Dear students, Today you will learn about the course, go online to find out your reading level, and study chapter one of the textbook, Select Readings . Kind regards, Chris Elvin
Dear students, The grading criteria has been changed to as follows: Attendance and participation/group work (30%) You should attend ALL classes. l Students need to attend 80% or more of the classes taught to earn a passing grade. Students who are absent from class four times or more fail the course. l You may apply for exemption when your absences are due to the following cases. 1. Officially approved illnesses (学校感染症) 2. Lay judge (裁判員制度) 3. Bereavement leave (三親等以内の忌引き) l Coming late for class two times is counted as one absence in this course. l Train delay slips ( 遅延証明 ) issued at stations are not valid unless in the case of a serious interruption of service due to an accident. Mid-term test (10%) There will be a short mid-term test based on the topics of the textbook. Graded reader assignments (40%) You should read one graded reader per week from Macmillan Graded readers, Oxford Bookworms, Penguin R...