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Students learn academic writing structures and techniques to enable them to successfully write logical, well considered essays about relevant global issues in English. We focus on the five-paragraph essay format which includes: the introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph. Special attention is given to writing convincing thesis statements and research questions. Students are also introduced to public speaking and learn how to suitably address groups, and to logically structure presentations in line with their research topics for their essay writing. Subject to approval, students choose their own topics: the only stipulation is that all topics must have some connection to relevant global issues and specific reference must be made the United Nation’s Sustainable Developments Goals.
Content can include:
• New technologies & concepts
• New and improved Products
• Examples of bad and good practices and processes
• Societal problems.
• Global and Domestic Issues
This class is suitable for students who are preparing to enter corporate life after graduation. Students will be introduced to various important aspects of organizations and up-to-date, relevant business issues. In addition, there are ample opportunities to exercise critical thinking by doing case studies in small groups. Although this class falls under writing class category, students will be able to improve reading, speaking, and presenting skills as well. Each class consists of knowledge building through lecture and reading, discussion for case studies, and presentation of the solutions.
Listening Workshop II
In this class you will listen to a variety of materials (podcasts, music, stories, news, etc.) and answer simple questions about them. You will work at your own pace. There will also be optional interviews with the teacher for added speaking practice. Although this class has a live part, it can also be taken on-demand.
Irrespective of device and software, foundation of novel fabrications is to enhance the completion degree of a product by utilizing the PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) cycle. This class deals with basic technologies and measurement techniques required for novel fabrication from both the analog and digital aspects. To experience practical fabrication processes and to learn more advanced technical and consideration skills, this course consists of three exercise rounds each of which has a different hands-on theme.
Italian Basic 2 is a course that follows Italian Basic 1. Two teachers, one Japanese and one Italian, take turns teaching the class twice a week (90 minutes each). The Japanese teacher will mainly explain grammar (reflexive verbs, modal auxiliary verbs, present perfect tense, imperfect tense, future tense, imperative mood ), while the Italian teacher will give application practice.
The main topic is embodied intelligence. Students will learn and discuss how embodied intelligence is created through interactions between doing by body, feeling bodily sensations, verbalizing how body feels and think by words.
The goal of this class is to enable students to explain Japanese pop culture, food, and customs in their own words. In particular, we will compare Japan's "image" in other countries with actual conditions in Japan. Students will prepare presentation scripts on familiar topics and record presentations.
This course is a group-work discussion course suitable for students with a TOEFL Paper Based Test score of up to 459, or for students who have successfully completed the Gateway English course. Each lesson will take on a task-based approach to English language learning, and each classroom task is (1) goal-oriented, (2) content focused, (3) has a real outcome, and (4) reflects real-life language use and language needs.
While this course is organized around activities and tasks rather than grammar or vocabulary, it should help students develop essential word building tools such as understanding collocations, word forms, and connotation.
During the lessons for Task-Based Discussion, students are given preparation for the task through different activities: the target language of the lesson is presented and practiced, there are pronunciation exercises on an area related to the target language, and finally students will practice target language through a consequential task, which enables students to practice language in a meaningful context.
All homework and assignments for this course will be done through Moodle or uploaded to Moodle, so students will require access to a computer and the internet. On occasion, students may be required to bring a computer to class.
In this class we will focus on developing your confidence in speaking English. Weekly listening and speaking tasks are designed to enhance your English and communication skills. Speaking tasks will include pair and group discussions, role-plays and presentations.