Compulsory

The course is designed for the English-majored students in the second or third semester in order to continue enhancing Japanese ability of students who have finished Japanese Language 1 course. This course aims at students’ Japanese communication ability at elementary level. The course also provides the students with familiar topics related to house, time, hobby, etc.

The course is designed for the second-year English majored students in the fourth semester in order to continue enhancing the Japanese ability of students who finished the courses of Japanese 1 and 2. This course also aims at enhancing students’ Japanese communication ability at elementary level. In addition, the course provides the students with familiar topics related to famous places, shopping, travel, etc.

This course is designed for English-majored students to achieve pre-intermediate level in listening and speaking (A2). The course provides students with vocabulary, grammar and background knowledge of familiar topics in everyday life. In addition, this course focuses on improving listening skills, i.e. listening for main ideas, listening for details of short talks and conversations as well as helps students build the ability to communicate confidently, describe problems and suggest proper solutions, present ideas and engage in conversations related to familiar topics such as hobbies, learning and work. Apart from listening and speaking skills, students are offered with opportunities to obtain necessary study skills, critical and creative thinking skills which are the cornerstone for their development in thinking and communicative competences in the future.

This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills to enable them to achieve the upper-intermediate level of English listening and speaking skills, or level B2+ in the CEFR accordingly. In particular, students will be able to comprehend and take notes in mini-lectures and short talks. Simultaneously, they can practice and enhance their presentation, discussion, and debating skills through a variety of speaking activities about issues mentioned in the lectures. By participating in task-based activities with a student-centered approach, students can also develop skills that enable students to succeed on their academic path and in their personal life such as predicting, inferring, analyzing, synthesizing, problem-solving, test-taking, teamworking, critical thinking, and language learning.  Also, a wide range of topics covered enables students to select and construct their academic and socio-economic values