English (C) aims to help students to improve basic communication skills such as listening, conversation and written composition.

By the end of course, students will improve communication skills and vocabulary, enabling efficient communication and providing them with the ability to deal with a wide range of topics. Specifically, they should be able to:
Listening: understand everyday conversation without undue effort.
Speaking: describe clearly a wide range of subjects referring in the main to personal experiences; express agreement or disagreement in an everyday discussion.
Writing: write sentences of a reasonable length about their environment.

English Communication

大学での学修や研究および社会生活において必要とされる英語の，実践的な基礎力を養成する。（基盤教育の基本方針より）英語II（中級）

Communicative Language Teaching methodology will be utilized to create an English-speaking environment where students will learn to communicate by using English in the classroom.

Students will choose the textbook units they wish to study in the first lesson.

Please come to class prepared and on time.

Make sure to use the online ALC Net Academy in your own time to help you prepare for the TOEIC IP test.

Grades will be determined based on the criteria below. The midterm and final evaluations will consist of timed pair and group conversations with a focus on communicative fluency.

TOEIC 20%, Midterm evaluation 25%, Final evaluation 25%, Quizzes and Homework 10%, Class participation 20%

*Students missing 1/3 of the classes will automatically receive a final score of ‘0’.

Tom Kenny, Nice Talking with You 1, Cambridge, 2011, (ISBN: 978-0-521-18808-1)

This is a practical communication course with a focus on developing fluency. Students are expected to participate in an all-English environment and are encouraged to try their best and not worry about making mistakes. In this class successful communication will be more important than always being grammatically accurate.

Monday and Wednesday 16:20-17:50