basic information

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2nd Year English

• basic information

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Learning academic English the English of your
field

• 1st year English was a bridge between
• high school English
• Science English (2nd year)
• You learnt general English (especially speaking).

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Learning English
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Words for reading
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AWL Academic Wordlist LDV Longman Defining
Vocabulary
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Longman Defining Vocabulary

• Everybody needs to know ALL the words of the LDV.
• Longman dictionaries use ONLY these words to
  explain other words. So using a Longman Ei-Ei
  dictionary helps you remember these words.

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More information...

• To find out more about wordlists, and how to use
  them, visit the resources section of Mr.
  Lavins website
• http//www.pu-kumamoto.ac.jp/rlavin/resources/

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Extensive Reading ryoudoku gakushuu hou

• Reading MANY EASY books FAST and for ENJOYMENT
  helps you to
• remember the basic words very well
• learn to read faster and better.

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• In high school, your study focus was ACCURACY
  (seikakusa) or QUALITY (shitsu).
• Now, our focus is FLUENCY (ryuuchousa) or
  QUANTITY (ryou).

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What we will do in the 2nd year
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• EASY reading You will learn basic words and
  sentence patterns NATURALLY.
• Words and Phrases You will need to spend lots of
  time effort learning useful words (general,
  academic, and specialized). You will do some
  puzzles. You will also need to find your own ways
  of learning.

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• Speaking We will do some informal speaking and
  some formal speaking (presentations, etc.).
• Writing We will do some formal but more
  informal writing, probably using a BBS
  (electronic keijiban).

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• Learning how to learn One semester is about 14
  classes. I cannot teach you much in that time.
  Its more useful if you learn ways to study
  using notebooks, dictionaries, the Internet, etc.

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• In most classes, there will be time for you to
  ask me questions and discuss ways to learn with
  me. It is possible for you to NEGOTIATE your own
  assessment system if you have some special
  interest.

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• Take some time to look at my website. Most of the
  information is at
• http//www.pu-kumamoto.ac.jp/rlavin/2ndyear/
• Also see
• http//www.pu-kumamoto.ac.jp/rlavin/resources/