The aim of this course is to assist students in improving their listening and speaking skills and their comprehensive communicative competence in English for practical use.

Students need to prepare for the next lesson, do the required homework, and review the previous lesson.

It will be advantageous for most students to achieve a strong score on a standardized English test sometime while studying at university. Therefore, you are greatly encouraged to take one of these tests a few times before graduation. Probably, it would be beneficial to take it at least once during your first or second year, and then at least one more time during your third or fourth year. Of course, becoming aware of the format of the test by doing some practice test questions beforehand will be helpful.

This class is scheduled to be conducted in person on campus. However, depending on the number of students enrolled, as a measure against coronavirus infection, the students may need to be divided into classrooms which are connected online, or the students may need to take classes online from home every other week. Therefore, students will need to arrange for an Internet environment using a PC or tablet, Wi-Fi, etc. The final decision about this will be made after registration is completed, and students will be notified about any changes at that time.