Academic Lecture Comprehension 2

Course Overview

Course description

This course builds on the skills and knowledge developed in Academic Lecture Comprehension 1. In this course, students will further improve their academic listening, note-taking, and summary writing skills through the study of English lectures with the information structured in ways common in science and engineering. Activities will include listening to lectures in class, taking structured notes, asking and answering questions, and writing summaries.

Course goals

• Comprehend lectures delivered in English.
• Take structured notes of a lecture.
• Ask questions about the contents of a lecture.
• Write a paragraph-long lecture summaries.
• Attain a 2000-word vocabulary.

Download a generic course syllabus: AY2024_ALC2_Syllabus

Supplementary resources are available from the Academic Lecture Comprehension 2 course page on Waseda Moodle.

Information

Materials

• Textbook: Academic Lecture Comprehension 2 (2023). Tokyo, Japan: DTP Publishers.
  

Assessment and grading

• Components
  (1) Writing Test x 2 (5pt x 2)
  (2) Midterm Test and Final Test (45pt x 2)
• Student performance record sheet will be available on the Waseda Moodle course page.
• Test Absence Policy

Further Information

• Statement on academic honesty
• TOEIC-IP test information
• Placement information