回 | 項目 | 内容 |
第1回 | Introductions | The teacher will introduce himself. He will also explain how the textbooks will be used. In addition, the students will be instructed as to how the rules of the class should be followed. |
第2回 | Making questions and answers | A total of 31 questions and answers will gradually be learned over a ten-class period. An explanation of how this can be done will be given. |
第3回 | *Lesson 1 Greetings and Introductions
Scene 1 A) Dialog
**Unit 1 A Man's Attractiveness
| *Alan brings his college friend, Kenji, to his sister's dormitory.
(Read pp. 2&3)
**Masculine faces tell the whole story.
(Read pp. 2-6)
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第4回 | *Lesson 1 Greetings and Introductions
Scene 3 A) Dialog
**Unit 2 The Happiest People | *Two women are gardening in their backyard.
(Read pp. 6&7)
**It means different things to different people.
(Read pp. 7-11) |
第5回 | *Lesson 2 Making Appointments and Reservations
Scene 2 A) Dialog
**Unit 3 A Long Life
| *A businessman is making an appointment from a public phone.
(Read pp. 14&15)
**The good things in life are not being over- weight, having low blood pressure, low blood sugar, etc.
(Read pp. 12-16)
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第6回 | *Lesson 2 Making Appointments and Reservations by Telephone
Scene 4 A) Dialog
**Unit 4 Music/?
| *A businessman makes a reservation at a restaurant by telephoning from his office.
(Read pp. 18&19)
**A listener must be involved in the performance.
(Read pp. 17&18)
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第7回 | *Lesson 3 Requesting Favors
Scene 1 A) Dialog
**Unit 5 When
| *A businessman wants to rent a car.(Read pp. 24&25)
**This is when things make a deep hollow sound.
(Read pp. 22&23)
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第8回 | *Lesson 3 Requesting Favors
Scene 3 A) Dialog
**Unit 6 Cell
| *A businessman is opening an account at a bank. (Read pp. 28&29)
**In Japan, cell phone dependency is called "Keitai izonsho".
(Read pp. 27&28) |
第9回 | *Lesson 4 Looking for Things
Scene 2 A) Dialog
**Unit 7 A Woman
| *A student is looking for a rooming house. (Read pp. 38&39)
**Most men think that seeing is believing.
(Read pp. 32&33)
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第10回 | *Lesson 4 Looking for Things
Scene 4 A) Dialog
**Unit 8 From Rags to Riches
| *A businessman is looking for a full-time position at a company. (Read pp. 42&43)
**Homeless people may not have it so bad.
(Read pp. 37&38)
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第11回 | *Lesson 5 Food and Drink
Scene 1 A) Dialog
**Unit 9 Dreamers
| *Two housewives sit at one of the tables in an elegant restaurant.(Read pp. 48&49)
**A dreamer is an impractical person.
(Read pp. 42&43)
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第12回 | *Lesson 5 Food and Drink
Scene 3 A) Dialog
**Unit 10 With a Little Bit of Luck
| *At the bar of a hotel
(Read pp. 52&53)
**A friend in need is a friend indeed.
(Read pp. 47&48)
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第13回 | *Lesson 6 Shopping
Scene 2 A) Dialog
**Unit 11 Random Acts of Kindness
| *A housewife is shopping at a supermarket with her daughter. (Read pp. 60&61)
**A stranger left a waitress with a $1,000 tip.
(Read pp. 52&53)
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第14回 | 理解度の確認 | The points of Lesson 1 to 6 and Unit 1 to 11 will be summarized. |
第15回 | 中間のまとめ | Group discussion on current topics. |
第16回 | *Lesson 7 Leisure
Scene 1 A) Dialog
| *A student is buying a ticket at a movie theater.
(Read pp. 68&69)
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第17回 | *Lesson 7 Leisure
Scene 3 A) Dialog
| *A housewife wants to join a tennis club.
(Read pp. 72&73)
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第18回 | *Lesson 8 Trouble
Scene 2 A) Dialog
| *A businessman goes to a clinic to get a check up. (Read pp. 80&81)
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第19回 | *Lesson 8 Trouble
Scene 4 A) Dialog | *A housewife is in the kitchen standing over a clogged sink. (Read pp. 84&85)
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第20回 | Lesson 9 The Friend You Keep
Scene 1 A) Dialog | *Two students, while on their first date, are walking in a park. (Read pp. 90&91) |
第21回 | Lesson 9 The Friend You Keep
Scene 3 A) Dialog | *Two wives are at a garage sale.
(Read pp. 94&95) |
第22回 | Lesson 10 Volunteer Work
Scene 2 A) Dialog | *A housewife works as a volunteer at a nursing home. (Read pp. 102&103) |
第23回 | Lesson 1 Greetings and Introductions
Scene 2 A) Dialog | *Mr. Tanaka has wanted to meet Mr. Baldwin for a long time. Now, his chance has come. He enters Mr. Baldwin's office. |
第24回 | Lesson 2 Making Appointments and Reservations
Scene 1 A) Dialog | *A student is calling from his room. He's asking a girl for a date. (Read pp. 12&13) |
第25回 | Lesson 2 Making Appointments and Reservations
Scene 3 A) Dialog | *A housewife calls from home to make an appointment at a beauty shop. (Read pp. 16&17) |
第26回 | Movie: Part One | We will watch half of the movie and then the students will write a summary of what they've seen. |
第27回 | Movie: Part Two | Again, the students will watch the second half of the movie and write a summary. |
第28回 | Final Exam | On this class day the students will be given a 90 second speaking test on the movie they watched. (If a student/students were absent on this day, they will be given the following class time to take the speaking test.) |
第29回 | 理解度の確認 | After everyone has taken the test, the teacher will show each student their final points and letter grade. They should know their score by the end of their last meeting. If there are questions about their grade, the last class meeting is when they should be asked. |
第30回 | まとめ | Group discussion on current topics. |