標本など統計の基本的な概念を習得する。
2. カイ二乗分布、F分布、t分布など、統計に現れる分布の意味を理解する。
3. 推定や検定の手法を理解し、個別の問題にどのように適用していくか、実際
の場面での応用力を身につける。
4. 回帰分析の基本的な考え方を理解し、実際にデータ処理が行えるようにする。

以下の内容を、フィードバック回を含め（試験週を除く）全15回にて行う。

１. 標本論【3週】
　母集団と標本、無作為抽出、層別無作為抽出、母平均、母分散、
　標本平均、標本分散、不偏分散、統計的推測の考え方
２. 数理統計に現れる分布【3週】
　正規分布、カイ二乗分布、Ｆ分布、ｔ分布
３. 推定【3〜4週】
　点推定、区間推定、信頼係数、正規母集団の平均・分散の推定、
　２標本の平均差・分散比の推定など
４. 仮説検定【3〜4週】
　帰無仮説、対立仮説、有意水準、第一種の過誤と第二種の過誤、
　母数に対する仮説の検定（正規分布の平均、分散など）、適合度検定、
　分散分析の考え方
５. 回帰分析 （時間の都合により省略することがある。）【1〜2週】

「確率論基礎」ならびに「微分積分学（講義・演義）Ａ,Ｂ」および「線形代数学（講義・演義）Ａ,Ｂ」，または「微分積分学Ａ,Ｂ」および「線形代数学Ａ,Ｂ」の内容を既知とする。

主として定期試験による（詳しくは担当教員毎に授業中に指示する）。

予習、復習とともに、演習問題を積極的に解いてみることが必要である。

アカデミックリーディング

疑似科学（pseudoscience）についての英語文献を精読・通読する。本書は疑似科学の歴史、種類、定義の問題、受容・論争など幅広く論じており、我々の身近にも起こりうる問題としてそれらについて理解・関心を深めていく。英語リーディングとしての目的は、科学に関する一般読者向けの文章を正確かつスピーディに読み、かつ把握した内容を英語でまとめて発表したり、主体的に他の英語資料をリサーチするなど、総合的な英語運用能力の向上を図ることにある。

1）科学に関する一般読者向けの文章を正確かつスピーディに読み、その内容を口頭で説明することができる。
2）読解を通じて様々な英語表現を習得し、それらを使いながらテキストの内容をまとめ直したり自分の考えを表現することができる。
3）関心をもったトピックについて自分でさらに他の英語文献をリサーチし、それをわかりやすく他の受講者に伝えることができる。

第1回　イントロダクション
第2回　Chapter1 (1)
第3回　Chapter1 (2)
第4回　Chapter2 (1)
第5回　Chapter2 (2)
第6回　Chapter3 (1)
第7回　Chapter3 (2)
第8回　Chapter4 (1)
第9回　Chapter4 (2)
第10回　Chapter5 (1)
第11回　Chapter5 (2)
第12回　Chapter6 (1)
第13回　Chapter6 (2)
第14回　Chapter7　
第15回　期末試験
第16回　フィードバック

「全学共通科目履修の手引き」を参照してください。

平常点（提出課題、発表、小テスト、授業での発言）：50％
期末試験（筆記）：50％

5回以上欠席した場合は成績評価の対象としない。

毎回の予習は必須。

アカデミックリーディング

本授業の目標は、高校までの詰め込み英語学習から一旦離れ、英語で書かれた学術記事を通じて、科学の楽しさを体感し、学術英語技能と科学のセンスを研ぎ澄ますことです。授業では講師と学生との双方向コミュニケーションを重視しています。指定教科書の他に、毎回小さな議題を設定するので、自分なりの意見や主張を考え、それを他者にうまく伝える工夫をしましょう。相手の意見にも耳を傾けましょう。そうすることで、色んな興味関心や背景を持つ学生と議論することで知の相乗効果を図ります。

この授業では、(1)英語で書かれた学術記事の講読を通じて、学術英語に慣れ、それを使いこなす技術を習得すること、(2)日常生活の小さな疑問や出来事を、異なる価値観や様々な学術領域から考察する能力を培うこと、（3）日本語と英語の両方で自分の伝えたいことを他者にわかりやすく伝える能力（プレゼンテーション能力）を養うことの３点を主な目標とします。授業を通じて、学術の器と人間の器の両面を広くするために切磋琢磨していきます。

授業では教科書として、Steven Strogatz (著)のSync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Orderを読んで皆で議論していきます。

高度な内容ですが、とても読みやすい英語で書かれています。ウォーミングアップとして関連する英語の動画や音声を授業の冒頭の５分から10分くらいに視聴します。黙々と読んで訳す授業ではなく４技能を駆使したアクティブな授業です。

必要に応じて適宜、日本語や英語の補助資料を配布します。

(1) Introduction 授業オリエンテーション、大学で学ぶ英語とは、この授業で使う教科書について
(2) Chapter 1 Fireflies and the Inevitability of Sync「同期現象とは？」、学術英語記事の特徴、序論や導入部で使われる学術英語
(3) Chapter 1続き「身近な同期現象」、学術英語でよく使う接続詞
(4) Chapter 2 Brain Waves and the Conditions for Sync「時間の矢」、「概日リズム」、「周期」、プレゼンテーションをはじめるときに使う英語表現、話題を始めるときにより魅力的に視聴者を惹きつけるための英語作法
(5) Chapter 3 Sleep and the Daily Struggle for Sync「睡眠を科学する」、自分の意見を伝えるときの英語表現
(6) Chapter 3の続き、プレゼンテーションで他人に意見を伺うときの英語表現
(7) Chapter 4 The Sympathetic Universe
(8) Chapter 5 Quantum Choruses、英語で主観的意見と客観的見解を区別して伝える
(9) Chapter 6 Bridges「身近な数理科学」、「日常生活の中にある科学と芸術」、自分の伝えたいことを英語で表現する
(10) Chapter 7 Synchronized Chaos,「混沌と秩序」これまで出てきた自然科学の英語の復習、同じ議題について書かれた異なる学術記事を読み比べる
(11) Chapter 7続き、日英で５分間プレゼンテーション、議論
(12) Chapter 8 Sync in Three Dimensions、日英で５分間プレゼンテーション、議論
(13) Chapter 9 Small-World Networks
(14) Chapter 10 The Human Side of Sync
(15) フィードバック

このクラスでは試験期間に期末試験を実施します。

「全学共通科目履修の手引き」を参照してください。

5回以上欠席した場合は成績評価の対象としない。

平常点（授業への参加度、課題、クイズ、プレゼンテーションを含む）　60％
期末試験　40％

授業中の自由で積極的な発言と、自ら主体的に調べて学ぶ姿勢を評価します。学術英語技術を習得する授業なので、必要に応じて、より適切な英語の発音やアクセント、イントネーション、表現に授業内では誘導していきますが、成績評価では、英語の発音の正確さや流暢な英語力だけではなく、むしろ予習、復習そして積極性や主体性を重視します。

授業の予習として、わからない英単語や用語は事前に調べておいてください。授業では双方向コミュニケーションを重視していますので、積極的に発言しましょう。
●予習や復習は原則ですが、予習ができなかった週でも、技能の授業は出席して得るものがあります。前週前夜体調不良等で予習ができなかった日は、授業時間に集中して積極参加し、知的な刺激を得て帰るようにしましょう。
●「英語が苦手」「英語の発音は得意ではない」「英語はあまり喋れない」「リスニングは苦手」と思っていても、問題ありません。学術英語は訓練すれば誰でも身につけることのできる技術です。

オフィス・アワー、教員と学生との連絡方法は、授業内とLMSで通知します。

アカデミックリーディング

私は，大学英語教育の目的とは，母語を介在させずに瞬時に英語を理解（聞く・読む）して表出（話す・書く）することができる高速な外国語処理能力の定着と，自由に運用することができる（母語に近い）語彙・表現形式の獲得であると考えています。

この授業では，科学者を目指す学生にとって必要な教養を，英語学習と併行しながら身につけていきます。表出すること（話す・書く）を射程に入れつつ，科学分野の学術書・英語論文の構成や特有な表現方法，思考法と提示法などを実践的に学習しながら体得していくことを目標とします。

・「一般学術目的の英語」としての位置づけ
この授業では，最新の言語習得理論研究の成果を取り入れながら，文脈や場面，状況の中での語彙・表現形式の定着を中心に据えた学習方法をとることにより，学術分野においてより的確で使用域の広い英語能力獲得に向けた学習を行います。

・教材の性質や主題
母語話者による自叙伝・物語文の具体例として，James Watsonの著作を活用します。理学部推奨のこの書籍は，比較的平易な一人称文で回顧する文体であるため，内容理解技術（主題，見解と解釈，事実と叙述など）に重点を置いて学習します。また英語論文を適宜配信します。

・履修者が教室で行う作業
学術書や学術論文特有の論理展開と表現獲得に向けた学習。内容理解及び批判的思考の鍛錬。

第１回　諸連絡、授業概要説明、他
第２回〜第１４回　教材を１章ずつ読み進める。英問英答などの活動や課題を行う。
第１５回　英語論述試験
第１６回フィードバック

・宿題の性質と量
予習と復習。学術表現形式リスト（配信資料）の定着。教材の熟読。

「全学共通科目履修の手引き」を参照してください。

　1回生対象英語科目の共通留意点として，5回以上欠席した場合は成績評価の対象としないとされています。
　授業中及び学期末に実施する英文論述の成績を合計し，本学の評価基準で判定します。評価は，学術表現形式の定着度と，論証能力（説得性・論理性・明解性）に基づきます。これらの割合について等の詳細は授業中に受講者に説明します。試験を受けられなかった場合は，必ず代替課題を提出してください。代替課題の提出がない場合は，欠席分の点数は零点として計算して評定を出します。
　学期末定期試験（筆記）50 %　レポート試験　0 %　平常点評価（中間試験）　50 %

　授業時に指示します。授業の詳細や自宅学習への助言，その他の資料や情報などは，KULASIS授業サポート授業資料ページに掲載しますのて参照してください。
　毎週使用する配信資料は、授業予定日の一週間前からクラシス授業資料ページに掲載され、授業日午後には削除して次週分に更新されていきます。著作権保護の観点から、厳格な掲載期限が設定されており、文書の編集や印刷等に対する保護もかけられていることをご承知おきください。掲載期限は一週間のみですので、毎週ダウンロードをお忘れなく。
　昨年度よりCALL教室が廃止されましたので、自分の電子機器に配信教材をダウンロードして持参の上、授業活動に臨むことになります。小さな画面の電子機器は、眼科学的な諸問題があるため、推奨しません。

　私の学生時代を含めて，英米の大学・大学院では，一週間に合計百冊百本の文献を読んだ上で，口頭発表やレポート作成を毎週行うことは当然の日常です。訳読式では全く対応ができません。国際的な舞台で，こうして教育を受けた人々と対等に論議しながら活躍していくためには，翻訳に代わる英文理解・表出技術が必要となってきます。従って，負荷が高い訳読法を基盤とした母語に絶えず依存する英語理解・表出の習慣から早期に脱却することを最重要課題として位置づけます。
　私は数少ない言語習得論の専門家で，国内外の様々な研究教育機関の方々と日々協働しています。長年にわたって国内外の理学・工学・生理学系の研究者・技術者たちとも，産官学共同研究や認知科学プロジェクトを重ね，学者として英語論文や英語書籍を毎年発表していますので，研究者としての基本的なアプローチを具体的に示していきます。皆さんには，自らの英語学習経験を客観的に内省し，次世代を担う知識人として，ぜひ建設的な見識を身につける機会として欲しいと思います。

アカデミックリーディング

大学生活と学術英語に慣れはじめた後期の授業では、科学記事やニュースを日英両方で日常的にたしなむ習慣を身につけます。多くの情報資料を英語で読み解き、議論するために必要な実践的な学術英語の習得と訓練を行います。The coming of age of quantum biology: Life on the Edge（「量子力学で生命の謎を解く』を切り口に、研究者がどのように日常生活から研究テーマを見つけ、多分野で多国籍の人と議論し試行錯誤しながら楽しく研究を深化させていくのか観察することを目的とします。

この授業では、(1)英語で書かれた学術記事の講読を通じて、学術英語を使いこなす技術を習得すること、(2)日常生活の小さな疑問や出来事を、異なる価値観や様々な学術領域から考察する能力を培うこと、（3）日本語と英語の両方で自分の伝えたいことを他者にわかりやすく伝える能力（プレゼンテーション能力）を養うことの３点を主な目標とします。授業を通じて、学術の器と人間の器の両面を広くするために切磋琢磨していきます。

授業では教科書として、The coming of age of quantum biology: Life on the Edge（「量子力学で生命の謎を解く』を読んで皆で議論していきます。

黙々と読んで訳す授業ではなく４技能を駆使したアクティブな授業です。短い英文テキストのシャドーイング とディクテーションで普段使っていない脳を動かしたり、関連する英語の映像資料などを適宜視聴します。


(1) Introduction 授業オリエンテーション、大学で学ぶ英語とは、この授業で使う教科書について、自己紹介、書籍の紹介
(2) Introduction　量子生物学という領域、学術書籍の序論やはしがき、著者の研究への熱意や科学者のあり方
(3) Chapter 2 What is life?　生命とは何か
(4) Chapter 3 The engines of life　生命のエンジン
(5) Chapter 4 The quantum beat 量子のうなり
(6) Chapter 5 Finding Nemo’s home ニモの家を探せ
(7) Chapter 6 The butterfly, the fruit fly and the quantum robin チョウ、ショウジョウバエ、量子のコマドリ
(8) Chapter 7 Quantum genes　量子の遺伝子
(9) Chapter 8 Mind 心
(10) Chapter ９ How life began 生命の起源
(11) Chapter 10 Quantum biology: life on the edge of a storm　量子生物学ー嵐の縁の生命、受講生の英語での口頭発表と質疑応答
(12) Epilogue: quantum life　量子革命、受講生の英語での口頭発表と質疑応答
(13) 受講生の英語での口頭発表と質疑応答
(14)受講生の英語での口頭発表と質疑応答
(15) フィードバック

「全学共通科目履修の手引き」を参照してください。

5回以上欠席した場合は成績評価の対象としない。

授業中の自由で積極的な発言と、自ら主体的に調べて学ぶ姿勢を評価します。学術英語技術を習得する授業なので、必要に応じて、より適切な英語の発音やアクセント、イントネーション、表現に授業内では誘導していきますが、成績評価では、英語の発音の正確さや流暢な英語力だけではなく、むしろ予習、復習そして積極性や主体性を重視します。
＊月に１〜２回内容チェックテスト（単語テスト、専門用語の英語での定義、英語の聞き取り（ディクテーション）テスト）
＊授業中に３〜５分間の英語でのプレゼンテーション　教科書の内容の要約もしくは参考文献に挙げている書籍から好きなトピックを選んでプレゼンテーション

授業の予習として、細かく英語の単語を調べて、逐語訳をするのではなく、章単位でまとめて読み、必要な箇所は辞書で調べ、各章で何を主張しているか、要点をまとめて内容を理解してきてください。どんな分野、どんな視点でも良いので、自分で好きな参考資料を探して目を通してきてください。（思いつかない場合は参考図書から選びその一部を読んでくるだけでもOK）授業では双方向コミュニケーションを重視していますので、積極的に発言しましょう。
●予習は原則ですが、予習ができなかった週でも、技能の授業は出席して得るものがあります。前週前夜体調不良等で予習ができなかった日は、授業時間に集中して積極参加し、知的な刺激を得て帰るようにしましょう。
●「英語が苦手」「英語の発音は得意ではない」「英語はあまり喋れない」「リスニングは苦手」と思っていても、問題ありません。学術英語は訓練すれば誰でも身につけることのできる技術です。

大学生活、英語学習、第２言語習得や留学、その他個別に配慮してほしい点など相談したい案件があれば、毎回配布する出席コメントシートに記入してください。

Academic writing & listening

For the continued development of students' skills in English for General Academic Purposes (EGAP), English Writing-Listening B (EWLB) consists of three components: writing, listening, and vocabulary. EWLB aims to advance the skills in EGAP that students learned in EWLA.

For practice with writing, students analyze and evaluate basic elements of academic writing they learned in EWLA; they further identify, recognize, or understand more advanced elements; finally, they recall and apply all acquired knowledge in the process of producing an academic report of at least 1,000 words. By writing substantial academic reports more autonomously, students will acquire advanced academic writing skills as stated in the Course Goal section below.

For practice with listening, students take the online course known as GORILLA (Global Online Resources for International Language Learning Assistance) outside class. They are assessed on their listening proficiency through weekly online assignments, as well as the four tests that the instructor administers in class.

For vocabulary learning, students use the standard reference book titled “Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110.” Like the listening component, students independently study words from the general academic list that the instructor assigns (usually 50 words a week) and are tested on a number of these words weekly.

By the end of this course, students will acquire the following skills at varying levels. Students should be able to:
- Recognize and use basic academic words in English
- Process more advanced academic discourse presented aurally
- Analyze topics and develop suitable controlling ideas, thesis statements, and outlines for academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard paragraph-level elements of an academic report (i.e., introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard sentence-level elements (e.g., thesis statement, topic sentences, support sentences) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Recognize more advanced methods of maintaining the unity (e.g., repetition of key points) and coherence (e.g., quality of language) of ideas in academic reports, evaluate the unity and coherence of their writing, and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing.
- Utilize, with sufficient accuracy, a broad range of citation conventions when formatting academic reports
- Understand more advanced paraphrasing techniques to integrate information from external sources (e.g., summarizing, quoting), recognize and use more detailed citation conventions, and utilize this knowledge to avoid plagiarism
- Evaluate and integrate supporting evidence and sources to produce an academic report.
- Recognize the formatting conventions of an appropriate reference list and apply this knowledge to generate one for an academic report.
- Recognize particular styles and conventions within academic writing and adopt them appropriately
- Acquire a deeper understanding of the writing process in the production of academic reports after revising drafts with feedback
- Combine knowledge of (i) the structure of an academic report, with allowances made for rhetorical style such as argumentation and cause-effect, (ii) the writing process, and (iii) the evaluation and integration of supporting evidence and sources, and apply this knowledge to produce an academic report of at least 1,000 words

In-class activities are related to the contents of the textbook. Though there may be some adjustments in certain cases, the schedule of this course is as follows:

Chapter 1 Paragraph Structure Review
Chapter 2 Academic Essay Structure & Topic Selection
Chapter 3 Thesis Statement & Essay Outline
Chapter 4 Body Paragraphs & Transitional Words
Chapter 5 Paraphrase, Quotation, Summary, & Citation
Chapter 6 Introduction & Conclusion Paragraphs
Chapter 7 Proofreading & Revision
Chapter 8 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Topics
Chapter 9 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Thesis Support
Chapter 10 Quality of Content: Evaluating Evidence
Chapter 11 Quality of Language: Integrating Evidence
Chapter 12 Quality of Language: Academic Style
Chapter 13 Quality of Feedback & Revision
Chapter 14 Overall Quality
Feedback

Important: Some instructors may cover more than one chapter in one week for better learning outcomes in the whole semester. Each instructor decides whether or not the class conducts the final examination in the test week. Students should confirm the class policy from their instructors.

「全学共通科目履修の手引き」を参照してください。

1. Vocabulary assessments 10%

2. Listening assessments 20%
*Students must pass at least eight out of 13 learning units (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit) of the online materials in order to receive credit for this course.
*The score for the listening assessments is determined by performance on four in-class assessments and the study record of the online materials (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit).

3. Writing assignments 50%
*Scores for writing assignments may include in-class writing tasks and participation in class activities as well as a term paper.
*Students must complete various writing assignments, including an academic report of at least 1,000 words in order to receive credit for this course. Note that plagiarism must be avoided.

4. TOEFL ITP score 20 %
*Students must take the TOEFL ITP on the date that ILAS designates.

Students are required to study academic vocabulary from the designated part (EGAP vocabulary) of the "Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110" outside of class, and regularly take vocabulary assessments in class.

Students are also required to study the online listening materials outside of class through the GORILLA system. The materials for this course are as follows:

・KU Academic Listening (B) Units 1-12 (required)
・TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit (required)
・KU Can-Do Self-Assessment (optional)
・Extra practice for further study (optional)

Students must complete each unit by the assigned deadline. If students miss the deadline for a certain unit, the unit will not be evaluated as a passed unit.
Students must also take four in-class assessments based on the KU Academic Listening (B) units.

For details such as the deadlines and the in-class assessment schedule, please see the handout distributed in class and the information posted on the GORILLA system.

Students are advised to save the textbook PDF file in their digital devices.
If they want a printed version, they can print the file on a printer at home or a nearby shop, purchase a book-binder (less than 200 yen) at the Univ. Co-op shop in the Yoshida-minami Campus or the Clock-tower, and use a binding-machine there for no extra charge.

Kyoto University students have access to free instructional videos on English listening skills. These videos help English learners by explaining how pronunciation changes in actual speech, covering features such as assimilation, reduction, and linking.
https://kubar.rd.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/elme/　

Students may benefit from accessing the website offered by the Division of English Language Education (DELE), i-ARRC, Kyoto University. The website provides useful information to support students in learning and using English autonomously.
JP:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english_jp
EN:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english

Academic writing & listening

For the continued development of students' skills in English for General Academic Purposes (EGAP), English Writing-Listening B (EWLB) consists of three components: writing, listening, and vocabulary. EWLB aims to advance the skills in EGAP that students learned in EWLA.

For practice with writing, students analyze and evaluate basic elements of academic writing they learned in EWLA; they further identify, recognize, or understand more advanced elements; finally, they recall and apply all acquired knowledge in the process of producing an academic report of at least 1,000 words. By writing substantial academic reports more autonomously, students will acquire advanced academic writing skills as stated in the Course Goal section below.

For practice with listening, students take the online course known as GORILLA (Global Online Resources for International Language Learning Assistance) outside class. They are assessed on their listening proficiency through weekly online assignments, as well as the four tests that the instructor administers in class.

For vocabulary learning, students use the standard reference book titled “Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110.” Like the listening component, students independently study words from the general academic list that the instructor assigns (usually 50 words a week) and are tested on a number of these words weekly.

By the end of this course, students will acquire the following skills at varying levels. Students should be able to:
- Recognize and use basic academic words in English
- Process more advanced academic discourse presented aurally
- Analyze topics and develop suitable controlling ideas, thesis statements, and outlines for academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard paragraph-level elements of an academic report (i.e., introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard sentence-level elements (e.g., thesis statement, topic sentences, support sentences) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Recognize more advanced methods of maintaining the unity (e.g., repetition of key points) and coherence (e.g., quality of language) of ideas in academic reports, evaluate the unity and coherence of their writing, and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing.
- Utilize, with sufficient accuracy, a broad range of citation conventions when formatting academic reports
- Understand more advanced paraphrasing techniques to integrate information from external sources (e.g., summarizing, quoting), recognize and use more detailed citation conventions, and utilize this knowledge to avoid plagiarism
- Evaluate and integrate supporting evidence and sources to produce an academic report.
- Recognize the formatting conventions of an appropriate reference list and apply this knowledge to generate one for an academic report.
- Recognize particular styles and conventions within academic writing and adopt them appropriately
- Acquire a deeper understanding of the writing process in the production of academic reports after revising drafts with feedback
- Combine knowledge of (i) the structure of an academic report, with allowances made for rhetorical style such as argumentation and cause-effect, (ii) the writing process, and (iii) the evaluation and integration of supporting evidence and sources, and apply this knowledge to produce an academic report of at least 1,000 words

In-class activities are related to the contents of the textbook. Though there may be some adjustments in certain cases, the schedule of this course is as follows:

Chapter 1 Paragraph Structure Review
Chapter 2 Academic Essay Structure & Topic Selection
Chapter 3 Thesis Statement & Essay Outline
Chapter 4 Body Paragraphs & Transitional Words
Chapter 5 Paraphrase, Quotation, Summary, & Citation
Chapter 6 Introduction & Conclusion Paragraphs
Chapter 7 Proofreading & Revision
Chapter 8 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Topics
Chapter 9 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Thesis Support
Chapter 10 Quality of Content: Evaluating Evidence
Chapter 11 Quality of Language: Integrating Evidence
Chapter 12 Quality of Language: Academic Style
Chapter 13 Quality of Feedback & Revision
Chapter 14 Overall Quality
Feedback

Important: Some instructors may cover more than one chapter in one week for better learning outcomes in the whole semester. Each instructor decides whether or not the class conducts the final examination in the test week. Students should confirm the class policy from their instructors.

「全学共通科目履修の手引き」を参照してください。

1. Vocabulary assessments 10%

2. Listening assessments 20%
*Students must pass at least eight out of 13 learning units (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit) of the online materials in order to receive credit for this course.
*The score for the listening assessments is determined by performance on four in-class assessments and the study record of the online materials (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit).

3. Writing assignments 50%
*Scores for writing assignments may include in-class writing tasks and participation in class activities as well as a term paper.
*Students must complete various writing assignments, including an academic report of at least 1,000 words in order to receive credit for this course. Note that plagiarism must be avoided.

4. TOEFL ITP score 20 %
*Students must take the TOEFL ITP on the date that ILAS designates.

Students are required to study academic vocabulary from the designated part (EGAP vocabulary) of the "Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110" outside of class, and regularly take vocabulary assessments in class.

Students are also required to study the online listening materials outside of class through the GORILLA system. The materials for this course are as follows:

・KU Academic Listening (B) Units 1-12 (required)
・TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit (required)
・KU Can-Do Self-Assessment (optional)
・Extra practice for further study (optional)

Students must complete each unit by the assigned deadline. If students miss the deadline for a certain unit, the unit will not be evaluated as a passed unit.
Students must also take four in-class assessments based on the KU Academic Listening (B) units.

For details such as the deadlines and the in-class assessment schedule, please see the handout distributed in class and the information posted on the GORILLA system.

Students are advised to save the textbook PDF file in their digital devices.
If they want a printed version, they can print the file on a printer at home or a nearby shop, purchase a book-binder (less than 200 yen) at the Univ. Co-op shop in the Yoshida-minami Campus or the Clock-tower, and use a binding-machine there for no extra charge.

Kyoto University students have access to free instructional videos on English listening skills. These videos help English learners by explaining how pronunciation changes in actual speech, covering features such as assimilation, reduction, and linking.
https://kubar.rd.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/elme/　

Students may benefit from accessing the website offered by the Division of English Language Education (DELE), i-ARRC, Kyoto University. The website provides useful information to support students in learning and using English autonomously.
JP:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english_jp
EN:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english

Academic writing & listening

For the continued development of students' skills in English for General Academic Purposes (EGAP), English Writing-Listening B (EWLB) consists of three components: writing, listening, and vocabulary. EWLB aims to advance the skills in EGAP that students learned in EWLA.

For practice with writing, students analyze and evaluate basic elements of academic writing they learned in EWLA; they further identify, recognize, or understand more advanced elements; finally, they recall and apply all acquired knowledge in the process of producing an academic report of at least 1,000 words. By writing substantial academic reports more autonomously, students will acquire advanced academic writing skills as stated in the Course Goal section below.

For practice with listening, students take the online course known as GORILLA (Global Online Resources for International Language Learning Assistance) outside class. They are assessed on their listening proficiency through weekly online assignments, as well as the four tests that the instructor administers in class.

For vocabulary learning, students use the standard reference book titled “Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110.” Like the listening component, students independently study words from the general academic list that the instructor assigns (usually 50 words a week) and are tested on a number of these words weekly.

By the end of this course, students will acquire the following skills at varying levels. Students should be able to:
- Recognize and use basic academic words in English
- Process more advanced academic discourse presented aurally
- Analyze topics and develop suitable controlling ideas, thesis statements, and outlines for academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard paragraph-level elements of an academic report (i.e., introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard sentence-level elements (e.g., thesis statement, topic sentences, support sentences) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Recognize more advanced methods of maintaining the unity (e.g., repetition of key points) and coherence (e.g., quality of language) of ideas in academic reports, evaluate the unity and coherence of their writing, and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing.
- Utilize, with sufficient accuracy, a broad range of citation conventions when formatting academic reports
- Understand more advanced paraphrasing techniques to integrate information from external sources (e.g., summarizing, quoting), recognize and use more detailed citation conventions, and utilize this knowledge to avoid plagiarism
- Evaluate and integrate supporting evidence and sources to produce an academic report.
- Recognize the formatting conventions of an appropriate reference list and apply this knowledge to generate one for an academic report.
- Recognize particular styles and conventions within academic writing and adopt them appropriately
- Acquire a deeper understanding of the writing process in the production of academic reports after revising drafts with feedback
- Combine knowledge of (i) the structure of an academic report, with allowances made for rhetorical style such as argumentation and cause-effect, (ii) the writing process, and (iii) the evaluation and integration of supporting evidence and sources, and apply this knowledge to produce an academic report of at least 1,000 words

In-class activities are related to the contents of the textbook. Though there may be some adjustments in certain cases, the schedule of this course is as follows:

Chapter 1 Paragraph Structure Review
Chapter 2 Academic Essay Structure & Topic Selection
Chapter 3 Thesis Statement & Essay Outline
Chapter 4 Body Paragraphs & Transitional Words
Chapter 5 Paraphrase, Quotation, Summary, & Citation
Chapter 6 Introduction & Conclusion Paragraphs
Chapter 7 Proofreading & Revision
Chapter 8 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Topics
Chapter 9 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Thesis Support
Chapter 10 Quality of Content: Evaluating Evidence
Chapter 11 Quality of Language: Integrating Evidence
Chapter 12 Quality of Language: Academic Style
Chapter 13 Quality of Feedback & Revision
Chapter 14 Overall Quality
Feedback

Important: Some instructors may cover more than one chapter in one week for better learning outcomes in the whole semester. Each instructor decides whether or not the class conducts the final examination in the test week. Students should confirm the class policy from their instructors.

「全学共通科目履修の手引き」を参照してください。

1. Vocabulary assessments 10%

2. Listening assessments 20%
*Students must pass at least eight out of 13 learning units (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit) of the online materials in order to receive credit for this course.
*The score for the listening assessments is determined by performance on four in-class assessments and the study record of the online materials (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit).

3. Writing assignments 50%
*Scores for writing assignments may include in-class writing tasks and participation in class activities as well as a term paper.
*Students must complete various writing assignments, including an academic report of at least 1,000 words in order to receive credit for this course. Note that plagiarism must be avoided.

4. TOEFL ITP score 20 %
*Students must take the TOEFL ITP on the date that ILAS designates.

Students are required to study academic vocabulary from the designated part (EGAP vocabulary) of the "Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110" outside of class, and regularly take vocabulary assessments in class.

Students are also required to study the online listening materials outside of class through the GORILLA system. The materials for this course are as follows:

・KU Academic Listening (B) Units 1-12 (required)
・TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit (required)
・KU Can-Do Self-Assessment (optional)
・Extra practice for further study (optional)

Students must complete each unit by the assigned deadline. If students miss the deadline for a certain unit, the unit will not be evaluated as a passed unit.
Students must also take four in-class assessments based on the KU Academic Listening (B) units.

For details such as the deadlines and the in-class assessment schedule, please see the handout distributed in class and the information posted on the GORILLA system.

Students are advised to save the textbook PDF file in their digital devices.
If they want a printed version, they can print the file on a printer at home or a nearby shop, purchase a book-binder (less than 200 yen) at the Univ. Co-op shop in the Yoshida-minami Campus or the Clock-tower, and use a binding-machine there for no extra charge.

Kyoto University students have access to free instructional videos on English listening skills. These videos help English learners by explaining how pronunciation changes in actual speech, covering features such as assimilation, reduction, and linking.
https://kubar.rd.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/elme/　

Students may benefit from accessing the website offered by the Division of English Language Education (DELE), i-ARRC, Kyoto University. The website provides useful information to support students in learning and using English autonomously.
JP:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english_jp
EN:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english

Academic writing & listening

For the continued development of students' skills in English for General Academic Purposes (EGAP), English Writing-Listening B (EWLB) consists of three components: writing, listening, and vocabulary. EWLB aims to advance the skills in EGAP that students learned in EWLA.

For practice with writing, students analyze and evaluate basic elements of academic writing they learned in EWLA; they further identify, recognize, or understand more advanced elements; finally, they recall and apply all acquired knowledge in the process of producing an academic report of at least 1,000 words. By writing substantial academic reports more autonomously, students will acquire advanced academic writing skills as stated in the Course Goal section below.

For practice with listening, students take the online course known as GORILLA (Global Online Resources for International Language Learning Assistance) outside class. They are assessed on their listening proficiency through weekly online assignments, as well as the four tests that the instructor administers in class.

For vocabulary learning, students use the standard reference book titled “Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110.” Like the listening component, students independently study words from the general academic list that the instructor assigns (usually 50 words a week) and are tested on a number of these words weekly.

By the end of this course, students will acquire the following skills at varying levels. Students should be able to:
- Recognize and use basic academic words in English
- Process more advanced academic discourse presented aurally
- Analyze topics and develop suitable controlling ideas, thesis statements, and outlines for academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard paragraph-level elements of an academic report (i.e., introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Analyze and evaluate the locations, functions, and features of the standard sentence-level elements (e.g., thesis statement, topic sentences, support sentences) and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing academic reports
- Recognize more advanced methods of maintaining the unity (e.g., repetition of key points) and coherence (e.g., quality of language) of ideas in academic reports, evaluate the unity and coherence of their writing, and apply the analysis and evaluation when writing.
- Utilize, with sufficient accuracy, a broad range of citation conventions when formatting academic reports
- Understand more advanced paraphrasing techniques to integrate information from external sources (e.g., summarizing, quoting), recognize and use more detailed citation conventions, and utilize this knowledge to avoid plagiarism
- Evaluate and integrate supporting evidence and sources to produce an academic report.
- Recognize the formatting conventions of an appropriate reference list and apply this knowledge to generate one for an academic report.
- Recognize particular styles and conventions within academic writing and adopt them appropriately
- Acquire a deeper understanding of the writing process in the production of academic reports after revising drafts with feedback
- Combine knowledge of (i) the structure of an academic report, with allowances made for rhetorical style such as argumentation and cause-effect, (ii) the writing process, and (iii) the evaluation and integration of supporting evidence and sources, and apply this knowledge to produce an academic report of at least 1,000 words

In-class activities are related to the contents of the textbook. Though there may be some adjustments in certain cases, the schedule of this course is as follows:

Chapter 1 Paragraph Structure Review
Chapter 2 Academic Essay Structure & Topic Selection
Chapter 3 Thesis Statement & Essay Outline
Chapter 4 Body Paragraphs & Transitional Words
Chapter 5 Paraphrase, Quotation, Summary, & Citation
Chapter 6 Introduction & Conclusion Paragraphs
Chapter 7 Proofreading & Revision
Chapter 8 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Topics
Chapter 9 Quality of Thought: Evaluating Thesis Support
Chapter 10 Quality of Content: Evaluating Evidence
Chapter 11 Quality of Language: Integrating Evidence
Chapter 12 Quality of Language: Academic Style
Chapter 13 Quality of Feedback & Revision
Chapter 14 Overall Quality
Feedback

Important: Some instructors may cover more than one chapter in one week for better learning outcomes in the whole semester. Each instructor decides whether or not the class conducts the final examination in the test week. Students should confirm the class policy from their instructors.

「全学共通科目履修の手引き」を参照してください。

1. Vocabulary assessments 10%

2. Listening assessments 20%
*Students must pass at least eight out of 13 learning units (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit) of the online materials in order to receive credit for this course.
*The score for the listening assessments is determined by performance on four in-class assessments and the study record of the online materials (Units 1-12 and TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit).

3. Writing assignments 50%
*Scores for writing assignments may include in-class writing tasks and participation in class activities as well as a term paper.
*Students must complete various writing assignments, including an academic report of at least 1,000 words in order to receive credit for this course. Note that plagiarism must be avoided.

4. TOEFL ITP score 20 %
*Students must take the TOEFL ITP on the date that ILAS designates.

Students are required to study academic vocabulary from the designated part (EGAP vocabulary) of the "Kyoto University Vocabulary Database 1110" outside of class, and regularly take vocabulary assessments in class.

Students are also required to study the online listening materials outside of class through the GORILLA system. The materials for this course are as follows:

・KU Academic Listening (B) Units 1-12 (required)
・TOEFL ITP Sample Test Unit (required)
・KU Can-Do Self-Assessment (optional)
・Extra practice for further study (optional)

Students must complete each unit by the assigned deadline. If students miss the deadline for a certain unit, the unit will not be evaluated as a passed unit.
Students must also take four in-class assessments based on the KU Academic Listening (B) units.

For details such as the deadlines and the in-class assessment schedule, please see the handout distributed in class and the information posted on the GORILLA system.

Students are advised to save the textbook PDF file in their digital devices.
If they want a printed version, they can print the file on a printer at home or a nearby shop, purchase a book-binder (less than 200 yen) at the Univ. Co-op shop in the Yoshida-minami Campus or the Clock-tower, and use a binding-machine there for no extra charge.

Kyoto University students have access to free instructional videos on English listening skills. These videos help English learners by explaining how pronunciation changes in actual speech, covering features such as assimilation, reduction, and linking.
https://kubar.rd.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/elme/　

Students may benefit from accessing the website offered by the Division of English Language Education (DELE), i-ARRC, Kyoto University. The website provides useful information to support students in learning and using English autonomously.
JP:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english_jp
EN:https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english