K0273031 Technical English

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Engineering

Lecture Code K0273031 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 技術英語演習

Subject Name
（Katakana）ギジュツエイゴエンシュウ

Subject Name in
English Technical English

Instructor GOTOH TAKEHIKO

Instructor
(Katakana) ゴトウ　タケヒコ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Mon1-2,Thur1-2：ENG 114

Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
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Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction B : Japanese／English

Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory

Course Area（Area） 25 : Science and Technology

Course Area（Discipline） 08 : Chemical Engineering

Eligible Students

Keywords SDG_04, SDG_09, Technical English, Chemical Engineering, Presentation

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) This course is a specialized basic course for students in the third cluster, but for students in the Chemical Engineering Program, it corresponds to the learning and educational goal of "(E) Improvement of presentation and communication skills and cultivation of adaptability to advanced information technology." For more information on the learning and educational objectives, please refer to the Department of Chemical Engineering website.
https://www.chemeng.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Program of Mechanical Systems Engineering
（Abilities and Skills）
・Acquring basis of mechanical system engineering steadily and developing the applied skill.

Program of Transportation Systems
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・Ability of communication transmission: Communication and information transmission ability necessary for an engineer and researcher.

Program of Material Processing
（Abilities and Skills）
・Acquiring basis of mechanical system, material creation and processing engineering steadily, and being able to apply

Program of Energy Transform Engineering
（Abilities and Skills）
・Acquring basis of mechanical system engineering steadily and developing the applied skill.

Program of Electrical,Systems and Information Engineering
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・Ability of English conversation, reading and writing skills necessary for research accomplishment.

Program of Electronic Devices and Systems
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・Ability of English conversation, reading and writing skills necessary for research accomplishment.

Program of Applied Chemistry
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・Ability to collect and send information from international views.

Program of Chemical Engineering
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・Improvement of  presentation and communication ability and cultivation of application ability to high informatization.

Program of Biotechnology
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Acquisition of basic and advanced knowledge relating to biotechnology and life science. (Target/Lecture class)
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・Cultivation of communication skills (achievement target E)

Program of Architecture and Building Engineering
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・Understanding on cultivation of communication ability. ((1) International communication ability.  Being able to introduce themselves to foreigners and make communications.  Being able to read and write technical papers on architecture and building engineering using dictionaries.)　 ((2) Communication ability in Japanese.  Being able to introduce their own ideas to audience and to have questions and answers session.  Being able to prepare persuasive materials.  Being able to fully understand technical papers on architecture and building engineering (graduation theses for example) and to prepare manuscripts to convey the research results.)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline ① Learning of generally required scientific and technical English words
② Understanding and learning of professional English words of chemistry and chemical engineering
③ Mastery of units and basic representation of the formula
④ Mastery of the basic representation methods such as position, motion and form
⑤ Learning of representation of comparison and standards
⑥ Training the ability to read English sentences of basic chemistry and chemical engineering
⑦ Training the ability to write brief description in English
⑧ Learning basic representation method necessary to chemistry and chemical engineers

Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction, Chapter 1 Names and numbers of things, (corresponding pages of the text book; pp.6-29)
lesson2 Chapter 1 Names and numbers of things, (pp.30-44)
lesson3 Chapter 2 Units and formulas, (pp.45-53), and term-test in the range of lessons 1 to 2.
lesson4 Chapter 2 Units and formulas, (pp.54-67)
lesson5 Chapter 2 Units and formulas, (pp.67-79)
lesson6 Chapter 3 Position, movement, shape, (pp.80-88)
lesson7 Chapter 3 Position, movement, shape, (pp.89-96)
lesson8 Chapter 3 Position, movement, shape, (pp.97-104) ,  and term-test in the range of lessons 3 to 7.

lesson9 Chapter 3 Position, movement, shape, (pp.105-112)
lesson10 Chapter 3 Position, movement, shape, (pp.113-120)
lesson11 Chapter 4 Comparison with the reference, (pp.129-136)
lesson12 Chapter 4 Comparison with the reference, (pp.137-144)
lesson13 Chapter 4 Comparison with the reference, (pp.145-151)
lesson14 Chapter 4 Comparison with the reference,  (pp.152-159)
lesson15 End-term test

Text/Reference
Books,etc. “ Kougyou eiken 4 kyu taisaku” (Nihon Gijutueigo Kyoukai) ISBN 9784820780335
We also will prepare appropriate materials.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

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Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Quizzes will be carried out in each lesson, and three times of unit-term tests will be carried out. Since the quizzes contain the followings; exercises, short sentence, words in the text book indicated range for the day, and questions from the previous lesson, you should review and preparation in the context at least lesson plans.

Requirements

Grading Method Quiz (30%) which carry out each time of lesson, the three term-tests (50%), and problems (20%) are evaluated comprehensively and more than 60% of total points will pass. It should be noted that, for the students who have passed the "English Technical Writing Test, Intermediate Level ", we will be adding the result to the performance.

Practical Experience Experienced

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it Drawing on my practical experience at an engineering company, I will explain how English is used to design chemical plants and describe equipment specifications during lectures with examples.

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Engineering
Lecture Code	K0273031	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	技術英語演習
Subject Name （Katakana）	ギジュツエイゴエンシュウ
Subject Name in English	Technical English
Instructor	GOTOH TAKEHIKO
Instructor (Katakana)	ゴトウ　タケヒコ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, 4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(4T) Mon1-2,Thur1-2：ENG 114
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)

Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	B : Japanese／English
Course Level	1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area（Area）	25 : Science and Technology
Course Area（Discipline）	08 : Chemical Engineering
Eligible Students
Keywords	SDG_04, SDG_09, Technical English, Chemical Engineering, Presentation
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	This course is a specialized basic course for students in the third cluster, but for students in the Chemical Engineering Program, it corresponds to the learning and educational goal of "(E) Improvement of presentation and communication skills and cultivation of adaptability to advanced information technology." For more information on the learning and educational objectives, please refer to the Department of Chemical Engineering website. https://www.chemeng.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Program of Mechanical Systems Engineering （Abilities and Skills）・Acquring basis of mechanical system engineering steadily and developing the applied skill. Program of Transportation Systems （Comprehensive Abilities）・Ability of communication transmission: Communication and information transmission ability necessary for an engineer and researcher. Program of Material Processing （Abilities and Skills）・Acquiring basis of mechanical system, material creation and processing engineering steadily, and being able to apply Program of Energy Transform Engineering （Abilities and Skills）・Acquring basis of mechanical system engineering steadily and developing the applied skill. Program of Electrical,Systems and Information Engineering （Comprehensive Abilities）・Ability of English conversation, reading and writing skills necessary for research accomplishment. Program of Electronic Devices and Systems （Comprehensive Abilities）・Ability of English conversation, reading and writing skills necessary for research accomplishment. Program of Applied Chemistry （Comprehensive Abilities）・Ability to collect and send information from international views. Program of Chemical Engineering （Comprehensive Abilities）・Improvement of presentation and communication ability and cultivation of application ability to high informatization. Program of Biotechnology （Knowledge and Understanding）・Acquisition of basic and advanced knowledge relating to biotechnology and life science. (Target/Lecture class) （Comprehensive Abilities）・Cultivation of communication skills (achievement target E) Program of Architecture and Building Engineering （Comprehensive Abilities）・Understanding on cultivation of communication ability. ((1) International communication ability. Being able to introduce themselves to foreigners and make communications. Being able to read and write technical papers on architecture and building engineering using dictionaries.)　 ((2) Communication ability in Japanese. Being able to introduce their own ideas to audience and to have questions and answers session. Being able to prepare persuasive materials. Being able to fully understand technical papers on architecture and building engineering (graduation theses for example) and to prepare manuscripts to convey the research results.)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	① Learning of generally required scientific and technical English words ② Understanding and learning of professional English words of chemistry and chemical engineering ③ Mastery of units and basic representation of the formula ④ Mastery of the basic representation methods such as position, motion and form ⑤ Learning of representation of comparison and standards ⑥ Training the ability to read English sentences of basic chemistry and chemical engineering ⑦ Training the ability to write brief description in English ⑧ Learning basic representation method necessary to chemistry and chemical engineers
Class Schedule	lesson1 Introduction, Chapter 1 Names and numbers of things, (corresponding pages of the text book; pp.6-29) lesson2 Chapter 1 Names and numbers of things, (pp.30-44) lesson3 Chapter 2 Units and formulas, (pp.45-53), and term-test in the range of lessons 1 to 2. lesson4 Chapter 2 Units and formulas, (pp.54-67) lesson5 Chapter 2 Units and formulas, (pp.67-79) lesson6 Chapter 3 Position, movement, shape, (pp.80-88) lesson7 Chapter 3 Position, movement, shape, (pp.89-96) lesson8 Chapter 3 Position, movement, shape, (pp.97-104) , and term-test in the range of lessons 3 to 7. lesson9 Chapter 3 Position, movement, shape, (pp.105-112) lesson10 Chapter 3 Position, movement, shape, (pp.113-120) lesson11 Chapter 4 Comparison with the reference, (pp.129-136) lesson12 Chapter 4 Comparison with the reference, (pp.137-144) lesson13 Chapter 4 Comparison with the reference, (pp.145-151) lesson14 Chapter 4 Comparison with the reference, (pp.152-159) lesson15 End-term test
Text/Reference Books,etc.	“ Kougyou eiken 4 kyu taisaku” (Nihon Gijutueigo Kyoukai) ISBN 9784820780335 We also will prepare appropriate materials.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Quizzes will be carried out in each lesson, and three times of unit-term tests will be carried out. Since the quizzes contain the followings; exercises, short sentence, words in the text book indicated range for the day, and questions from the previous lesson, you should review and preparation in the context at least lesson plans.
Requirements
Grading Method	Quiz (30%) which carry out each time of lesson, the three term-tests (50%), and problems (20%) are evaluated comprehensively and more than 60% of total points will pass. It should be noted that, for the students who have passed the "English Technical Writing Test, Intermediate Level ", we will be adding the result to the performance.
Practical Experience	Experienced
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it	Drawing on my practical experience at an engineering company, I will explain how English is used to design chemical plants and describe equipment specifications during lectures with examples.
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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